sjfcsteve Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 Easy for people to say "switch to a back four" but realistically we have been training and playing with a three for a long time now and no way the manager will switch it without time to drill his players on the training ground first. Zander Muller Gordon McCart Rooney Devine Bryson Davidson MOH Etu Viv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 22 minutes ago, sjfcsteve said: Easy for people to say "switch to a back four" but realistically we have been training and playing with a three for a long time now and no way the manager will switch it without time to drill his players on the training ground first. Zander Muller Gordon McCart Rooney Devine Bryson Davidson MOH Etu Viv I've seen this said elsewhere. I don't disagree but there's something quite disappointing in the fact that guys who have been professionally coached most of their lives would not be able to shift from a familiar tactical set up because they are used to it. Johnny B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mc Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 hours ago, SaintJet said: Your not watching St.Johnstone if your talking about dropping Booth: he's been our most consistant player by a mile. He's too slow to get past anyone, Devine much quicker ,but not just as good defensively,but I want my wing backs getting past players to the by line to get crosses in, I'd give the youngster a start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mc Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 hour ago, sjfcsteve said: Easy for people to say "switch to a back four" but realistically we have been training and playing with a three for a long time now and no way the manager will switch it without time to drill his players on the training ground first. Zander Muller Gordon McCart Rooney Devine Bryson Davidson MOH Etu Viv Brown for Muller and I'd agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bonham Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 hour ago, R.B.B:- Adz said: Sad state of affairs when a senior pro who cost us three points through his utter incompetence and bloody-mindedness comes straight back into the team because he is the best option… depressing!!! True - but we are where we are. He’s always had that niggly side to his game but yeah, needs to be more careful. He’s such a classy player though. dave mc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 Right now Bryson is our only midfielder able to retain possession. He needs to play. dave mc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mc Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 It was his first ever red card, great going for a competitive midfielder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 13 hours ago, saintgscot said: He can’t start he hasn’t played all season. Be lucky if he manages past half time. That's the kind of change that's needed. For once go and try and win the game in the first half instead of defending the draw then trying to nick a goal later on. Unleash Viv from the start. If he's knackered by half time so be it. We'll have got 45 minutes out of him instead of 20 and maybe totally rattled County. Cagey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bonham Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 44 minutes ago, dave mc said: It was his first ever red card, great going for a competitive midfielder Wow, did not realise that and surprising gor the way he plays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 I think Brown has been good every time Ive seen him this season. He was quite often thrown in at the deep end last season which was tough. Just not convinced Rooney is the better option. Youve got his headers and size for games like County which is maybe in his favour but Brown looks better defending IMO. Saintdunc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, dave mc said: It was his first ever red card, great going for a competitive midfielder Shouldn't have been sent off anyway. First one Portious threw himself up in the Richard Foster didn't think it was a booking & the second the guy actually kicked his foot & another pundit didn't think is was a booking. Some of those days we will get some breaks & decent ref. Steven McLean the ref so no luck there. Edited December 3, 2021 by Cagey dave mc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McQueen Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 Get your predictions in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 23 hours ago, THE LARK SAINT said: I'm almost convinced Bryson will walk straight back into X1 At least he was showing some passion and effort - unlike some of our other midfielders Melbourne Saint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templar Saint Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Coltrane said: At least he was showing some passion and effort - unlike some of our other midfielders Bryson was also showing stupidity - on a booking and went in for a tackle like that just as half was ending. Cost us the points and let everyone down. Hope he was fined the max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Cagey said: Shouldn't have been sent off anyway. First one Portious threw himself up in the Richard Foster didn't think it was a booking & the second the guy actually kicked his foot & another pundit didn't think is was a booking. Some of those days we will get some breaks & decent ref. Steven McLean the ref so no luck there. Really dont think we will get those breaks you speak of. Theres no consequence to giving a wrong decision against teams like Saints. Maybe we will get VAR one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 Is it time to drop McCart. I am sure Dendonnker would be more composed on the ball. I would also replace Rooney with Brown. Melbourne Saint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.B.B:- Adz Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 10 minutes ago, Cagey said: Is it time to drop McCart. I am sure Dendonnker would be more composed on the ball. I would also replace Rooney with Brown. Codswallop Stumpy1949 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Templar Saint said: Bryson was also showing stupidity - on a booking and went in for a tackle like that just as half was ending. Cost us the points and let everyone down. Hope he was fined the max. Indeed. Also got to wonder how many points the loaner midfielders have cost us this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbourne Saint Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 23 minutes ago, Coltrane said: Indeed. Also got to wonder how many points the loaner midfielders have cost us this season. I don't think we should mess around with the defence too much. We need 2 holding/deep midfielders. McPherson is one, Bryson is the other. Crawford plays the link. I wouldn't be against dendoncker playing in front of the 3 either, if CD wants to mix it up. Bite in midfield- we were being breasted on both flanks against Scum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee in exile Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 Crawford couldn't link a sausage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byebyedundee Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 Relax it's all heading towards a Callum / Tommy Play Off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Grieve Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 A bit of luck today and a bit of momentum needed. A loss today is unthinkable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 It's not all gloomy. At least we can't go bottom tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 32 minutes ago, Sergei said: It's not all gloomy. At least we can't go bottom tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 Pitch inspection at half 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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