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I’m not fussed if we were to lose karlsson, but topi has been a major disappointment this season. Many talked about him kicking on, that certainly hasn’t happened. Prefer we even gave milanovic a run on the left, saw a number of highlights before he joined us where he’s on the left. obviously bilalovic getting more minutes is certainly intriguing.

I was very excited by Karlsson's early performances ... no doubt a talented footballer, but his obvious skills don't produce enough in team play. Kjartansen produced more in terms of creative effectiveness with one pass v Celtic than Karlsson has produced with all his time on the ball in the last 2,3, 4 .... games. Seriously ... don't laugh ... but I think losing Karlsson and giving Keskinen more game time on the left would be an improvement ... although, we surely have 'other' options.

Yep ... that's what I see as well .. and what I was referring to n a post some time ago re. clever/creative/flair players being ineffective ... whilst guys who quietly do the basics ... from the Jute game, Milne, Knoester, are actually the 'creators' in that they are effective in connecting the team and initiating forward moves. (Polvara and Armstrong would usually be in this category, but both were disappointing v Jute ) Karlsson is obviously a very skilled footballer, but lately reminds me of Duk ... re, the insistence on keeping the ball, bamboozling a few defenders, then losing out when at any point during his possession, he could easily have found a pass to a teammate. ... such a waste. Another thing which puzzled me was ... why don't we take a pop from range more often? Yeah, OK, I know, ex Abmadders will be aware I slated Lewis Ferguson many a time for his 20 yarders clearing the crossbar by about the same margin ... but, fuck ... just hit it! .. any outcome is favourable compared to losing the ball to a team set up to hit on the break ... just hit it! ... anything can happen ... as evidenced by Aouchiche's shot which their keeper failed to hold ... rebound pounced on by Karlsson. Also, on a couple of occasions we did 'just hit it', we won a corner .... which is preferable to an intercepted slack pass and having to race back and defend as their out-ball resulted in them racing toward our goal 2 on 2! Still, if we could transition forward faster, with fewer ACCURATE passes .... everything I've written above ( and much of what others have put time and effort into writing) would be unnecessary. Anyway ... my pants remain dry, I still have faith three's the guts of a good team/squad there - happy days will be here again ... but if nae ... dinna blame me

LMFAO - Sexy and I Know it

It was a painful watch on tv, thought we might kick on when we got the equaliser but dear god it was torture, dreading ER on Tuesday evening now. The fannying about without getting a decent ball into the box is doing my head in!!

@Mason89 @OneBrianIrvine. Look what I actually saw in real life on a walk today

Every game you know what is coming. We dick about so much, you know the opposition are going to punish us. Lots of nice little passing movements, but always that extra touch that's not needed or a poor final pass into the danger areas, or more likely an opposition player. Thought Shinnie was MOTM for us not got the legs for the 90 minutes at the LWB role, but the heart of the guy, never ever stops. A lot of players could learn from him. Knoester was a close second. The guy is class. Reading a few pops at Nisbet and Lazetic. Nobody we bring in as a striker is going to work with the shit they are given to work with. Thought Armstrong was shit all game, especially his final ball, just woeful. Some of his corners were embarrassing. He is far better than that. Topi as well, just a waste of a shirt tonight. United weren't great, but we have a knack of making average teams look like world beaters. A draw was a fair result overall, but the sort of match we should be looking to take three points from, or at least make teams fight hard for anything, instead of just gifting them it.

There’s two factor, shit signings to date and shit level/style of play. Do you see enough from this current team to suggest Thelin will get the most out of this group and new signings will add to the quality? Doesn’t matter who we sign if the coach cannot get the best out of the group. I don’t see how signings make us significantly better under the same coaching, methods, and style.

Anyone read the article about thelin not guaranteeing karlsson will be with us all season? I’d assume the karlsson camp aren’t overly happy with how things have gone to date??

Missed Benin 1-1 Botswana and Uganda 1-1 Tanzania so no idea how they went. Saw Senegal 1-1 DR Congo in pub before Dons game and Senegal were maybe a bit lucky to get draw. Last game between Nigeria and Tunisia finished 3-2 and was a cracking game and restored my faith in football after 90 minutes of Goodwin ball.

I don’t trust Jimmy with another transfer window, some of his signings have been absolute dog shit - Milanovic is a huge disappointment but a few others have done fuck all. The football on display is poor and we are so predictable to play against. I don’t know where we go but I’m fast running out of patience.

Inverted wingers can work, seen it and coached it. But we’re doing it incredibly poorly. Inverted allows many things, including full back overlapping for width, cut inside for a switch of play/through ball to the opposite winger, penetrating ball to a diagonal run of a forward. We do little to none of that. We cut in and it’s crowded with very little movement. As a result we’re very limited in options so most often it’s sideways or backwards. Opponents get back, get set, and have time to be organized. Our inverted play is counter productive and quite often buys opponents time to get back. shady mo was very limited, but after a season or so with us figured out he simply had to knock it past a defender an go. We are so badly missing that. That’s a lot of goals/assists we have lost.

I cannot accept the type of support fo nisbet. He’s a forward who is meant to create and score goals. He isn’t doing that. Week in and week out. Looks off the pace much of the time too. He doesn’t combine with our center mids or wide guys (if we even have those), that I don’t really know what he does. I don’t know where hibs played him, but if he’s more of a 10 who plays with another forward, then that’s on Thelin. Lazetic was poor today, but has been ok most of the season and is young, hasn’t been a main 9 for a team as far as I know. Nisbet is an experienced pro. Working hard isn’t enough for me. football is mainly about two things. Not giving away goals, especially cheap goals, and scoring goals. We should see 18 months of Thelin work in these two areas, but today is a perfect example of where we are. We’re not bad at the back, and have looked better this season since the back 3, but even now we’re back to where we were last season where we look shaky at the back, bit nervous, and are giving away goals. We’re almost going backwards and getting worse defensively. In attack it’s all about the final third. Combinations, crosses, getting to the line, different types of runs to attack crosses, a forward laying off to a shot from a midfielder etc. I have absolutely no clue what we are trying to do in attack. And today isn’t a one off, this is the norm for us. Said it before, I’m an ‘A’ licensed coach with 30 years coaching experience. I have not clue what we are trying to do in attack. We don’t really see combos. Don’t see overlapping, don’t see width, don’t see getting to the line for crosses, don’t see early crosses or variations of crosses. What the fuck are we meant to be doing in attack?? I don’t believe nisbet, or karlsson, are bad players. But they are clearly not being utilized or playing to their ability level. That’s on Thelin too.

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Neither wide player will attack the line because it'll put them on their wrong foot, so they nearly always check back and the oppo defence can reset. As an old-fashioned winger, you want to burn past FB, and flash it into the penalty area where the defenders are chasing back facing the wrong way. Instead we have inverted wingers who cut back inside all the time, giving defenders time to reset.

It boils my pish. It's noticeably better on sky etc than the red TV coverage it has to be said, and foreign football is largely unwatchable. Every dead space filled with a close up of someone's face. Why on earth do we need to see close ups of a player's reaction? We want to see their actual reaction on the pitch, whether they chase down an opponent, get back into position or whatever. I want to see who's moving where when we get a throw-in or goal kick, not a replay of a nothing event, or a fucking close up of the fourth official holding up a stoppage time fucking board! Fuck the casual watcher, it's always somebody's team that's playing.

Pretty much my view on it. Would not want to watch that United team more than a couple of times a season. Goodwin could get football stopped. We desperately need to a striker as we already knew Yengi was not good enough and on last few weeks evidence neither is Lazetic. Nisbet worked hard but is getting zero service from midfield. We need a striker in that can fit the system they are trying to implement. Karlsson is a really frustrating player. Despite scoring today I felt he was major reason our attack was so toothless. I would happily pay for Polvara’s flights back to the U.S. if it meant not having to watch him get out muscled or give the ball away again.

PJ Harvey - You Said Something

This is something a lot of people refuse to acknowledge, I’m guilty of it myself at times - watching the game on TV only tells part of the story. Thats nothing against those who don’t or can’t go, I myself don’t get to as many games as I did when I was younger. It’s just frustrating that camera operators are obviously instructed to zoom in, or do cutaways and crowd shots. I guess it’s to keep the casual watcher entertained but I’d much rather have a fixed camera angle of the pitch as a whole rather than it following the ball.

Special dispensation over Christmas fortnight due to there being so many games played and broadcasters wanting to cover them. Pretty spurious.

From the DT music game Nic Jones - Canadee I O Dick Gaughan - What you do with what youve got

Marillion - He Knows You Know

Kursaal Flyers - Little Does She Know

Seems pretty fair IMHO