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Thelin played inverted wingers at elfborg. Topi appears to be the inverted type who likes to cut in, prob due to him not being quick enough to blow but defenders like Morris. Milanovic too, and karlsson. Although I do recall watching highlights of milanovic on the left in Aussie, surprised we haven’t at least tried him on that side. Hard to move away from it when you don’t have more traditional wingers. As has been said before, flawed squad design.

I dont think it’s just the US, Lutz wasn’t here that long, I think it’s anywhere you have a director of football type roll. The British game in general is not forward thinking. lots of itchy feet. Expect activity this week, I suspect we didn’t want too much change before the cup game. Now that’s out the way think we may see a manager and a player or two. no clue if graham is any good, but we have been willing to pay for relatively foreign unknowns, would like us to push the boat out for a Scottish player. We’ve missed much more than hit with Scottish players of late, and it’s been highlighted recently that we need to be more Scottish.

I think we could all buy into new ways, if they weren’t so obviously shite

There’s plenty of options that could be done. Doing nothing isn’t one of them.

America pretty much owns Europe and the UK. There is very little Starmer or any of them can do in this situation, as they aren't dealing with a rational regime. We won't even have the sense to take steps now that would stop this sort of shyte happening in the future. We are too wedded to the US and will always believe Russia and China are the real menace.

That is why I don't think our on the pitch issues are down to Leven. He is being told to play this suicidal way. I'm not saying it would be any better if he were to change how we play under him, but we didn't play this way when he was caretaker before and after the Warnock sideshow. Seems strange he would continue to play the way which saw Thelin sacked. A piece in the press yesterday with Lutz saying that we fans should buy in to new ways, which was his defence for sitting in the dugout as it happens in other clubs. I assume he means in the USofA, as I can't remember seeing it in Europe, but I could be speaking shyte as I don't follow much fitba outwith of Scotland.

My point exactly. Surely the “football people” at the club would not be sticking with this insanity. It must be coming from the top. DC etc must have seen something clever on football manager or somewhere similar. Inverted wingers can work, the greek lad at the diets is a great example, but they also get proper overlaps from the FB’s and midfielders flooding the box which are things we abjectly fail to do. Continuing with this formation with this squad is just a monumental act of self harm and a complete dereliction of duty from all involved…

Only if it involves the Huns paying money. They've not paid for Barron or Cameron I don't think.

It's the strategy etc. identity or some pish. The inverted wingers is a function of the signings though. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, Keskinen hits the byline far more often on his wrong foot, and he's the closest we've got to a winger. Milanovic and Bilalovic are fast, but not over ten yards. Karlsson doss exactly the same thing every time, and has zero pace whatsoever, and it's quite unbelievable that he's ever been able to play on the wing (or as part of a team). Playing out from the back is absolutely fine. It just needs the correct blend of when to do so and when not to. It makes sense from the point of view of drawing the opponent out and retaining possession. It makes no sense when the opposition are in shape and pressing. We seem to have instituted it as a fundamental at a high level, and associated it with "entertainment". It ignores player ability. It also ignores the far bigger problem of pitch quality for large parts of the season. Our goalies always start off being able to kick accurately, which mysteriously tails off after November. It's very hard to pick a forty yard pass on a bobbly pitch in rainy conditions. That never gets acknowledged in our playing out from the back utopia.

Do they only do these tribunals once a decade??

Appen Yorkshire people might ?

Scotland have arranged friendlies against Japan at the end of March and Dick Advocaat's Curacao at the end of May.

Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On

Who is it that is setting this style of play bollocks, the football monitoring board?

ach well I must have missed the joke as it went woosh over ma heed. Or maybe I should start reading from page 1 onwards instead from the recent page back But hey at least there was some concern for your well being

Keir came out swinging this morning & said absolutely nothing Sensible grown up politics from the adults in the room

For the avoidance of doubt (if needed) that was a joke based on my previous post & the way we played (again)…

Ladies and Gentlemen I give you Dave (I wanna be a yank) Ego Maniac Fukin Cormack

Fuk sake min, hope you are ok SF

Bit late posting as not long back from A&E getting treatment for 3rd degree burns. Deary me that was grim again. Its abundantly clear now that formation is being imposed from above. No football person in their right mind would persist with this inverted winger nonsense surely? Disappointed in Lutz and Leven here. They should be making a stand to put a stop to it. The Clarkson / Mitov clusterfuck was a particular highlight too. Someone make it stop!! As for the game, just more of the same turgid crap, though a wins all that matters in the cup. This lot are not beating Motherwell though, no chance. Agree with lots of the comments: Nisbet played well, put in a shift and linked play well. He’s just getting hung out to dry with absolutely zero service. Cameron did fine. That midfield was all over the shop though. A decent team will destroy it. Milanovic - not a footballer. Gyamfi - having serious doubts. That one where he let it bounce, lost it then fouled the Raith boy to stop a breakaway was a particular highlight. Karlsson - selfish, self centred prick. Just get rid. Topi - put in a shift, but he’s just not a footballer. Game intelligence of a blacmange. Near £1million fee, fuck me. We lost about 95% of the high balls into the box again today. The Raith No. 9 Hamilton won everything. Milne cannot time a defensive header to save his life despite being about 6’5”. Polvara not much better though he’s not a CH, so I’ll cut him some slack. For the love of god AFC go sign a couple of proper CH’s with presence and arial ability or we are in serious trouble again. Big week ahead, let’s just hope we can get some transfer business done cause by christ we need it…

Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone

There's no money to be made from helping the planet. If there was, then there would be no climate crisis.

Maybe he should focus more on reducing greenhouse gasses and the slowing/reversing the climate emergency to stop the ice caps melting, ergo stopping the baddies from getting through that way. But no, "drill baby, drill"

I don’t think the senile orange nonce has factored in that the Boghead Youth Army (hated but rated) could take faslane in 2 minutes How secure is Greenland looking then!? Prick

Only one member of NATO has ever triggered article 5 to get other countries to come to their aid and that was the U.S. and NATO did. This includes Denmark who suffered the highest per capita casualty rate of any of the countries so to claim that U.S. gets nothing from other countries is laughable on that basis alone. Then look at the money the U.S. defence industries get from NATO members since its inception. It is again farcical to suggest no to financial benefit from this. The US already the right to increase number of troops in its bases in Greenland if they are worried about security and alleged increase Russian activity (same Russians his policies are assisting in Ukraine but that’s a different discussion) but it should be pointed out that NATO have said no Russian ships have been in Greenland waters for a number of years. This is nothing to do with security it’s all to do with the Poundland Mussolini wanting to be able to say he has made America greater again by expanding territory. He wants to get his face on Mount Rushmore like the other U.S. Presidents that have expanded the U.S. for his ego nothing more.