OrlandoDon

Well this is shit. It’s just a matter of when.

Anyone know if the club shop is the only place I can buy this years strip? Looking for a home top in large and seems like they’ve been sold out for a while.

Belter of a goal, long corner played out to the edge of the box, cracker of a volley from clarkson.

Critical I know, but says a lot about the competition when Matty Kennedy looks our best player. Morris is such a panic buy, yet to see anything from him this season that suggests he’s good enough for us.

Pretty dire stuff. Playing Atlanta B and youth players and their keeper hasn’t had a save.

But do we need a right back since we seem to be a 3-5-2 team now?? Don’t we have bigger priorities? We have an abundance of wing backs/wingers at the club…..although most are shit to be fair.

Be an interesting window, although we have to remember it’s not summer and winter is a tough market. Little may happen. I think any offers for miovski have to be considered with two things in mind, christian Ramirez and formation. I rate miovski highly but a 4-5 mill offer or more we snap that up. If we play 3-5-2 with Ramirez up front with Duk I think christian could do very well. Different type of player to miovski but still a very good one (if he wants to be here.) It’s funny, miovski seems a polished established player while we see duk as young raw talent, but they’re not far off the same age. Can see duk with us for longer, I think being fair, miovski is a step above us. I think getting coulson has to be a window priority, do early business. Pre contract or permanent now. He’s not been at his best of late but I believe thats injury related. He’s quality. Hopefully the World Cup break gives him time for full fitness. Can play left back, wing back, or left mid, given we’re not certain of formation I think he’s a good long term signing. Same for scales, would like us to pick him up, the noise around him has quietened, maybe we can get him permanently. Doubt that though. That then leads to the left central defender problem again. another right central defender is a must. Back 3 or 4, I think mccrorie has to be in midfield. Don’t see Stewart being benched, think he’s the middle of a 3 in goodwin’s eyes. If we go 4 at the back though with this signing added then Stewart isn’t 100% guaranteed to play every minute and competition for playing time is good. Don’t see the point in another right back if we’re committed to 3-5-2. We’ve got too many players, Richardson, Kennedy, Morris, mccrorie, Vinny, Roberts, Watkins etc can all play right, even McLennan if he returns, we need to offload. To be honest, would like to see us shed one or two of these first. a midfield 3 of ramadani barron and clarkson isn’t working in my eyes. As a result we bypass them too much and go long. It’s ramadani mccrorie and one more. To be honest I’d like the third to be clarkson short term then Ronan picked up now or summer. Ronan in clarkson’s place ASAP, we need that flair. Barron and clarkson aren’t a good combo and as I have, other too, think if punting Barron to Celtic to get scales is on, we do that. So, coulson and scales permanently, right central defender, and Ronan. That’s the winter business. If we can punt Kennedy, McLennan, Watkins, even Morris, then a right wing back/winger too.

Ooft, that’s another good goal. Hopefully there’s truth to the juve rumor. Anyone know the sell on clause?? congrats to the boy, good to see him doing well.

Just hope duk’s miss on half time doesn’t hurt us….. Need a second.

Interesting sub........

None of the 3 are given without VAR.

Facking VAR farce again.......

That's harsh. We've seen one season of Ramirez in a shit season, and less that 1/2 a season for Miovski. I rate both. Both score and miss chances, tough to separate.

I suppose I can offer something positive, two very David Beckham-esque passes cross field from Barron. Lovely balls.

Well that was a shit half. Only thing worse would be if we were down to 10. Maybe McCrorie can make that happen in the second half. 3-1 loss on the cards.

Would be nice to see something from Ramadani Barron or Clarkson. Not that anyone is much better but zero from the middle of the park so far...

Not two from Anderson, but you could be right........I hope! 2 down 16 mins in ffs.

Oh yes he is! Considine is slower than slow!

Taking a step back, I’m one who blasted mcinnes tactics for the negative sit in against Celtic and rangers. It rarely if ever worked. Goodwin tried the opposite and gets blasted, plus he went more with attack (our strength) than sit in and defend, our weakness. Was that really the wrong thing? I also didn’t see the game, only going by what I read, mainly from here. We’re far from good but it’s transition, frustrating to see the Huns lose when they blasted us, but hopefully goodwin learns from it for future league and cup games this year. PS - I don’t care what considine does this year and moving forward. He’s not good enough for us, is slower than Stewart, and while it’s easy to comment when he does good things, he’s a very limited old man now who makes mistakes. Move on.

It’s a funny old game saint. More goals in this.

He was onside, var checked that. And there’s keeper contact, var checked that. Took 5 mins ffs. But I think Duk is already diving and it’s not the contact that takes him down. Harsh. As for the retake, he was off his line so that’s the rules, but they are not always called and retaken.

1-0 penalty, absolute farce. VAR at its finest. But we benefit!

Lovely first touch and fine finish!

Yup. Sadly it’s a transitional year. With the new coach and a complete squad overhaul it’s a tough ask to get it right in a matter of weeks. On average at least half the signings won’t be good enough. I’d say this year it’s more of an assessment of goodwin and whether he has the ability to build and coach a squad.

That’s a very bold statement re mental toughness. How well do you know these players??