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I would actually like to see us stop being so committed to one formation. The Motherwell game is a great example, I would have been seriously tempted to change to a back 4 after 70 mins as we looked massively out of ideas and I didn't think it was just fatigue.

Yep, all in I don't have a good feeling about this Greece game at all 2bh.

I wonder if you will be allowed into the concourse for a beer if you've got a ticket for another part of the ground.

He wasn't great against well either jute which was also concerning but I had thought he looked handy when we saw him before. Fingers crossed it's just a coming back from injury thing.

Polvara would make a cracking no 10 imo. He's not the most mobile but he has good touch and awareness and defenders struggle with him when he gets in the box.

Too early to say on the latter imo and I suspect he was probably only meant to play 45 mins after playing 45 2 days ago. I think Gyamfi has potential 2bh but time will tell, he's defo not fully match fit yet.

My big fear with Gordon is keepers do often fall of a cliff quite suddenly when they get to this age. As experienced as he is I would probably go Bain and pray he didn't bottle it 2bh.

My question would be is why doesn't international duty count as holiday time?

I don't necessarily agree we have zero options, I would like to see Clarkie, Milanovic, kjartensson and belalovic given more/any opportunity. Especially in games where we are clearly knackered and we look out of ideas.

Oh don't get me wrong, I recognise a lot of what you say about the post Hibs game, so close after Athens it was a really sore one to take looking so vulnerable to them. Derek Rae has described Lutz as a big character and I think that makes for an interesting dynamic with Thelin who is the quiet geek type. It could well be Thelin is having some form of crisis of confidence and who knows? Maybe that is exactly the kind of person above him he needs right now.

I honestly wondered if he was trolling us taking them on when he did. The most bizzare thing about it all though is he has a very decent record at changing a game with subs.

Fuck, forgot about that. Got back about half 8 so could have caught the second half.

I must admit he had yet to impress me in a match so far but given anytime I saw him he was coming back from injury that was understandable. The boys had nae luck since he moved, I believe he had hardly ever been injured in his career prior too.

For the benefit of the abmad refugees (welcome to you all BTW, it's great to see the board a bit busier) I've been pretty vocal in my defence of Thelin this season just so you know. I must admit today he really did annoy me with his lack of subs. It was obvious we were second best in the midfield and they really were passing around us for fun at times. It clearly needed changing up and Clarkson should have been on early in the second half at the very latest. In the past, and particularly when playing 4231, (which we shouldn't be scared to go back to mid game if the 3 isn't working BTW, if anything else it can completely bugger the oppositions game plan) I could usually see what Jimmy was trying to do but today and the second half against Killie I'm really scratching my head at what the game plan was other than hold the line. Sure, the Cyprus trip has tiring effect even if you don't play but that's even more reason to be quick with the changes. It's not like we don't have 5 subs to use these days either or a plethora of attacking options. At least we didn't lose but if we had won it would have been an injustice. Our new DOF should be walking through the door very soon. He's a big character according to Derek Rae and hopefully that can help lift the malaise that seems to be hanging over the club this season.

Lucky git, I bet he's got some tremendous tales to tell!