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As first seasons go it's been an odd one. First he breaks a record for best start ever by the club then goes on the longest without a win run in the clubs history. When we are on it we look a really good outfit but I've not felt this level of fear about crosses into the box since Clangers moved on. All in though, a cup semi,a cup final and euro football next season isn't too shabby as long as you don't dwell on what could have been. Regardless though every report from Sweden I heard (which was 3 or 4 to be clear) all said "you need to give this guy two years before you really see what one of his teams is all about". I've had that in my head all season and I'm not going to start judging him overall until spring 26. The problem I think we have at the moment is that gegenpress systems by their very nature operate on fine margins, particularly when it comes to defending. I'm no coach but best I can tell is that for these systems to work properly, whether it's in defence or attack, players need to be positioning themselves correctly as second nature which takes time to coach into them. This aligns with the "give him two years" advice 2bf. I will say this though, as some of you may remember I watched a good few Elfsborg games before Jimmy left and 100% that team could defend. The first game I saw was against Malmo where Elfsborg had about 20% possession in the 90 but won 3-1 and looked in complete control (I remember being genuinely shocked when I looked at the possession stats at the end given how the game had played out). With that in mind I am hopeful we will start to see the defence tighten up as next season progresses. If it doesn't though Thelin is fucked. I do agree a strong start to 25/26 isn't needed to keep Cormack on board but if we get into January and still really powderpuff at the back Thelin is going to need to start looking over his shoulder.

Touché

I've said a few times now I feel like I'm preparing to attend an execution. I swear to God though if I see one fucking Congo line I'm walking out of the ground immediately

Jesus wept

Well this is a bit more like it

Good, we showed them way too much respect that first half.

Mordor is half full, you can't walk away if you don't even bother going I suppose.

Worst part is Manc best I can tell the tickets won't be sold at all

I'm not going to post the link as it was the sun but utd have cut our allocation to 1800. Basically on the advice of the police because of what happened the last time we played there with Goodwin getting a vodka bottle chucked at him and the utd staff had coins hit them. Which is fair enough I suppose. Slow hand clap to the fucking melts who took part in that

Mcinnes to Hearts appears to be done deal according to my Jambo neighbour. That's a depressingly good appointment for them.

Yeah, fancy us to win this one 2bh. After the ugly sister game last weekend they have zero to play for other than pride and given a lot of them know they won't be there next season I'm not sure how much of that they will have left. It would be particularly nice to get an early goal so the crowd turns on them and we can really go for the jugular.

I think it's quite nice actually, might just get one.

You just know Joe has a really nasally, whining voice.

Fucks sake Panda

Allocation sold out in a day. Attendence fc fans are suitably seething.

Not with that attitude we won't.

Agreed though the silver lining of taking the guaranteed euro spot through the cup and the resulting hibee tears is still available.

I'm really starting to grow to intensely dislike St Mirren.

I'm absolutely dreading this as our record against st mirren for the past 5 years is fucking grim. We have not won at Paisley in the league since february 2020 (goals from Lewis Ferguson and Sam Cosgrove), we have attempted to get league wins there 8 times since and lost 6 times. If you Include that match and the all the matches in the league since them that is 18 fixtures of which we have won 6, drawn 4 and lost 8. I doubt any other team in the league could boast a better record against us apart from the tims. So, yeah, dreading this one. That said we are defo coming into this with a spring in our step and we are well overdue a result there. It will be interesting to see if Thelin goes with the same outfield team for an unprecedented 5th match on the bounce. Re Palaversa he's one yellow away from a 2 match ban and theres no danger hes going the rest of the seaosn without being booked.

Turnbull is under contract till 2027 so I'm not sure how feasible a deal would be relegation or not. I also suspect his wages would be a big stumbling block It would be good business though, he's a great player. As for style he's a proper no 10, he's very skillful on the ball and good for a goal.

This is exactly what happened with Obita yesterday. Sait before re Keskinen, the talent is there he just needs to work on his decsion making but I do think he's making progress. Thought he had a really good game yesterday from that POV

Yeah i thought we played well too, first 15 minutes were a wee bit ropey, and our defensive play with any form of cross into the box remains a big concern, but, for the most part, I felt we were the team with the wind in our sails. Hibs came for a point, don't blame them for that at all and that is one of the better hibernian defences I've seen for a while....... it's not really their forte is it . Morris really couldn't get into it though I think that had a lot to do with Obita who had a great game I thought. Mcgrath was solid when he came on and kudos to him for that, you wouldn't be human if you weren't thinking about next season a wee bit if you were him but he was a complete pro and I am sad to see him leave. My man crush on Dante Polvara continues to grow as i thought he was really good when he came on but sadly another mixed report card for Palaversa. I kinda wonder if he's trying just a wee bit too hard at the moment. Some ping from Nisbet and goal of the season being rightly mentioned..... I would go a bit further 2bh and say it wouldn't look out of place in the puskas nominations. He's done well to even control the ball on the chest as it had some pace on it and then to volley it on the outside of the boot when leaning back and being hugely off balance is mightily impressive. Unfortunatley moments like that will just make him more expensive and desired elsewhere. edit: I would also add I thought Jensen had a very good game yesterday.

What A Goal

Though if they end up selling him for peanuts maybe we could get him back. I miss Bojan so much

Ah, they had two lopes's on the bench, one with a z instead of an s though