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RicoS321

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  1. Surely he's not worse than Doohan? He got great reviews when at Huntly, and he's currently Bonnyrigg's first choice. Would Doohan get a game at that level? Goalie is such a leveller in this league. It's really difficult to get two good keepers, there are only two teams that can afford that. The only way there isn't significant drop off is if you have a really good young goalie coming through that maybe isn't quite ready for the first team. Otherwise you're stuck with merry-go-round jobbers. Of course there are teams (Hibs) for whom both keepers are pish. Perhaps that's easier to deal with in a way! Hearts have two fairly decent ones, but that's because Gordon is a fan, and came through the ranks. That's quite unusual. Doohan is going to lose us points (arguably has already, flappy cunt!). I think his shot stopping is half decent, but he doesn't come for crosses and, the biggest problem, he doesn't build the play from the back the way Mitov does. It's a bit of a disaster to be honest.
  2. oxymoron /ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn/ noun noun: oxymoron; plural noun: oxymorons a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ). "that fashionable rhetorical novelty, the humblebrag, is itself an oxymoron"
  3. I think so too, but it's difficult to keep both in the team for every game, with midweek fixtures. It was also noticeable that Shinnie coming on alongside a tiring Nilsen didn't really help matters either. For me, Palaversa should really be the one coming off the bench if we're trying to rest either of the other two (rather than starting Palaversa I mean). Palaversa is a young player learning still, and I think he'll be a good one to sign long term. I'm really keen to see if Polvara can bring some of the form he showed at the end of last season, or if that was just a product of playing meaningless end of season bottom six fixtures. In season's past, we could have happily experimented with both Palaversa and Polvara by giving them minutes in the number ten role, upfield a bit where they could have less pressure on them and utilise their good passing, but we have numerous players looking to play there. A lot has been said about Thelin's ability to turn crap players into good ones, but actually it's really only Morris we're seeing with any real consistency. The rest have been carried along by a good team, with guys like Devlin, MacKenzie and Shinnie benefitting from being played to their strengths. I think it'll become a little more clear in the next few games where we are, but I suspect we'll likely find out that guys on the periphery, who will be asked to play a larger role, are improved, but still not good enough. That includes MacDonald, McGarry, Besuijen, Ambrose, Palaversa (to a lesser degree), Milne, Sokler etc, who we could happily have one or two playing parts here and there, but not a few of them in whole games between them (e.g. McGarry replaced by Milne). I mentioned several times that we needed to see guys out the door in the summer, and we didn't really get that. I think we need a bit of a tidy up with some of the aforementioned.
  4. Both. He played well for a guy that hasn't played all season, but because he hasn't played all season was shaky! He's not great defensively, so that was already a given. He was very shaky on the ball, which is the bit we expect him to be okay at, but settled after the first half of the first half and was fine from there. Basically, his default is shaky (also known as pish), so anything better is okay.
  5. Defence was fine, McGarry played well for a guy who hasn't played all season. Wouldn't want him against the Tims, as he was shaky defensively, but he wasn't bad. Struggled to get past his man, but used the ball well for the most part. He was better than Milne was when he came on, but I expect a lot of that is due to him being on his wrong side. Overall, it was a reasonable point. We are hitting a wall, I think, in terms of the squad. We looked tired, and the fresh legs didn't feel particularly fresh. It's the first time I felt that Thelin didn't quite get the changes right. He was slow to change it, and the sporadic changes just seemed to interrupt the flow of the game rather than being freshness. Given they were the better side at times, that might have been deliberate. Mitov was a big loss in that second. He's loud and commanding (even when he's not playing well or coming for things he shouldn't). Players are confident in passing it back to him, and we didn't have that at all with Doohan. I can see the niggling little injuries starting to happen as we move into winter, and I think we'll struggle. Would have been good to see Polvara get on today.
  6. Yasss. Clarkson. Great finish. Shady Mo again
  7. Hearts lads dropping like flies. Delayed reaction to @BigAl's wish for them to suffer career ending injuries.
  8. I totally didn't notice the McGarry inclusion. Jesus.
  9. Wild. No Rubi or Shinnie. That's a fair chunk of aggression missing. MacDonald probably deserves a chance, and I'm glad that he'll at least be able to play on his right side for once. Palaversa been poor of late, so interesting to see how he gets on. Polvara on the bench again, good to see.
  10. Low head IMO
  11. I'd start with the team that started the second half against the other Edinburgh cheek.
  12. Getting a bit woke in your old age?
  13. Yep, that was the mistake I meant. As you say, it's those balls down the middle that should be bread and butter for Rubi. It's a concentration thing in my opinion, which is probably quite difficult to teach. It just takes switching off for a second for it to cause problems and he gets his timing wrong. It's probably why a lot of defenders improve with age, as their focus improves. I like the fact that we're bringing through two young defenders, and I'd be reluctant for us to break up that partnership, but it certainly comes with drawbacks.
  14. Aye, there was really only one defensive arse up for the goals last night, and that was down to switching off at the last. You could tell Shinnie was annoyed with himself for giving away the freekick, but 99 times out of 100 he'd get away with that. There was one corner when Bushiri got a free header, but we otherwise defended them quite well. I have an intuitive dislike of zonal marking too, but I'm sure that they've run the numbers on it and found some benefit. I'm wondering if it's changed since VAR? Were teams concerned about giving away penalties through grappling and shirt pulling in the box? Is it because teams spend way more time organising corner routines with players blocking and hiding behind one another making it difficult to pick up men? Either way, there's nothing difficult about zonal marking. All areas should be covered, and if there's a big hole it's because someone somewhere in the chain has left their zone. I guess it's just as likely that someone will leave their zone empty in zonal, as it is that someone loses their man when marking. It could be argued that the instructions never change in zonal, and so there shouldn't be the confusion of picking up the wrong player. I'd be interested to see if we give away a lot more corners than others? We seem happy to let a lot of balls come in from wide rather than go to the man, so perhaps we give away more corners and inevitably lose more goals from them. Perhaps someone from the BBC can provide an analysis?
  15. What a goal from Sokler though. A draw a fair result.
  16. Devlin. Legend. Some finish.
  17. Great goal. Morris again with the run. Easy stuff.
  18. That's been coming. We've not been great again.
  19. Getting his team lines from here it seems.
  20. Good. Pittodrie is fucking ace.
  21. He was maybe behind Shankland?
  22. McKenna wasn't a stand out for Ayr. A lot depends on confidence and physical attributes, and I think Duncan struggles with the former. He was very good at Peterhead, but he seems to have had the strong running beaten out of him during the last few managers. As @BigAl says, it'd be good to see what Thelin could do with him.
  23. Hopefully smash these cunts. St Mirren, Hibs and Hearts away are traditionally games that we pick up zero points in. Despite Hibs' form, they've looked okay in a few of their games before spontaneously combusting,so it won't be an easy one. If they can go relatively error-free then we could be in for a surprise. Obviously, I think if they make a mistake - and that goalie of there's certainly has a plethora of them up his gloves - that results in a goal, then I could see us tanking them. Will be interesting to see how we line up. I think Clarkson will drop out (which is a shame, as I actually thought he was the better of the two between him and McGrath) and probably Morris too. I think we'll start Nisbet and Topi, with McGrath and Duk, leaving Morris to score four when he comes on. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of the midfield two drop out too, although Palaversa has been poor in the last couple of games. Would like to see Polvara get some minutes.
  24. I thought he had too, but watched it on the highlights and he flags for the throw. Obviously we don't know what they're saying to one another on the mics, but Beaton was across so quick, I doubt they'd have had time to converse.
  25. I think he only gets a yellow to placate beaton's ego. The linesman is right there and gives the throw. Why does Beaton believe he has a better view? There were no Dons players charging at Gogic and trying to start a fight, why couldn't he take three seconds to ask the linesman if he'd taken the ball cleanly? I'd be raging with a yellow for that, he was completely in control and a good bit ahead of the Dons player. They'd be as well banning sliding tackles.
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