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Aye, but he hates the hun, so he was bound to play well. This was the move we should have been trying to get him at the start of the season. I'm not sure he'll be good enough, but there were a lot of minutes of football available for a guy like Anderson over the last few years. Many games where we were a couple of goals up and we went for the game management option, with a side portion of Main/Wilson. I think we could have got him to the level of McLennan no bother.

One thing that allowed us to play a 4-2-3-1 for much of deek's tenure was that by-in-large every other team played a 4. They don't now, and it causes problems. Livingston game showed that a three was fine when paired with a five in midfield. Earlier in the season, our three was very successful when we backed it up with fast attacking play. To be honest, it's our lack of ability in the final third and to retain possession high up the park that is of more concern than our defence. Guys playing all over the shop, being moved constantly and a complete lack of coherence has led to us being overrun and outnumbered far too often at the back. Against Hibs, we looked just as likely to lose a goal with Leigh at left back as we did after he went off, with the wing backs. But, basically, it absolutely depends on the opposition. Before anyone starts with the "let them think about us" nonsense, the notion that adding an extra man up front, or another in midfield can be ignored is silly (unless they're really pish). I think your 4-2-3-1 is fairly robust regardless of the opposition though, and I think you're right that it might suit the current personnel, especially with Hedges out. A 3-4-3 is probably too aspirational for our existing side, we simply don't have the dynamic to make it work without Wright/Hedges/Watkins, unfortunately. I'd probably ditch Hornby for Hendry though, who looks to be an improvement on Main. Hornby isn't match sharp and I don't think we can afford to dick about with him in the team, predictably (he's not a January signing for me, or at best a very high risk one). I'll hold fire on Kamberi until we see which one turns up.

That last part has been what many of us have been saying for a while now. I'm probably still in that position (although I think Goodwin is a good manager). Replacing McInnes won't be easy, and I don't believe that we have the structure in place to move relatively seamlessly to the next guy. We might get the fifteen game bounce that a new manager brings, but we need a long term strategy, and I think we're nowhere near that. At present, I'd rather spend the McInnes pay off money on a scouting department.

^^^So annoyed, I replied to the wrong topic

I thought that too, but it was actually well in when you watch it back. Fair play to collum, he was right up with play and probably got it right. Soft, but just a shite attempt at a tackle. Totally agree with the lack of fight for the manager. They looked like a tired team after the pen went in.

I disagree, I think he's been one of our better players this season. Atrocious today. However, dicking him about up front for the first 40 minutes really seemed to throw him off his game and he never recovered. Didn't seem to know where he was standing half the time and looked knackered towards the end (as they all did). I think Collum probably got the pen right, it was a terrible attempt at a tackle, he was really flat footed after some awful play by McLennan. Hornby absolutely atrocious. Really bad. Why we thought an u21 loanee would solve our issues I don't know. Hendry actually looked much better, and a lot more willing to get stuck in. All in all, just a terrible setup and subsequent result. Lack of ideas, both on and off the pitch and an inability to change things for the better. Can't wait to see what Stephen Glass does with the squad.

Be interesting to see if the rumours pan out this weekend. How the fuck he's let it get to this situation, god only knows. Had some bad luck on the way, but most of the problems have arisen by not going back to extreme basics and doing the simple things. Constantly dicking about with formations and players moving from one side to the other when they're in a rut, further denting the confidence. How the fuck Hornby got 90 minutes today, I don't know, he was absolutely honking. I think he's put the board in a fucking awful situation, where we'll be forced to pay out a shite load of dosh during a pandemic to get rid of a manager. He just had to put in battling performances until the summer, it wouldn't have taken much. A bit of fight in a decent, fixed, line up. Totally shite-bagged it today again. A new manager should be able to get an immediate improvement on the last few performances, where there was a glaring deficit. A shame like, he should have been a manager that left us for better things, but he's fucked it.

Yep, it'll be a 4-5-1, changing to a 4-3-3. Bet he'll play Hayes and Kennedy on the wrong wings.

They have a policy, but it's the extent of the policy that you're proposing that is the issue. You must not like post by Rangers players seems a bit of a stretch. Also, it wouldn't be just that. It would be: if a player moves to Motherwell, Hibs, Kilmarnock... you are free to like subsequent welcoming posts, but if that player moves to rangers (I'm guessing that Celtic wouldn't be included for some bizarre reason) then you must decipher whether the player is posting in an official, or personal capacity before liking the post. What would be the punishment for accidentally liking a friend's post that played for the wrong club in your mind?

You've basically invalidated your point by saying it's okay to congratulate them on their phones via personal message. The players either hate Wright (and Jack) for their Judas action or not. That you can see the hate or not is largely irrelevant if it is to have any effect on the pitch, which is what you alluded to in the first post. As for the Robertson nonsense, there is absolutely zero evidence that the AFC players of the day hated Robertson, and if social media existed they'd have liked their friend's post. Wow. You think it's okay for companies to trawl their employees' personal social media accounts? That's fairly dystopian. It's probably the crux of the matter for me. These young lads are just employees of a company same as the rest of us. They're not our property, our slaves. You're actually endorsing telling human beings how to think and how to interact with their friends. Surely you must be able to see that when you exert such a level of control over a person, it can lead to a fairly unhappy existence? Liking a friend's post is a far, distant cry from a director saying that Scottish football needs a strong Rangers. There has to be a line drawn somewhere, and I think your expectation is way beyond that.

Fuck sake. Add a couple of years to his contract while he's feeling down about it.

Again, I'm an adult. I don't indulge in the "should(n't) I like someone's post on social media" for fear of what others may/may not think. It's a road to nowhere that shit. If folk do indulge in that, then they shouldn't be on social media. It's not good for the health. I don't remember the familial interactions of random English players in the mercenary hotbed of the greatest league in the world. But I do know it's fuck all to do with being winners and losers, and unless you're going to provide a detailed analysis of those who have liked or not liked former colleague's tweets - and those that would have liked former colleague's tweets had they not been instructed not to by their club - and number of wins, then I'll assume you're talking shite. Strange that neither Neville's (I have no inclination to find out which one yer on about) designation as "winner" ever carried onto their England or managerial careers.

Fucking hell. Adult wishes friend all the best in the modern way (social media like) and they're all Huns? Grow the fuck up. If the club are policing social media to that degree, then it says more about dons fans than it does Wright, Jack or any other Hun. Top staziing lads. That's Hun-level staunchness. I noticed in one of his Scotland appearances, Considine passed to Jack. I expect to see the new manager, Neil Simpson, removing him from the club with immediate effect.

3 points

Thankfully we've got St Johnstone's fourth choice striker on the pitch now, so we should turn it around.

That was fucking turgid. Lewis with a fairly basic error and that plays into their hands. Kennedy comes on for Hedges and immediately heads to the wrong wing. Within a minute, he allows a guy to cross for no reason, and Hayes leaves his man to stroll in and take the easy finish. We've been all over the shop like, and it's nothing to do with the only new player playing. Leigh is pish at left back, so Ash going off is probably a bonus (he was doing okay). McLennan was absolutely awful, really bad, he didn't know what he was doing. Hornby looking like he's done for the u21s recently. I don't even think this is a managerial thing, it's just looked like an ability thing om ,pst areas of the pitch. Ferguson the only player working and the only player standing up to them. They've been excellent, just harrassing the fuck out of us.

Think so. Wanted to make his debut tanking his former team.

It's a good throw of the dice like, but that's exactly what it is. After tonight's game, Twitter will either be going nuts because we've signed a couple of donkeys rather than give Anderson another six goes at it, or they'll be booking their flights to the champion's league draw. I think Hendry will be a useful Main replacement that might get us something late in games, I think Hornby will take several games to get up for it and Kamberi will do fuck all before scoring a spectacular thirty yarder against the Hun to send us to the Scottish cup final (which we lose to st Johnstone).

We need to ruin at least one young player's future by making him sit on our bench for six months instead of giving him an opportunity to play every week on loan.

Is anyone going to check on Hernandez? Hope he's okay. I feel like he's done remarkably well out of all this. He's basically been so shite, that he doesn't even make it on to the really shite players list to get abused. I mean Main actually attended games with his shiteness, he should really have considered just fucking off to South America and he wouldn't have got any abuse for being shite.

I'm guessing Kamberi might be seen as a creative option in place of Wright. Exciting window for sure. Hornby not as good as Cosgrove, Kamberi not as good as Wright, Hendry a dirty horse.... But we got rid of Curtis fucking Main. I'm going to get shitfaced.

Main out on loan. It was on the rumour mill somewhere, but I've lost it now. Be ace if true. Not quite sure we need 4 strikers competing for 1 position, although I'm guessing that he'll play Kamberi around about the Wright shaped hole (with fewer requirements in back-tracking) if signed.

Three in, three out (including Cosgrove) according to the rumour mill. That's more changes than McInnes has made subs this season.

Did they not change the rules to three for Covid?

Good move for Anderson, I hope he does well for himself. Kamberi is another that would be fine on loan when there's no fans to boo the hun cunt.