RicoS321

Shinnie has had hundreds of those chats in his career though. It's actually quite rare for him to get sent off, and not unusual for him to get an early booking and last ninety minutes.

On what grounds? He barely touched the player.

There was nothing predictable about a straight red.

That's the worst decision I've ever seen

That's never a red. It's not even a yellow, but they'll feel they have to give one.

You wouldn't agree if you ignore the point I'm actually making.

He has been much worse than the others. The others are doing nothing to create chances (although Keskinen has been okay), whereas Bilalovic is actively giving them chances as he's completely unable to hold his position and press his man. Whilst Keskinen isn't playing brilliantly, he's covering his fullback every time and showing discipline. It's an indisciplined display by Bilalovic that's the issue. I agree, we could take off any of the others for their performances too.

Need to get Bilalovic off. He's all over the shop on that side.

Morrison moved across. Good call!

Fuck sake, Knoester off and Nilsen on. Assuming that means Nilsen on his left foot, which is basically like giving away a goal. I'd have considered Jensen on and Devlin at left centre half. Devlin is much better at keeping it simple on his wrong side. Watch how Nilsen plays on his left, drawing the player in and then taking an age to get it on his right and probably losing it.

Anyone else's stream terrible? Mine's skipping and buffering constantly. Fawa.

Bilalovic is terrible defensively. A real liability. It was the same against Livingston. He just saunters miles in field leaving the guy in heaps of space.

That first goal isn't Mitov's fault. A good punch, with plenty of distance. Armstrong doesn't bother to close. Morrison doesn't look positionally great so far, but expect he doesn't know what his teammates are doing. Two goals deserved.

Yep. Hopefully teams with quality pitches, like Partick, can come up. Obviously it might take a bit of time to get to the level of Dundee United's pitch, but grass is certainly the gold standard.

Shouldn't have put them up there in the first place

Good bit of business from Hibs like.

Have you considered that maybe you did die, and everything since has been just the construct of your soul making its way to heaven?

The biggest killer in the 70s and 80s I believe. Dangerous things.

I have a feeling that Milanovic could be like a new signing under the next manager.

Too much competition in the league?

You're right. Probably the way it should be to be honest. When none of us have a clue about half the options, we'd really only be telling each other how much we don't want Robinson, but that we'd get behind him if he did get the job. The new manager every season got boring before and after Calderwood, and again after McInnes. It's quite jading.

When was that taken?

I'd argue that Ramadani never added either of those. What he did add was legs and being first to second balls. When Goodwin insisted on playing Ramadani, for months, in front of the defence taking the ball from them and trying to link play, he was absolutely terrible. He wasn't particularly physical either. As soon as Robson moved him alongside Shinnie, ahead of Clarkson we were flying. They were both tenacious and quick to every second ball, with Ramadani great at intercepting and closing down, without requiring to be particularly strong in the tackle. I'm not saying he shirked a challenge, just that he was not particularly aggressive. He was just everywhere. There's a good argument to say that we could have had what Ramadani offered via Aouchiche if either manager had recognised it, as his coverage and closing were both excellent. I'm really hoping that Leven (and beyond) doesn't make the mistake Goodwin did with Ramadani with the new lad by playing him as a sitting defender. He doesn't strike me as the type who is best utilised sitting deep, but rather pressing high and all over. That's based on YouTube and stats though.

I can see why someone thought he might do a job in the SPFL. A guy whose confidence had been obliterated before he ever set foot on the pitch. I'd like to have seen a loan in this country to see if he could get some sort of confidence built. If we just ignore his messages and calls, then he might stay in Japan.

It's not a cultural thing though, is it? It's about pragmatism. Players with experience of the SPFL are much lower risk than out with. You get a much higher rate of return. Almost any European based player will already be culturally similar to those in Scotland.