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European group stages were a bore, fuck them. Unearned pish. Today's game was hard going at times, thought the first half would never end. Nisbet excellent today, Clarkson very good when he came on, as were Morris and Shinnie. Okkels must have something on Thelin, he's done absolutely nothing to deserve to start in any of the games he's played so far. He's just a nothing player, I'd rather have Matty Kennedy back. Gueye was pish too. I'm assuming MacKenzie was injured, because there were at least five players requiring subbed before him. It was a strange sub that left us playing Keskinen through cramp for the last half hour. The only other reason I can think for it was the big argument he had with Nilsen in the first half. Nilsen did his trademark: shite pass, followed by shouting at the player who had no chance of getting it, and MacKenzie correctly shouted back at him. Anyway, Shinnie was good when he came on. Palaversa poor for the second start in a row, and started the second half like he'd never seen a football before. Clarkson has to be ahead of him now, he ran the show when he came on. The back two were fine. Knoester looks good. Losing goals to crosses and set pieces is a tactical thing, we're clearly setting up wrong. Although Mitov should have saved the first quite easily. He was otherwise good, building quickly from the back.

One of the first chants my daughter learned, and when to shout it, was "dig a hole". A classic. Although I did have to stop her shouting it at a Dons Womens' match, which was a nice lesson on the boundaries of acceptability.

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Aye, but that has to be weighed against the fact that Okkels. Yes, you can bench him, especially if it's down to fitness. I also agree though that Nilsen and Shinnie were better than Nilsen and Palaversa in the previous game (Clarkson was also better than Palaversa when he came on in the same role). If I were dropping either of the two, though, it'd be Nilsen. Despite having the better game on the ball, he was largely responsible for the gaping holes in behind as he doesn't get back and doesn't sit when Shinnie goes. Of course, that was against a good team, and not hugely relevant against utd, where we'd probably want his ability on the ball. The biggest thing for me though was that he was down to walking pace when he came off. Ten minutes prior, MacKenzie was 2 on 1 at left back, and was pointing for Nilsen to track his man, but he just stood in the worst possible position, because he knew he wasn't going to be able to match the run, leaving MacKenzie to pick up both players.

You could see why when Gueye came on. He just sort of wondered about, not taking up particularly good space, and not shutting down the angles in defence, he just looked lazy. Not a player for a game against the Tims. The midfield was a slight surprise, although Palaversa wasn't particularly good at the weekend. The biggest surprise was Doohan, as I think even if Mitov had a leg missing I'd have played him.

Shady Mo with the moral victory.

Mental that Nisbet is off rather than Dabbagh.

I think we can forgive the giving the ball away by Shinnie and Nielsen (Shinnie started poorly but improved), as they close quickly, and we're trying to play tight balls rather than just aimless punts. I agree about the poor play for the goals. I would add the Knoester was poor for one of them. Maeda was very obviously making space for the wide player, and Knoester allowed himself to be dragged right across his other centre half. He can see Tobers, all he has to do his stop his run,playing Maeda offside, and being in place to cut out the wide player. It was poor from a centre half.

Yep, Doohan been poor. Okkels been gash. Otherwise, we've been not too bad, and the scoreline flatters them. Dabbagh struggling a little up front too.

Apart from the first twelve games, where it worked extremely well. I actually think they're our most suited pairing, they rarely get in one another's way, unlike Nilsen and Palaversa. They just both got knackered at exactly the same time and started making errors turn about.

Hoilett would have been handy during first half of the season, but he'd have been sub, not a starter. McGrath and Gueye would both have started ahead of him. The intention would always have been to replace him in January too (although I don't think Okkels has reached the level hoilett did yet), so a two year deal would have been far too long. McGrath on a four year deal is different. There's a good argument for just giving him the deal with a view to getting 2-3 good seasons out of him. I can completely understand why the club wouldn't go for it though, especially as they've likely already begun scouting for a replacement. It seems that Hibs aren't outbidding us, just offering more security.

The whole team chucked it after that. He was running on fumes in that game, and the ones after. He seemed to get more game the more tired he got, playing 80+ minutes every game bar one (and mostly the full 90) from the draw with Tims, where he was brilliant, to the point he got injured. Despite the fact that that was the point he needed the rest most. He was really good up until that point, where he was being taken off in 60-80 minutes most weeks, having done the hard work. The creative parts of your game are the first to go when you tire, which doesn't leave guys like McGrath or Clarkson much to work with. I think we'll struggle to replace him (guys like Okkels are nowhere near the level), but I wouldn't have given him a four year deal either.

It's a very good signing for them. I'm quite surprised that he's not just running his deal down to see if he gets more offers in the summer. His injury came at the wrong time for us, as we could have shipped him out in January for a small fee. It's worked well for Hibs in that they don't have to bother with the fee. A step sideways and perhaps a little bit downward, but I suspect the money on offer would have been similar to here, so likely a family decision. He's been a good signing for us. Hope he breaks his leg.

Fucking Hibs? Cunt.

I intercepted a ticket in the mail for this one, but I'm not bothering to go.

That's the staunchometer broken

Ferguson until the end of the season. Hilarious if true. The last few times I heard him speak he'd been doing a good job of not coming across as a rabid Hun fuck, showing a bit of humility and self deprecation. That'll go full circle as he pivots back to his rangers man persona. It'll be like wee cheeky chappy Coisty again.

Gads. I don't know why our supporters hate McInnes that much.

Great win today, in a game where Killie couldn't get close to the ref in terms of slowing it down, he was fucking awful. We were the better team and deserved our win. The subs made the difference. Gueye disappointing, needs to work far harder, looked like he'd been out on the lash. He wondered around the whole pitch without actually doing anything, it was like watching a Jet performance. Keskinen and Okkels not particularly good either. Shinnie, Clarkson and Dabbagh all very good when they came on, and Devlin did what he does and put his body on the line where others wouldn't (not sure it was a booking for their lad like, or a foul). Nisbet MOTM again though, he was really good with the ball. He's like a different player with another forward alongside him, and despite his poor performance, Gueye made a lot of room for Nisbet to take it into feet and use the wide players. Jensen did okay again. He put in a good tackle near the end, but special mention to Morris who ran sixty yards to double up on the guy to make it easier for Jensen. Mitov good, great to see him back.

Possibly. Raith maybe. Although, surely these things can happen in fairly short order, it's not like a proper signing.

That's the opposite of a martyr. Who the hell puts their kids ahead of football?

So he was here just in case we didn't get Dabbagh? All a bit weird. Even without Dabbagh, his game time would have been limited I'm guessing. He came back, didn't get in a squad, then returned. The guys at cove must still be training with us, we must know whether they are ready. Sounds like we were about to give him six months on our bench to make up numbers.

From our perspective, selfishly, yes. I was meaning from the point of view of the young lad looking for game time. We've essentially signed him for a two week stint, but he has to stay for the remainder of the season. Most other positions on the park, it would be fine, but centre half is fairly unique for an outfield position, in that you generally want a pairing playing 90 minutes each week (unless there is a build up of fixtures). Milne has barely kicked a ball all season, and he plays at centre half and right back. I guess as long as we've been clear that he was here as backup, that's okay, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was under the impression he'd be getting minutes. As I said previously, too, I'd like to think that he isn't getting any minutes when Milne is back (unless they both are).

I've heard he's being lined up for a summer move in the winter.

Helping Israel commit genocide is one thing, lickspittling to Putin another, but purchasing the Huns? The US has gone too far this time.