manc_don Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 Saints haven’t won a game in the league since Boxing Day, which was against rangers in fairness, but they did also beat queens in the cup at the weekend, which was also away from home. their form whilst a bit patchy at the moment, is still better than ours, but if we have any ambitions to stay in the top six, let alone try to challenge for 3rd (sigh), then we need to start pulling some results in. out bed bed leaving bbq 2-1 dons, duk and Clarkson Quote
Jute Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 Didn’t think we played particularly well last Saturday but hopefully win will have lifted the confidence of the players. Would assume Gueye will start and Ambrose to be replaced by Nisbet. Hopefully Keskinen is fit and can start. St Mirren are big physical side so if MacKenzie is fit I would be tempted to play him at left back and move Jensen into midfield to provide a bit more strength and pace. Still not not sure if going up yet. Hopefully the worst weather will be through and doesn’t affect the game yet. 1-1 Gueye Quote
Reekie_Red Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 The winner at Elgin will have helped confidence. But i think moreso it has given Jensen, Okkels, Dorrington and Tobers all some valuable competitive game time, and also given the squad a full week between fixtures. Gueye will help the other forwards too by being a general nuisance. Hopefully this will all contribute to is snapping our league losing streak Dons 2-0 StJ- Keskinen, Nisbet Quote
RicoS321 Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 27 minutes ago, Reekie_Red said: But i think moreso it has given Jensen, Okkels, Dorrington and Tobers all some valuable competitive game time 50% of those didn't play against Elgin. Quote
tlg1903 Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 Tough game but hopefully we have turned a corner. 3-1 dons, Nisbet, Keskinen and Okkels Quote
Elgindon Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 In - Y Jimmys tombola finally comes up trumps 3 - 0 Dons Duk x2,Gueye Quote
wokinginashearerwonderland Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 On 23/01/2025 at 08:05, Jute said: Ambrose to be replaced by Nisbet. Nisbet did nothing last weekend to suggest he deserves a place in front of Ambrose. Ambrose may have his technical faults but he's a trier. Nisbet is a lazy bastard and wouldn't even make my bench. Quote
Jute Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 6 hours ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said: Nisbet did nothing last weekend to suggest he deserves a place in front of Ambrose. Ambrose may have his technical faults but he's a trier. Nisbet is a lazy bastard and wouldn't even make my bench. Ambrose looked sub league 2 standard on Saturday. I just cannot see how we can continue with him as he looks well off the standard required. Nisbet looked okay with Gueye earlier in the season and scored goals previously in this league for us. Until we get a replacement in think we have to stick with Nisbet. 1 Quote
RicoS321 Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 5 hours ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said: Nisbet did nothing last weekend to suggest he deserves a place in front of Ambrose. Ambrose may have his technical faults but he's a trier. Nisbet is a lazy bastard and wouldn't even make my bench. Nisbet is a difficult one, he really needs someone hitting the line and either firing it across or cutting it back to him. For large parts this season, it hasn't happened. Gueye will occupy defenders, draw them out and give the wingers a bit more room to make telling cutbacks. When you see Nisbet live (probably not obvious on the telly because of the camera angles), you can see he does have good movement in the box, but the defenders are always back in place and facing our goal by the time we get a cross in. Makes it far harder for any striker. What looks like laziness with Nisbet may just be that he's not getting the type of service he needs, and doesn't have the ability to create himself. Miovski was able to take a ball in, lay it off, and then be on the end of a 1-2. Nisbet can only do one or the other, and unless he receives the perfect pass, it's nearly always neither. It'll be interesting to see if Gueye makes a difference to him, by taking responsibility for the creative parts, ball holding and just generally occupying defenders. 3 Quote
Jute Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 For those unfortunate enough to rely on public transport it looks like there will be no trains before midday tomorrow. Quote
OrlandoDon Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 Arguably starting our best 11 today, although I think gueye is a 10 not a 9. Hope to be proven wrong! 3-1, gueye clarkson topi Quote
OrlandoDon Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 (edited) Do not like how our 9 drops to defend, like having a 9 that stays up for an outlet ball, plus it keeps defenders back. I don’t think gueye is a 9 but our team does this now. Wish our center forward stayed up. okkels looks lively so far. Edited January 25 by OrlandoDon Quote
OrlandoDon Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 (edited) Ffs. Two down and ruby heavily involved in both. not playing that badly but killing ourselves. Edited January 25 by OrlandoDon Quote
OxfordDon Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 Ruby has singlehandedly cost us this game. Quote
OrlandoDon Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 1 minute ago, OxfordDon said: Ruby has singlehandedly cost us this game. Maybe. But we’re not bad going forward, I see us scoring at least one. Quote
OxfordDon Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 Ruby subbed. Wonder if we'll be seeing him for a while. Quote
Slim Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 Olusanya out of contract this summer seems a no brainer signing. Quote
OrlandoDon Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 3 minutes ago, Slim said: Olusanya out of contract this summer seems a no brainer signing. Or is he jet? Or the boy at at Johnstone we were linked with? Haven’t seen enough to know if he’s a decent player consistently. Quote
OrlandoDon Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 Other than morris for keskinen, wouldn’t change much. Need much more from the right, Morris and devlin need to produce. Jensen gets forward but not as much as Mackenzie, but okkels ahead of him is a winger. Would Mackenzie and okkels work? Leave as is, we’re decent down the left. Gueye is involved, just think he lacks match sharpness. Quote
DantheDon Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 Looking at his stats he doesn’t seem to have scored more than two in a season prior to this season. So I’d be wary about whether he can replicate the form he has now. Quote
OxfordDon Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 The good: Okkels looks less rusty. The bad: everything else. Quote
Slim Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 I hope all this money we’re spending on transfer fees is coming out of Cormack’s pocket rather than us betting the house on Thelin. 1 Quote
Kowalski Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 Rubiezic asked to come off apparently. Anyway what a fucking shambles with >70% possession. Quote
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