Accies v Dons

[TheDeeDon]

Points dropped, but in reality Accies probably deserved at least a point from the match.

 

SOunded a great game, be good to hear the thoughts of those at the game though.

[Jute]

Poor performance today. Lucky to escape with a point in the end. Not sure players knew/understood system they were supposed to be playing. Lost count of the number of times players either left the ball to each other or went for the same ball. Looked better when Rooney came on as attack had a focal point. I hate games at Hamilton.

[BigAl]

Agree with all that Jute says.

Fucking hate going to that tin pot ground.

Far too many Dons had an off day. Chief culprits being Christie and Logan.

As far the first goal we conceded, just fucking awful.

Could see it coming from Row L of the stand.

You allow an opposition player to stand in your wall then you sure as fuck don't allow him to break out of it as ball is struck.

[Nips_and_Tatties]

Really hope we can beat Motherwell next game.we are clinging onto 2nd spot at the moment.

 

No doubt Hibs will beat St Johnstone and The Huns will win.

 

Stevie May, your corners are excellent but your general crossing was shite yesterday.

 

When are we going to have a striker who can score goals Ffs?

 

Logan , you are in the wall for a reason!

 

Shinnie's pass to Stewart was brilliant for the goal.

 

Not a loss at least but a win would have been awesome.

 

 

[Slim]

We have strikers that can score goals, the problem seems to be that they spend most of the game out wide putting in (poor) crosses instead of being on the end of them.

 

 

[BobbyBiscuit]

Poor performance today. Lucky to escape with a point in the end. Not sure players knew/understood system they were supposed to be playing. Lost count of the number of times players either left the ball to each other or went for the same ball. Looked better when Rooney came on as attack had a focal point. I hate games at Hamilton.

 

That was incredible. The first goal came from an episode of that in our own box.

 

Christie had a right off day, and when that happens it's hard to see where our invention is coming from.  O'Connor seemed to struggle with reading the roll of the park, was caught ahead or behind the ball a lot and generally just looked very uncomfortable. McLean had a real lack of quality when we needed him to step up.

 

Greg Stewart and Shinnie got pass marks. Would like to see Stewart playing from a central position though - seemed to start there yesterday but then moved wide.  Quite interesting watching the shooting drill the team went through in the warm up - every single one of Stewart's efforts found either the top corner or bottom corner, the only player to do so.  He has the quality but we have to figure out how we can use both him and Christie to full effect.

 

I think it's time we go back to starting Rooney up front.  It's not working with May. He's not playing badly, necessarily, but we don't play to his strengths. He wants to run the channels and always looks for a quick, early pass played from midfield, but when he's wanting/expecting that ball, our midfielders tend to play it wide as if they think McGinn and Hayes are still there for us. 

 

Another disappointment for me yesterday was that we were really crying out for someone to put their foot on the ball and keep it tidy for us - Tansey should have been on, he was exactly the player we needed but we persevered with a midfield that was essentially not working - any one of Christie, McLean or O'Connor could not have complained if they were taken off but all survived the 90.

[TheDeeDon]

THat was some pass by Shinnie for Stewarts opener yesterday, it sounded good and it was even better when I watched the highlights tonight. As Michael Stewart quite rightly said, Shinnie should have been in the squad ages ago, he would be in double figures by now if he played for either of the ugly sisters.

 

We have a good player in May, but he needs to be played through the middle as a central striker, not dicking about on the wings or playing deeper back. He has assisted in a few of our goals this season, which is great, but his biggest attribute is his ability to score goals and we need to create more as a team for him to to do his job, not look to him to be provider. 

 

THat pitch at Hamilton just doesn't look like a football pitch in the slightest, yes it is green and has white markings on it, but about as far as it goes for me and not  meaning that as that as an excuse for us not winning yesterday, that was about tactics, just saying it is a shyte pitch. Go plastic by all means if you have to, but ensure it is of a good quality and Hamiltons is not.

[Nips_and_Tatties]

At the moment, May's greatest quality seems to be corner kicks.

 

That's great but I'd rather see him banging them in and Rooney up front on his own is so ineffective unfortunately.

 

Something has to change.