[Dundee-Derry-Boys]

Sw**kie made the big difference when he came on,
why did Rae drop Sw**kie to the bench today, and keep Freddy on,
at least he seen the error of his ways

[BigAl024]

Doesnt get much better. Hamilton drop points after looking like they would extend their lead at the top - We come from behind yet again to beat the fermers - And the DABS get humped by the sheep.

Good day all in all.

[wattie_rojas]

The best team won although Saints could have been out of sight if they'd taken their chances early on. Maybe Saints made the mistake of trying to sit on a lead-something you just cannae do with the mighty Dee about! Shame Corrigan is going back to Well as he was excellent.

[Unlikely]

We made a ridiculous start to the game and could, probably should have been 3 down in 15 minutes. Two poor finishes and a good save from Samson kept the scores level. St. Johnstone took the lead from a penalty after Palenik handled the ball to stop it going in, the referee decided to show him a yellow card which to me seemed a strange decision. Anyway Sheerin sent the goalkeeper the wrong way. Rae made two good decisions, firstly removing Daquin', who having a nightmare, before half time and putting McHale on. You can see a massive difference in our team when McHale's on - how that boy doesn't play more is a mystery. He put Sw**kie on at half time for Dixon and moved Malone to left back which completely changed the way we played.

Sw**kie almost made an immediate impact when his cross was turned wide by Davidson when a goal seemed certain. The wequaliser came from good play by McDonald who held the ball in the box, attracting the attention of about 5 or 6 Saints players and rolled to the unmarked Davidson who slotted home. Sw**kie came close to putting us ahead after turning the Saints defence inside out again before we were denied a clear penalty for handball. The referee stood and shook his head. Quite simply unbelievable. St. Johnstone had another couple of decent chances but Samson saved well from a long range strike and a header whilst McKenzie's last gasp tackle stopped a one on one opportunity. The winner came in injury time after Davidson cut the ball across the box, McDonald made a late run and passed the ball into the corner.


Once again we give away the first goal and come back to get something. It's not very amusing anymore!! A habit we really have to get out of. St. Johnstone fans probably won't believe their team came away with nothing from that game particularly after the way they started the game. We'll take the 3 points though!! Credit must go to Rae though, as whatever he said at half time clearly worked.

[Unlikely]

SavotheGreat, on Nov 3 2007, 18:07, said:

Well no. But in all fairness, its no the first time it has happened. Look back to the last time we played Dundee, Hardie was sent off for what was in truth an innocouous jab. Its just another in a long chain of events which play tribute to the song: "same old Dundee, always cheating."

I really don't understand what the referee booked Palenik for. If he's penalised him for deliberate handball then surely it has to be a red card as he stopped it going in the goal. If he thinks the ball has just hit his hand then it would surely be a penalty but no card. What was the yellow card for?

[Radford]

For the second week running, we encounter a team who save their best football of the season for the second half of our games! Matty has the game summed up though, first quarter was all Saints, Dundee were on top in the next hour and then we came back into it towards the end. Point would probably have been fair but can't begrudge Dundee the win for a good performance in the second half, we were poor again though after our goal, which was a shame as before that we'd played some really nice stuff and cut Dundee open at will.

Turning point seemed to be the introduction of McHale in place of Daquin, re-enforced with the introduction of Swankie for Dixon, who had a stinker. Rae got the subs spot on, Coyle made a mess of his for the second week running. McLaren was looking dangerous and is again hooked whilst McInnes stays on the pitch. Also thought Rae picked his strongest front pairing and he finally seems to have seen sense and ditched Zemlik.

Was more disappointed with last week than this, probably down to expectation levels. That's us pretty much out of things with regards the title. Today wouldn't have been a disaster usually but we had no margin for error after taking six games to get a win.

[Radford]

It was difficult to see from our end, did Palenik prevent the ball going in with his hand? If so then it has to be a red card and Brines has made an absolute arse of things.

This post has been edited by Radford: 03 November 2007 - 18:19

[wattie_rojas]

Unlikely, on Nov 3 2007, 19:13, said:

I really don't understand what the referee booked Palenik for. If he's penalised him for deliberate handball then surely it has to be a red card as he stopped it going in the goal. If he thinks the ball has just hit his hand then it would surely be a penalty but no card. What was the yellow card for?

There were 3 defenders and a goalie behind Palenik and that's why he was only booked for a deliberate hand-ball.

[The Master]

Brilliant.

Simply brilliant.

This post has been edited by EastFootball: 03 November 2007 - 18:23

[Radford]

SavotheGreat, on Nov 3 2007, 18:19, said:

C'mon! 10 points behind is hardly insurmountable, particularly when the leaders have got the bombscare between the sticks.

The problem is we are now relying on two teams dropping points. The last week has been huge, six points and we're right back in the mix but we've taken one and even if we make up seven points on Dundee, there's a chance Accies will still be ahead of them.

bonniedundee, on Nov 3 2007, 18:19, said:

Are you on the drink? There was a clear handball by a St Johnstone player in the box - no penalty. Main picked up a straigh forward passback - no indirect free kick. They were even wearing St Johnstone colours.

McInnes clearly handled the ball and it should have been a penalty but there is no way it was a passback from Stanic, it was a hashed clearance which Main looked to Brines to ask if he could pick up.