Poet of the Macabre Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said: I'm sure if the likes of Joe Cardle can look half decent at this level then Connolly could do a decent job for us. I'll say again, please, please sign him. A fella not wanted by York City, who currently sit 7th in the sixth tier of English football. Edited September 19, 2017 by Poet of the Macabre 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wullie robb Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Poet of the Macabre said: I'll say again, please, please sign him. A fella not wanted by York City, who currently sit 7th in the sixth tier of English football. Didn't think it could get any worse...... Maybe it's about too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Poet of the Macabre said: I'll say again, please, please sign him. A fella not wanted by York City, who currently sit 7th in the sixth tier of English football. To be fair, York are an absolute mess of a club and he might not be very settled down there. There's no doubt Connolly looked excellent for Rovers in this division, I'm sure at the time some United fans thought they could've held onto him as well? A bad stint at a club who decided it was a good idea to make Jackie McNamara the Chief Executive doesn't make him a shite player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 41 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Have you just looked at the leagues, or have you taken into account the fact that York will likely to be able to pay a shitload more money than us or anyone else int his league? He rarely looks into anything. Most of his posts are inflammatory pish trying to get folks backs up. And to be fair to him, he regularly does. Each to their own though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Going by reports it's him who doesn't want to play with them and not vice versa. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDust Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 5 hours ago, Shadwell Dog said: Craigen does well in the right position . He was in great form at the end of last season and this preseason but for some reason was overlooked by Houston mainly in favour of mckee whose been poor. 2 games being the end of the season, nah I can see the Houston approach similar to how he took to Hippo, asking him to show he can be consistent and not 1 in 3 turning up, with Craigen, its more 1 in 6 . What is his best position ? He's been equally poor in everyone of the positions he's filled, he is another McKee, Sibbald, Gallacher Harris etc in that there is a player in there, problem is when 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Kinnear Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Think everyone knows it will be same old, same old under Houston and that's why the lack of interest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Bairn Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 2 games being the end of the season, nah I can see the Houston approach similar to how he took to Hippo, asking him to show he can be consistent and not 1 in 3 turning up, with Craigen, its more 1 in 6 . What is his best position ? He's been equally poor in everyone of the positions he's filled, he is another McKee, Sibbald, Gallacher Harris etc in that there is a player in there, problem is when Anytime I've seen him played as a number 10 he's looked great. He's never been given a fair shout here. Played there against ayr away last year and we won with him getting MOTM I'm sure. He also played there in the playoffs and scored. It's clear he can't play on the right or left but Houston continues to throw him in there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDust Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 8 minutes ago, Senor Bairn said: Anytime I've seen him played as a number 10 he's looked great. He's never been given a fair shout here. Played there against ayr away last year and we won with him getting MOTM I'm sure. He also played there in the playoffs and scored. It's clear he can't play on the right or left but Houston continues to throw him in there. The game we hammered Ayr 1-0.....? Following week, same position v 10th position St Mirren and couldnt kick his own arse and was probably our worst first 45 of last season, when you improve by taking him off and bringing Bob McHugh and Shepherd on...questions should be asked We had him in same position away to Morton in the cup, got himself into positions but couldnt finish and his overall play was poor tho we didnt improve when he was subbed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Bairn Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 The game we hammered Ayr 1-0.....? Following week, same position v 10th position St Mirren and couldnt kick his own arse and was probably our worst first 45 of last season, when you improve by taking him off and bringing Bob McHugh and Shepherd on...questions should be asked We had him in same position away to Morton in the cup, got himself into positions but couldnt finish and his overall play was poor tho we didnt improve when he was subbed Can't remember the St Mirren game tbf. I do remember the Morton game and he was gash. He also played very well against Morton in the 2-2 draw, can't mind if he played centrally that game but. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDust Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Senor Bairn said: Can't remember the St Mirren game tbf. I do remember the Morton game and he was gash. He also played very well against Morton in the 2-2 draw, can't mind if he played centrally that game but. He was out on the right on that Morton game, he hasnt helped himself saving his best performances for the last two games of our season, where he looked to have managed to look like he was on speed and was everywhere, he never got anywhere near that performance in the previous 30 odd appearances. I dont think Houston has helped him in his rigid formation with no invention, if we could take this seasons performances on the left hand side away, I actually thought he did ok out there, there was a game where I thought he did well on the right last season but actually played better when moved to the left, its stuff that like that, that has made him a bit of a enigma. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Has he gone yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkirkyabass Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 General mood when confronted by anything Falkirk related this year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofabairn Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 8 hours ago, MrDust said: 2 games being the end of the season, nah I can see the Houston approach similar to how he took to Hippo, asking him to show he can be consistent and not 1 in 3 turning up, with Craigen, its more 1 in 6 . What is his best position ? He's been equally poor in everyone of the positions he's filled, he is another McKee, Sibbald, Gallacher Harris etc in that there is a player in there, problem is when Aye he's really taken to Hippo. Two interviews in a row he's forgotten who he is. Just be great motivation for the boy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 11 hours ago, MrDust said: He was out on the right on that Morton game, he hasnt helped himself saving his best performances for the last two games of our season, where he looked to have managed to look like he was on speed and was everywhere, he never got anywhere near that performance in the previous 30 odd appearances. I dont think Houston has helped him in his rigid formation with no invention, if we could take this seasons performances on the left hand side away, I actually thought he did ok out there, there was a game where I thought he did well on the right last season but actually played better when moved to the left, its stuff that like that, that has made him a bit of a enigma. He was excellent in the playoffs at centre mid with mckee wide right and played well in pre season linking up really well with loy especially but come the St Mirren game and he wasn't in the side. You should be playing him when he's full of confidence then and not dropping him and then giving him the odd game out wide. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDust Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Shadwell Dog said: He was excellent in the playoffs at centre mid with mckee wide right and played well in pre season linking up really well with loy especially but come the St Mirren game and he wasn't in the side. You should be playing him when he's full of confidence then and not dropping him and then giving him the odd game out wide. He shoots himself in the foot tho, plays well then total dug shite. It took him till the play off games to step up performance for the season...that's not good enough to be considered as first on the team sheet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 14 minutes ago, MrDust said: He shoots himself in the foot tho, plays well then total dug shite. It took him till the play off games to step up performance for the season...that's not good enough to be considered as first on the team sheet You'll find he only starts giving his all and doing well when his contract is up. The last 6 months with us he was great, the 2 and a half years beforehand were average at best. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilostmyself Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Problem we have is that all of our players (except Shepherd) seem to get better the less games they play in the eyes of the support, myself included.Can see why Craigen is left out though, hasn't had any consistency at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 50 minutes ago, MrDust said: He shoots himself in the foot tho, plays well then total dug shite. It took him till the play off games to step up performance for the season...that's not good enough to be considered as first on the team sheet So why start him in the two playoff games then? If your going to play him and he plays very well scoring two cracking goals then at least give him the chance to continue that form into the next season. If he then doesnt perform than yes drop him but its crazy to drop someone when their playing well having kept selecting him earlier in the season when he was struggling. All you do is dent their confidence and you can end up back at stage one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee jerk reaction Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Fingers crossed we can take the small improvement in performance from the united game and couple it with a more attacking line up as livy don't count as a big team to Houston so we are allowed to attack before we go 1 down. Just as a small change of subject, I was looking at betting stats for last season (what can I say, I'm a saddo!) in every league in Britain betting certain teams generate a profit if you were to bet them every week, ie, £1 on every celtic league game and you'd make £5 over last season, st johnstone £9 etc. the bigger sized English leagues had 7 or 8 profitable teams and Scottish leagues 3 or 4 teams, with 1 exception....the Scottish championship, a £1 stake on Dumbarton in every league game gave a 15p profit every other team was loss making! What this says to me is this league is very close in standard from top to bottom. The marginal difference between a win at Dumbarton and a win at St Mirren or the pars means the results should be treated the same by our fans, a draw a Dumbarton shouldn't have fans screaming for houstie's head but be happy with a point at paisley for example. this season all the top teams will have "bad" results v Dumbarton or brechin, the key to winning this league is to be slightly more consistent than everyone else, hopefully for us starting v livy! COYB. P.s sorry for the optimistic post again, I know it doesn't fit in on this thread and I'm trying very hard to cut it out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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