C4mmy31 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 A wee "meh" game to start the league season. Will St Johnstone be pushing for a European slot this season again? What's the expectations for a new look Killie now McCulloch has his own players to work with? Personally, both teams have had lows already before the league's even got under way, Saints out of Europe at the first hurdle & Killie beaten by their Ayrshire rivals in the cup. I think a solid score draw looks on the cards so I'm sitting firmly on the fence here. A 1-1 scorline to kick things off with..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 What a way to kick off the new season. The beige derby. For about the 30th season in a row I'm starting off with the blind optimism that we'll actually do quite well this year. You'd think I'd have learned by now, but nope. 2 - 0 Killie, with gorgeous Gordon Greer being announced in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 No lows here. We were beaten by a better team at that point in our preseason. We have however been unbeaten in all our other preseason games. We will be fighting for 3rd place this season. Killie? Meh, think you might scrape 8th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 52 minutes ago, tree house tam said: No lows here. We were beaten by a better team at that point in our preseason. We have however been unbeaten in all our other preseason games. We will be fighting for 3rd place this season. Killie? Meh, think you might scrape 8th. The BBC have you down as bottom of the league. This is an end of season predictor table, not a zero games played table, as it first appears to be. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-premiership/table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RandomGuy. Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Absolutely no idea how we'll line up for this, especially if we can add the other striker we're after beforehand aswell. Only guarantee is that MacLean won't be playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4mmy31 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Same here Random guy, we at least have options this year to change a game, which we haven't had since Kenny Shiels was here. I'm not convinced McCulloch knows his strongest 11 yet...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennysmassiveego Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 The Jig Juggernaut to kick off our champions elect season with a thumping 1 v 0 win . possesion stats to show Killie had 80% SJ 9% with the ballboys and referees keeping the ball longer than SJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I'd go; Mannus Foster Anderson Shaughnessy Easton Millar Davidson MOH Scougall Wotherspoon Cummins If MOH isn't fit enough to start, play Alston in that position instead. It's a shame we've got Maclean missing on the opening day - we need a big performance from either Cummins or Kane and I think Cummins is marginally more reliable at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I'd go with Kane and Samaras up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I can see power starting in midfield. Frizzell, Mckenzie and burke have worked ok for last 2 games but a bit lightweight. Burke can only manage 50/60 mins atm. Ideally we'd have dicker in there but still injured, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4mmy31 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 MacDonaldSOD Broadfoot Greer TaylorWilsonThomas McKenzie Frizzell JJBoyd Would prefer Dicker for Wilson but he has a stomach muscle injury and hasn't feature in any league cup games. Ideally would like Erwin in place of Boyd but looked to be lacking match fitness on Saturday, but made an impact when he came off the bench and Burke is also capable of changing a game if needed..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saigon Raider Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I'd go; Mannus Foster Anderson Shaughnessy Easton Millar Davidson MOH Scougall Wotherspoon Cummins If MOH isn't fit enough to start, play Alston in that position instead. It's a shame we've got Maclean missing on the opening day - we need a big performance from either Cummins or Kane and I think Cummins is marginally more reliable at the moment. If we are ever relying on a big performance from Kane or Cummins then we are in trouble.People don't seem to like him but I would easily have Sammon over either of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 59 minutes ago, Saigon Raider said: If we are ever relying on a big performance from Kane or Cummins then we are in trouble. People don't seem to like him but I would easily have Sammon over either of them Suppose you could play MOH through the middle and play Alston on the right. The pace and movement of that front line would be fun to behold as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcleanscontacts Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Probably gladly take a point here given Killie are probably more up to speed than we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Suppose you could play MOH through the middle and play Alston on the right. The pace and movement of that front line would be fun to behold as well. That would be my preference. Depends how fit MOH is, but if he could last an hour I'd go with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 The women of Killie will need to have their buckets of hot soapy water ready for 6pm Saturday to clean the blood off the pavements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 5 hours ago, Fide said: The BBC have you down as bottom of the league Yeah, because they're shit hot on Scottish football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 2 hours ago, Dindeleux said: The women of Killie will need to have their buckets of hot soapy water ready for 6pm Saturday to clean the blood off the pavements. That's helpful actually. We can tell the males and females apart now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I don't want O'Halloran upfront ever with saints, unless it's at Ibrox. I've a sneaky suspicion we might win this one, for no other reason than we've actually got a fully fit squad just about for once. Minus our best striker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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