smpar Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 McManus absolutely has to start this. Preferably with Clark. Murdoch Williamson - Morris - Ashcroft - Talbot Nat Higgy Cardle Shiels Clark - McManus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Annoying that Clark's lucky goal will extend his run in the side. He's become lazy and fragile since his injury. Needs a big time performance and it would be huge if he could get it done in this game. Sadly, AJ doesn't appear to know how to get the best out of him, whether that be the instructions given to him or just generally trying to get him up for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Lucky goal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 1 hour ago, JamieStevenson said: Annoying that Clark's lucky goal will extend his run in the side. You're going to get plenty of bites off this, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, Poet of the Macabre said: You're going to get plenty of bites off this, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 As long as temperature stays around 4 degrees i expect United to win. We were fine until the sun went down on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 We don't beat United when we're playing well so we have absolutely no chance of beating them when we're playing poorly. Unless there's an article in the paper beforehand with all the other managers tipping United to win, we will lose here. Heavily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Sorry a bit late but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FifeArab Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Dunfermline fans think we’ll pump them, means only one thing, Dunfermline win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacArab Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 14 minutes ago, FifeArab said: Dunfermline fans think we’ll pump them, means only one thing, Dunfermline win. Nah. Said that about the Falkirk game too. We'll be alright... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 We've not won a tough away game (eg at Hibs, United, Falkirk) so maybe about time AJ went for plan B (that's unfair, maybe a plan C). Instead of repeatedly doing the same thing and being "unlucky", do something different. We've only won something like once in the last seven league games. Do something to give the players a bit of confidence. I'd be tempted to make Saturday a total shitfest and be patient. Go something like a 4-5-1, frustrate United and hope for a scrapy Clark goal or a Cardle breakaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Shandon Par said: We've not won a tough away game (eg at Hibs, United, Falkirk) so maybe about time AJ went for plan B (that's unfair, maybe a plan C). Instead of repeatedly doing the same thing and being "unlucky", do something different. We've only won something like once in the last seven league games. Do something to give the players a bit of confidence. I'd be tempted to make Saturday a total shitfest and be patient. Go something like a 4-5-1, frustrate United and hope for a scrapy Clark goal or a Cardle breakaway. I've been a fan of 4-2-3-1 which has been a popular shape for teams recently, most notable Brendan Rodgers' Celtic teams. Murdoch Williamson - Morris - Ashcroft - Talbot Nat - Shiels Aird/Higgy Higgy/Aird Cardle McManus/Clark The only issue there is playing one striker out of the four first team strikers we have available, so we'll label this one 'extremely unlikely.' If AJ is going to change the shape at all, it'll likely be a diamond in the middle with the usual lineup or 5-3-2, which would be fucking awful as that would mean starting either M'Voto or Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 My worry is that we are working inflexible that any change in shape and nobody has a clue what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 1 hour ago, smpar said: I've been a fan of 4-2-3-1 which has been a popular shape for teams recently, most notable Brendan Rodgers' Celtic teams. Murdoch Williamson - Morris - Ashcroft - Talbot Nat - Shiels Aird/Higgy Higgy/Aird Cardle McManus/Clark The only issue there is playing one striker out of the four first team strikers we have available, so we'll label this one 'extremely unlikely.' If AJ is going to change the shape at all, it'll likely be a diamond in the middle with the usual lineup or 5-3-2, which would be fucking awful as that would mean starting either M'Voto or Martin. I think that 4-2-3-1 (or some variant of 451) would work fine with the players available and not cause too much confusion. Sacrificing a striker for an extra guy in midfield (eg Martin) would still give us plenty of firepower if we could draw United on to us. Eg... Murdoch Williamson - Morris - Ashcroft - Talbot Higgy - Shiels - Nat - Martin - Cardle McManus or Clark The two goals against Dumbarton were hellish in terms of the space given to the players to take a strike. I'd love to see AJ shitfest a 1-0 rather than going toe-to-toe with a team that's set up to walk over us in the middle of the park. Nicky Clark talks about getting back to what we were doing well at the start of the season. That was devastating counterattacks and if we can spring Cardle or McManus forward we might only need one or two chances to win the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 I'd sooner stick Aaron Splaine, who broke his leg 6 days ago, than Lewis Martin in central midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 31 minutes ago, smpar said: I'd sooner stick Aaron Splaine, who broke his leg 6 days ago, than Lewis Martin in central midfield. That's why it will be a 4-4-2 like it always is. We've been on a shite run but still in a perfectly respectable position - bodes well if we can recapture a bit of form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 I can't even imagine us trying to sit in and get a draw or narrow win. We need Stewart Petrie up front...or maybe in the dugout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Shiels needs to stop standing near nat all the time. We have two deep midfielders and two wide players leaving a massive gap that opponents like livvy completely dominated us in the away game. It's so easy to stop us playing just overrun the midfield by using an extra man.Saturday is ideal for a defensive team playing on the break like we did against hearts. I think the game will swing on the first goal and United will get it then go onto win easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 1 hour ago, D.A.F.C said: Shiels needs to stop standing near nat all the time. We have two deep midfielders and two wide players leaving a massive gap that opponents like livvy completely dominated us in the away game. It's so easy to stop us playing just overrun the midfield by using an extra man. Saturday is ideal for a defensive team playing on the break like we did against hearts. I think the game will swing on the first goal and United will get it then go onto win easily. Much better put than I was struggling for. I think we are well suited to setting up defensively without being toothless in attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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