No_Problemo

How the f**k was that not a pass back

The referee very much the whistle happy, free kick and booking for everything type so far.

Okay is very generous tbh. I think his issue is that he looks like he can offer something driving from deep when there is space in front of him, but he doesn’t really get that unless he is playing as a wing back or at full back. He looks pretty lost playing at right midfield when someone is defending against him, but he obviously also looks lost defensively. He also seems to panic when he is under any kind of pressure and just plays it wherever he can.

What are you talking about? Are you trying to say that players stop developing as soon as they hit the age of 24… People are being blinded by a form dip in the second half of the season and him then being injured, he isn’t anonymous most of the time.

I think he is and we don’t actually have any idea what it would take to sign him - signing actual football players helps sell season tickets, there is potential there for resale value and if he maintains his first half of the season form for longer he is one of the best players in the league. If we don’t sign him, we certainly won’t sign anyone any better.

As is every single wide player in this league. He is a fantastic footballer, who has tons of scope to improve. A better than one in three goal return in a team that has been an utter pile of shite for most of the season.

I think it means this too, but the lack of trust in the recruitment department is entirely understandable - particularly in terms of the full back positions. I’m quite happy with a smaller team of quality, with some filler types like McAllister in reserve. Getting the quality is the main thing though.

Imagine this place when we line up with Paddy Reading and Nick McAllister in the side in the league cup…

I feel like it is said every year, as a squad player fine but surely to f**k they are going to hugely upgrade this time. If they don’t, then why even bother…

McBurnie has five goals and three assists, in twelve starts and six substitute appearances this season which is pretty fucking good. It’s just that any time you watch him play, he just looks catastrophically shite.

It sounds like we are putting out a similar state of a squad as we did against Airdrie - touching on miracle stuff to get anything tomorrow with that side. Arbroath managing a wee draw would be lovely!

Yeah - it is easy to forget but he was a player that was good to watch at Villa. He just isn’t now! It can’t be as enjoyable to play in either, but ultimately if you are winning tons of trophies…

I was coming on to post exactly this

Based on this season, I guess you could argue that. I would still have Hamilton as a more effective player than Dowds at this level though. He hasn’t quite provided what everyone thought he would for Raith, very in and out.

Yeah, there are lots of agendas at play with the national team and that’s difficult - I guess we all have a bit of favouritism in us but I know that I try to avoid doing it. Jacob Brown probably gets a bit of a raw deal, partially in terms of your point a lot of that because of the Norway game which is harsh. He did look good against France, which made his start against Norway all the more disappointing. If he is fit before the end of the season I’ll need to make the effort to watch some Luton games - from what I have seen he does play wider for them though. Adams (and Dykes at times tbf) are the type of striker that are easily written off as people tend to forget the nice bits of link up etc etc.

In some ways he probably suffers in terms of this too though. I thought he played well today, some lovely bits of play and Southampton were good to watch - Fraser and Armstrong were good too. I did miss the first twenty minutes or so.

He wouldn’t be going there as a starter, so that would be a strange one all round.

And absolutely all of those things would be part of their work as a footballer. You are being very strange about this tbh.

I’m really not sure a footballer getting injured, is the same as someone being off sick from their work. They would still actually be in work as they would be doing rehab anyway.

Thanks - I had noticed an upturn since Durnan returned but didn’t know about the other two, I’ll check the team lines closely from now on! I’ll possibly try and get to a game before the end of the season if it’s tight! Shame the last game is away to Peterhead.

After I was fuming at you guys as you looked completely gone after the hounding from Stranraer, you seem to have turned it around a bit. How are you looking to finish top three? And bring in my league winners each way treble.

I don’t think Ryan Fraser is anywhere close to James Forrest in terms of being past his best, seems to be having a pretty decent season and has done well as an impact sub at times too - the role we would most likely be using him as.. I would have him in the squad regardless of the size tbh, just as he offers something different. Also offers you an option at RWB if Patterson is struggling.

I think it all depends who Livingston hold on to - Holt and Kelly would be excellent players at this level. They've lost Penrice, and I’m sure they are losing Anderson too. We know the likes of Bradley, Carson and Obileye are decent players at this level too.

I mean if Man City signed Kane, they would likely be about fourth by now.

I imagine he might have been talking about the “hammer throwers” part of your post. What was that about paying attention…