No_Problemo

Yeah - he would be starting now and be an improvement on McGinty and Musonda out there but that’s about it. I don’t really blame Brown for January, we don’t really know how much involvement he had either. Sanders looked like a decent signing which hasn’t materialised while McGinlay appears to have been a desperation signing - one that is very much on the wider recruitment issues. We are definitely poorer in the full back areas post January though.

The January signings of McHugh, Clarke, Sanders and McGinlay certainly seem to be following the pattern of the season. Two shite, one okay in Clarke and the jury is very much not out on McHugh after that ckusterfuck of a performance from him today. Letting Finn Ecrepont go so early in the window continues to look like an appalling bit of business too.

Absolutely - the squad today was a pile of shite. We are definitely grasping at draws and I don’t think we are talking game changing differences but he is evidently better than Bryden and McGeady. Bryden won’t produce what Amartey did against Raith in that position in his entire career. He has started once since then - a game in which he produced one of our better individual performances this season. So far Brown feels a very similar style of manager to Bullen so I don’t buy into the not rated by either Brown or Bullen thing. It’s work rate and energy before anything else - if anything Brown seems to value that to a greater extent so far.

Not taking off Jamie Murphy, playing Bryden over Amartey, introducing McGeady before Amartey or playing Fraser Bryden as a left wing back for a start. He has inherited a shit show, but he doesn’t need to make things harder for himself.

Trying to search for positives, it was nice to see Tomlinson come on and have a couple of nice moments - especially as I’ve said on here I wasn’t sure about what he offered other than running in a straight line with the ball. The cross into Dowds in particular - but a couple of nice touches too. Possibly a better option that Bryden in the wide positions. .

It continues to get fucking better.

The lack of updates in terms of the injuries is a disgrace at this point tbh. We have two guys with potentially season ending injuries, a new signing who disappeared today when we needed him and then Dempsey and Chalmers randomly disappearing too - not a word about any of it. Just put out an update FFS. And Callum, ask him if Murphy was injured!

I know - that’s why I said hopefully it’s just a one off. It’s not like Albinson hasn’t been a good professional with us, either as a back up or starter over several years either. There have still been strange team selections on top of that, but we’ll have a better idea next year. I’m completely fine with Clarke starting over him at the moment. So far the high standards only seem to apply to certain players tbh, so I’m not buying that too much. We’ll see if Sanders starts again on Friday night.

He chucked one in against Dunfermline, but was decent enough today. I do find it a bit worrying when a new manager comes in and there are issues with players who have played under numerous managers previously without any issues. It could obviously just be a one off though, and hopefully doesn’t become a pattern.

Could be a possible explanation for playing someone with absolutely zero qualities to be a wide player, as a wide player…

Absolutely fair to criticise some of his decisions today IMO. Murphy certainly didn’t look injured in the first half, and there isn’t any justification for continuing the Bryden experiment out wide. ETA, I obviously wouldn’t be writing him off - that would be lunacy but there are a couple of worrying things.

If we continue to play all our inferior players at once, we will be very lucky to stay up. I think the side today would struggle hugely in league one. Logan Chalmers and Jamie Murphy have to be on the park, they are our only capable footballers.

I have some serious concerns about some of these managerial decisions. I’m checking the team from now on before committing to going, I’m not paying £22 to watch Fraser Bryden attempt to play football. He offers absolutely nothing, so it’s impossible for Amartey to offer less. - Sanders can’t start another game. - I don’t know how Syla and McHugh lasted the game, they were horrific. We at least know Paul Smith can pass a ball. - Murphy subbed off - just f**k off. The answer isn’t having even less capable football players.

And he was probably equally as bad as about eight. Hilariously pathetic.

McGinty v Dom Thomas would be terrifying. I want Stanger at centre half to have some pace in there, but he is probably the best option for LB.

The system is weird, I always used to screenshot my ticket at the order confirmation page and didn’t wait for the email. It no longer gives me that option though, and hasn’t all season. Still no ticket through so will give the shop a phone!

Please tell me we are getting rid of this shitty ticketing system at the end of the season, payment taken but no confirmation screen and no ticket email.

I don’t think that’s a fair analysis of the Jacob Brown situation though, that was said about Brown because his all round play was very poor that night too. I do agree with your general point that we shouldn’t be writing anyone off Brown or anyone based on one game though. Shankland has been labelled not international class all over twitter this morning too. I think with Brown you would possibly get the pro Shankland people overstating his poor performance, whereas now you have the anti Shankland people pretending Shankland was generally terrible last night. It’s just lots of people blinded by club bias though, which infuriates me.

Yeah - it was even worse with the extra yellow the official tops need to have - a true howler.

f**k me.

I love Shankland, and thought he generally played well tonight and was a good focal point - I suppose being brutally honest you can argue that Adams could have done everything that Shankland did while providing more options down the sides etc. The argument for Shankland is around chance taking, and despite his miss tonight he is our best finisher. Even the very best miss chances, ultimately. I guess that’s the issue at international level though, you are judging someone based on one game - and in that game he was up against one of the world’s best defenders.

McTominay didn’t remotely play badly tbh.

I would hardly say we were badly found out tonight, quite the opposite tbh. The game got away from us after the 84th minute, after all the subs.

I don’t mind our only keeper not throwing himself against a post in a friendly match tbh.

Good first half, thought Gilmour in particular was excellent. I would be trying to let Patterson play through it over these games tbh - Dyche has ruined what he was good at attacking wise. He just needs to rediscover that a bit.