Guest Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, TedCrilly said: Any footed but I’d prefer a natural commanding centre half in the middle rather than a converted full back. I just feel positionally a full back can be found wanting playing as a centre half and I’d prefer the middle of the three to be natural in that position. I’m evidently in the minority and wildly wrong, I accept that Anyway, more signings please.x I agree we need a big powerful no nonsense CH in the middle who is an organiser and leader. someone like Darren McGregor at Hibs would suit me. Isn’t in the plans by the looks and fits that criteria for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Bairn Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, TedCrilly said: Zero hate for ATS as a player. I’ve probably (or definitely) came across harsh on him, which I hold my hands up for. I conceded in my initial post he probably isn’t fit either and is playing in a position fairly new to him. For me he hasn’t shown any qualities as a centre back. He was beaten in most aerial battles in the Dumbarton game and lost his man numerous times. Against Airdrie, his two key points in the game contributed to our defeat. He is a good LB/LWB but I just don’t see a back 3 of him + Dixon working. Both very similar and can do a job as LCB only. Again I hope I’m wildly wrong and it’s just my opinion which is why we’re all here. I’m not writing him off at all but I just feel he wasn’t desperately required. I think that's fair, I would say if we were to pick positions at the start of the transfer market at where we need a player most it wouldn't have been a Left sided centre back. I personally think Dixon will go Left centre half and Taylor Sinclair will go to LWB, but we can only wait and see, I hope he comes good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Caractacus Potts Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said: I agree we need a big powerful no nonsense CH in the middle who is an organiser and leader. someone like Darren McGregor at Hibs would suit me. Isn’t in the plans by the looks and fits that criteria for me. McGregor would be a good shout although probably still out with our budget. Played with Miller at Rangers too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ecosse83 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Slightly frustrating that we haven’t made anymore additions but it does seem to be a bit more of a measured approach and not the haphazard approach that we have had recently. Liam Craig would be a fantastic signing for us! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Caractacus Potts said: McGregor would be a good shout although probably still out with our budget. Played with Miller at Rangers too. He is 35, near the end of his contract so a loan to the summer surely could be possible 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
some_guy Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Now have the Record, Sun and Falkirk herald reporting that Liam Craig could be coming to us - if these rags say it, it must be true! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 12 minutes ago, some_guy said: Now have the Record, Sun and Falkirk herald reporting that Liam Craig could be coming to us - if these rags say it, it must be true! More than likely reporting what they have read on here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champions Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Would be more than happy with Liam Craig, the guy is a leader and a winner, precisely the type of player we need. Hopefully we'll see some movement tomorrow. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionate Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, champions said: Would be more than happy with Liam Craig, the guy is a leader and a winner, precisely the type of player we need. Hopefully we'll see some movement tomorrow. Do you expect him and Scott Fox to be unveiled this week... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champions Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Just now, Passionate said: Do you expect him and Scott Fox to be unveiled this week... no idea. Just optimistic that there will be movement soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Now have the Record, Sun and Falkirk herald reporting that Liam Craig could be coming to us - if these rags say it, it must be true!Still suspect they had it right re DGW…. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeStreetWalker Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, latapythelegend said: In hindsight, losing Liam Craig 13/14 years ago was a massive loss when you see what he has went on to do at St Johnstone. Would be delighted to see him back even if it was just to see out his playing days. Believe it was because Hughes did not think he would fit in to the passing game, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, HopeStreetWalker said: Believe it was because Hughes did not think he would fit in to the passing game, Do recall something like what you’ve said, primarily I thought it was because he wasn’t scared to question Hughes on the training pitch. You know what happened to players that did….. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Rocco said: Why do you see 3 at the back as being defensive? Conte got Chelsea to play it and it was so effective that even Pep tried to copy him. He went to 3 at the back because Chelsea were leaking goals playing 4 at the back it's as simple as that. Lost three nil to arsenal playing 4 at the back moved to 3 and won 17 of his next 19 matches. The first thing most managers do if they are struggling defensively is move to 3 at the back to shore things up. We shouldn't really need to be playing 3 at the back in league one though. Playing 3 centrehalfs is overkill in this division but a must because our defenders are that bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
some_guy Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Does anyone know if the club have any affiliation with any credit card companies? I know a lot of clubs have these and the club benefits if used. I need to get a card for a trip to Canada (hotels insist on a credit card when checking in) so was hoping I'd be able to get an FFC one! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuncornBairn Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 What’s this shit. English FA blocking East Fife from showing live game FFS! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkirkfan1985 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Shadwell Dog said: He went to 3 at the back because Chelsea were leaking goals playing 4 at the back it's as simple as that. Lost three nil to arsenal playing 4 at the back moved to 3 and won 17 of his next 19 matches. The first thing most managers do if they are struggling defensively is move to 3 at the back to shore things up. We shouldn't really need to be playing 3 at the back in league one though. Playing 3 centrehalfs is overkill in this division but a must because our defenders are that bad. Love the 352 formation myself...don't care what we play as long as we win games Always remember Ian McCall playing it and we romped the league 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, RuncornBairn said: What’s this shit. English FA blocking East Fife from showing live game FFS! Vpn required. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDust Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 4 hours ago, latapythelegend said: In hindsight, losing Liam Craig 13/14 years ago was a massive loss when you see what he has went on to do at St Johnstone. Would be delighted to see him back even if it was just to see out his playing days. He struggled with our tippy tappy football at the time, he frustrated the life out of me not being able to pass 2,3-4 yards to a fellow player. He has had a decent career at St Johnstone on two occasions, who says you should never go back ? (That's me cursed it for us ) 2 hours ago, Shadwell Dog said: Ludicrous that we're in such a state that we are having to play 3 at the back in league one anyway. And that even doing so our defence is still a bloody shambles. I'd understand if we were playing 5 at the back with the above, we clearly aren't. We have scored 9 goals in three games, it took us 11 games previously to score 9. We shouldn't need 4 defenders and a sitting mid in league 3 for me, most teams pack the defence and midfield against us 2 hours ago, TedCrilly said: Any footed but I’d prefer a natural commanding centre half in the middle rather than a converted full back. I just feel positionally a full back can be found wanting playing as a centre half and I’d prefer the middle of the three to be natural in that position. I’m evidently in the minority and wildly wrong, I accept that Anyway, more signings please.x We are in league three, I'd expect any of our non defenders in our squad to do better than McKay tbh. I remember seeing Scott McKenzie start in the centre of a back 3 in his return and I thought WTF. He was superb there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, MrDust said: He struggled with our tippy tappy football at the time, he frustrated the life out of me not being able to pass 2,3-4 yards to a fellow player. He has had a decent career at St Johnstone on two occasions, who says you should never go back ? (That's me cursed it for us ) I'd understand if we were playing 5 at the back with the above, we clearly aren't. We have scored 9 goals in three games, it took us 11 games previously to score 9. We shouldn't need 4 defenders and a sitting mid in league 3 for me, most teams pack the defence and midfield against us We are in league three, I'd expect any of our non defenders in our squad to do better than McKay tbh. I remember seeing Scott McKenzie start in the centre of a back 3 in his return and I thought WTF. He was superb there. Davie Nich was excellent at the back too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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