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So we won. Cool. But the performance, tactics, style of play and substitutions are still a mile off where we need to be and if it wasn’t for a bit of quality from Griffiths then it would’ve been more points dropped.

Thought the first half we were actually ok. We were at least better with the ball and going forward but still dreadful defensively. Thought the shape helped us a lot better with the kind of unorthodox 4-4-2 with Jacobs playing the very Tow Taiwo like role on the right of midfield. It helped get Craig McGuffie get bigger up the park who was our best player today. To then change the shape and go back to the 5 at the back at half time was mental. Made absolutely no sense and it showed as we created absolutely nothing and still looked nervy as f**k at the back. The first 2 subs like for like but were fair enough but the last one holy f**k. Seb Ross for McGuffie so he could change shape again with Nesbitt moving left and Ross playing as a ‘10’ but he could’ve done that without the change and to take off McGuffie who was quite clearly our best player was just monumentally stupid.

Why Griffiths hasn’t been taking our set pieces is a mystery. What a corner that was, into the perfect area and we were helped by East Fife just not marking Paul Watson. He should be taking every corner and free kick going forward. His link up play is actually quite good he find good deep positions and keeps the ball well but he’s not get the legs to get forward after that.

Keaghan Jacobs was absolutely dugmeat today just kept losing the ball time after time and was deservedly hooked after an hour. Dowds hold up play was totally non existent the ball would bounce off him or he’d just lose it. Dixon is done. He couldn’t give a single f**k with that performance today.

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22 minutes ago, Russ said:

So we won. Cool. But the performance, tactics, style of play and substitutions are still a mile off where we need to be and if it wasn’t for a bit of quality from Griffiths then it would’ve been more points dropped.

Thought the first half we were actually ok. We were at least better with the ball and going forward but still dreadful defensively. Thought the shape helped us a lot better with the kind of unorthodox 4-4-2 with Jacobs playing the very Tow Taiwo like role on the right of midfield. It helped get Craig McGuffie get bigger up the park who was our best player today. To then change the shape and go back to the 5 at the back at half time was mental. Made absolutely no sense and it showed as we created absolutely nothing and still looked nervy as f**k at the back. The first 2 subs like for like but were fair enough but the last one holy f**k. Seb Ross for McGuffie so he could change shape again with Nesbitt moving left and Ross playing as a ‘10’ but he could’ve done that without the change and to take off McGuffie who was quite clearly our best player was just monumentally stupid.

Why Griffiths hasn’t been taking our set pieces is a mystery. What a corner that was, into the perfect area and we were helped by East Fife just not marking Paul Watson. He should be taking every corner and free kick going forward. His link up play is actually quite good he find good deep positions and keeps the ball well but he’s not get the legs to get forward after that.

Keaghan Jacobs was absolutely dugmeat today just kept losing the ball time after time and was deservedly hooked after an hour. Dowds hold up play was totally non existent the ball would bounce off him or he’d just lose it. Dixon is done. He couldn’t give a single f**k with that performance today.

Griffith's has taken the corners at Celtic for years so why the feck has it taken so long to get him on ours?

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Griffiths got us out of that today. A great corner and super header from Watson. A soft penalty? Yes 100% but still a penalty by the rule book. 

Taking the full 90 minutes and not the last 6, we were again dreadful. The substitutions themselves were abysmal. Rennie takes off our best player on the day, why? He then has to change the left back so instead of bringing on last year’s left back of the year who can get forward he brings on 36(?) year old Dixon. WTF ? Dare I say it Sammy should have been on because although he’s hopeless his pace would have made East Fife drop deeper. No one was attempting to get in behind and push them back. 
 

The starting shape was so unbalanced. We had a left midfielder so had so much width on the left but nothing on the right. Our right back was trying to get forward but the left back was incapable of passing the half way line. Absolute murder. Play like that against Airdrie next time and we lose, convincingly. 

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51 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said:

That corner was an absolute peach.

My mate on Tuesday said “I take it LG is not taking your corners because your manager doesn’t realise he is the best deliverer of a corner kick in the country.”

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58 minutes ago, Russ said:

... Dixon is done. He couldn’t give a single f**k with that performance today.

Hoping that potentially Rennies last act will be to put Dixon out to pasture. 

If he didn't have a mortgage to pay I'd suggest he do a Gary Neville and do the honourable thing and retire on Monday.

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Playing keep ball in the corner against East Fife has to be the worst

4 minutes ago, Blame Me said:

Hoping that potentially Rennies last act will be to put Dixon out to pasture. 

If he didn't have a mortgage to pay I'd suggest he do a Gary Neville and do the honourable thing and retire on Monday.

... and Gary Miller too. He looked f**ked after 10 mins today.

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Total crap today (again).Griffiths glaring in disbelief @ Rennie subbing Mcguffie was the highlight for me. Probably  his best game for us today. Thought Jevons done OK  the rest, looks like a total clearout again
Can't understand the outrage over the McGuffie sub. He hadn't won a challenge the whole game & only his goal set him apart from the other 3 in the middle. It was Hobsons choice, any 1 from the 4 in the middle, that could've got hooked. They were all shan.
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1 hour ago, Newbornbairn said:

That corner was an absolute peach.

My mate on Tuesday said “I take it LG is not taking your corners because your manager doesn’t realise he is the best deliverer of a corner kick in the country.”

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