pleslie99 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 The blame for our mess lies firmly at the door of Duffy. Ok the owners havnt done anything and havnt given any money but they havnt for years so it's no surprise or any different to what previous managers had to work with. I know we are skint but I dont buy into the fact our budget will be hugely less than other L1 and L2 clubs who are managing to sign guys who may well make a difference to their squads. We've all spouted names on here about players in WoS and LL level who we think would come in and do a job. Seems to be Duffy just wants has beens, guys down on their luck or ex - Morton rejects. The players signed are down to Duffy, the syle of football is down to Duffy, the fact we are going to get relegated is solely down to Duffy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, pleslie99 said: The blame for our mess lies firmly at the door of Duffy. Ok the owners havnt done anything and havnt given any money but they havnt for years so it's no surprise or any different to what previous managers had to work with. I know we are skint but I dont buy into the fact our budget will be hugely less than other L1 and L2 clubs who are managing to sign guys who may well make a difference to their squads. We've all spouted names on here about players in WoS and LL level who we think would come in and do a job. Seems to be Duffy just wants has beens, guys down on their luck or ex - Morton rejects. The players signed are down to Duffy, the syle of football is down to Duffy, the fact we are going to get relegated is solely down to Duffy! The other thing I would say on budget chat is to take a look at Montrose. They don't have a squad jam-packed with big names but they are light-years beyond us - both in terms of results and their style of play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 hours ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: a Manager and Assistant who may be entitled to criticism or who may both be working under very difficult circumstances. Or both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Jan Vojáček said: The other thing I would say on budget chat is to take a look at Montrose. They don't have a squad jam-packed with big names but they are light-years beyond us - both in terms of results and their style of play. And yet failed to put away Clyde at home yesterday. One of the points that makes me reluctant to join the 'we're definitely doon and that's a fact' shouts is the negligible difference in quality between the teams in the lower half of League 1. There ain't much in it and whilst we're obviously struggling (significantly) in terms of creativity I'd note we're not adrift at the foot and getting pumped every week. It's bleak but it's not a foregone conclusion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cremola foam Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Is Duffy really all that bothered? He is at the end of his managerial career and is maybe more interested in his media appearances. Time for him to go but who do we get instead? Anyone coming in has to work with the flotsam and jetsam Duffy has gathered, no easy task. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Thing is, our defence is pretty good despite the goalkeeper situation. We need someone who can simply get us scoring a few more. We have plenty pace in the side now and if we played the right way we could cause problems. Duffy says he wanted the players to get the ball down and play but he played a centre back in midfield who clearly has no experience of playing creative passes, when someone like that plays next to Carswell you create nothing. Why not use Brindley in his actual position? Rather than simply just playing McAllister out of position at left back (which he done against Huntly) he moved a second player out of a position we need creativity, then wonders why we aren't getting the ball down. Its things like that about Duffy that baffle me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Just a wee bit more stats digging. We've had 27 shots on target in our 11 league games this season (4,4,4,1,3,1,0,4,4,2,0) and have scored five goals. Obviously one of them was an own goal, so that means 27 shots = 4 goals, a shots to goals ratio of 1 goal for every 6.75 shots we have. We're currently averaging 2.45 shots on target a game. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 7 hours ago, Jan Vojáček said: Just a wee bit more stats digging. We've had 27 shots on target in our 11 league games this season (4,4,4,1,3,1,0,4,4,2,0) and have scored five goals. Obviously one of them was an own goal, so that means 27 shots = 4 goals, a shots to goals ratio of 1 goal for every 6.75 shots we have. We're currently averaging 2.45 shots on target a game. I've given you a greenie Jan as I'm impressed and depressed in equal measure. And following on from the Moonster's valid observation on the defence above, I think we need to consider just what is behind this abysmal stat at the other end of the pitch. And you know what, IMO it has relatively little to do with the attackers selected and just about the everything to do with a midfield which cannot win, take and/or retain possession, deliver incisive passes, get into supporting forward positions or dominate opponents, Huntly excepted. Young Wallace was on the park for ten minutes on Saturday before he was joining Wilson, Jones, Johnstone, Crossan et al in tracking back to halfway to try and get on the ball. At one point he was in the left-back position. Welcome to Dumbarton James. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Incoming maybe????? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Isaac layne back 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron2000 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Luffy signs on loan! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo90 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Much better. Give us some good lowland league players on loan next please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueone Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, optimistic said: Isaac layne back Confirmed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I don't think Layne is a better option up front than Wilson. He can't get a game for Peterhead. Is he really what we need? Is he going to do well with big lumps up the park? I dont think a front 3 of Crossan, Wilson and Frizzell would be terrible and of those 3 I'd reckon that Frizzell is the player I'd be looking to replace. The bigger problem for me is that we don't play through midfield. We play long balls that our forwards aren't suited to working with. If we were playing balls into feet then we'd play to our forwards' strength. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I think Layne suits our honking style of play far more than anyone else we have. He can hold the ball up and wins his fair share in the air. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Aw naw, am I gonna have to follow him on twitter again? His patter's honking, and I know honking patter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordyBrow Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Unleash the #totalduffyball. Christ. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 31 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said: I don't think Layne is a better option up front than Wilson. He can't get a game for Peterhead. Is he really what we need? Is he going to do well with big lumps up the park? Layne is a different option to Wilson. He's bigger, stronger and holds the ball up much more. I'd say he's far more suited to lumps up the park than Wilson is. This is a good signing IMO - Duffy got the best out of him and if Isaac is bored of sitting on the bench he should be raring to go for us. My one criticism is that perhaps Duffy should've done more to keep him in the summer. Crossan and Frizzell have both offered us nothing so far this season. I appreciate that Crossan has been injured for much of it, but Frizzell has been a huge disappointment. If we can find a way of playing Layne and Wilson up front with Wallace in behind them we might create a bit more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo90 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 the last loanee from a fellow relegation threatened side worked out no too bad.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 It puts us in a better position that we were in at the beginning of the day and for that, at least, I'm thankful. Good luck Isaac. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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