Archie McSquackle Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Mark O'Hara absolutely took that game by the scruff of the neck tonight. Astonishing performance. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 He was unreal, I don't actually think it happened. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 7 hours ago, Archie McSquackle said: Mark O'Hara absolutely took that game by the scruff of the neck tonight. Astonishing performance. O'Hara was ridiculous. Was popping up everywhere and I was absolutely convinced he was going to net us the winner. I thought Watt brought a lot to the table as well tbh. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Strange he didn’t take a penalty, Hylton though? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 O'Hara was ridiculous. Was popping up everywhere and I was absolutely convinced he was going to net us the winner. I thought Watt brought a lot to the table as well tbh. Watt and McIver both were excellent I thought second half, McIver is so good in the air.... Although we gloss over him losing his man for their second I believe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I'd also like to add "Don't sign anyone from Belgium" to the "Don't loan anyone from hearts" transfer policy btw. Goodness me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casagolda Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) I’d chuck in Tait as well, the best he’s played in a long time. Ultimately though, that 1st half done us and you can’t say it hasn’t been coming. A few teams have threatened to do similar recently- Livi a few weeks ago springs to mind. We’ve become very predictable and easy to play against. 2nd half though the change of shape, a bit more aggression and even the ability to go a more direct with the 2 up top made a massive difference. Yes some of the goals were erm, slightly fortuitous. However, it’s amazing what can happen when you play at a high tempo, get bodies forward and put balls into the box. Instead of having your two centre backs and keeper dick about with the ball at the back for half the game First proper look at Watt and I thought he was very decent. More robust than Long and showed good quality on the ball. On the other hand, Manzinga and Mugabi just won’t do. And despite his mini renaissance during the early part of the season, Hartley has sadly reverted back to looking done. Edited February 19, 2020 by Casagolda 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 As I said I left at 1-4, needed up the road and a scran. i was initially gutted but with my mates reactions to losing on pens I feel better than them I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan09 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Manzinga trying to clear that ball out the box lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Manzinga trying to clear that ball out the box lol An incredible feat of skill for him to play keepy uppy like that.Should have overhead kicked it, about the only thing he can do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Tait, Donnelly and particularly O'Hara were fucking great in the second half. O'Hara turning up absolutely everywhere. Also thought Watt has something about him. I said Hartley was done in pre-season, then he had a bit of a renaissance so I was happy to walk back on that. I now know to stick to my guns because, goodness me, is he shite. Mugabi getting that 18 month deal on the back of about 3 games seemed rash at the time and now here we are. Might seem a bit kneejerk but I'd be happy if neither of them played for us again. I second @thisGRAEME's Belgium policy. Manzinga will just not do one bit. His attempts to clear the ball were laughably bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DosserDel Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 12 hours ago, Ron Aldo said: Mind when we were good for about 6 months? Thing is, were we though? I think our deficiencies have always been there, only masked by most of the other sides in the league being an even worse level of shite than us. Now that a few of them seem to have turned the corner, the fight is on to stay top 6, never mind top 4. Obviously we've lost the physical element of our attack, but back to middle we're pretty much as was. Missed big Dec badly last night, and Mugabi as stated previously will just not do. If big Charlie Taxi can get back fit, a central pairing of him and Gallagher could be the best option we have. Hartley was again abysmal last night on a personal performance, never mind showing any form of leadership when we started so badly. Accies on Saturday is a big game now, and my optimism levels for that are low. Robinson has some serious work to do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) 1-4 down at H/T to St Mirren is the sort of clown car performance that ends careers so fair fucks for us actually getting back into it 2nd half and showing up. Shipping cheap goals has been a regular theme for a while but last night was clearly a tipping point in terms of acknowledging the issue. Robinson's post-match had echoes of the stuff we've heard before when we've been in a funk - "too loyal to certain players", "maybe scoring goals isn't where we've a problem" etc. What he actually does about it with the options available who knows... Edited February 19, 2020 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, DosserDel said: Thing is, were we though? So via my boi @lanky_ffc on twitter; By way of a short explantation; Quote xPoints, similar to xG, attempts to put context on how likely certain events are to happen based on the quality of the chances created. xPoints takes xG and moves to the next level from goals scored to look at how the results of the match would play out in the long run. While I'm not a massive stats guy, this in a large part feels relevant. It suggests that we were roughly 8 points better off than we should have been after 26 games. Over the course of a season that'd probably turn out to be unsustainable, which is where we are I think. Chuck in addition to that, Hibs, Aberdeen, Killie and St. Johnstone all performing significantly below that means that over the course of a season, that'll level off. Certainly works for us having seen us as well, a bunch of games we scraped through in that we now feel like we're on the other side of. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 It seems like Tony Watt showed you last night what he can do, he’s very good technically and very good at taking the ball in and finding runners. He won’t get many goals, but if your midfield and wingers can run off him he’ll create space and chances. He’s a more than decent option if he can get fit, but never let him take penalties, he just can’t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettigrew Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Widge said: It seems like Tony Watt showed you last night what he can do, he’s very good technically and very good at taking the ball in and finding runners. He won’t get many goals, but if your midfield and wingers can run off him he’ll create space and chances. He’s a more than decent option if he can get fit, but never let him take penalties, he just can’t. I also enjoyed his steady level of shithousery from the second half on last night; lots of niggle with various St Mirren defenders which was amusing to see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Standing in front of the goalie taking kick outs and pointing to his watch.Joyous. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I missed it last night but just how bad was the defence, Mugabi in particular? Are we talking Zak Jules v Dundee levels of shite? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Ron Aldo said: I missed it last night but just how bad was the defence, Mugabi in particular? Are we talking Zak Jules v Dundee levels of shite? Very much so. Mugabi was Zak Jules levels of stinking the place out and Hartley made Christophe Berra look like Maldini. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Ron Aldo said: I missed it last night but just how bad was the defence, Mugabi in particular? Are we talking Zak Jules v Dundee levels of shite? I thought Hartley was worse, tbh, but I could be easily convinced either way. Hartley was getting dragged out into daft positions on top of giving the ball away with roughly... every pass? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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