Trackdaybob Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Started second half with more urgency and looked better but fell away again and but for the woodwork, did well to take the win and run. Now back to Perth for a pint of T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, jd_mo said: These comments about Montrose being physical...what game were you watching? St Johnstone were brutally physical but had best pal Barry Cook helping them along at every possible opportunity: he missed so many elbows and pushes/digs. Didn't feel either team deserved to win to be fair and we need bodies but fair play for sticking in today. As poor a "top flight" team I've seen for years. As someone who didn't attend the match, I can confirm that St. Johnstone deserved to win because they scored more goals than Montrose did. This 'deserved to win' cliche is one of my personal bugbears. It sounds like Montrose put in a decent performance though. Relieved to come away with a vital victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Saints made to work very hard for that, although should have been two or three ahead before the late home rally that saw them hit the woodwork twice, one of those from a stunning Fotheringham drive. Couple of brilliant point blank saves from Jordan Millar prior to that to deny McMillan then Hendry. First half was just a battle with the hosts fortunate to see only two booked. Dillon set the tone with a horrendous elbow on McMillan that went unpunished but Watson, Cregg and Bolochoweckyj all committed bad fouls. All three were eventually subbed off before they got sent off. Saints scored with their only effort on goal, Montrose had a tame header at Clark. Far more control from Saints in the second half as some football broke out. We'd changed the shape slightly with Craig more central and getting on the ball and Alston more advanced; the game had totally past him by in the first half. As mentioned, we had the McMillan and Hendry headers from Foster crosses that should have put the game to bed but the hosts threw everything at it in the final few minutes and could have pinched an equaliser. By no means a great performance from Saints but the three points were of most importance. Montrose gave it a really good go and still have a good chance to finish on 9 points. They could have a good season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 hope goody’s back for the Falkirk game [emoji848]Lazy journalism at its best!!!Was it in May or June that Goody signed for Cowdenbeath??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 1 hour ago, jd_mo said: These comments about Montrose being physical...what game were you watching? St Johnstone were brutally physical but had best pal Barry Cook helping them along at every possible opportunity: he missed so many elbows and pushes/digs. Worth mentioning Liam Craig left the pitch with a broken nose, and our "best pal" Barry Cook twice tackled Murray Davidson and prevented him getting the ball, and left Liam Craig on the sidelines for nigh on seven minutes after he'd been treated for said broken nose, forcing us to play a man down for absolutely no reason. The first half hour, where any saints player with the ball and facing Montrose goal got scythed down, was interesting. Montrose look a decent team when they play it about, compared to East Fife they looked better, anyway. That shot at the end would've been one of the best goals I've seen in the flesh. We continue to find our feet, Montrose fans will mewl but we took our chance, and had three gilt edge chances in the second half. Numerous times it was a last ditch challenge to prevent shots aswell. Disappointed we sat so deep at the end and allowed Montrose back into it, as we'd dominated the second half. Alston looked much better in the number ten role, and Wright was more involved too. McMillan looked quality but needs to be scoring that chance. Watt disappeared on the left though, took his goal well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 1 hour ago, jd_mo said: St Johnstone were brutally physical As poor a "top flight" team I've seen for years. Yay...and the 'not bitter in the slightest after being beaten by Saints' cliche bingo is up and running for another season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd_mo Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Yay...and the 'not bitter in the slightest after being beaten by Saints' cliche bingo is up and running for another season. Nah not bitter. Just expected a lot more from a full time team way above our level. If you can hold your hands up and say that playing like that (performance not result) for the rest of your season you'd be happy, then fair play to you. Enjoy rest of your season. Always good to play someone different for once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 2 hours ago, jd_mo said: These comments about Montrose being physical...what game were you watching? St Johnstone were brutally physical but had best pal Barry Cook helping them along at every possible opportunity: he missed so many elbows and pushes/digs. Didn't feel either team deserved to win to be fair and we need bodies but fair play for sticking in today. As poor a "top flight" team I've seen for years. jd_mo wears the ends of bottles for specks. Fucking mutant. On to the game, we did enough to win. It's a warm up for the real thing and we should have another couple of players playing who'll make the difference when the league starts. It's at these wee grounds you get to hear what the players say to each other, some very surprising comments too. Tanser needs told how to do the basics and where to be, Liam Craig was very scathing in some comments to him. Liam Gordon talks constantly and should be our Captain in the next year or so. Funny as f**k seeing Tony Watt rattle of things to Tanser in his weegie accent, totally baffling the laddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Falkirk fan watching a rerun of their last Cup win type post. Sake man, way to remind me of it...Sent from my SM-A320FL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 First half was very even and far too fast and direct, it simply served to remind me of how much I hate watching senior football on AstroTurf. If anyone, it was Montrose who tried to play it on the deck more. Thought we were very good for the 30-35 minute period after half time, with Tanser and Foster getting forward more, Macmillan starting to link up, Alston getting involved in supporting the strikers (when he could stay on his feet) and Liam Craig getting hold of the ball in centre midfield. We created a lot of good chances and should have gone further ahead. The last 10 minutes for whatever reason we were hanging on, and Mo hit the bar twice and were all over us as we kept hoofing it straight back to them. Not a vintage performance, but it was on a poor pitch up against a decent, hard working side. It's a win, a clean sheet and we created far more chances than last week. I'll be happy if we get through to the knockout stage showing steady improvement from game to game. Somebody in the pub after the game pointed out it's the first starting 11 we've had since 2014 without a single Scottish Cup winner on the park. Though I don't know if Paddy Cregg starting for Montrose cancels that out a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Pack Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Highlight of the day was the sing song in the Albert pub after the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOFOREVER Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Not too disappointed today. Saints won because they scored and Mo didn't but it was a competitive game and certainly not one sided. Mo gave as good as they got first half but Saints controlled most of the second half until Mo upped the ante to try to snatch an equaliser. Fair play to Mo who went from 5-3-2 to 4-3-3 second half to at least try up front instead of sitting deep Just a word about the lad who waited for 7 minutes to be waved back on. Yes, it was too long but it was a 'blood' case and Saints had ample opportunity to put the ball out of play sooner. Want do you want, Mo to put it out of play?? True some brutal tackles and 3 Mo players booked but there were a few questionable Saints tackles as well none of which saw yellow. The one on Bolo in front of the dug-outs for example when Saints were winding him up and succeeding in him being subbed at half time. Look at it both ways and not one sided. Anyway good luck against Falkirk but if Mo beat Forfar we'll finish at least second in the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 The ball doesn't have to go out of play for a player to come back on. As displayed several times today in other incidents. Waiting seven minutes to be given permission to come back on was a piss take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 30 minutes ago, MOFOREVER said: Just a word about the lad who waited for 7 minutes to be waved back on. Yes, it was too long but it was a 'blood' case and Saints had ample opportunity to put the ball out of play sooner. Want do you want, Mo to put it out of play?? It didn't need to go out of play. He should've been waved on at any point, yet the ref made a point of waving his hands saying he's not allowed on. Similar incident happened late on with Gordon and he was waved on within a minute of going off, whilst the ball was still in play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 The game also stopped at several points during that 7 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 36 minutes ago, Trackdaybob said: The ball doesn't have to go out of play for a player to come back on. As displayed several times today in other incidents. Waiting seven minutes to be given permission to come back on was a piss take. If he needs to be checked for blood then it pretty much does. It's nearly impossible for the assistant to properly check that while play is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I just got home. I’m absolutely fucked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Montrose is a fine town, good boozers - had a few in the star and got the tunes on the jukey - went to Dundee after, met Simon Murray’s maw and she was incredibly sound, back to Perth for pints - ended up in north muirton for a perty and now I’ve rolled home. That what away days are all about thank you goodnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 8 hours ago, Skyline Drifter said: If he needs to be checked for blood then it pretty much does. It's nearly impossible for the assistant to properly check that while play is going on. Would be valid if that happened when he eventually did come in. He was simply waved back on at a random point before TW got a talk down for moaning about it. Whys there no fourth official at these games? Asking for an immensely diddy moment when one of the refs gets injured. Both our cup games so far have seen this happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOFOREVER Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Missing the point. Surely you noticed the ref coming close to have a better look, then waved him to stay off, the physio gave the lad's face another wipe and only when the ref was satisfied did he wave him back on the next time play stopped. Unfortunate but 'blood' jobs have to be dealt with properly and it's no good fans moaning about it. If there was a fourth official that might have made a difference but at Montrose we're lucky to have 3 officials never mind a fourth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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