VinnyPar Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Shaun Rooney's performance away to St Mirren is up there with one of the worst I've ever seen from a pars player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Shaun Rooney is absolute garbage, which will make his goal on Saturday all the more infuriating. Get Williamson and Higgy playing down the right-hand side again please. Beadling would also be a welcome addition to the starting XI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Higgy, Connolly and I think Beadling played today in reserve match 1-1 with Motherwell. Lewis McCann scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumPar Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Higgy, Connolly and I think Beadling played today in reserve match 1-1 with Motherwell. Lewis McCann scored. Beadling didn’t play today. Higgy, Connolly and Thomson did. Beadling is out injured again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Aye Thomson. Forget Beadling he's fucking broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Someone on dotnet is saying around two weeks for Beadling. Due to start running today ICT too early. One of the few decent folk on there so it seems credible. We should just go for the jugular against ICT and get Higgy back in. He played 80 mins today against Motherwell reserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbychops Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I would look to go back to the set-up we had second part of last season. Even if it's enough for to stabilise results for a few weeks. We seem too hit or miss with the 3-5-2 just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Jackson Longridge hat-trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I am now putting a bet on Rooney to score first. Dumbfarmline are Beadling. Unfortunately I will be up North on Saturday as going into the pungent Kingdom of Fife plays hell with my asthma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Expect to get your money back as a non-runner if you bet on Beadling to score on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 We'll either win 3-0 or lose 3-0. It's impossible to tell how we'll play these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 15 hours ago, Snafu said: Maybe we are in for one of these seasons where our away form is better than our home form? Seen a few encouraging signs on Saturday to make me believe we are starting to gel but converting these chances into goals is a still problem. Tom Walsh looks our most improved player since the start of the season, he is creating opportunities for himself and for others and that is key. I think if he continues he will become a vital player for us as the season progresses. I can't help wondering if this ridged 4-4-2 formation that Robbo seems to like is not working with the players we have, it just seems to old fashioned and predictable. I don't think we are using the full attacking potential this squad of players have. Against decent teams we will be sussed out too easily. Yep. The play is too lateral and it'a like the players have been told not to waiver from their positions. It's always a ball across the 4 midfielders, a cross and it's cleared ad nauseam. There's no dynamism in a 4-4-2, no one dropping deep or playing in the 'number 10' slot. 4-2-3-1 worked so well for us from 2012-2016 but we haven't recruited the players capable of playing that way now. We only really have Polworth and Doran left from that era, midfield wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I’ve been thinking for a while that a 4-2-3-1 with Doran on the right, Calder on the left, Walsh as the number 10 and Polworth and Welsh holding might work for us. Also, apparently Angus Beith is in training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 10 minutes ago, Highland Capital said: I’ve been thinking for a while that a 4-2-3-1 with Doran on the right, Calder on the left, Walsh as the number 10 and Polworth and Welsh holding might work for us. Also, apparently Angus Beith is in training. I'd probably have Doran as the Number 10. He has by far the most ability in our team and I think he is the only one who can see that pass that can break through defences. Who do you play up front though? Austin or Oakley? Maybe have Austin coming in from one of the wide positions and drop one of Calder and Walsh. Only suggesting this as Austins goal against Dunfermline in the 2-2 was from him cutting in from the right wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 12 minutes ago, Highland Capital said: I’ve been thinking for a while that a 4-2-3-1 with Doran on the right, Calder on the left, Walsh as the number 10 and Polworth and Welsh holding might work for us. Also, apparently Angus Beith is in training. It's worth a shot, still provides good cover to the centre halves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I'd probably have Doran as the Number 10. He has by far the most ability in our team and I think he is the only one who can see that pass that can break through defences. Who do you play up front though? Austin or Oakley? Maybe have Austin coming in from one of the wide positions and drop one of Calder and Walsh. Only suggesting this as Austins goal against Dunfermline in the 2-2 was from him cutting in from the right wing.I’ve thought myself lately if Austin would be better suited to the wing. His pace and power would certainly offer more than the likes of Polworth. I wouldn’t want to drop Walsh though. Oakley will only score mostly tap-ins but that’s still more than what White would offer, while Austin doesn’t seem to have the fire in his belly this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Didn't we play Foran on the left of the 3 behind Mckay in the Butcher days? Maybe Austin could do a job there with Oakley up front by himself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaleyStan Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I'd be fine with a narrow, rigid 4-4-2 if we had the players for it, but it stifles Polworth and excludes Doran and Calder. Again, that's fine if we're bipassing midfield but I'm not convinced our strikers are good enough in the air for that. Then there's Rooney - if there's any chance that he can play at this level then it's not in a back 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 10 minutes ago, CaleyStan said: I'd be fine with a narrow, rigid 4-4-2 if we had the players for it, but it stifles Polworth and excludes Doran and Calder. Again, that's fine if we're bipassing midfield but I'm not convinced our strikers are good enough in the air for that. Then there's Rooney - if there's any chance that he can play at this level then it's not in a back 4. Indeed, we need a formation that means we can swap out Chalmers for Calder or Doran. I'm fine with Polworth, Walsh and Welsh in there. I'd go, Ridgers McKay McCart Donaldson Tremarco Welsh Polworth Walsh Doran Calder Austin And Walsh and Calder need to fucking hug the touchlines. Robbo has some non-width fetish for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Nervous for tomorrow. Defensively we look an absolute mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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