sophia Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 6 hours ago, RiG said: If that had been Caldwell's Partick side I think after we had gotten the equaliser we would have gone on to win but they looked much more organised and resolute under McCall already. The intensity of the midfield press completely swallowed up Vincent and Welsh at times and we missed the creativity of Walsh in the wide areas with McGregor and Storey struggling to really create too much especially in the second half. Poor defending for the opener. We've seen already this season the huge gap that Rooney leaves in the RB area when he goes forward and Partick ruthlessly exploited that with a smart ball into that area by Bannigan and Zanatta latched on to it and with Donaldson not able to stop him he lashed a low drive past Ridgers into the bottom of the net. Question marks over Ridgers perhaps? Donaldson certainly seemed unhappy with him. Good equalising header from White after a fine cross by McGregor on the right side after he got past his marker. This is the kind of ball we should be trying to get to White more often. It's been said before he often struggles in some match ups against opposition defenders but yesterday he, at times, had the better of his marker and this was one occasion where he got some reward. Doran and McGregor both passed up great chances to grab a second for ICT. Doran sent a tame shot into the arms of Fox and McGregor blazed over from about 18 yards out. Disappointing to only be going in at half time all square after 45 minutes where we had started poorly but turned it around to really dominate the second part of the first half. That said, if you don't take your chances... Second half and ICT were slow out the blocks again and Partick capitalised. I don't really know what happened as there seemed to be no danger with McCart in possession then next thing Miller was bursting clear and bearing down on goal. A cool side footed effort easily beat Ridgers and Partick were ahead from seemingly nothing. McCart almost made up for this mistake when he headed over from a corner but he couldn't take advantage of Partick's slack defending. White then had an acrobatic volley fizz wide of goal as we again started to get back on top but were wasteful with our finishing. Sadly I had to leave early but when I got back to my car I heard that Partick had scored again to kill things off. Up until recently we had been tight defensively and the back four had looked almost impenetrable so it's disappointing to see them being cut open and gifting goals like they did yesterday and whilst it seemed like we had a fair bit of the ball and perhaps the better chances, especially in the first half, it means nothing if we don't bury the opportunities when they come our way. On the plus side McGregor impressed again but I'm not sure wide right is the best position for him. Hopefully Walsh isn't out for too long though. Good appraisal generally but I have to boldly disagree. Carl Tremarco looks heavy in his legs and whilst I don't doubt his capacity to compete, I worry for him over a few yards. After picking up on a slow start to the season I think Coll Donaldson has regressed and it seems to me he has problems with focus and instantaneous decision making. Incisive attacks have undone what I regard as a fragile defensive line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) Prior to yesterday we had conceded just 2 goals in 6 games. Hardly the sign of a defence that hasn't been playing well. Donaldson and McCart had shaky starts in the League Cup group stages but have improved a lot since then and Donaldson has turned in some solid performances against Dunfermline and Morton in recent weeks. Whilst I agree that Tremarco is understandably regressing the rest of the back line has been excellent over the last couple of months. Anyway, highlights are up now: Edited September 30, 2019 by RiG Highlights were removed for some reason. News ones uploaded. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 14 minutes ago, RiG said: Prior to yesterday we had conceded just 2 goals in 6 games. Hardly the sign of a defence that hasn't been playing well. Donaldson and McCart had shaky starts in the League Cup group stages but have improved a lot since then and Donaldson has turned in some solid performances against Dunfermline and Morton in recent weeks. Whilst I agree that Tremarco is understandably regressing the rest of the back line has been excellent over the last couple of months. Anyway, highlights are up now: "Anyway", it's remiss if you to arrogantly flippantly brush off what has been coming. "Incisive" attacking will leave us being found out. What can be survived against others will not do against the best in the league. The good news is that there is much that can be fixed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 There's no "brushing off" going on. That back line has been performing really well for a good while now. As far as I'm concerned they had an off day on Saturday and I hope they bounce back from it. I'm sure they will do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad chad Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 15 hours ago, professor challenger said: Yet again though we concede to a relatively simple ball.into the box That was a great ball in, not much wrong there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocre Pundit Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Saunders was beaten far too easily for the header. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdu98196 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 PT - the epitome of a team that downed tools for the previous manager. ICT made mistakes but PT capitalised and showed why they (on paper) are a top 4 team. Maybe McCall added a bit of organisation but over the few days he couldn't have made wholesale changes in tactics or mindset, the latter had to come from the players. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 PT - the epitome of a team that downed tools for the previous manager. ICT made mistakes but PT capitalised and showed why they (on paper) are a top 4 team. Maybe McCall added a bit of organisation but over the few days he couldn't have made wholesale changes in tactics or mindset, the latter had to come from the players.Couldn't agree more. From what people have said on here bannigan is a prime case in point. Been mediocre at best for the last 18 months and in the last 2 matches has been greatly improved. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 7 hours ago, bdu98196 said: PT - the epitome of a team that downed tools for the previous manager. ICT made mistakes but PT capitalised and showed why they (on paper) are a top 4 team. Maybe McCall added a bit of organisation but over the few days he couldn't have made wholesale changes in tactics or mindset, the latter had to come from the players. Yeah, and that’s probably why Kenny Miller stormed off the pitch at the end as if we’d lost. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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