DublinMagyar Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 That was a brutal watch but I’m confident of a win in the play off game. You're a better man than I Gungadin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Reminds me (a little) of the English dilemma of how could they shoehorn Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard into the same team. They wasted years trying but never succeeded in realising you can drop good players to make the team better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Ro Sham Bo said: There appears to be no sign of improvement at all under Clarke. He's miles out of his depth at this level. Surely, like a lot of managers, he is capable of seeing that the system wasn’t working and he had to change it mid match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 If he wants to shoehorn Tierney and Robertson into the same team he should look at what Strachan did with Mulgrew and play him (Tierney) as a CDM,That’s possibly one of the worst shouts on this forum m9, well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jacky1990 said: McGinm, Christie, McGregor and Forrest should have been more than able to support Dykes tonight. They didnt. Thats not his fault. Exactly. The touches/passages of play that Dykes did have were promising. VT likes calling people 'cart horses' & 'sand dancers' though. Has no other patter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 People are seeing what they want to see re Dykes. I get the desire to pump up a player from the Scottish Premiership and then defend them, but if you're happy with that then you're watching a different sport to the one I'm watching. In fairness, he was OK but was completely failed by the dreadful, confused team selection by Clarke. No urgency, no creativity, no clue. We need to improve big time on Monday or we are out of this group before I've even had a chance to boo the team in person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 McFadden saying it wasn't the formation. Before the game they were saying they could see Tierney overlapping Robertson down the wing Mentalists! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Robertson absolutely anonymous 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 If we are going to play Tierney out of position anyway why not a RB or as CB in a back 4? There is no doubt that out players are most effective in a 4-2-3-1. And essentially we shoehorned in an extra CB and sacrificed two wingers to play fullback. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 How many of our world class left backs played at left back tonight? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Marshmallo said: People are seeing what they want to see re Dykes. I get the desire to pump up a player from the Scottish Premiership and then defend them, but if you're happy with that then you're watching a different sport to the one I'm watching. In fairness, he was OK but was completely failed by the dreadful, confused team selection by Clarke. No urgency, no creativity, no clue. We need to improve big time on Monday or we are out of this group before I've even had a chance to boo the team in person. We're already out Failing to beat the other diddy team in the group at home 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 . We need to improve big time on Monday or we are out of this group before I've even had a chance to boo the team in person.Laughed out loud at this 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) Robertson has been anonymous in quite a few Scotland games now, I don’t think it has that much to do with the formation, which is hardly a million miles away from where he normally plays, but the lack of forward runners and options to actually cross to. Edited September 4, 2020 by Jambomo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 If we turned that shite in under McLeish or Levein then there would be serious shouts to punt the manager. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Just now, DA Baracus said: If we turned that shite in under McLeish or Levein then there would be serious shouts to punt the manager. We did turn that shite in with McLeish and Levein. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Anyone slating Robertson needs to take a good look at themselves. Imagine going from Klopp giving you every opportunity to succeed to Clarke shiting the bed and your best option being a 4 yards sideways pass to Ryan Jack. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Slenderman said: Exactly. The touches/passages of play that Dykes did have were promising. VT likes calling people 'cart horses' & 'sand dancers' though. Has no other patter. The likes of James Forrest and Ryan Christie are the epitome of the 'sand dancer' type at international tournament qualifying level. It's not my fault that some people are daft enough to think that just having someone flicking the ball towards them all night is going to demolish the opposition and it's really not my fault that this terrible plan predictably failed. Edited September 4, 2020 by vikingTON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 1 minute ago, ArabFC said: McFadden saying it wasn't the formation. Before the game they were saying they could see Tierney overlapping Robertson down the wing Mentalists! The way they are talking up Israel you would think they were a force. They were well set up yes, as they were last time out, and as they will be next month. The way to beat that is to play with pace and / or play short sharp passes in front and in behind yet we tried neither. Really infuriating, however I shall now go have a beer and enjoy a free pie that the SFA sent me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jambomo said: Robertson has been anonymous in quite a few Scotland games now, I don’t think it has that much to do with the formation, which is hardly a million miles away from where he normally plays, but the lack of forward runners and options to actually cross to. You're right. Robertson needs players that make runs. Hello, Stuart Armstrong!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snobot Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, Scotty Tunbridge said: That’s possibly one of the worst shouts on this forum m9, well done. He can play CB in a 3. He's technically very good. He's a good defender. He's good going forward. Tell me exactly why he couldn't play there, in the same way that Mulgrew, who is an inferior player, excelled there whilst being provisionally a left back / CB? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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