Accent-Unknown Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 3 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: Big thing for me today is Mulgrew looks like a proper captain. Not a captain because he is a bit older than his colleagues and plays CH but organising everyone around and in front of him. I don't think we have had someone like that since Webster. Only criticism is he shouldn't be putting balls into the box from halfway, he should be in the box as we have precious little height in there. We don't have anyone else as good at taking set pieces as he is mate. I get that without we have little height but we also need to get the ball in the bloody box in the first place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Pull My Strings said: Loved that today. Was looking forward to it massively even though I fully expected a scudding. Just to be back in the stadium was great but it turned out so much better than I could have imagined. Wife's on nightshift so I'll be cracking open a few beers and watching the whole game again tonight once I get the wee one to bed. Great performance particularly from some guys who have been much maligned. Pawlett and Robson both excellent. Likewise Butcher and Fuchs. The two centre halves won virtually everything that was put into the box. Absolutely delighted. Great for Courts. I've had serious reservations but if he can get the team to play like that every week then no-one will care where he came from or how much shite he talks. You never know, he might even relax and stop treating every media appearance like a job interview. Tremendous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mishtergrolsch Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 10 hours ago, Zetterlund said: We should all boo the team onto the pitch next time out and launch our scarves and season tickets on for good measure. A chorus of "I'm no going back till Courts is gone, back till Courts is gone!" Should help too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Tam Courts is 7th joint favourite for the MK Dons job with SkyBet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 25 minutes ago, mishtergrolsch said: A chorus of "I'm no going back till Courts is gone, back till Courts is gone!" Should help too. One interesting thing from yesterday, and let’s remember we scored with 25 minutes to go. I didn’t hear one chorus of “Tam Courts’ Tangerine Army”, something that would normally be sung on the occasion of a new manager. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Granny Danger said: One interesting thing from yesterday, and let’s remember we scored with 25 minutes to go. I didn’t hear one chorus of “Tam Courts’ Tangerine Army”, something that would normally be sung on the occasion of a new manager. Hes still got a hell of a long way to go before he proves hell be a good manager and not a yes man so its understandable imo. A few more performances like that in the coming games and he'll start to win people round. Yesterday we were playing the champions with no expectations albeit with lots of pressure from fans. Wait till the end of September and see how many times yesterday is repeated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Shedboy Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Yeah. Will be interesting to see how he approaches games where the opposition sit in. Ross County, Livingston, Dundee etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 3 hours ago, mishtergrolsch said: Hes still got a hell of a long way to go before he proves hell be a good manager and not a yes man so its understandable imo. A few more performances like that in the coming games and he'll start to win people round. Yesterday we were playing the champions with no expectations albeit with lots of pressure from fans. Wait till the end of September and see how many times yesterday is repeated. Whilst I agree that, yes, we'll need to wait for a few months before we can judge if he's any good or not, calling him a "yes man" is a little unfair. We're following a completely different model just now with Ashgar pulling the strings re new players / new contracts etc. and Courts merely training the players he's presented with and picking the team on matchday (i.e. a Head Coach and not a manager) He's not a yes man because he simply isn't asked any questions. The model we're following, whilst wouldn't be my choice, has been used extensively on the continent (and sporadically in the UK) for many years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Steven W said: Whilst I agree that, yes, we'll need to wait for a few months before we can judge if he's any good or not, calling him a "yes man" is a little unfair. We're following a completely different model just now with Ashgar pulling the strings re new players / new contracts etc. and Courts merely training the players he's presented with and picking the team on matchday (i.e. a Head Coach and not a manager) He's not a yes man because he simply isn't asked any questions. The model we're following, whilst wouldn't be my choice, has been used extensively on the continent (and sporadically in the UK) for many years. I don’t think Courts would like to be called a ‘Yes Man’. He’d prefer ‘Positive Affirmation Man’. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior_Arab Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I’ve been pretty clear on here that I’ve thought Courts was an absolutely hopeless appointment, so in the interests of fairness & transparency I feel compelled to come on and say how well we did yesterday. Well done Tam & the boys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Steven W said: Whilst I agree that, yes, we'll need to wait for a few months before we can judge if he's any good or not, calling him a "yes man" is a little unfair. We're following a completely different model just now with Ashgar pulling the strings re new players / new contracts etc. and Courts merely training the players he's presented with and picking the team on matchday (i.e. a Head Coach and not a manager) He's not a yes man because he simply isn't asked any questions. The model we're following, whilst wouldn't be my choice, has been used extensively on the continent (and sporadically in the UK) for many years. I'll agree then that hes a silenced husk of a human puppet for Tony Asghar to hide behind while he plays Football Manager I'm not a fan of the sitting duck head coach because there's less accountability on the people making the important longer term decisions. Sure, Thomasso can empty the famous Tannadice Tombola every week but the problem is still that the person putting the names into it hasn't changed. The names going in broadly haven't changed either. But Thomasso will be blamed and emptied before Tony who will pick his next sacrificial bam to hide behind. I missed the game yesterday but by all accounts it was a well fought victory with everyone playing at the top of their game. Its great to hear and hopefully we go on to emulate these performances longer term. If Thomas is the unlikely man for the job and unlocks the killer instinct in Harkes and moulds him into Iniesta and turns Clark into Ronaldo MK1 then ill be over the moon. If we don't and slip back into the guff of the last two and a bit years this squad has served up it'll be Neilson, Mellon and Tam who the players have failed. And that points to a failure in recruitment and whos job is that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) Harkes is a funny one from yesterday. He played at the level I've been expecting and seen hes capable of (occasionally) the last couple of seasons. Which it makes it even more frustrating when he does the not particularly good at anything show he more often does on the pitch. Edited August 8, 2021 by ArabianKnight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartyftd1 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) Hopefully this weekend shuts the pusses of the pain in the arse BNB’s who think they were on to something this season. We beat the Blue arse cheek of Glasgow while they get absolutely scudded! Edited August 8, 2021 by stewartyftd1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 On 07/08/2021 at 09:46, mishtergrolsch said: If we sign 2 International wingers I'll be happier than a dog with two cocks. Then if we sell Shankland ill probably have a seizure. "stroke", shirley? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I’d happily take this as the final league positions: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loemba90 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: I’d happily take this as the final league positions: So would Dundee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 25 minutes ago, stewartyftd1 said: Hopefully this weekend shuts the pusses of the pain in the arse BNB’s who think they were on to something this season. We beat the Blue arse cheek of Glasgow while they get absolutely scudded! Dry your eyes tiny tears. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannadeechee Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Not sure how much truth in these reports, but multiple twitter sports accounts reporting Shankland away in £1 million deal to Belgium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannadeechee Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Scott Burns saying no deal agreed "yet". https://twitter.com/ScottBurns75/status/1424710847914512386?s=19 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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