wellsince75

piss up, brewery, couldn't organise

agree - we started relying on him to both break up attacks and then become some sort of creative force to drive us forward. Too much on his shoulders.

completely agree about the width - If the 4th man in midfield was a winger - eg Hastie on the left I'd be much happier

do you mean the personnel or the formation ? personally I like 442 and think it would suit us but we need more width

both were excellent for Scotland and the U21's which calls out how important formation and other players around them are. We don't have a settled defence , continue to play 5 at the back (3 of which not many fans rate) We continue to get out battled in a 3 man midfield. I believe their lack of form is down to a formation that's not working and also highlights you need more than 2 -3 decent players in your team.

don't think he's been given any real opportunity - either play him for 6 games or send him back.

it's hard to see why they'd want to stay around to be honest. We're not a club moving forward.

xmas shopping list centre half left back left mid/winger right mid/winger and if we can pick up a partridge in a pear tree that would be smashing .

I personally like that we parked the bus rather than try and go toe to toe. Being 1 up after 60 mins is more refreshing that being 3-0 by half time. We couldn't maintain it for 90 mins, no big deal. Rangers are far superior. I'd like SR to continue to evolve formations - he's clearly not a fan of 4-4-2 but with our current squad I suspect this would be a formation that works against most clubs and revert to 4-5-1 or 5-4-1 against the top 3-4 clubs.

this highlights how poor our signings are that O'Hara is the best partner for Gallagher . The only issue this creates is who plays in midfield as there's very little in the way of options.

our 3 man midfield is sure to dominate and boss the game.

bit optimistic - you think we'll score

can build on that - how many players do we sign with a vague reference to their position eg 'can play anywhere in defence ' 'great midfield player and can play in defence' Trev is a great goal keeper and potential target man up front. This stuff takes the jam out my donut

O'Hara ,Tanner would be added to the list but your point remains valid.

A decent, good honest pro and thoroughly nice fella . He just ran out of ideas and from memory he had his budget sliced. I don't think he'd move us forward - he's been back to Bradford a few times over and never really progressed them.

He's not been given a proper opportunity and not played games. Personal view is there's a huge difference between fit and match sharpness. I'd like to see us move to 4 men in midfield and play Hastie on the left - it also gives the left back some protection which we've missed. (appreciate Hastie isn't a fans favourite but he's the best winger we have)

does that include games we didn't play but got 3 points for ?

When I read the line up I wondered who would create chances - we only have one creative player in our entire squad and we don't play him. Not saying he's Messi but FFS our lack of creative approach through midfield is a disgrace .

Having to revert to Ohara in defence is a sad reflection and completely calls out how poor signings have been We have 10 defenders listed in our first team squad. Ohara played well in defence but our midfield is light. Personal view is we need to bolster the midfield and have at least 4 men in there.

We had Turnbull back and got to 3rd without him. Personally had high expectations - Long was back who did quite well, Campbell, Turnbull, Hastie in midfield. Sadly it's been brutal - not the league position but the style of play is horrific.

Stickers need opportunities - which should come from creative midfield or wingbacks that get up to the line. We offer very little as an attacking force. Long/Lang/Watt can all finish but they need service

Suspect this season we'll end up somewhere between 6th-8th position - cant see a top 6. Personally don't see Mugabi every being good enough .

cant believe Lamie's not playing - he's not put a foot wrong.

great outcome. Hard to believe we're now 5th as it's not been a pleasant on the eye season. Be great to see us kick on and start playing some decent footy.

Personal view is Carrol is a much better left back than either Lamie or McGinley have shown. (hopefully he'll be back soon) I don't believe that Lamie is good enough, McGinley I have serious doubts over and same for Mugabi , who although much improved causes us goals through poor positioning and needless mistakes. This years defensive signings have not proven to better than the existing squad.