texanwellfan

Yaaaaaassss KVV

Sad to see Ojala go off

Ridiculous lol

Our big hope of a goal is Joe Lewis but we can’t even get the ball near him

Dodgy on the yellow cards. So I hope we can keep 11 players on the park. Not an ounce of football from us. At best we might get a 0-0. Don’t look like we have a goal in us

We are dreadful

Slept in. Doesn’t look like I missed much. No surprise there

Well that’s thing it’s not so much the formations a team plays but more applying the principles of the game. Spread out when in possession and compact when not in possession. How do you transition between defense and attack or attack to defense. We are terrible at these basic concepts, because I think, the tactics seem to be howf it and chase. So your point is valid in that, regardless of formation, if we persist with the same tactics we are not going to make any formation work.

I think a lot of people on here agree with moving to 3-5-2. It seems a better system to get the best out of the players we have. However appears that GA doesn’t see it that way. I think we would have a solid back 3 with decent cover for any injuries etc. probably get more out of O’Donnell and Carroll would be a better fit on the left side and up front Tony Watt plus one would hopefully be getting more chances created for them. I think the performances, individual and team wise would improve immensely moving from 4-3-3 to 3-5-2

Was 2-3-5 when I started going to the games. Must be older than I think I am.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect players at the level to be able to control and pass a ball around. However, I think they are being told not to do that. Which is mind boggling when you set up as 4-3-3 which is based on being able to maintain ball possession. He’d be as well playing a 6-0-4 because effectively we pretty much have 0 in most games we play and generally miss out the mid field anyway.

Dig out yer old boots Yodo, we’re makin a comeback.

Yep. I’m not writing him off yet but I don’t think he deserves to be starting games.

Or 5 points off the playoff spot. Yes we have to play a certain style with players we have but if you play 4-3-3 formation and don’t play the style of football to make that work you will get punished by the better teams. The worry is we may also get punished by the weaker teams second time around. Our recent run of games, for the most part, has been against the better teams so maybe we will see more points on the board once we start to play the teams below us. If we are still in 6th or 7th after second round then I’d have to say GA has improved our standing and deserves the time to build a team that is more pleasing on the eye. First things first though he has to cement our position as not being relegation or play off candidates.

I agree with all the negative comments on Alexander but if you look at a few of the games prior to St Mirren the stats for shots and shots on target Vs the opposition have been pretty decent. However he has to look beyond that and think how much better would the stats be (and points tally) if he actually had the right formation, tactics And players. We may have a 4 3 3 formation but we are not playing a 4 3 3 style of football because our middle 3 are not strong or skilled enough to play that style but what we do get is all of the negative downsides of not being able to implement 4 3 3 properly. Why he does not see that I’ll never know.

Lol got to go the front room to watch the stream. I forgot UK changed clocks and actually woke up and seen we were 1 up after 30 mins. Even then I just rolled over and went back to sleep. Knew it wouldn’t last. It’s a sad day when I don’t even bother to watch. You could probably put me in the happy clapper category but how the manager can watch this stuff week in week out and think we are fine is terrible. As long as he thinks it’s fine he’s not going to change it.

We got 15 points from the first round of games. We’ll be lucky to get 5 points this second round of games.

I didn’t even get up out of bed to watch it. Good choice on my part.

No re take?

I can handle the poor calls except for the penalty retake. That was completely ridiculous. Even if his back foot was off the line (which it does not seem to be) that is way too close for the linesman to call while determining when the ball started to move. My only explanation is that the linesman does not know the rules. Sees his front foot well off the line ahead of the ball moving and calls it based on that.

Have to keep reminding myself we didn’t get beat. Just feels like it.

I thought Carroll was brought on to try and get 3 points. In the short time he was on the field he managed to get a few good balls into the box. That’s why I’d play him over McGinley. Defense wise I think they are both suspect but you get more from Carroll going forward.

I think he was put in a situation that whatever he done he SHOULD have done something different. So I’m letting him off the hook.

I wonder if the linesman even knows he only needs 1 foot on the line. Terrible call.

Kelly was hung out to dry for the first goal. He doesn’t come out then the guy strolls in. He does come out, narrows the angle but Brophy finishes very well. Meantime Grimshaw (im not one of his regular detractors) is fkn sauntering slowly back not even trying to help and make up for letting the St Mirren player run unchallenged onto the ball. Not even sure where McGinley was