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I would be happy if we went with that team,defensively were poor no matter who we pick but after the last two games we do need to make a change and for me butcher would be the one to get dropped.we need to adopt the same approach as last night,get the ball down and play in the wide areas and balls through the channels for bair.theres no doubt if we go with miller,spittal,bair and vale then we can cause them problems if we're smart in possession.whoever is playing in defence should clatter shankland right away.

I know there's the option to extend obikas contract,I said it after the morton game grizzly that I hope the sub appearances he gets between now and the end of the season don't automatically trigger a new contract based on a certain number of games played,wasting another wage on him next season will be grim.

Aberdeen are bang average just like us so to not see that game out after being 3-0 up is piss poor,much like the morton game our arse collapsed when the going for tough.

We have seen the two sides of bair between friday and tonight,friday he looked like a headless chicken at times with zero awareness or anticipation,the hoofs up the park to him were scandalous though and tonight was what he's about,get him facing the opposition goal and he offers a lot,his back to goal not so much.

We definitely needed a centre half in january,somebody to come in and help steady the ship and maybe give the rest of them a boot up the arse,we have enough defenders on our books and not one of them are pulling there weight,I guess we will see the likes of blaney and casey brought back in but I don't expect that will make any difference.

Aye Kelly is over the place at the minute and we umpteen defenders to pick from but it's the same outcome no matter who plays,defensively were a shambles.

Don't really know what to make of that,to be 3-0 up then happy enough with a point is pretty grim.the big concern throughout the whole of january was our forward options but there doing there bit and its our backline thats let us down again,the sooner we see the back of the majority of them the better.

I've been critical of kelly this season,none more so than after friday night but like you say his confidence is gone,we all know he's capable of better as we have seen it especially when he first joined us.the goalkeeper position is more of a conundrum than any other,do we drop kelly for a guy that we know nothing about or hope that kelly can turn his form around,I personally think kettlewell will stick with Kelly,let's hope we're on here tonight praising him after a win.

Kettlewell will be here until the end of the season,there's no way the club will get rid of him before then,if they wanted to it would have happened a few games back when we were in a worse position than we are now.we definitely looked like we had turned a corner but the morton game was a right kick in the balls,hopefully there isn't any lasting damage from that defeat and we move on quickly.i would personally like us to part with kettlewell at the end of the season but I've no idea what direction the club will go in,if kettlewell is to remain we need a big clear out,guys like mugabi and o'donnell need to go.

If we can get through this season still in the top flight,then there's plenty of room to make changes to the team for next season with the amount of players that are out of contract.i would keep mcginn for another year and slattery is most likely going to offered something due to his injury,spittal is the priority but I think he will end up elsewhere.elliot and nicholson surely have to prove there worth to be offered anything for next season,the squad needs to be finally rid of the likes of maguire and mugabi and I hope obika even just with sub appearances here and there isn't enough to trigger a years extension.

Exactly,we find ourselves with a goalkeeper who can't command his box and who's confident must be about rock bottom as well as central defenders that are all over the place anytime the ball comes in from the wide area,it's a recipe for disaster and that will be targeted by every opposition between now and the end of the season.we seemed to have tried every combination at centre back but yet we still concede amateur level goals on a weekly basis.kelly can't be installing any confidence in the guys in front of him and vice versa,the defence are just as bad,it's time he was taking out the team and we gave oxborough a go but i think as long as we're struggling and relegation is still a possibility I think kelly will be in the team same as someone like o'donnell,I think kettlewell will stick to what he knows than risk going with more untried players.

I couldnt agree more,we all know the last thing you do is punt the ball all over the park when the wind is blowing all over the place so for paid professionals to continually do it last night is mind boggling,add in the fact that we were punting it to bair who was never going to get any joy against there two centre halves and it makes it even worse.it actually looked like our tactic last night was give the ball to kelly as much as possible so he could hoof it forward and his distribution is dire,we couldn't have played into mortons hands anymore than we did and paid the ultimate price of being out the cup.

Agreed the subs tonight were desperate,we should have made a couple of positive changes at half time as you could have written the script for the second half,we concede and then panic into making changes and thats what happened,to then make the changes and still play the same way is even more bizarre,having mugabi up front is a desperate act that's been tried now for like 3 years,it's never going to be the answer.we we're heading out the cup with barely a whimper we didn't need to persist with 3 centre half's,for me butcher should have been hooked and nicholson on for the last 20 minutes.im not a big fan of o'donnell but I think he's going to be one of they guys that plays no matter what with devine as backup and the new zealand boy nowhere to be seen.

You know as much as me then 😂.just going back to the county game,that was the perfect scenario to get some of our january signings some game time,there won't be many times left this season if any,when were 3-0 up,if guys like nicholson can't get on then when will they.

Granted he will still be getting upto speed but surely he has enough in him for 15-20 minutes when the game was stretched,it would have been a better option than mugabi upfront.nicholson should have got some decent minutes against county when we had the game won to help him get upto speed.

Any joy that we were getting in the second half was coming from the wide areas,we should have got nicholson on to have a go at there left back who's legs had gone and was on a booking.i.know we were desperate but putting mugabi up front who just charges about fouling folk is beyond stupidity.i hope nicholson isn't going to be one of they players come the end of the season were saying what the fuck did we sign him for and not play him.

Exactly,to be honest I'm not surprised one bit we lost tonight,away from home to a side on a good run,the ingredients were there for an upset.the fear for me is that we could quite easily repeat two performances like that in a play off.i know I'm getting a little ahead of myself there but let's hope we dont end up in that scenario.

If we take anything from tonight it should be that we must avoid finishing in the relegation play off spot,we couldn't be trusted to beat a morton or partick thistle over two games.

We can blame the manager all we want but sometimes the players on the pitch need to be held accountable,that was a fairly experienced team we had out there tonight and we had the same culprits hitting aimless punts up the park to nobody,these guys train with bair everyday,did the really think he would have any joy with the service he got tonight,especially in the first half.take mugabi no matter how much time he has on the ball he still can't find a team mate.no responsibility or leadership throughout tonight and thats not all at the managers door.

Exactly right,let's not be making out the likes of oakley and power would do us a turn,they were better than us tonight but that's it,in reality all it does is highlight our serious deficiencies at the back,no leadership and nobody taking charge yet again.

The sooner kelly is gone the better and chucking them in for a new club the better,what he was attempting at the first goal is a mystery and his distribution is god awful.

Chucking balls up to obika and mugabi who just gives fouls a way is beyond a joke,out to lower league opposition again,let's not hear from anybody at the club anytime soon how skint we are.

Fucking pathetic from mugabi

We're getting exactly what we deserve,no fucking lessons learned from raith rovers last season.

This is exactly the type of performance that you can't afford to have away from home in a cup tie,we have played right into there hands.ball retention has been woeful and the aimless punts up the park as the half went on is nonsense.