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If we can't even show fight at home then we're done.
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We were missing black for a week, so he probably stepped up then.
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Summary of presser: Robbo - Back to basics, our defending is shite, not just a back 4 issue. Craigan sold the club to him. Bara - Pearo in contention, if not tomorrow he'll be back next week. Some of the players are unfit/lazy. Ainsworth came on before Dom because of pace. Leitch is coaching 1st team now.
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Well, in the call for more people to come to the next three games they mentioned the need for the extra cash, so I don't see them dropping prices in that case. It was also made clear in Flow's podcast that one off price drops wouldn't happen again, as they don't work long-term.
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Good call. We are where we are and there's nothing we can do about the past year or so, let's look forward and do what we can to make sure that were watching a premiership/league/whatever team next year. Or look at it this way, we might only have a handful more home games in the top flight for a few years, so make the most of them!
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The baseball comparison is pretty interesting. The smaller market teams (such as my beloved Pirates) have seen success in recent years through using analytics to identify 'market inefficiencies' where they can find value in a player that other clubs may not see. This also extends to tactics, but I think there are more intangibles in football so I'm not sure how valuable analytics can be in that sense. I think this is the software they mention
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So, is he out of contract this year? Or are we just creating another hypothetical situation to piss our pants about? It was mentioned on the GMs podcast that we were looking to tie up the younger players on longer deals, so I assume that's being worked on. However, we can't force folk to accept contracts so it will probably take some work.
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How many recognised right backs do we have? i.e. one who mainly ply's their trade there and would get a game for another team in that position (rather than "can" play there)? I don't see Kerr getting dropped since he had more chances to score than anyone else against RC, and scored one, and I don't see McManus being dropped due to his "experience". However our defense has been woeful all season and I don't see Laing being left out, so with Reid being the weakest link I think that the way all three will be accommodated would be to have Kerr at RB. Personally I'd have Watt there if that's where he plays for the u20s, or even Ramsden, but based on what I've seen from Baraclough so far, the above is what I think he'll go with.
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It will be interesting to see how Baraclough lines up on Saturday. I think this is the first game where he is facing opposition for the second time (not sure if the first RC game should count since he didn't set the tactics for that one). It may be hard to tell if an improved result this time is down to the new players or the manager learning something from the last encounter, but either way it will be a reasonable measure of how far we have/haven't come. As for lineup, I think that Reid will be dropped to make way for Laing, and with our weakness at the back post I wouldn't be surprised to see Kerr return to Right back (can also see him being in there for set pieces up the other end). I doubt Hammell will be ready, but surely Pearson will be. So I see the likely lineup as: Long Kerr Laing McManus Straker Lasley Grant N.Thomas Pearson Erwin Sutton Personally, I'd have Erwin up front and D.Thomas on the left, but I don't see Sutton getting dropped.
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The reality is that we're level on points with st mirren with a game at hand (I think) and three ahead of county. What has happened has happened and all that matters is the next game. All of the bottom 4 have to play each other twice more and we have the odd result against the top six to consider. I don't see any of these teams putting on a run of results, so things will change a little each week depending on the fixtures and we'll probably go into the last two games with both spots open. Also, don't rule out Partick being dragged into this.
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We could speculate on what will happen in the next three months, but what are the opinions on what will happen if we do go down? I think we are better equipped for it than we were in October, with the infrastructure changes we have seen, and we have the benefit of a lot of big contracts coming off the books. However, I don't think we will come straight back up since we will be competing with saints or county, and two out of rangers, hibs, and qos, and with two bigger clubs set to come up next year, missing out on the gate revenue could set us back a few years too.
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I doubt this will result in supporters drinking any more than they do currently, it will just mean the clubs get the money instead of the pubs. Might work in conjunction with safe standing.
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The way I look at it is we have 2 more throws of the dice to get clear of this. 1) new assistant gets a reaction 2) Pearson and hammell return The second would be huge as pearo is what we are crying out for, and hammell may be the only player I would label as dependable. If these done happen and we dont get 6 points out of the next 9, we're toast.
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My guess: Long Reid Kerr McManus Straker lasley Ramsden Thomas grant Erwin Sutton
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Great work guys, the WTFC spirit lives on
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Who is Leanne on steelmen online?
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Twitterflow said that would be today.
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One thing that is clear from this transfer window is that we have identified the problems and taken steps to address them, rather than hoping the same squad can get us out of this mess. We can also be sure that with the increased numbers bara shouldn't have to settle for the only player available at most positions, and as such we'll pretty much be seeing his team from now on in, whether that is all the new guys or not.
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So, we're looking at something like: Long Reid Kerr McManus Straker Lasley Grant Erwin Pearson Marvin Sutton Subs: Twardzik, O'Brien, Thomas, Thomas, Law, Watt, Guessing that hammell won't be ready, otherwise he'd be in, and Laing will be banned.
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East Of Scotland Supporters Branch 20Th Anniversary Lunch
fizoxy replied to Welldaft Mk1's topic in Club Chat
Hope there is a good turnout. I can attest to them being heavy drinkers, I tried to raise my game to their level and failed miserably. My apologies to scotrail. -
Could we be bringing in a forward to replace a departing lee Erwin? If he is out of contract in the summer and attracting scouts, it seems ominous. We would get a development fee in the summer, right?
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The reaction he gave the in his pre match interview suggested " you can bet your arse I'll be busy on monday" but he is a good promo guy, hopefully it is backed up tomorrow!
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Will hammel be close to ready by then? Will that not have been 4 weeks? I assume mick, pearo and Lasley will also be back. This game is huge, along with our remaining games against st mirren, Partick and Killie.
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Would have took a point when i saw the lineup, and fair play to the guys for fighting back, and to faddy for those misses.