PettyWulliegrew Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Well nearly................... "We struggled in the first half after we lost the goal, we couldn't get any rhythm at all. "In the first half when our play was breaking down, it was largely to do with the pitch. It slowed down our play. "We reshaped at half-time and it worked better. Cillian Sheridan made a great contribution. I thought we were playing against the "Mauld Firm"when i saw the team sheet......... or did "Dingus " have a bet on the draw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 He certainly did get his tactics all wrong, but fair play to him, he changed it at half time and in the second half we were by far the better side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 He certainly did make a right feck up of the first half. He is lucky we got a draw or the vitriol would be much worse. What the hell was he thinking about. From the minute I saw the team sheet (in hospitality) I had a bad feeling. I could not understand why we had only one recognised striker on the pitch. Jesus Christ at home to St Mirren I rate McGhee highly but today he made a pigs ear of it and we were lucky to get away with it. He would have been off my xmas card list had we lost. Stick to what you know works and stop experimenting in the Scottish Cup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fal_Dosser Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Think most of us were stunned when the team was read out - how on earth we can only play 1 recognised forward against poorish opposition defied belief However, as said, the half time change fairly changed our approach and yet another game that we completely dominate. Slightly worrying though that for the 3rd such game in a row, we only have a draw to show for it at the end of 90mins. Very promising start for big Sheridan. MON RA DOSSERS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special aka Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Stick to what you know works and stop experimenting in the Scottish Cup Absobluddylutely. Accies, Falkirk and Inverness thru to 1/4's and so must we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 no way no how should we start with one up front not even against the mould firm we were lucky today that st midden were even worse than us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellchamp Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 For a team that was getting all the plaudits for playing 4-3-3, why did we start so defensively minded today. Glad we changed it in the second half, we look more dangerous when we are more direct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCC Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Very disappointed with today as the cup is shaping up nicely if you get a lil luck and avoid the Scum. Blame sits squarely with Mcghee and am baffled as to what he was trying to achieve and why he never thru on Sutton as well when we were looking to kill them off in the second part of the second half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Wasn't broke so not sure why McGhee 'fixed' it. Weird stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsie14 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 would have preferred McGhee to have made the changes earlier, one up front against a poor st mirren side was a strange one. ach well we will just need to take care of them in the replay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 No matter how well things have been going over the last year an a half McGhee has had the tendacy to make strange changes that seem to make no sense and disrupt the flow of the team. Dundee in the cup last year, Nancy at home immediately spring to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordy Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 No matter how well things have been going over the last year an a half McGhee has had the tendacy to make strange changes that seem to make no sense and disrupt the flow of the team. Dundee in the cup last year, Nancy at home immediately spring to mind. Well said Jonesy. When we went to France in the EUFA we were at least hoping for an away goal but not with the formation he played. (Shame you couldn't make it to Nancy Jonesy). The home leg was even worse. Todays formation is the most puzzling formation ever. ONE STRIKER AGAINST ST. MIRREN IN THE SCOTTISH CUP AT FIR PARK????????????? I felt as if he wasn't bothered about winning the game and I don't think I was the only one. There was more atmosphere on the moon than was at Fir Park today and for a cup game too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Haha. Still raging I missed the trip. Damn work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoF Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 To be fair to McGhee, I don't think he's got complete confidence in John Sutton and he's not seen Sheridan yet so his options were limited yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammer Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 To be fair to McGhee, I don't think he's got complete confidence in John Sutton He's not the only one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Horses for courses? Had it drummed into us as kids, YOU DON'T CHANGE A WINNING TEAM. A boot in the sandy shaws for Sutton IMHO. Pleased with the formation change, Sheridan will contribute more, though after getting back into the game and the one way traffic we enjoyed, we didn't create nearly enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 McGhee should've seen long before half-time that it wasn't working. If we'd changed it after 20 minutes we might have won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Grew Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 No doubt about it our Leader made a right bollocks of his tactics for yesterday's game. He termed it a 4-3-3 but IMO with 4 midfield players on from the start it was really 4-5-1. When you add that the only player starting with any sort of a regular goalscoring history (Clarkson) was being used as a target man then it was a recipe for trouble. It shouldn't have taken until half-time to sort it either. St Mirren are nothing special with only 19 goals scored in 24 league games but they are defensively solid with the 4th best defensive record in the league. Their tactics were simple but on a shocker of a pitch they were very effective. Long ball up to two big strikers who knocked it down for midfield runners. No messing about playing their way up the park for them as they determined to start playing their football about 20 yards from our goal. The Leader needs to stop mucking about and play his strongest side in its strongest formation from the beginning in every game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I'm sure we'd have won if we had played two centre forwards from the start (either Sutton or Sheridan). I don't know why he would have changed formation after the performance at Hibs when we should have won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I'm sure we'd have won if we had played two centre forwards from the start (either Sutton or Sheridan). I don't know why he would have changed formation after the performance at Hibs when we should have won. As I see it the team that started was neither equipped to play open football (albeit that would be nigh near impossible on a shocking surface) or equipped to play the long ball. Thats what puzzled me most. I assumed and still do that it was picked with the intention of bottling up midfield. By bringing Keith Lasley in alongside Maros Klimpl that upset the midfield balance. Both are defensive central midfielders and do not play well together. Its not rocket science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic2904 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 The fact the MMcG did only play with 1 striker wasnt the problem. Its the problem that Clarkson was the lonely striker! He can not play this kind of striker and he should know that. As a single striker you needot be able to control the ball and pass it, surely 2 things that Clarkson lacks off. He looked much, much better in the 2nd half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the fox Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 I never thought i would see the day when Motherwell took the field against Midden with only one up any more of these tactics and i will lose interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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