St.johnstone V Motherwell 27/10/13

[mfc88]

Again, in what way? Understanding Lawson's limited game time, but, Steve Jennings, whilst breaking down opposing attacks can be credited with driving us forward quickly and pressing higher up the field, polar opposite from Paul Lawson.

 

From Sunday's match, a midfield that was set-up not to be out fought and overrun was exactly that, outfought and overrun. Don't doubt there is a player there, but, shoe-horning him and Vigurs into a tried and tested system isn't productive and we've suffered for it.

 

Further to that, McHugh again showed he's no foil for the main striker. His general awareness and off the ball movement belies the fact he scores for fun in reserve football. How do we harness that?

 

 

 

Have to disagree with that bit. It was the presence of jennings that allowed the other 3 to get forward. And for me it was the loss of jennings resulted in us losing more goals. For me, Jennings was very much a sitting player.

 

Anyway, not what my original post was aimed at. I was saying that while I understand (but not always agree) with the criticism of others I just dont get the dislike of lawson. Hes played well when called upon but the rise of carswell has limited his appearances...a good thing, no?

[sbcmfc]

I thought we were slow, had 3 defensive midfielders, no creative players, were awful to watch.

 

Really showed how we miss the pace of Humphrey, energy of Ojamma and creativity of Law.

 

Perhaps ainsworth, Anier and McFadden respectively could return some of those qualities to the team?

[sbcmfc]

As for the 2nd goal!

 

Could be worse, Freiburg keeper had a howler at the weekend....

 

http://youtu.be/NtBWefg5md0

[Jay]

Been a while since I've been on here.

 

McCall takes a hefty share of the blame for Sunday IMO. From the kick off, it was blatantly obvious we simply couldn't compete without any wide men (perhaps more evident from behind the goal than on the TV). Going forward, Ramsden and Hammell regularly found themselves with no option other than either lumping the ball into the box from deep and hoping for the best, or passing the ball inside into an incredibly congested midfield. When on the back foot, the lack of wide men able to track back meant we were regularly outnumbered on both sides of the back four.

 

When your watching a flaw in the system that is so blatantly obvious and needs corrected ASAP in order to have any chance of getting a result, it becomes both frustrating and confusing how the manager can go on for so long without making the necessary changes.

 

I really like McCall and applaud the job he's done so far but he definitely has a tendency to fuck things up every now and again.

 

In a more positive light, there is absolutely no way we will be playing without wide men tomorrow night, so at least we can be confident of a similar performance not taking place.

[Onthefringes]

Have to disagree with that bit. It was the presence of jennings that allowed the other 3 to get forward. And for me it was the loss of jennings resulted in us losing more goals. For me, Jennings was very much a sitting player.

 

Anyway, not what my original post was aimed at. I was saying that while I understand (but not always agree) with the criticism of others I just dont get the dislike of lawson. Hes played well when called upon but the rise of carswell has limited his appearances...a good thing, no?

Disagree all you like, don't think your claim above isn't too dissimilar to what I said. Agree with your latter statement.