grizzlyg Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 27 minutes ago, steelboy said: McGinn is the newest injury. A "good period of time" according to Kettlewell. I quite like the look of a Balmer, Gordon, Casey back three. Big blow losing McGinn but yes Balmer can slot in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 Bad news for McGinn. He was having a pretty good season. Its amazing though how many times things happen when SK has a big decision to make. Of course he could opt to tuck SOD in one and play Kaleta at RWB, but I think Balmer, Gordon, Casey looks a formidable back line. Our set piece threat is becoming ridiculous! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 1 hour ago, steelboy said: McGinn is the newest injury. A "good period of time" according to Kettlewell. I quite like the look of a Balmer, Gordon, Casey back three. No doubt we'll be conducting our 718th detailed review into why we injure so many of our players during an international break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 12 minutes ago, weeyin said: No doubt we'll be conducting our 718th detailed review into why we injure so many of our players during an international break. McGinn's 34 next week. He's played the 90 in every game since he came back from his injury. We are usually out of possession which is more physically demanding and our system also relies on McGinn stepping into midfield when we do have the ball. It's not a surprise that he's ended up injured. Miller's played a lot of minutes this season for his age. He might need rested soon as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 If that was true, then resting tired players during a 2 week international break might help. However, it doesn't take a Beautiful Mind to see the pattern of how many players we've injured during international breaks, winter breaks and pre-season these past few years to see it's an issue. Also, playing 8 games over 13 weeks at the start of season should be quite manageable even for a 34 year old. However, if players like McGinn and Miller are at risk, then we should be rotating them sooner, not crocking them in training sessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witchfindergeneral Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 Oooft just seen McGinn is out, good news for Balmer/Casey fans. Means Johnny K will get put up the pecking order as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunderwell Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 On 10/8/2024 at 10:50 PM, wunderwell said: I think it's about the changes that he won't make but I'd like to see Sparrow on for Halliday/Zdrakovski Kaleta on for O'Donnell Watt on for Robinson I'd be really happy with that team. As an important aside This is the first time he has to cut a first team player from the bench with Casey returning. Someone is going to be unhappy. Scrap what I said. Always a new player injured, making space for everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 4 hours ago, steelboy said: I quite like the look of a Balmer, Gordon, Casey back three. Yep, this could be decent going forward, but if one of them gets injured, then what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAndrew7 Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 26 minutes ago, wellfan said: Yep, this could be decent going forward, but if one of them gets injured, then what? SODs moves across to RCB and Kaleta or Johnny K to RWB. Or Blaney comes in as a direct replacement. It's nice having squad depth, innit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 2 minutes ago, StAndrew7 said: SODs moves across to RCB and Kaleta or Johnny K to RWB. Or Blaney comes in as a direct replacement. It's nice having squad depth, innit? Aye, but the 3rd/4th choice backline gives me the fear. Let's hope Gordon stays fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAndrew7 Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 7 minutes ago, wellfan said: Aye, but the 3rd/4th choice backline gives me the fear. Let's hope Gordon stays fit. It was fine earlier in the season and you could argue that Kaleta and Koutroumbis especially deserve time to prove themselves. Granted, Gordon has been an ever-present just about. I made the point on P&B earlier today that I don't quite get the unease around Blaney; I think he's more than capable of doing a job and has always done all that's asked of him. e.g. he was absolutely outstanding at Ibrox last year and then was just... dropped. I don't think he'll ever amount to more than a stand-in as and when required but he's... fine. We're always going to have a drop off in quality eventually but right now, we don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 Not sure what some folks are expecting of the club / manager re squad depth. Particularly when they are being criticised in certain quarters for having a bloated squad once everyone is fit again? We have perfectly ample coverage at the back for all eventualities. Yes there will be a drop off in standard the further down the pecking order we have to go, but thats true of any club. My only concern so far this season has been midfield. But we are getting by there and could change it up by introducing Sparrow from the start or pushing Ewen Wilson into midfield with Seddon at the back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 What’s target dates or getting Slattery, Paton and Nicholson back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAndrew7 Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 6 minutes ago, texanwellfan said: What’s target dates or getting Slattery, Paton and Nicholson back? Slattery is Christmas for full contact/training and I think matches from January. Not sure about the others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted October 17 Author Report Share Posted October 17 The gaffer says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted October 18 Author Report Share Posted October 18 The Ox has his say about the Dundee game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 Id like to see us pick up 3 points with a good performance to set us up for the Celtic game. COYW !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellgirl Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 On 10/17/2024 at 4:46 PM, StAndrew7 said: Slattery is Christmas for full contact/training and I think matches from January. Not sure about the others. November according to Kettlewell earlier in the year for matches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted October 19 Report Share Posted October 19 11 of Dundee's 13 matches this season have been 2.5 goals or over. If you just count league matches of the 14 matches Dundee and Motherwell have played, 12 of them have been 2.5 goals or over. Might be a bad day to be a goal net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted October 19 Report Share Posted October 19 The team picks itself today apart from the strikers. I'd like to see Watt and Stama but the main thing is we don't wait too long to change it if the starting pair aren't showing much threat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted October 19 Report Share Posted October 19 2 hours ago, steelboy said: The team picks itself today apart from the strikers. I'd like to see Watt and Stama but the main thing is we don't wait too long to change it if the starting pair aren't showing much threat. Spot on young man. We'll also see if Dundee's international travellers make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted October 19 Report Share Posted October 19 When I said the team picked itself I didn't mean Davor. It should be his last chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron_Mcd Posted October 19 Report Share Posted October 19 6 minutes ago, steelboy said: When I said the team picked itself I didn't mean Davor. It should be his last chance. We don't have a single midfielder on the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted October 19 Report Share Posted October 19 15 minutes ago, Cameron_Mcd said: We don't have a single midfielder on the bench. Good point. Where's Sparrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretzel Posted October 19 Report Share Posted October 19 Nice to be back to the real stuff. The three points would be most welcome esph since we play Sellick next week. Not suprised we only have that one change with Casey coming in for McGinn, I would have loved to have seen Kaleta getting a run out as I've been impressed by what I've seen so far. Gutted that Dundee have dropped Big Earnie McCracken in goal as he is an absolute bomb scare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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