MOTM Dundee 26-Feb-2025

[weeyin]

Dan Done Dee.

Take your pick...

[AllyMax]

Can only really be big Dan but there were a number of noteworthy performances tonight

[SteelmaninOZ]

I thought everyone had a good game 

 

GREAT TEAM EFFORT  

[grumpy]

Has to be Dan. No great failures tonight with Thompson, Sparrow, Andrews, Miller and Armstrong all worthy of mention. 

The amount of work done off the ball tonight was very impressive, a credit to the management team.

[MelvinBragg]

Going with Andrews, closely followed by Miller and Armstrong (who I still reckon might be shite overall but was a menace tonight).

Given his defending for their goal, I'm not giving it to Casey...

[Welly Machine]

Hard not to go for Casey for the goals but went for Thompson. Made himself available going forward and thought he defended well. 

Great effort levels from everyone particularly Sparrow, Andrews, Miller and Slattery.

[Spiderpig]

Thompson for me, thought he was outstanding tonight, never stopped running, always wanting to get forward he had a great game.

[grizzlyg]

Plenty great performances including from much maligned SOD Halliday and Davor. But has to be Dan the Man 

[Big Stall]

Miller for me, never stopped running & pressing. Played some great balls our guys are just not clever enough to get on the end of.

Was really impressed by Andrews and Thomson as well

[joewarkfanclub]

No failures tonight and numerous players could have been considered for MOTM.

Casey obviously caught the eye with his 2 goals and a couple of his mazy runs, but he was at fault for their goal.

SOD, Thompson, Miller and Andrews all had really good games.

Paton looked sharp off the bench and got an assist for the second goal.

Voted for Armstrong as he was an absolute nuisance to Dundee all night, won some amount of balls in the air, and showed some really decent footwork at times under pressure. I like him!

[Ya Bezzer!]

8 hours ago, Big Stall said:

Miller for me, never stopped running & pressing. Played some great balls our guys are just not clever enough to get on the end of.

Was really impressed by Andrews and Thomson as well

We also lost a lot of control in the match after he went off.

[stv]

Armstrong ran after everything all over the park. Held up the ball well when required and harried when they had possession 10/10 for effort with Thomson a close second

[witchfindergeneral]

Performances excellent from everyone but I've had to go for the bold SOD. Much maligned by myself and others in recent weeks but he put in the type of performance that makes me eat my words. Long may it continue.

[joewarkfanclub]

3 hours ago, Ya Bezzer! said:

We also lost a lot of control in the match after he went off.

I thought we lost control of the match before he went off. Both he and Halliday were done. Hardly surprising given he was out injured for 6 weeks and has had to play 2 high intensity games in 4 days. Thought the subs gave us fresh impetus and got us back in the game.

[fizoxy]

We are struggling to score goals this season, so for me bagging 2 of them gets MotM for Casey.

There were a few other good options for man of the match, with Armstrong a standout due to the sheer power of work he put in. 

[Electric Blues]

20 hours ago, MelvinBragg said:

Given his defending for their goal, I'm not giving it to Casey...

18 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said:

Casey obviously caught the eye with his 2 goals and a couple of his mazy runs, but he was at fault for their goal.

A few people have said this, but I didn't think so at the time and I'm even less convinced after seeing the replays. It was a perfectly lofted ball, and it's not like he didn't TRY to get his head on it, but unless he was an inch or two taller I'm not seeing much else he could have done there.

TL;DR - Casey got my vote.

 

[weeyin]

Casey was in no-mans land, which isn't unusual.

I can see why fans like him as he brings a great attitude and energy to the team and puts the fear into the opposition when he's in their box at corners and free kicks.

That's all positive.

As a defender, though, he is often out of position and not averse to passing straight to an opponent.

That's the negative.

I haven't seen anything in the past few seasons that suggest he's the solution to our huge defensive issues, but I'll be delighted if Wimmer finds a way to prove me wrong.

 

[joewarkfanclub]

3 hours ago, Electric Blues said:

A few people have said this, but I didn't think so at the time and I'm even less convinced after seeing the replays. It was a perfectly lofted ball, and it's not like he didn't TRY to get his head on it, but unless he was an inch or two taller I'm not seeing much else he could have done there.

TL;DR - Casey got my vote.

 

He totally misjudged the flight of the ball.

If its going over your head, fine, nothing you can do, but dont jump for it.

He should have just turned and got back in position and stopped the attacker getting a clear run at our box.

[Electric Blues]

10 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said:

He totally misjudged the flight of the ball.

If its going over your head, fine, nothing you can do, but dont jump for it.

He should have just turned and got back in position and stopped the attacker getting a clear run at our box.

It wasn't misjudged by that much, he was only an inch or two away from getting a touch. And I suspect that even if he'd turned and started running as the pass was played he wasn't getting anywhere near the man before the ball hit the net. But, aye, that in itself is indicative that perhaps his positioning wasn't ideal in the first place.

Sometimes, also, you just need to take your hat off to the opposition - that pass from Shaughnessy was perfect.

[joewarkfanclub]

37 minutes ago, Electric Blues said:

It wasn't misjudged by that much, he was only an inch or two away from getting a touch. And I suspect that even if he'd turned and started running as the pass was played he wasn't getting anywhere near the man before the ball hit the net. But, aye, that in itself is indicative that perhaps his positioning wasn't ideal in the first place.

Sometimes, also, you just need to take your hat off to the opposition - that pass from Shaughnessy was perfect.

It was a great pass, and I dont want to be hyper critical of Casey, as I like him, and he had a great game. I just thought he got that bit wrong.

He more than made up for it with the winner. Made the whole thing much more dramatic and ultimately more satisfying! 😉

[Electric Blues]

10 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said:

He more than made up for it with the winner. Made the whole thing much more dramatic and ultimately more satisfying! 😉

On that we are definitely agreed!