Laurie Ellis is still here despite having a strong connection to Ray McKinnon. Berger and the fitness coach have both been in their respective jobs for a month? So why is just assumed they must go?
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Laurie Ellis is still here despite having a strong connection to Ray McKinnon. Berger and the fitness coach have both been in their respective jobs for a month? So why is just assumed they must go?
Berger has to go because he’s Csaba’s man. Whoever we bring in is unlikely to want or need him. No problem with fitness coach can staying if he’s decent but on evidence so far this season, he’s not. We’ve generally started ok and scored first only to concede after the 60 min mark. We don’t look fit.
For the record, I’d get rid of Ellis too. 2 decent results when he was interim but he’s been coach for 2 full seasons and the start of this one and I’m struggling to think of a player who’s improved. In fact the ones who’ve been here the longest; Robson, Edge, Murdoch etc seem to be the biggest let downs. Complete revamp of the first team staff required.
Our players weren’t near Dunfermline for fitness. For likes of Curran and Loemba that’s understandable but for rest is unacceptable.
We all know why though. We didn’t play enough pre-season games and then treated the league cup as a pre-season and played every game at a snails pace. Meanwhile Dunfermline went into every game to win and kept their intensity high. They weren’t happy to settle for 1-0 vs Peterhead (as we were vs Arbroath and Alloa only to mess it up), they won 3-0. Went away to Dundee and worked hard to win 1-0. Travelled to Brechin, could’ve settled for an easy 2 or 3 but they scored 7 and lastly even though they were already through they put 3 past Stirling at home.
It’s not a coincidence there was nothing between teams in first 45 and then a massive swing in last half an hour.
That was a factor, but losing Rabitsch did not create that second half performance. IMO both sides lining up 442 cancelled each other out.
I thought Barton was pretty poor throughout (was astonished he got MoM), but that Csaba got the subbie spot on. In fact, it highlighted his error, in not having Aird on from the start and Stanton in midfield. I'd have had Stanton and Barton/Rabitsch with Aird on one side and Loemba on the other.
But their (match) fitness certainly showed.
Often wonder what you watch Terry, we were clearly out on our a*s the last 20-25mins, main culprits were Barton & Stanton, could throw Curran into that but he's been injured etc, Arbroath looked fitter than us and they train twice a wk.