Delighted with the result under those circumstances today. We would have lost that game last season.
For a guy who was probably the most "meh" signing of the summer, Stanton's quickly proving himself to be a big, big player for us this season, looks like everything we hoped Telfer would become.
I absolutely love the fact that Sam Stanton is prepared to take on and commit opponents and break through the lines. Sure, he sometimes gave the ball away, but i can live with that when he works as hard. This mirrored my view on Simon Murray. I'm also delighted for Scott Fraser, who I have always maintained is our most skilful player, but questioned his heart and his desire and his will. Scott should look at Sam and try to match or beat whatever stats goes to his GPS. If they two have a private battle, we will benefit as a Club.
Thought we done well today all things considered , McMullen mad moment apart , everyone put in a shift when we down to 10 men , even Fraser , Edge is having a nightmare start to the season worth putting Quinn there , Murdoch much better than Toshney at right back , really like Stanton , thought Fyvie despite lack of games , was alright today
Ps , played 4-4-2 then 4-4-1 , got to stick with this , not the 1 of course , get that 4-2-3-1 to ****
I actually forgot Murdoch was playing for a while. And Fyvie i think made a few mistakes through the game that will probably disappear once up to full fitness. His run just before being hauled off nearly finished him though!
And i thought it was 4-5 we played towards the end?
Yes please - I expect Mcmullens replacement will be Fraser - takes away the direct running at defenders though and that i think is going to win us a lot of games this season. He will be missed and hopefully come back play the same way and defenders wont cope - in fact they may get sent off instead of him. Silly lad but he should come back an even better player. He will be a target though.
Very good 3 pts after the sending off, i'd have taken 6 pts over a different outcome on Wednesday (the fun can have their cup final moment and 0 pts), gives us a very good platform to build from and we'll only get better in the coming weeks imo
Also extends the impressive home record under McKinnon to played 28 won 19 drawn 8 lost 1
Roll on Tues/Sat