Can’t argue with quite a few of these points but number 9 is bizarre to use your favourite word.
Campbell did come on for Bryson, a few minutes after McGinn had been replaced by another attacking player in McLennan. And then another few minutes after that Wilson came on for Hedges.
I wouldn’t say the substitutions had an immediate effect , but gradually we got on top and started to threaten them a lot more. I’d say that for the last 10-15 minutes or so up to the time we scored Ojo , at last , started to become more influential. Whether that was down to our substitutions I’m not sure. Probably partly down to that . But I think the fact that Dundee took off the one time Next Big Hvn , Jamie Ness (who IMO , had pretty much bossed the midfield) and put on the Permanent Niggly Wee Scrote , McGowan , who wasn’t nearly as effective was just as significant
Apologies, I got the subs the wrong way round as they happened close to each other. For what it's worth I thought Campbell did a better job of keeping the ball moving than Ojo or Bryson did and McLennan at least got past his man a couple of times, unlike McGinn, even if he did waste it afterwards. The substitutions didn't change the game though - we got to about the 80th minute and we still lacked any kind of urgency or drive. We had to rely on a set piece again to create a chance to get the equaliser.
Yes, agree with most of that other than (9), already pointed out and (10) McLennan did more than anyone had done in the game up to that point in an attacking sense. Sure he screwed up a few times but cut him some slack for being young and just back in the team. And (8), I don't know about Ojo. First half was last season's ****e, pass it round the midfield then back to the defence, or worse, back to Joe Lewis, and hoof it forward. No one got got forward in the midfield and Cosgrove had to come ever deeper to pick up the ball leaving no one up front. Whether by instinct or instruction, Ojo got further forward later in the second half and did make telling passes. Is it fear or McInnes's plan for the midfield to stay so far back? You can argue that Sachkere were not a great team but our midfield were pressimg them from their penalty box forward. Yesterday. and against St Mirren, we gave up huge chunks of the pitch to the opposition.
Yesterday's result was a great opportunity for a manager to talk about determination and character in getting a result. Sadly there was neither: it was just bloody lucky and the championship team, running out of steam, had three centre halves on the pitch trying to defend a lead.
F'kin hell, reading through that was torture. a couple of poor perfomances and most are writing off the season, deary me.
Season is barely 2 week old ffs! at this stage of the season, and with the limited time between games, it was always going to be up and down. a week of prep for the next game will make the world of difference. Mcinnes said after the Chikhura home game, thats how he wanted us to play this season, i for one am willing to wait for longer than 3 domestic games before jumping on the "season is going to be ****e" bandwagon
Absolutely - a set piece lumped into the box saved us. It was more luck and the opposition tiring than anything else. There's a serious lack of passion and aggression in this team - Ferguson gives us a little, but when he isn't there we're a very brittle bunch.
Not writing off the season at all. Loved the home performance against Sachkere but wondering why with similar personnel against Dundee we did not press, did not push forward and did not play through the midfield. Was it instructions from the coaching team or was it fear in the players?