OK, for a fun ...

We are aa quick at downin oor boss' selections, tactics, etc ... usually in hindsight ... but .. let's get creative here

Ah'll start.

First priority ... sign some solid 'no-nonsense' central defenders.

Next ... punt Polvara, Watkins, Richardson, Morris.

Assess out on loan players progress,

In training, assess how the team perform, in an attacking sense, without Duk, Hayes, Kennedy and Besuijen .... Do we have an option in physical strength rather than pace and skill?

In training ... work on 'snapshots' .... first priority? How to keep shots lower than the crossbar. (aided by videos of many Lewis Ferguson 'rugby goals' )

In training ... Defence. How to 'blooter' a ball over the stands if necessary, if a positive pass is too much of a gamble.

In training ... compare Duk and Bezuijen's skills re. ball retention, with that of Johnny Hayes' physical strength re. same

Throw ins. ... yes ... fkn throw ins! ... How to retain possession from throw ins and use these to advantage. Strategies re. using a throw in as a 'move starter' rather than a way to get the ball back to our keeper ... or lose possession (cringe).
The idea o 'winning' a throw in should play out in being an advantage ... it is only an advantage if the 'win' is taken advantage of.

Fitness. !!! ... Jim Goodwin's first big statement as AFC team manager was that he wanted a team of athletes. Darvel showed themselves more than a match re. stamina.

.... so ...

In training .... ensure all players likely to start are capable of being full fkn 'duracell' for 90 minutes, ... and all on bench proven similar. Any player replaced will be due to injury, or tactical .... never fatigue/tiredness unless said 'time called player has given 90 minutes in 50

Free kicks ... stop having two guys lined up to take a fkn free kick ... the non-kicker might be better employed going to where the 'kicker' is aiming to flight the ball .... or ... going some place the kicker wil NOT be flighting the ball.

Man-marking v zonal .... the former works well as long as our man is as good as their man... contingency required ... it's easy really, in a 4-2-3-1system ....

Right and left backs/wing backs/wing backs stay close, and goal side of advancing opposition wingers. centre backs fall back only as far as offside trap. A-mids fall back to intercept opposition back/diagonal passes, whilst def-mids fall back to support central defenders zonally.

Regaining possession, one good forward pass is enough to make opposition retreat ... accommodating a series of quick back/sideways passes in order to id a route beyond a retreating opposition

...............Well, that's what Ah'd dae