Livi at Home

[Arabdownsouth]

I like SCH but today was not his best game. I'd still give him a run till end of season though. Graham aint a captain. Should have been a comfortable win but the back 3 let us down again. Dave Richards looked like he wanted to do a Kuch once or twice too.

Ferry is class and its his determination to speed us up and get us up the pitch that gets us level again and then wins us the game. He will be a huge loss if he goes.

Sort out the defence and we have a team that would be top 6 easy.

Richards gives me the fear tbh. That defence is honestly shocking though, brainfart after brainfart after brainfart regardless of who the personnel are. Iovu today, wtaf are you doing lad? Junior level mistakes happening week after week, and Jim has solved nothing. But I'll take the win that virtually assures us of league safety and move on. Jim won't be going anywhere in the summer so I can only hope that he gets some experience into that backline and a keeper that doesn't double as a keystone cop.

[shedka]

Start with the positives

A win and 3 pts - when you think we got 1 at Dens for an excellent performance

Came from behind to win against a team that has drawn most of their recent games 2-2 (plus a 0-0 at Easter rd)

3 home wins in a row and 5 unbeaten at home since the Hearts game in January

2nd in form table with 15 Pts since mid February

Ferry was excellent
Farrugia was really good today
Sevelj was decent while on
Keresztes scoring after coming on
Sapsford cool pen

Ferry putting Cammy Kerr on his backside then scoring with his weak foot


Negatives

The injury luck again (no Luca, Sibbald or Russell beforehand), we really miss Luca in this system in particular

Fatah going off with what could mean his last appearance for us, could be him and Luca miss the last 5, not good with the derby looming

Ferry picking up an injury late on too

Strain was poor
Iovu poor second half
Camara not great when he came on
Watters was rubbish
Naamo didn't offer much

Being comfortable and Iovu making a mess of things to gift them a goal when we started second half week coming down slope and were comfortable in the game, just a terrible few minutes

[moicher]

Then why persist with it if the personnel is missing? That defence is f*cking honking! You talk shyte, its really not a struggle for me. You go away and worry about yourself, cannot be f*cked with you at all 👍

I dont think it matters what system we play. We have a staff issue all over the defence apart from Ferry. It makes no odds what the formation is. The incumbents are not good enough.

[That thing you do]

For most of that second half after Livi took the lead and with Killie winning I thought we were about to sucked back into the playoff picture.

Thankfully it ended as it did and we are now pretty much safe. Bit it was hard viewing and all too familiar a story a times.

We have to get two new GKs and Id keep iovu and kereztes around as impact subs/cover but really we need a new first choice defence.

Plus do what we can to keep Amar Fatah and identify a Stephenson replacement.

That plus new recruits coming in from Australia to replace Watters and we have the semblance of a top 6 side. Hopefully Ferry stays too.

[TerryTheTerror]

Start with the positives

A win and 3 pts - when you think we got 1 at Dens for an excellent performance

Came from behind to win against a team that has drawn most of their recent games 2-2 (plus a 0-0 at Easter rd)

3 home wins in a row and 5 unbeaten at home since the Hearts game in January

2nd in form table with 15 Pts since mid February

Ferry was excellent
Farrugia was really good today
Sevelj was decent while on
Keresztes scoring after coming on
Sapsford cool pen

Ferry putting Cammy Kerr on his backside then scoring with his weak foot


Negatives

The injury luck again (no Luca, Sibbald or Russell beforehand), we really miss Luca in this system in particular

Fatah going off with what could mean his last appearance for us, could be him and Luca miss the last 5, not good with the derby looming

Ferry picking up an injury late on too

Strain was poor
Iovu poor second half
Camara not great when he came on
Watters was rubbish
Naamo didn't offer much

Being comfortable and Iovu making a mess of things to gift them a goal when we started second half week coming down slope and were comfortable in the game, just a terrible few minutes

I thought Sevelj gave the ball away unnecessarily a lot yesterday and i thought Camara pushed us forward until the end when he came on.

[LSArab]

Brilliant to get the win and the 3 points.

Salsford seems tired but credit to him for keeping going and getting his goal

Ferry was MOTM

Defence needs major improvements for next season.

Time to rest up now and get ready for big derby

[Arabdownsouth]

Brilliant to get the win and the 3 points.

Salsford seems tired but credit to him for keeping going and getting his goal

Ferry was MOTM

Defence needs major improvements for next season.

Time to rest up now and get ready for big derby

His girlfriend is over from Sydney, no wonder he's looking tired 🤣

Agree with your points though

[geofoxposse]

Sadly missed the second half a Jambo friend passed away so went up north.

Sapsford knackered. Good shows a committment and workrate that Fat shed Watters should have. you can subbie a knackered player.

GK we havent really had one for a few seasons.

[Whitfieldarab]

The central defence and goalkeepers need totally dismantled post season. We 100% can't go on needing to score 3 goals to win a game. Shocking stuff this season.

[Yeats 62]

The central defence and goalkeepers need totally dismantled post season. We 100% can't go on needing to score 3 goals to win a game. Shocking stuff this season.

That's a fair point. We can mention many games where our central defence can be made to look good, depending what we are looking at. Also sh**e, depending again. Being brutal , I wouldn't be that upset if we off-loaded the lot. Potential there in some places yip. We were only an iffy defence away from having another pretty good season.

[Arabknight]

I dont think it matters what system we play. We have a staff issue all over the defence apart from Ferry. It makes no odds what the formation is. The incumbents are not good enough.

Agree. We have struggled all season at the back. We have had to play 3 at the back due to the personnel. Luca/Strain and ferry wldnt fit into a 4 at the back. There?s players strengths are getting forward. None of them are great defenders.

JG wanted to play this system from the outset and no doubt believed he had the players to do so, and at the start of the season I think we all thought we cld. However it doesn?t matter who he puts in the 3 they keep having brain farts and phucking up.

I?ve no doubt JG will be looking to remedy this and if he doesn?t then that?s when he loses my support. However I still think he will turn it around next season. 🤞

[Arabs4ever]

Agree. We have struggled all season at the back. We have had to play 3 at the back due to the personnel. Luca/Strain and ferry wldnt fit into a 4 at the back. There?s players strengths are getting forward. None of them are great defenders.

JG wanted to play this system from the outset and no doubt believed he had the players to do so, and at the start of the season I think we all thought we cld. However it doesn?t matter who he puts in the 3 they keep having brain farts and phucking up.

I?ve no doubt JG will be looking to remedy this and if he doesn?t then that?s when he loses my support. However I still think he will turn it around next season. 🤞

Hope is that if we have two wingbacks we might sign two fullbacks to give us balance and options to play different formations. This 343 has proven one thing, clean sheets are a rarity. Opposition teams wingers must love it as they have all the time in the world to ping in crosses into our box. The majority of the time our three at the back could be thought of as being willing participants in "Spot The Ball" for us of the slightly older age.