22-08-20

I think it's a good thing the younger players are getting their chance to bed in right now whilst there are no crowds in to add pressure. I don't think this fact will be lost on Micky either, more good management.

Let's not forget this was a team we were expected to lose to and we did but in an acceptable manner unlike the past.
For sheer workrate yday, like pretty much the whole team I scored Harkes 8+ out of 10
In games where we would expect to win or at least draw then Harkes scores would vary and quite often be round the 5 or worse mark, more consistency and creativity needed to be a relied on as a 7 minimum.
We can rely on our defence and Butcher to get 7/10 every week now, Benji and Robson especially, the rest need to get to that.
Some young uns will be rightly given time but the likes of Harkes and Pawlett have had enough time and need to start influencing the game in a creative sense

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Originally Posted by A. J

Let's not forget this was a team we were expected to lose to and we did but in an acceptable manner unlike the past.
For sheer workrate yday, like pretty much the whole team I scored Harkes 8+ out of 10
In games where we would expect to win or at least draw then Harkes scores would vary and quite often be round the 5 or worse mark, more consistency and creativity needed to be a relied on as a 7 minimum.
We can rely on our defence and Butcher to get 7/10 every week now, Benji and Robson especially, the rest need to get to that.
Some young uns will be rightly given time but the likes of Harkes and Pawlett have had enough time and need to start influencing the game in a creative sense

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But would you be saying that if Bolton scores from Harkes through ball?

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Originally Posted by Arabdownsouth

But would you be saying that if Bolton scores from Harkes through ball?

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You miss my point, Harkes needs to be doing that more often against teams we expect to get something from, he has frustrated so far in those games, maybe this will give him the confidence, I hope it does because we cant keep saying that he has the potential.

FYI anything against them would have been a bonus and let's be honest we would have been well chuffed with a point

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Originally Posted by A. J

You miss my point, Harkes needs to be doing that more often against teams we expect to get something from, he has frustrated so far in those games, maybe this will give him the confidence, I hope it does because we cant keep saying that he has the potential.

FYI anything against them would have been a bonus and let's be honest we would have been well chuffed with a point

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I'll be honest, I think PP is more culpable here. Surely it's him we're relying on to create in that midfield?

Just a wee thank you to the boys who posted during the match,i do not have a smartphone and i had to look after a relative who has no internet over the weekend.
It was good to read back over the game for a catch up on what happened.

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Originally Posted by arab777

I took tHeArAb point as this is pretty much the same team that played in The Championship last season not that we are Championship level. Its a compliment to the work Micky has done. Of course we looking a much improved team. Under Neilson we would have been playing at a slower tempo and pushed over much easier.

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That was exactly my point. 👍🏼

Connolly got MOTM for his performance against the best striker/player in the SPFL,i don't mean our MOTM,i mean the MOTM in the Scottish Sun.How can that even be possible?

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Originally Posted by GUNBOAT

Connolly got MOTM for his performance against the best striker/player in the SPFL,i don't mean our MOTM,i mean the MOTM in the Scottish Sun.How can that even be possible?

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I think he's been great all season. His passing is getting much much better too, on the deck.

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Originally Posted by ARAbCHNID

In an ideal world we would strengthen in 11 positions & stop 10-in-a-row. But we're not going to. What we are going to do is work our socks off with a rejuvenated squad & a young squad at that. Mellon's here 7 weeks tmrw, I hope he's here for 7 years cos the way he's set about sorting us out is a joy to behold. I think we could get top 6 with what we've got cos the improvement in individual players will be an on-going process. Plus the exciting baptisms of youngsters, who would have thought that Neilson & Freeman would already be featuring this season. And they're not the last either. I do agree that Shankland coming back in won't necessarily mean loads of goals, we'll be happy to be winning a lot of our games this season by 1-0. This will be a feature of the not-normal Prem this season, there's a current average of just 2 goals per game, no crowds seem not to be conducive for goals being scored. Moral of the story, don't go expecting new faces, I'm liking the ones we're seeing just now. I can't remember the last time we put in a performance v Celtic as we did last night. For the first time in a decade we were not lambs to the slaughter, we're a new-look team under our new manager, so industrious.

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agree with this. That was the most competitive we have been against Celtic for a long long time. Great to see such effort and the lads runing themselves into the ground. what a difference. There may not be a borrowload more goals with shanks back in the team but we dont need a barrowload if we are not conceding much at the back. His ability to create his own chances plus his predatory instructs could see these 1-0 defeats turn into draws and our draws into wins.

Any word on how he is recuperating?