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Originally Posted by JamesMcClean

Maybe they looked at it as an option but preferred not to - I don't know- but given our extreme difficulties in the middle pre game with Fuchs, Levitt, Butcher and as we now know effectively Harkes (illness) all out, could consideration not have been given to starting Kerr Smith (or even Reynolds) at CH and playing Mulgrew in midfield?

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Made that suggestion for the County game so obviously i agree with that.

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Originally Posted by Whitfieldarab

I'd rather not rush any of the injured players back for Sunday, I'd hold them back for Livvy at home the following Saturday. That's a more important game. Sunday is a free hit and one we would be massive underdogs in even if we were at full strength.

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I dont want to see these guys rushed back either, but the alternative is Butcher, Harkes if fit, and either Hoti or Glass. However, whoever is picked from the likes of McMann, Niskanen, Freeman, Pawlett, Clark and Appere also need to up their game, and if that happens, i would obviously ask where that effort was for games that i consider to be more important than a game where expectations are low.

Really poor last night, embarrasingly poor against county, got lucky against Aberdeen and bested by St Johnston at home. The sudden drop in quality has been quite alarming

Motherwell coped with the conditions better than us. Asking Pawlett and Niskanen to run at folk on that just wasn't on from the start. As far as TC is concerned I think it's a case of you live and learn.

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Originally Posted by Jeztheshed

Really poor last night, embarrasingly poor against county, got lucky against Aberdeen and bested by St Johnston at home. The sudden drop in quality has been quite alarming

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Whilst we have been playing better football in some games, than we have over the past five years, we have been blessed with a good defensive record and a lot of luck. Our position in the league, though highly welcomed, is indeed a bit flattering.

It appears we are starting to lose the 'rub of the green,' and unless we get a proper attack sorted out, I fear we will drop a fair bit down the league. I'm not sure our current squad of players are sufficient to sustain our position.

We are where we deserve to be on merit doing better than 8 others, we deserved atleast a draw at home to St Johnstone in the end, the last min equaliser by County deserved or not has given the support a quick feeling of gloom, crazy, shows a fragility in the mind of many fans, if we get bodies back like Fuchs etc and give it a go I'll be disappointed not to get something on Sunday, whether it's considered a free hit or not, we are the only side who has gone toe to toe with them at Celtic Park this season as opposed to camping in and it was 0-1 and 0-0 at Tannadice last term so tight

Going through each team in the league, the only one team that has got the better of us upto now is Hearts (L home L away)

Sevco (W home)
Celtic (D away)
Motherwell (W home L away)
Hibernian (W away)
St Mirren (D away)
Aberdeen (L away W home)
St Johnstone (W away L home)
Livingston (D away)
Dundee (W home)
Ross County (W home D away)

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Originally Posted by shedka

We are where we deserve to be on merit doing better than 8 others, we deserved atleast a draw at home to St Johnstone in the end, the last min equaliser by County deserved or not has given the support a quick feeling of gloom, crazy, shows a fragility in the mind of many fans, if we get bodies back like Fuchs etc and give it a go I'll be disappointed not to get something on Sunday, whether it's considered a free hit or not, we are the only side who has gone toe to toe with them at Celtic Park this season as opposed to camping in and it was 0-1 and 0-0 at Tannadice last term so tight

Going through each team in the league, the only one team that has got the better of us upto now is Hearts (L home L away)

Sevco (W home)
Celtic (D away)
Motherwell (W home L away)
Hibernian (W away)
St Mirren (D away)
Aberdeen (L away W home)
St Johnstone (W away L home)
Livingston (D away)
Dundee (W home)
Ross County (W home D away)

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One win in six & third bottom of the form table and you're calling guys 'crazy' for feeling a bit gloom? The rot needs to stop quickly. Tams inexperience is about to be tested massively imo.

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Originally Posted by RAM1971

Whilst we have been playing better football in some games, than we have over the past five years, we have been blessed with a good defensive record and a lot of luck. Our position in the league, though highly welcomed, is indeed a bit flattering.

It appears we are starting to lose the 'rub of the green,' and unless we get a proper attack sorted out, I fear we will drop a fair bit down the league. I'm not sure our current squad of players are sufficient to sustain our position.

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My feelings also. Excellently put. 👍🏼

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Originally Posted by tHeArAb

One win in six & third bottom of the form table and you're calling guys 'crazy' for feeling a bit gloom? The rot needs to stop quickly. Tams inexperience is about to be tested massively imo.

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It's Shedka......he's mental.

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Originally Posted by Whitfieldarab

It's Shedka......he's mental.

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Aye OK... Says MMs biggest fan boy Lol

Nothing mental about what I said, pretty well informed at usual

I'm right more often than not that's for sure, certainly right my thoughts this season compared to the majority, who had us down like we were in a league of galacticos

No surprise to see a few ready to jump all over a couple iffy performances away from home while missing our best midfielders

We are 4th on merit, this is wee lean spell, we will have another good spell in the near future once the squad settles down when we have our core midfield back, hopefully at get something Sunday, if not we have a run of like 5/6 games in the city with four at Tannadice before the break