League Match 28: Buddies v Doonhamers

Just under 1,000 Queens fans on Saturday

990 Queens
912 St Mirren
Crowd 1902

On Saturday Lyle helped with the positioning of the wall before the free kick was scored. That did not work!!!

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Originally Posted by arrol1919

Just under 1,000 Queens fans on Saturday

990 Queens
912 St Mirren
Crowd 1902

Not much in it all all....78....

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Originally Posted by jardi

I know that some people will disagree with me, - but the extreme temperature put many people off, and lets be serious if the thermometer is registering plus 2 degrees centigrade but the wind is blowing at 25 mph that's a wind chill of below minus 10 degrees centigrade, - possibly even minus 15 degrees. Even with 4 layers of mountain equipment on, I was shivering just before half time, which is the first stage of hypothermia, - so I think we need to accept that the conditions were extreme.

That being said, the midweek collapse against Dundee Utd did not help encourage people to come out.

On to the match itself and the Marshall goal was superb, but even that did not stop people leaving in their droves at half time due to the incredible cold.

Until the free kick Queens acquitted themselves well and St. Mirren did not look anything out of the ordinary. One question I have to ask though is why oh why do teams insist in putting a wall in front of the keeper?

I am convinced that even a Jo-average keeper will stop any shot from 20 yards plus if he has a clear sight of the free kick, (unless there is a deflection.)

Try it yourself on a pitch, - and you will have plenty of time to adjust your footing, - but if your first sight of the ball is once it starts curving round the wall, - you've no chance.

Anyway, - maybe the sold out management question time can give me a reason for placing the wall in front of the keeper to make his job doubly difficult?

If you don't have a wall surely the opposition would create a wall to block off the keepers view which would better suit them.
Someone suggested putting players on the posts in which case the opposition couldnt be offside.
I'm sure this has been thought about at the highest level

You might be surprised newby. Most teams haven't yet mastered the technique of passing the ball in front of a player for him to run on to. It gets right on my goat.

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Originally Posted by SmedDUm

You might be surprised newby. Most teams haven't yet mastered the technique of passing the ball in front of a player for him to run on to. It gets right on my goat.

Ha,true