Quote Originally Posted by RED_JOHN View Post
I blame McInnes for our defeat today because his insistence on 2 sitting midfielders hindered our attacking threat. May was sitting deeper than Wilson trying to plug the gap that was missing because Dodgy Del cannot have enough defensive cover. If we genuinely played with an attacking team we would have beaten Celtic...they are nothing special at all. Stevie May played decent today and covered a lot of ground but if he is playing he must get played in a genuine front two with a more attacking midfielder helping them out. Hurry back Scott Wright...he can provide something different from an attacking midfielder.
I get what you are saying but who would you actually play as an attacking midfielder given Wright is injured, as is Ferguson (although don't think he would be effective in that role), as you say Forrester is not up to it, McGinn is not playing good enough to play in that role, Shinnie, Ball and Gleeson are too defensive etc etc. The reality is that we don't have anyone to play that role so can't blame him for not picking a team with someone in that role today but you can certainly blame him for having an unbalanced squad. We are crying out for someone with creativity, but can't play someone that doesn't currently exist, but it so badly needs to be fixed in January.