Friday Dec 27th (H)

[stokearab]

I thought Harkes was excellent yesterday. ��

Yeah I thought so too. I think he sometimes lacks a wee bit of confidence to play the ball forward and risk a misplaced pass so plays it to a United shirt where he knows it won't have that risk. It's not a style that we Scots are very patient with at times because we often want the ball to go forward regardless if we lose possession. In most European countries players are coached to keep possession at all costs and not to play a forward ball unless it has a high chance of being collected and controlled by a team mate.
If we could fit another creative player into the midfield I think Harkes would be even better.

The worry for me yesterday is that we didn't really create any flowing moves that played through Ayr for Shankland.
And yet we won easily.