v Sunderland (h) Sat

[tHeArAb]

There isn't much point reading too much into selections for games like this I don't think. It's just about players getting minutes and, I'd imagine, being assessed by the new head coach.

I'm just going on comments made by JR last week with regards team shape & selection for Sunderland & Fleetwood being more geared towards the 30th than previous pre-season matches.

[TerryTheTerror]

Our course but he'll have learned a lot from that match and it's still a couple of weeks before or first competitive match.

[weegiearab]

Hard to judge without Levitt and Fletcher in the team. We were clearly not brave enough when we did get any chances and are screaming out for a goalscorer in the mould of Billy Dodds or Noel Hunt. (and I don't think that Shankland would fit that remit) Nicky Clark shows flashes of it but is consistently inconsistent.
Cudjoe looks like he could blossom into some player as well.
I don't think we are a million miles away from being fixed but the missing pieces are so important.
I would imagine that yesterdays performance will only have proven JR right with his assessment that we need more player in, which could be a good thing for us in the long run. If we sneaked a win...it would have been easy to say that we don't need the players we are looking for.

[bannon_ftd_83]

Hopefully yesterday was enough to convince the manager we need alot more in an attacking sense. Need a few in, id take Tifony from Partick as a start.

[weegiearab]

He is in the papers today saying that he wants to add up to 5 players before the window shuts...goalie in this week.

[offshore_arab83]

ach well we're still sh1te

good day oot though as usual

as everyones said we were miles aff it

5 new faces would be good as times running out...

[GUNBOAT]

ach well we're still sh1te

good day oot though as usual

as everyones said we were miles aff it

5 new faces would be good as times running out...

I look forward to a summer where alll our business is done early and the whole squad does pre season and friendlies together.Will it ever happen in the years i have left?,probably not but i live in hope.

[offshore_arab83]

would be nice eh

wonder who our manager will be next year?

[cybershed]

It will not surprise me if the season is a few games in before we conclude our transfer business.

We're not the type of club that can exert any financial muscle in terms of salaries. So to get the better players that will raise the overall 1st team strength we may have to wait as we are operating well down the food chain.

[ARAbCHNID]

Seeing some negative comments about Eriksson. I thought he was decent on debut. He had 3 good saves, commanded the box & looked the part. Forget the own goal, he appears to like an advanced role when we've got the ball! Charlie & he will get it together.