Quote Originally Posted by The_Moog View Post
Unless we sign two CH's in January I can't see McDonald going anywhere - we're light enough at CH as it is.

I'm not going to be too harsh on Molloy. I think he needs taken out of the firing line to be honest. He's done well considering, and is doing a job that wasn't expected of him at this stage, but I think he needs to go away, hit the weights and the training room and bulk himself up a bit as he's just too lightweight for this league as it stands.

He was bought in as a project and has a lot to learn. He really needs a strong experienced CH (Anderson / Pollock type) alongside him to guide and help him through games. Ruby is absolutely not the guy for a youngster to be pitched in next to at all.

Personally, I'd play McDonald (if fit) and Ruby at Tynecastle. McDonald has the experience to cope with Ruby's "eccentricities" and he's bigger and far more experienced than Molloy. It'll be a battle there as usual so we need as much size and physicality on the pitch as possible. Palaversa needs to start as well.
Agree about Molloy, I am sure he is going to be a player, but a lot of expectation to put on his shoulders for his first season. I don't think we will ever get much more out of Ruby though, as what you see is what you get.

We could try Molloy alongside MacDonald. The experienced head could help him a lot.

We put McDonald into the team after Robson got binned and you could see the difference he made to our fragile defence.

I'm not suggesting he is the long term answer, but we really need a bit of experience at the back at the moment.