Killie (a) 02/05/26

[arab777]

Agree TTT. Mistakes have clearly been made this season recruitment wise JG aware of it too. Yes we struggle with the formation that we have been playing and that?s on JG but we go 4 at the back we don?t get the best out of ferry and imo Luca. He set up this season believing he had the players to play this formation and we don?t. At the start of the season I thought we did too.

He can?t legislate for the basic mistakes the defence and keepers have continued to make.

Saturday was prime example. 3 goals from 3 mistakes. I?ve been shouting for Sam to start and he make as massive mistake (apart from which he played well) which cost us and kerz there is a player there but he also makes at least 1 mistake per game. Saturday no different.

JG deserves another season and if he continues to make the same mistakes after another window then I?ll be the first to shout for him to go.

Its not just cutting out mistakes its also the style of football that needs to change. This is borne out by the stats. We are bottom of the league for passing and possession.




And we are narrowly behind the fun in 2nd place for shots against us.





No wonder we are a team that loses goals from mistakes at the back. We play the ball long, we allow the opposition to have the ball and give the opposition opportunities on goal. It figures that we are then exposed more than other teams to volume of opportunities to make mistakes.


The Aberdeen game at Pittodrie a prime example. We just sat back and allowed a poor Aberdeen to dominate, we scored a breakaway goal then came the inevitable one mistake which gave them a goal after allowing them to play much of the game in our defensive third. We then for last 15 minutes decided to start playing and Aberdeen were no longer a threat. They were there for the taking that day but tactics blew it.

it seems this has been a season of missed opportunities so many games we didn't start playing until late in the game when we were behind or games winning and we sit back. This is tactics not bad luck. Next season for me is not just about where we finish in the league. We need to play better football not only because it is easier on the eye it might just win us more games.

[TerryTheTerror]

You know something is going right when folk start moaning about the style of football.

[arab777]

You know something is going right when folk start moaning about the style of football.

Going right? What have we got right? We are finishing in bottom 6 (below the clubs stated aims for the season) and nowhere to be seen again in cup competitions. its not been a terrible season but not a great one either and it is perfectly valid to look at the reasons why. And the stats give a clue.

We give too much possession to the opposition, we give them too many opportunity to score and the football is turgid at times. its no coincidence that the 6 teams that have most possession and the least shots at goal against them are the top 6 i.e.better football means more points. If you think none of these things matter or worth discussing then accept the mediocrity. We could have done so much better this season with a bit more positive tactics and imposing ourselves on the game.

[TerryTheTerror]

I think we've had an ok season, nothing special but nothing that bad either.