Todays game

[_JohnGotti_]

1st half
thought we gave them abit too much time on the ball but we looked fairly solid defensively. forcing them to punt it long which didnt trouble us much. when we started to get the ball down and play, we did play some decent stuff. thought we looked dangerous on the counter and the final pass was were we broke down. They had alot of possession without much substance but i thought we just edged the 1st half on chances.
2nd half
for the first 5/10mins of the 2nd we looked decent but we slowly allowed them to pass it around again and had a few dodgy moments. their goal was poor and thought theyd put us under more pressure but thought we dealt with it well enough. the last 10 or something they should have probably scored again. thought they were much better due to having options on the bench to make a difference and looked fitter.

Ratings
Lewis- looked fairly solid. Abit suspect at a few crosses but came and collected the majority. some good saves aswell in the 2nd half. two good saves in the shootout(8)
Toshney- fairly solid by his standard, got done near the end but cant remember him being caught out much. (7)
Edge- dealt with moussa well. didnt do much wrong stuck to the basics (7)
Durnan- similar to Edge (7)
Scobbie- thought he struggled to deal with deacon. showed where his weakness is (5)
Alladyce- got stuck in and battled well but his passing was abit off at times. (6)
Stanton- Drove well and made some good runs. looked asif he was tiring near the end but put in a good shift. looks like he'll be a good player for us (7)
Briels- similar to Alladyce he was solid in the tackle and abit sluggish on the ball a few times but overall looked decent. (7)
King- worked hard and caused a few problems for kerr but wanting too see abit more from him tbh (6)
Mcmullan- Motm for me. was direct and put himself about .caused problems for their defence all game. (8)
Fraser- decent 1st half but struggled to make the right pass in the 2nd. (6)

Mcdonald- could tell he wasnt match fit but used his experience well and took his pen well. should be decent given the chance. (3)
Flood- similar to Mcdonald he looked sluggish and not match sharp. how he got booked for his 1st foul was shocking. (2)
Chalmers - didnt do much, sadly missed his pen . (-)

Dundee
thought they had a few decent players. the boy in the middle kamara looked looked like their version of Osman at partick. deacon caused problems to scobbie and allan looked dangerous if we allowed him too much time. the rest looked average imo. they played like a team who thought they were better than what they were. if they were any good they would have comfortably beaten us today with the chances they created in the 2nd half esp. superstar moussa was dealt fairly easily by durnan and edge honestly think the boy haber would have caused more problems than him.

the draw
its the way the draw fell you either get lucky or you dont. think itll be an interesting 2nd game. weve both got the feel for eachother. hopefully with us being abit fitter and match sharp we will be able to be more dangerous. bring them on i say!

overall
thought they just edged the game tbh we had the better of the 1st they were better in the 2nd. if they took their chances they would have won comfortably. considering we played 70 odd mins without a recognized Striker we done well.

seriously, just edged it ?

[eric_sinclair]

Thought we were the better team esp in the 2nd half,thought deacon roasted your left back.No a great deal oh quality fae both teams but maybe get better the next game.Thought ur no 7 was a threat and more annoyed at our performance in the 1st half than the draw.Worked out in the end and we can do it all again next week.

[deebuster]

Same outcome Eric

[TerryTheTerror]

Thought we were the better team esp in the 2nd half,thought deacon roasted your left back.No a great deal oh quality fae both teams but maybe get better the next game.Thought ur no 7 was a threat and more annoyed at our performance in the 1st half than the draw.Worked out in the end and we can do it all again next week.

I thought a draw was the right result. I don't think you guys created much at all first half while we scored and hit the post. Second half you guys dominated for large spells but even then we looked dangerous on the break.

It'll be interesting to see what happens next week, hopefully we'll have a few players back from injury by then.

Interesting tie that could go either way based on the evidence of yesterday.

[offshore_arab83]

Thought Stanton was poor, thought the game passed him by...

Fraser is still saft as sh1te

[eric_sinclair]

Thought Stanton was poor, thought the game passed him by...

Fraser is still saft as sh1te

was in yer pub yesterday,just for the 1 tho.

[darrenshedtastic]

seriously, just edged it ?

1st half- you had alot of possession but we had the better of the chances
2nd half- very even until the last 5/10mins where you were on top and looked more likely to score. (and probably should have)

both teams lacked alot of quality in the final 3rd, both looked suspect at times at the back and both had spells in the game.

like i said i thought you guys just edged it on the 2nd half performance but it was a very even game imo.

i could easily write alot of rubbish on here and say united were great and dundee were rubbish but i like to be realistic with my reviews of games. i thought it was a good game for the neutral and the 2nd game should be as equally entertaining.

[ianharab]

To be fair Darren I thought they were better the last 25 or so but considering the team we had out , done alright

[RAM1971]

I thought we got hosed down each flank, with Durnan and Edge etc., imitating the heroics of Hegarty-Narey to bail us out. Ray must take credit for showing them all these Jim era videos. Also we still look soft and allowed Dundee to bully us out of possession. That said, we showed a lot of resolve, promise and grit, so, so much better than last season. I suspect this was Dundee playing at near top form, with a good bit still to come from United. Toshney stood of Allen etc too much, but better that than getting booked then sent off 5 minutes later. Scobbie couldn't handle Deacon, though otherwise did reasonable well. Some rethinking for Episode 2. If we get Keatings back and a bit more threat up front, that could go a long way towards reducing what 'they' can do!

[TangerineDream]

Considering all our strikers are oot injured thought we did not too bad. McMullan looks a braw signing. Edge and Durnan fairly solid, King will be a player for us and the young goalie did well.

That Moose Funster looks s.hite , no like them to get carried away though aye ? :

The boy Deacon for them looks no bad.