Aberdeen v St. Johnstone

[TheDeeDon]

We did score a cracking goal and although we huffed and puffed, the final ball was nearly always poor.

[Jormungand]

Aye it was pish but I'll lean happy clapper (just). In the same way the wind was a leveller in the septic game, it worked against us today. I lost count of how often the ball dropped in their favour. With that said, obviously a lot o plaars just nae at it today, and the Miovski-shaped hole in the team continues to be a glaring detriment.

[TheDeeDon]

Just watched the highlights.

The goal we lost looked even worse on the telly.

You could see the confidence drain from mcGarry after that.

[rico94]

McGarry has done reasonably well in the games against Hearts and Celtic but he?s never going to be good enough to be our first choice left back.

I remember Gartenmann getting criticised last season for not being good enough at heading the ball for a centre back and to me Molloy isn?t any better at that than Gartenmann was.Hes younger so hopefully he will improve.

Clarkson scored today but other than that it?s like playing a man down with him most of time,gets pushed off the ball too easily then disappears.His set pieces have been abysmal since he signed permanently.

Nesbit to me looks like he isn?t even trying,he?s a shadow of the player he was at Hibs which is probably why Millwall loaned him to us.Just seems to have a terrible attitude.

[dons8321]

McGarry has done reasonably well in the games against Hearts and Celtic but he?s never going to be good enough to be our first choice left back.

I remember Gartenmann getting criticised last season for not being good enough at heading the ball for a centre back and to me Molloy isn?t any better at that than Gartenmann was.Hes younger so hopefully he will improve.

Clarkson scored today but other than that it?s like playing a man down with him most of time,gets pushed off the ball too easily then disappears.His set pieces have been abysmal since he signed permanently.

Nesbit to me looks like he isn?t even trying,he?s a shadow of the player he was at Hibs which is probably why Millwall loaned him to us.Just seems to have a terrible attitude.

McGarry has done reasonably well in the games against Hearts and Celtic but he?s never going to be good enough to be our first choice left back.

I remember Gartenmann getting criticised last season for not being good enough at heading the ball for a centre back and to me Molloy isn?t any better at that than Gartenmann was.Hes younger so hopefully he will improve.

Clarkson scored today but other than that it?s like playing a man down with him most of time,gets pushed off the ball too easily then disappears.His set pieces have been abysmal since he signed permanently.

Nesbit to me looks like he isn?t even trying,he?s a shadow of the player he was at Hibs which is probably why Millwall loaned him to us.Just seems to have a terrible attitude.[/QUOTE]


Thought Jack Milne was our best player today...left back/right back did really well.
We should send Nesbit back to Millwall in Jan., he doesn't really offer us anything up front.
As for Molloy, he does well when the ball is pumped is his direction but really struggles when it's left or right of where he's positioned. Malloy, like Gartenmann, is top of the pops for pass completion...trouble is that it's a bit like watching Narey in the 80s. get the ball, look up, pass it to the keeper. I think he could develop into a good CB but he needs an experienced head about him for the next couple of seasons and that's not Ruby.
God knows why Clarkson is always taking set-pieces...the one late on in the 2nd half when he didn't even clear the first defenders knee was shocking.
Why did we switch Duk to the right wing?, he had their full back on toast.
Oh, Rico, in the SS section T it's dry and cosy!

[TheDeeDon]

I actually thought Clarkson was one of our better players today, but what do I know. I still rate him as a player too.

Mcgrath was honking though and was on Wednesday night too. Being played out of position doesn't help.

I don't think Nisbet plays well in our set up. I'd like to see Boyd brought into the squad and see if he can bring something fresh to the team.

[rico94]

When Clarkson first signed on loan he used to score some spectacular goals but he would always drift out of games.

When Robson took over as caretaker manager he played him deeper with Shinnie and Ramadami protecting him so he could dictate play so I was delighted when we signed him permanently.

Unfortunately since he signed for us permanently he?s reverted back to disappearing out of games and he?s not really scoring many brilliant goals or putting in good corners or free kicks.

Personally I would rather have Fletcher Boyd in the team / squad over him.

[Jormungand]

For what it's worth, Billy Dodds on RedTV gave the MOTM to Clarkson today. I did think he was on the ball more in open play, even if the set-pieces were typically ineffective.

[rico94]

I have to say that I didn?t think Clarkson was by any means the worst player for us today. I wouldn?t agree with Billy Dodds that he was our best player but he did score the equaliser.

Apart from that though his corners and free kicks were terrible as they usually are and other than that he offers nothing else.

McGrath seemed to be better at taking corners before Clarkson came back from his injury,although to be fair McGrath was pretty poor today as well.

[TheDeeDon]

I have to say that I didn?t think Clarkson was by any means the worst player for us today. I wouldn?t agree with Billy Dodds that he was our best player but he did score the equaliser.

Apart from that though his corners and free kicks were terrible as they usually are and other than that he offers nothing else.

McGrath seemed to be better at taking corners before Clarkson came back from his injury,although to be fair McGrath was pretty poor today as well.

The wind wasn't exactly helpful at set pieces, passing and crosses yesterday. Milne's 'shot' that nearly resulted in a goal being the best example.