United vs St Mirren, 10th May

[Arabdownsouth]

You think we lacked effort today? I genuinely didn't see that. We lack quality. Amount of stray passes, only matter of time before we were punished for giving the ball away.

Maybe not effort but definitely belief. But if players are going to talk the talk in the press then they have to step up and walk the walk too. If they are lacking belief then it's the managers job to sort that,time and again he's shown he can't. When the chips are down he is found wanting. If it had been us 9 points behind we'd have disappeared without trace by now. Why are St Mirren players able to get themselves up for that challenge but we fail miserably? Jim has two games left to shut my puss, I'll be taking regular breaths while I wait.

[Arabdownsouth]

Also like to point out that we've had 1 booking in our 3 post split games so far, a good indication that players aren't exactly giving everything they've got if you ask me. On the other hand St Mirren have picked up 8 bookings in their 3 games

[tijuanataxi]

Apart from the first game of the season
Every team has been 2.3
4.5.6....yards ahead of us.same today
3 passes right through us.
Abody is quicker than us.😞

[TerryTheTerror]

I thought about 5 players were well off it compared to previous performances; Strain, Ferry, Sibbald, Docherty, and Traps. That's half the team, what is JG meant to do in that case.

[Whitfieldarab]

We 100% lost the battle in midfield yesterday and I honestly can't believe he's put Sevelj in defence again while Harding is on the bench.

1st goal Walton went down like a zed bed trying to save that and the 2nd goal WTF was Docherty doing? Totally agree with TTT that both Docherty and Sibbald were off it and totally in disbelief that Sevelj wasn't in that midfield from the start.

St Mirren actually impressed me yesterday. Think their transfer remit must be that no one under 6 feet can sign for them lol.They looked more up for it than us and were willing to get the ball down and pass it while all we did was fire long balls up to Dalby.......and don't get me started on they long throw in....ffs United mix it up. We're becoming far too predictable and teams are unfortunately getting wise to how we play.

[JUSTaway]

I don't think it makes a difference if Harding starts and sjvel plays in midfield, we still get dwarfed in midfield, bullied at the back, no left footed outlet with the centre halves, lack creativity and get outplayed. I know we've beat them 4x, but they are probably the better team.

Agree regards the long throws yesterday, ineffectual against a team their size, wasn't working, but we have no ideas in that final third other than to put crosses in. No one seems to want to shoot on edge of box, they just work it wide.

The thing that annoyed me most yesterday were the subs. When it goes 2-0 game over, we weren't scoring, but,, those subs when we are chasing a game do my nut in. What does he hope to achieve by just chucking centre forwards on? We went from making at least a few chances to creating virtually none, and massively increasing their chances. Put something on in midfield, maybe two centre forwards but three forwards with no service is just clueless and like you are out of ideas. Not sure why Paton gets put on ahead moult or even van de sander either.

[Arabs4ever]

Throwing on forwards just reminds me of Ian McCall in his last game as manager. We had Grady in central midfield. Agree about the long throws, change the narrative. I'd like United to sign a couple of midfielders that could play wide, not as wingers but as midfielders. I'd also have one winger on one flank instead of the wide midfielder.

Listening to John Robertson on sportsound yesterday he said the ex-Hearts striker was blowing oot his arse. Again how many times have we seen this with United players? I'd really like to see the reserve league brought back with the games played at the actual stadiums with times suitable for us fans to see what United have got reserve wise.

[TerryTheTerror]

We 100% lost the battle in midfield yesterday and I honestly can't believe he's put Sevelj in defence again while Harding is on the bench.

1st goal Walton went down like a zed bed trying to save that and the 2nd goal WTF was Docherty doing? Totally agree with TTT that both Docherty and Sibbald were off it and totally in disbelief that Sevelj wasn't in that midfield from the start.

St Mirren actually impressed me yesterday. Think their transfer remit must be that no one under 6 feet can sign for them lol.They looked more up for it than us and were willing to get the ball down and pass it while all we did was fire long balls up to Dalby.......and don't get me started on they long throw in....ffs United mix it up. We're becoming far too predictable and teams are unfortunately getting wise to how we play.

Since Holt left we have no one to win the long throws into the box. I've no Idea why we are still doing that.

[JUSTaway]

Goodwin mentioned lack of athleticism against Hibs, which I think has been apparent for a long time, wouldn't be surprised to see him go down a bit of the st mirren blueprint. They are full of absolute giants, aligned with some decent technique. We desperately need some pace creativity, it's so predictable in the final third.

[Arabdownsouth]

Goodwin mentioned lack of athleticism against Hibs, which I think has been apparent for a long time, wouldn't be surprised to see him go down a bit of the st mirren blueprint. They are full of absolute giants, aligned with some decent technique. We desperately need some pace creativity, it's so predictable in the final third.

We've been saying this for years