Forfar Away

[An old shed boy]

I think we'll struggle with these players. I will leave my judgement on the manager until he gets some money and the chance to put his own team together.

I think we have different opinions on the manager which is fine.
I hope you’re right and I’m wrong.

[Yeats 62]

YIP.Worrying times.Ihave been worried since april or may last year.

Give him a decent ball, he will score. Body language recently is saying he isn't happy at all with ammo or the job he is being asked to do. Shame really, he can destroy a team with the correct tactics. (he did us)

Positions opening up in the Scotland squad, he must have an eye on that. It's a hard one to call, he seems happy enough in interviews, but, that can just be soundbites. He can't be happy playing up top in this side.

Benji & Shanks to go methinks. Fair enough, there is a lot we can do with 20 million

[tijuanataxi]

Give him a decent ball, he will score. Body language recently is saying he isn't happy at all with ammo or the job he is being asked to do. Shame really, he can destroy a team with the correct tactics. (he did us)

Positions opening up in the Scotland squad, he must have an eye on that. It's a hard one to call, he seems happy enough in interviews, but, that can just be soundbites. He can't be happy playing up top in this side.

Benji & Shanks to go methinks. Fair enough, there is a lot we can do with 20 million

Sorry i was not meaning shankland leaving.Imeant us having a club to support.Due to covid.

[shedka]

Thought the BBC were a joke tonight with their portrayal of the game, so negative and made you think we were worse than we actually were, not sayng we were great but we were comfortable and improved as it went on, on a crap plastic pitch with no fans etc with all pressure on us, we got the job done and that was the main thing

Make sure we got to the last 8, which is next weekend... be difficult whoever it is away from home to Livi or the sheep, but we will be better than tonight, won't be an easy tie for our opponents

[An old shed boy]

Sorry, but I'm not seeing any poster saying MM is a "super manager" folk just saying he is doing the best with the hand he has been given.

No need to apologies either for having an opinion, that is the whole point of posting on any forum.

In saying that, reading your last few posts, I think we can safely say that your opinion of MM is not very high at all.

He has his faults , like any manager, and I'm not over the moon with some of his tactics and selections , but.... SPL next season and quarter finals this one, not too shabby at all for his first go.

You’re correct twice.
I used the super manager because some posters respond to criticism of Mellon with ‘kept us up with championship squad’. Head in sand.
And I don’t have a high opinion of Mellon. For me he’s just been lucky with games where we stole points after being outplayed. Hibs and Motherwell for example.
I want to be wrong but don’t think I will be.
Just as a side issue. After the Celtic game he said it didn’t matter that they had 29 chances because they didn’t score. And that we deserved to win.

[tijuanataxi]

Unfurle .the Oriflamme.

[Yeats 62]

You’re correct twice.
I used the super manager because some posters respond to criticism of Mellon with ‘kept us up with championship squad’. Head in sand.
And I don’t have a high opinion of Mellon. For me he’s just been lucky with games where we stole points after being outplayed. Hibs and Motherwell for example.
I want to be wrong but don’t think I will be.
Just as a side issue. After the Celtic game he said it didn’t matter that they had 29 chances because they didn’t score. And that we deserved to win.

Well , that's a first for me (don't tell the wife)

I can see ,and agree, with your points. Lets just see how things go, things could be a lot worse.

[North_Coast_Arab]

Not just Utd but all the rest of the teams have to waken up. Surviving is not enough.
I don't support Utd because the Trophy Cabinet is crowded. I've been to over 400 Utd games from John O Groats, Tannadice and away games. I leave either happy or disappointed. Either result I do it because it's Entertaining. Argument could be made because of lack of crowd but this season has been dire. I'm not calling for Sackings as we are in the Premier league and Solvent, Job done but please now that we're safe try and play football and entertain. Sorry for rant but disillusioned with the style of play

[Arabknight]

It was dire to watch again and why MM continues starting McNulty and playing Clark behind shanks even against Forfar is a head scratcher! That said we are through to the quarters and safe in prem. Next season will be totally different. I think both benji and shanks will go so changes will have to be made, and hopefully the side will be strengthened not only in those positions but midfield wide and at the back too.

[tHeArAb]

100%. Why people can't see that 50% of these players aren't good enough at this level is beyond me.

League One level? Our players are better than that. That was horrendous last night. For 30 mins we were under the cosh by a team sat at the bottom of League One and it didn't get much better, let's be honest. MM continuing with the three strikers that hasn't worked all season. Why? That's his decision and he has to take responsibility for setting us up in a way that we are unable to play. Yes, the players aren't good enough for the Premiership and he's done a great job getting us where we are, but he isnt devoid of criticism last night. We should've been up for that game, motivated, in their faces, pressing the ball and attacking in waves but we weren't. It was Forfar who were doing most of that to us!!! It was the turgid stuff we watched last season under Neilson. The sooner McNulty is away the better as the manager simply doesn't seem to think he's droppable. No idea what he sees in the boy. It'll hopefully stop the manager making this stupid f*cking decision to play three strikers in a formation that doesn't work.