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Raith went through a lot of the season scoring in the last few minutes. I don't know whether that was down to superior levels of fitness or good substitutions - or perhaps both. Conversely, we for a spell conceded late goals as we remember all too well. So I think Doolan has to be super smart with his initial line up and substitutions, and have a clear plan for the whole 90 minutes. His focus I think should be in getting more from our midfield, and through that taking some of the pressure off Fitzy.
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11 minutes ago, robphil said:
Fully agree. But ken Rosewall (who was four months short of his 40th birthday when he reached the Wimbledon final in 1974), enjoyed a beer and a cigarette, regularly played lengthy five set matches without visible signs of needing to be substituted...
As a keen tennis player, I watched Ken Rosewell at Wimbledon and when he played at Craiglockhart in Edinburgh with Lew Hoad, Pancho Gonzales et al. The speed of play was far slower than today, so the comparison is false.
PS Can't understand all these hate posts.
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23 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said:
His record is no better than Doolan who is about the same age and also in his first manager job. Do you expect him to be moving on ?
Worried that someone might offer BBG a player/manager job if we don’t get promoted
Don't doubt your point about records, but other clubs will look at Airdrie's style of play and reason that with better players (especially up front) he would be a good signing.
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5 minutes ago, Lambies Lost Doo said:
Bring Banzo back into midfield. Experience and class.
Whit!!!!!!! That would only slow things down - which is the last thing we want. Bannigan's strengths lie in passing backwards and fouling.
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1 hour ago, Gary Peebles Tackle said:
Rate him very highly.
Me too - he won't be long at Airdrie.
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If you were to put Graham in the Airdrie line up, they'd be a shoe-in for the Premiership. They were very unlucky to lose to an offside goal. Doolan needs to sort out the midfield - pronto, and somehow get them to run off the ball more effectively - a la Airdrie.
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Run out of likes, but I agree Megwa was the best player in both ties - fast, good tackler, very good positional sense and ran off the ball well.
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Megwa had Fitzy sewn up, and probably forced Fitzy to change wings. Megwa was the best player on show last night. What a find!
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Don't know what tonight's best line up is, but after watching the Dundee United game, Doolan should pick players who reliably can make a simple pass to one of our players from 5 - 10 meters. Are potential recruits to Thistle tested for colour blindness?
Anyway like others, I suspect Raith will be our first big test, and that the midfield is our weakness.
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Dundee United were lucky to finish the game with 11 men and a draw. Referee was abysmal and should have sent off at least two DU players in the second half. Horrible team that is obviously coached to play that way.
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Inverness CT chairman saying today that Club's cashflow is under severe pressure.
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2-0 up 3 mins left.
We can still win this!
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4 hours ago, Lenziejag said:
It sounds like a simple and logical thing to do, but the people we had on the park and the bench are those that are available for him to pick from. He tried something different against Dundee Utd and it was almost successful. Williams got injured. So that trial was aborted. He tried Milne at Centre back vs QP, which didn’t really work, but Adeloye coming on sparked a come back but he got injured. What would you do next ?
That's a fair question Lenziejag, and I have no expertise that would allow me to make credible suggestions for change. However those on the bench last night are not the only options as you suggest. Also he has the summer to improve the squad and time for those curently injured to recover, both of which would allow a change in tactics.
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Watched the game on TV last night so only saw what the BBC showed i.e. a fairly narrow view of the play. That said, we have become far too predictable as many others here have said.
With the better teams able to nullify our wing play, Graham is effectively isolated. The best chances last night came from quick (forward) passes in the centre of the pitch. I'm sure Morton will have learned from last night if they didn't already know, and Saturday could be a difficult game to win.
Even if we make the play-offs, the chances of promotion are probably equal to the square root of bugger all, and so perhaps the time has come for Doolan to show some initiative and change the tactics, probably in preparation for next season.
That means jettisoning some stalwarts and strengthening the mddle of the pitch from the defence to midfield to broaden our attacking options. If that involves risk so be it: Doolan should now play the long game and prepare for next season.
How he does that will be a good measure of his managerial abilities.
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Given that the defensive set up is at the heart of our problems, would it not be possible for Doolan to get some advice and help from an experienced retired manager/player. I agree with those arguing that it is too soon to judge him, but the man is inexperienced and needs help.
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We have as many passengers as the Jeannie Deans had!
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Shocking defending - on a par with the refereeing. Floodlight robbery. Defence a disgrace and I can understand why Doolan stuck with Snedden for so long.
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That's a disgrace - no reason for change of decision. That's 2 good goals chalked off!
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As far as the result on Friday is concerned, we need to be clear on whether the new Thistle funding model will have any bearing on the result. Has the debate on here and within the Club affected players' performance in any way, and if so what funding remedies are available?
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This thread does nothing for the cause of fan ownership.
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What a confidence booster! Comes too at a time when Raith lose to a late goal. No dancing in the streets of Raith tonight!
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For ****'s sake just stop this stupid shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Could this tiresome, pointless and seemingly endless discussion be conducted via private messages please.
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Maybe the transfer window should be more about freeing up wages in loans or moves, than new faces. That would make Doolan take decisions and concentrate minds. We have a super abundance of slow midfielders with the result that every attack goes through Lawless or Fitzpatrick, and most managers are aware of that. The team is unbalanced. Sneddon has his faults but he is often hindered by slow-witted outfield players. Any blame lies elsewhere.
Team looked really slow last night, both in movement and reaction times, and that was the greatest difference between the teams. Not sure that a defensive coach is the answer. As others have said we could do with a big, dirty central defender with a nippy central midfielder lying off him to create quick movement up the centre of the park.
All these points have been made many times, and I struggle to understand why Doolan persists with some players who reinforce the team's evident weaknesses.
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To have played so poorly and end up only one goal down is encouraging!
Brian Graham was unlucky all night with the break of the ball, and it's hard to imagine that repeating itself on Friday.
If we can start with the players we ended the game with, and play with the same intensity as the last 20 mins, we are far from done.