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Mr Bunny

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    • 31Mitchell
    • 2McMillan
    • 5Muirhead
    • 6Neilson
    • 3Milne
    • 11Lawless
    • 19McBeth
    • 17Robinson
    • 7McInroy
    • 21Fitzpatrick
    • 9Graham

    Substitutes

    • 12Ngwenya
    • 23Alston
    • 25Stewart
    • 26Stanway
    • 29Mackenzie
    • 34Diack
    • 36Campbell
    • 37Horn

    Looks like injuries are forcing us to pick two more youngsters

  1. 11 hours ago, Emsca said:

    Not convinced their goal was offside . Would not have been happy if that decision has been given against us !

    Watched the replay in highlights a few times (to find a pause that gave the best view) and the guy is offside by about a foot or so. My surprise is that the linesman didn't miss it, being quite close. Well done!

    BTW looked at the penalty as well. Thought it wasn't at game. But the replay shows the ball takes an odd bounce so Aero doesn't get a connection. He is lying on the ground then and there's a bit of coming together with the forward. In real time I can see how the ref gave it though it's a bit unlucky. We still shouldn't have let the situation develop though. Our defence looks better with Aero back and Milne looking a bit like his old self, but our midfield don't give them enough protection.

    I wonder if our signings are too much influenced by Dools being a forward. When they're on form our attacking line is very good.  But he doesn't seem to have grasped the need for a defensive midfielder. Some folk may have criticised him at times, but we really miss Docherty.

  2. 2 minutes ago, Mr Bunny said:

    Doolan's preview said Ngwenya is out, as well as Fitzpatrick and McMillan (though latter two back training - bench maybe?). Didn't mention Milne so there's hope, though I seem to remember him limping off on Friday. Hope Milne at least is back. At least Aero will be back.

    I see I've been quoted from where I posted in the wrong thread. 

    Ah ... now I've found the edit option.

     

  3. On 10/29/2023 at 6:45 PM, jaggy said:

    Are Milne and Ngwenya injured?

    Doolan's preview said Ngwenya is out, as well as Fitzpatrick and McMillan (though latter two back training - bench maybe?). Didn't mention Milne so there's hope, though I seem to remember him limping off on Friday. Hope Milne at least is back. At least Aero will be back.

  4. Who is fit to play? KD says Ngwenya, Fitzpatrick and McMillan unavailable (though latter two back in training) but is Milne fit? McKenzie at RB again I suppose. At least Aero will be back to stiffen the back line.  If Milne isn't fit we might have to play Williams at RB and McKenzie at LB. Hope to all the gods  Milne makes it. 

  5. On 9/17/2023 at 1:54 PM, sandy said:

    That is a surprise indeed @Fawlty Towers. St Johnstone have generally been in the black over recent years. 

    Not only that they had a double cup win in 2021. That must have filled the coffers. I wonder if some boards get careless** when they get unexpected money and blow it instead of saving some for future downturns.

     

    **or something

  6. 52 minutes ago, JAG1970 said:

    My view too.

    We lack a midfielder who can stamp their authority when needed. Fortunately Ayr couldn’t capitalise although Graham could have had another one or two goals before half time. 

    Special mention to Sneddon for some important saves particularly in the first half with a slippery ball. Wee Stevie had a very quiet first half but certainly made up for it with his goals and yet another assist. Does big Adeloye only do cool finishes😎

    I mut admit at the start of the season I was worried about the loss of Tiffoney and Turner but I think the forward line is fine. Our real loss is Docherty and Holt. Muirhead is our only experienced centre back and it shows at times. 

  7. 1 hour ago, Muscat Jag said:

    Very solid performance from Sneddon tonight in terrible conditions for a goalie. 

    Yes, not given enough credit. Don't think he made a brilliant save but some very good ones and a very brave one where he got hurt. But for him they might have had a lead at half time.

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  8. 6 hours ago, elevenone said:

    ah ok, thanks.  hopefully Ngwenya can slot in without too much disruption to back line then.

    Would make sense for Ngwenya to play in the cup game to settle him into the position (he's come on as sub but not as full back) before the more vital league game. BTW I think a few players on the sidelines may get a start next week. Possibly Robinson, Adeloye, Williamson and Mckenzie.

  9. 47 minutes ago, lady-isobel-barnett said:

    As an aside I think it's worth pointing out that the above detailed post is an excellent example of the openness of TJF. Promptness as well. Other relevant organisations, stakeholders, whatever you want to call them from the past would either be dragged screaming to engage with their members in such a way or simply ignore them.  

    How does the member numbering work? I've recently joined and I'm 1654?  Just curious, I'm chuffed to see we can definitely commit the £10,000 a month.

  10. And five minutes later even more substitutes: Fitzpatrick, Robinson, and Mackenzie come off. They are replaced by trialists wearing 3, 14, and 15.

     

    One minute later: hardy surprising with all these changes, Kelty equalise.

  11. Half-time substitutes for Partick Thistle: Sneddon, Graham, and Lawless come off. David Mitchell, Anton Dowds, and Trialist no. 7 are on.

    Ten minutes later,

    Substitutions: Williams, Bannigan, and Trialist no. 6 off. Stanway, Lyon, and Trialist no. 2 on.

     

  12. 5 hours ago, jlsarmy said:

    Think Dools and the Club know that the template for our Club has to change .

    At our level within Scottish Football there is little or no transfer fees involved.

    The demographic in my opinion would have to be younger players that we can develop, give them a pathway to first team football and possibly sell them on to Clubs down South or even the Old Firm ,similar to what teams like Motherwell have done .
    Just now with the 4 players that have left who were out of contract it’s doubtful that Ross County, Dundee or Dundee Utd would have paid a transfer fee if there contracts hadn’t ended .

    If we develop our own Academy Players and other younger players there is no reason why this can’t be another profitable revenue stream.

    In Dools we trust.

    All this was supposed to be happening supported by Colin Weir's investment, then sales of young players to keep it going. If we're needing to restart this, does it mean mismanagement of the club has affected our youth system?

  13. 44 minutes ago, JAG1970 said:

    Doolan deserves great credit for getting us this far. The team play at a higher tempo under his leadership, players back each other up, work extremely hard and we are attractive to watch into the bargain. Reminds me of a Davie McParland team. 

     

    One difference from McCall's team I think is the number of players we get into the box. Sometimes under McCall we played nice football and had a lot of pressure but often when the final ball came in there was only one guy there. Some pundits have suggested luck at some of our goals but when you have 4 or 5 guys charging into the penalty area you're going to have a good chance of taking advantage of any breaks.

  14. 3 hours ago, Fawlty Towers said:

    We have suffered plenty due to the dark acts of our sides but still would rather see our players beat their opponents with skill (call me old fashioned).

    I thought the reason Muirhead went down easily was that he was off balance (from grappling with Akinyemi). Perhaps Muirhead should have been booked. But Akinyemi flung a straight arm punch at him, that's a sending off in any game. Doesn't even matter if you hit your opponent - though he did.

    I thought the commentating team were disgusting in their continual comments that it wasn't a red card. (I guess it came from disappointment that it killed the game off).  Replays showed clearly that it was a punch and it doesn't matter how much connection it made, even a fresh air punch is a sending off by the rules.

     

  15. 3 hours ago, MarciaBlaine said:

    I think that’s a Jagzone issue. The club elected make the full interview free-to-air in the news section of the website, presumably because it was Doolan’s first. They usually put the full 3-4 minute offering behind the paywall and only show a minute’s worth for free as “news”.

    Ah!  That explains it.  

  16. Just like to say one improvement under Dools is in Jagzone interviews. McCall's seemed to last barely 1 minute.  Dools' are at least 3 times that. You feel you get your money's worth.  I don't think it can be purely due to bad runs and not wanting to discuss them too much.  I don't recall much longer ones when we were winning (or was it so long ago I forgot?)  I suspect McCall worried too much about giving info away to the opposition while Dools is just so enthusiastic about being able to manage the team he's happy to talk away.

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  17. 29 minutes ago, exiledjag said:

    Although I support IMC I also accept the current situation cannot go on without something changing. Heaven forbid that we try to  replace him with Owen Coyle. Afraid I just don't take to this man at all. Let him stay at QP.

    I too supported McCall, however I saw one flaw which is that it takes him time to build a team - he's not the kind of manager who immediately turns things round.   I never realised that this would mean that when we have a lot of players injured, we would be back to square one again.  I accept form will dip in these circumstances but our form plummeted.  Even with the players missing we should have picked up the odd point (in our long run of defeats) and shown more fight. We shouldn't have been shipping barrowloads of goals.  I don't believe the board will sack him soon though, so we have to hope players get back soon and bring some good form with them. 

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