The overall performance seemed more energetic and faster than of late, but in the end, in particular in the final third of the park, it all fizzled out. Even when the likes of Fitzpatrick or Milne go on a run at the defence, the final ball is either poor or there is nobody in a good position to receive it (well, maybe one, but surrounded by defenders). And for me there's still too much tippy tappy stuff at close quarters on the wings for no gain in territory and no openings created.
Don't get me started on set pieces.... I can start on my own: Awful. Every time I see Turner lining up to take either a free kick or a corner my heart truly sinks. I was glad to see Fitzpatrick taking over on more corners yesterday, not that they came to anything either.
Throw-ins.... truly terrible! We take for ever, and every single time it's just to throw the ball no more than two yards and hope to get a pass back from the receiver, then it's back to the tippy-tappy stuff. There just seems to be nobody who wants to run fast and get a move going from a shy.
I remember years ago Livi beat us at Firhill with two brilliantly worked corners that left our team looking like amateurs. They almost did it again yesterday, whereas our corners..... they are the most predictable thing on show, after our throw-ins, and the inevitable fizzling out of any threat from said corners.
And yet after all that, I thought it wasn't a bad game, and we were damned lucky not to lose it at the very end (Well done, Ashcroft!).