watties wallies Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 i wasn't at the dumfy game so really can't comment on the game itself however i was surprised that harkins was in the starting eleven and that fitzpatrick could only make the bench but i want to go back to the ross county game that first half performance against the league leaders was the best i had seen in a long time fighting for every ball, slick passing, going in at half time 2 up , could have been more second half-- caught cold a lot of posters on here talking about mcmillan turning his back on the shot for me the problem was down to spittal, unable to clear the ball and hazard far too slow in reacting to the situation after that everything went t**ts up, nobody tackled, made a pass, lost possession in other words confidence in the team evaporated no matter what we think or say oor gary will be here until the end of season so many things i could say about his selection however i give you one thing that really gets on my t**ts now you know and i know that penrice went on loan to livi last season, and after a couple of games hopkins pushed penrice into midfield, and in that position he did so well that livi wanted to sign him after 6 months he came back to us and archie promptly played him as a left back now caldwell had done his homework on the thistle players fitness levels etc , "brilliant interview" at one of gary's meet the manager , he made the comment that penrice was a fullback penrice is not a full back gary, play him midfield , every game he plays you can see he wants to push forward all is not lost yet! we do have the players, and we do have the time to turn this round (hopefully) there i feel a wee bit better now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsarmy Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 minute ago, watties wallies said: i wasn't at the dumfy game so really can't comment on the game itself however i was surprised that harkins was in the starting eleven and that fitzpatrick could only make the bench but i want to go back to the ross county game that first half performance against the league leaders was the best i had seen in a long time fighting for every ball, slick passing, going in at half time 2 up , could have been more second half-- caught cold a lot of posters on here talking about mcmillan turning his back on the shot for me the problem was down to spittal, unable to clear the ball and hazard far too slow in reacting to the situation after that everything went t**ts up, nobody tackled, made a pass, lost possession in other words confidence in the team evaporated no matter what we think or say oor gary will be here until the end of season so many things i could say about his selection however i give you one thing that really gets on my t**ts now you know and i know that penrice went on loan to livi last season, and after a couple of games hopkins pushed penrice into midfield, and in that position he did so well that livi wanted to sign him after 6 months he came back to us and archie promptly played him as a left back now caldwell had done his homework on the thistle players fitness levels etc , "brilliant interview" at one of gary's meet the manager , he made the comment that penrice was a fullback penrice is not a full back gary, play him midfield , every game he plays you can see he wants to push forward all is not lost yet! we do have the players, and we do have the time to turn this round (hopefully) there i feel a wee bit better now Think he also said Penrice would never play midfield which was a stupid thing to say , at our level you need some players to be able to play more than one position . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Murray Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 The problem is you then put a full back on the wrong side. Also, Penrice is very similar to Slater and Banzo. I would not be surprised to see him in midfield in the future though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watties wallies Posted February 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Alan Murray said: The problem is you then put a full back on the wrong side. Also, Penrice is very similar to Slater and Banzo. I would not be surprised to see him in midfield in the future though. i don't think penrice is the same type of player to banzo or slater imo he is more aggressive ,wants to push forward, draw defenders to him and make a pass or have a pop at goal you can see that in his game when he does push forward i think he should be given a chance in midfield remember last season when at livi he was playing against most of the same teams that are in this division this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weebaw1 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 2 hours ago, watties wallies said: i wasn't at the dumfy game so really can't comment on the game itself however i was surprised that harkins was in the starting eleven and that fitzpatrick could only make the bench but i want to go back to the ross county game that first half performance against the league leaders was the best i had seen in a long time fighting for every ball, slick passing, going in at half time 2 up , could have been more second half-- caught cold a lot of posters on here talking about mcmillan turning his back on the shot for me the problem was down to spittal, unable to clear the ball and hazard far too slow in reacting to the situation after that everything went t**ts up, nobody tackled, made a pass, lost possession in other words confidence in the team evaporated no matter what we think or say oor gary will be here until the end of season so many things i could say about his selection however i give you one thing that really gets on my t**ts now you know and i know that penrice went on loan to livi last season, and after a couple of games hopkins pushed penrice into midfield, and in that position he did so well that livi wanted to sign him after 6 months he came back to us and archie promptly played him as a left back now caldwell had done his homework on the thistle players fitness levels etc , "brilliant interview" at one of gary's meet the manager , he made the comment that penrice was a fullback penrice is not a full back gary, play him midfield , every game he plays you can see he wants to push forward all is not lost yet! we do have the players, and we do have the time to turn this round (hopefully) there i feel a wee bit better now Perhaps Penrice should have taken Banzo’s position but I don’t think we have another LB. Elliot’s been one of our better performers since New Year so wouldn’t move him. McMillan hardly deserves a place at all so it’s tricky to move Penrice. The performances of Slater, Spittal, Doolan, McDonald, McMillan and Fitzpatrick were diabolical. Some of these have played well recently but it’s unacceptable to suddenly be garbage again. The rest were just bad, possibly Penrice excepted. It was too far away to apportion blame but there’s a serious problem at the back if a diddy like Devine can have 3 free headers. God knows what team he’ll play vs Hearts. Possibly give Mansell a chance as he can’t do worse than Doolan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsarmy Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 38 minutes ago, Weebaw1 said: Perhaps Penrice should have taken Banzo’s position but I don’t think we have another LB. Elliot’s been one of our better performers since New Year so wouldn’t move him. McMillan hardly deserves a place at all so it’s tricky to move Penrice. The performances of Slater, Spittal, Doolan, McDonald, McMillan and Fitzpatrick were diabolical. Some of these have played well recently but it’s unacceptable to suddenly be garbage again. The rest were just bad, possibly Penrice excepted. It was too far away to apportion blame but there’s a serious problem at the back if a diddy like Devine can have 3 free headers. God knows what team he’ll play vs Hearts. Possibly give Mansell a chance as he can’t do worse than Doolan. If Bannigan is still injured , I’d play Sean Mcginty at left back where he’s played before and put Penrice into a holding midfield role . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KemoAvdiu Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 10 hours ago, Alan Murray said: The problem is you then put a full back on the wrong side. Also, Penrice is very similar to Slater and Banzo. I would not be surprised to see him in midfield in the future though. Bannigan and Slater are very different to each other so I’m not sure how Penrice can be similar to them both? Penrice will never be a top level full back because he’s far too slow, and whenever he’s played in midfield he’s looked decent. McMillan or Elliott could play left back, so in the purposes of getting Gary Harkins out the team I’d be all for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 45 minutes ago, KemoAvdiu said: so in the purposes of getting Gary Harkins out the team I’d be all for it. I would hope Shea Gordon could fulfil that task. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Murray Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 1 hour ago, KemoAvdiu said: Bannigan and Slater are very different to each other so I’m not sure how Penrice can be similar to them both? Penrice will never be a top level full back because he’s far too slow, and whenever he’s played in midfield he’s looked decent. McMillan or Elliott could play left back, so in the purposes of getting Gary Harkins out the team I’d be all for it. I don't think they are and I am surprised anybody would say that. If Banzo and Slater are very different then what would be the difference in say McCarthy and Banzo and Slater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KemoAvdiu Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Alan Murray said: I don't think they are and I am surprised anybody would say that. If Banzo and Slater are very different then what would be the difference in say McCarthy and Banzo and Slater? There’s a big difference between them all. McCarthy is hard running and tackling but can barely pass and shows no attacking threat, Bennigan is a more defensively minded passing specialist, and Slater is an attacking minded player who is good with the ball at his feet. All very different. Edited February 28, 2019 by KemoAvdiu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 Penrice is the best left back that we have got. He may have a future in midfield, but for now, he is our left back. As others have said, there are options to replace Harkins, Gordon getting fit is the obvious one. However as you have said, Caldwell is here to the end of the season, and Harkins is Caldwells man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThistleBunnet Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Dick Dastardly said: Penrice is the best left back that we have got. He may have a future in midfield, but for now, he is our left back. As others have said, there are options to replace Harkins, Gordon getting fit is the obvious one. However as you have said, Caldwell is here to the end of the season, and Harkins is Caldwells man. Agree with this. But debating who is best to replace Harkins depends on what formation is played and what position you are filling if removing Harkins. Harkins has played in front of back four, out wide and sitting behind forwards. All entirely different roles. That said his last 3 performances have been so poor anyone would an improvement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 44 minutes ago, ThistleBunnet said: Agree with this. But debating who is best to replace Harkins depends on what formation is played and what position you are filling if removing Harkins. Harkins has played in front of back four, out wide and sitting behind forwards. All entirely different roles. That said his last 3 performances have been so poor anyone would an improvement! But he was a stand out his first two games in front of the back two. Ask him to go further forward and to run about chasing down opposition players and, well, he just can't. Have him in a holding role and he runs it. He never panics on the ball and rarely loses it and is a reliable distributer of the ball.......unless he is knackered like 2nd half of RC game. He ran the first half, him and bannigan. As soon as he ran out of puff he drifted out of the game. I think there is a role for him but agree he should have way more stamina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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