sandy Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Unacceptable. The end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall: "We didn't do the dirty side of the game well enough. We're in a dog fight now and we have to win games." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Wish I was an Arbroath supporter this season. To be riding the crest of their wave... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanC4 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, fenski said: supporter Riding the crest of there wind... Edited January 25, 2020 by TartanC4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Perhaps we should train in a wind tunnel before playing at Gayfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Defo should be telling Fox you need to pass the ball, not punt. I've seen school boy teams adjust to the conditions, why not professionals? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi Nurainen Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 16 minutes ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: That was horrendous. Whatever the respective corner count was will reflect just how much Arbroath were in command. Thought at one point that Fox was trying to get the game abandoned by kicking as many balls out the ground as he possibly could. He even enlisted McGinty's help on that score. Can't think of a single positive the whole game. Chilling when someone as well balanced as your good self comes away with a statement like that. Does the team have a collective sense of entitlement whereby they are only remotely conscious of the dire state of things. Or has Bunter already factored in the probability of going down before we go up (his post match comments savoured ever so slightly of complacency - 'we'll need to do better next week'). Or the next again week, or the week after that …. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, fenski said: Defo should be telling Fox you need to pass the ball, not punt. I've seen school boy teams adjust to the conditions, why not professionals? Defoe?? Have we signed him as well?? Edited January 25, 2020 by Barney Rubble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Don't think it'd make much difference who we signed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 I just can't get over how naive we were. What is the point of having professionals in the dugout and on the pitch if they can't adjust the way they play to the conditions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 15 minutes ago, eljaggo said: Maybe we are being unduly pessimistic after today's game. I wasn't there but the strong wind must have been decidedly in Arbroath's favour - being used to these conditions. It seemed to be the proverbial game of two halfs. That, plus the re-jigged Thistle side, was bound to make it a struggle. Everyone seems happy about the transfer window signings (and un-signings) with perhaps more new faces to come. The team should improve and the stability should allow McCall to make his mark on what is now (almost) his side. That's just the point it wasn't a game of two halves. The Arbroath goalie didn't kick the ball out of play once. Maybe he would've if he had seen the ball anything like number of times Fox did. Also we defended the first half into the wind with three centrebacks & a defensive mid. An understandable tactic even if we still managed to ship a couple of goals. What puzzles me tho' is we could just have easily been playing with the wind behind us in the first half with what would've then been a ridiculously overloaded defence. In short had we had the wind in the first half, a clear advantage, based on the way we failed to manage the conditions we'd still have struggled to get a point today., 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 33 minutes ago, JAG1970 said: Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall: "We didn't do the dirty side of the game well enough. We're in a dog fight now and we have to win games." No shit Sherlock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljaggo Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) As I said I wasn't there, but judging by the BBC's possession and shots stats it seemed that we did much better the second half. Edited January 25, 2020 by eljaggo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Exactly that. A collective failure both halves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 minute ago, eljaggo said: As I said I wasn't there, but judging by the BBC's possession and shots stats it seemed that we did much better the second half. We didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caramaca Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Ok, so just home from that utter Crap, a team that cant understand the basics of playing the ball on the deck when the wind is horrendous, not one player showing at goal kicks resulting in Fox going long and out of the park most times, after the first time maybe move to the other side of the six yard box or kick in the opposite direction to counteract the wind ( not even schoolboy stuff). For me Mackinnon not good enough and took McCall to long to hook him off as in second half he was redundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, eljaggo said: As I said I wasn't there, but judging by the BBC's possession and shots stats it seemed that we did much better the second half. Gotta agree the BBC possession & shots stats make us look a lot better than we were. As mentioned earlier I suggest the corner stats (4-10) reflect a fairly accurate picture. With such a strong wind down the pitch it's near impossible if playing well to not force more than a handful of corners. They did and we didn't. Edited January 25, 2020 by lady-isobel-barnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledjag Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 I thought Arbroath were the better footballing team throughout the 90 minutes. Their control of the ball, first touch, passing and running off the ball were streets ahead of us and that's why they won. It could easily have been 3 or 4 at half time. Depressing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watties wallies Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 thought the young lad o'connor did well today looks a skillful player and likes to push forward typical thistle performance today second to every 50/50 ball not picking up on opposing players and not getting tackles in things can only get better surely mckinnon is certainly not match fit graham tried hard jones i don't rate, mcginty and saunders should be on a slow boat to wherever and fox should have the proverbial size 10 boot up-- his you know what goal kick after goal kick straight out the ground i could go on, left 10 minutes early, missed the bloody goal had an excellent steak and black pudding pie at a very reasonable price bring on ayr utd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anniesland Jag Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Cheer up folks, one things for sure...we can’t drop any further down the league this season. ...onwards and ....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy McD Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Just back home .a round drive of 196 miles for nothing. The first half we were horrendous ok they had the advantage of the wind .but all we did was punt high balls into it..What was Fox thinking about trying to take kickouts from his right hand side of the goal when every one went out of play. Surely the management team should have been telling him to move over to the other side!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, Anniesland Jag said: Cheer up folks, one things for sure...we can’t drop any further down the league this season. ...onwards and ....? Also, we wont lose next Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen1876 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 As soon as the fixtures came out, we should have known that there was a fair chance we would be playing in those conditions. When I got there today and seen the conditions, I knew we would lose because we have no fight about us. We had the bulk of the second half but Arbroath still pressed us hard and tried to get forward, unlike us in the first. Fox booting the ball out of the park from about six consecutive goal kicks was just embarrassing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGSMAN1968 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Just back, best thing was the steak and black pie !!! Hard to tell which was the team of part-timers! (was it the ones in the white shirts by any chance?) Arbroath even had a game in midweek!! Good few backsides need kicking. I didn't even clap/cheer when we scored! Time for a wee goldie (or 2!) Onwards and upwards(yeah right) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Certainly no worse than any of the others last few games but Reece Cole has been a bit off the boil in 2020 compared to form in 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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