Lenziejag Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, exiledjag said: I agree with your views about the size of the leagues and the timing and the ability of the 3rd or 4th place club when it comes to planning and signing players for the following season. As far as your other comments are concerned we remain apart. The 36 v 38 game comparison just doest register with me. By completion of the play- off games Ross County would have played 40 games, the Jags 42. I don't see any detriment to the SPL club in the number of games played. In fact there is a definite advantage for the SPL club especially when the timescale over which the play-off games are played Is taken into account. I would find the system a bit fairer and therefore more acceptable if the play-off final games were played a week apart rather than 2 or 3 days. This should give the Championship team enough recovery time to complete for 90 mins and not 70 mins. We also have to consider if the SPL Club in 11th place is worthy of retaining their place in the SPL in addition to whether or not the Championship Club is worthy! I have no doubt the Jags team that played Ross County was more than worthy of SPL membership as we outplayed RC for 160 minutes of the final until fatigue and the referee intervened. I agree with the Brechin Chairman who has stated the Pyramid System is past its sell by date in its current form and that for Non-League Clubs, League 2 should be more accessible. This would I suspect mean reconstruction all the way through to the SPL. Try getting clubs like St Mirren and Ross County to vote for this! If the 2nd placed team wins through to the final, as expected, the number of games played by the championship team and the premiership team would be the same. I don’t think it is unfair that the 3rd/4th placed team have to play extra games to get to the final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Why did we bother signing O’Reilly? 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Since we are not to going to play o’reilly I’m not sure why we signed him….could have done a pre contract agreement for the summer and saved 6 months wages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 10 minutes ago, jaggy said: Why did we bother signing O’Reilly? 🙄 I was thinking that as well. He was playing every week for Raith Rovers, didn't think he would sign for us just to sit on the bench every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weebaw1 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 14 minutes ago, Auld Jag said: I was thinking that as well. He was playing every week for Raith Rovers, didn't think he would sign for us just to sit on the bench every week. It’s not as if the defence has been water tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Get your Sneddon and Muirhead excuses in now …. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 6 minutes ago, Weebaw1 said: It’s not as if the defence has been water tight. We conceded 1.5 goals a game yet the defence is the area of least change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 15 hours ago, exiledjag said: There is no doubt finishing second is financially significanly more beneficial that finishing 3rd or 4th. The benefits of playing 4 play-off games though instead of 6 should not be underestimated. I did not detect any signs of fatigue in the 4 games we played beating Queens Part and Ayr. I did detect fatigue in the second half of the 5th game against Ross County at Firhill. I believe this is why we failed to build on our HT lead.. Had we finished second instead of 4th then I believe we would have won the play-off final by virtue of being required to play only 4 games and been promoted to the SPL ( inspite of the referee's performance). We weren't beaten by Ross County we were beaten by a play-off system which is fundamentally unfair, lacks football integrity and is stacked in favour of the SPL club which finishes 11th. We could not take advantage of playing less games when we lost out to Livingston who finished 3rd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearchar Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Milne posted missing for their goal. Williams at right back much too slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledjag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 10 minutes ago, Auld Jag said: We could not take advantage of playing less games when we lost out to Livingston who finished 3rd. That was because Livinston were an exceptional Championship team but more to the point we were crap. If I recall accurately we also had some players who appeared to have given up and who didn't seem to care, such as Osman. Against RC we had a very good team, playing great football and had the right attitude - no comparison to the Osman team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 16 minutes ago, exiledjag said: That was because Livinston were an exceptional Championship team but more to the point we were crap. If I recall accurately we also had some players who appeared to have given up and who didn't seem to care, such as Osman. Against RC we had a very good team, playing great football and had the right attitude - no comparison to the Osman team. I was not comparing teams, but that the advantage that the premier league team has does not always work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Defending continues to be dreadful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 (edited) Forget about second place. Going to be lucky to get second in this match Edited February 17 by Dick Dastardly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow & Redneck Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Absolutely hopeless! Doolan needs to get his head out of his arse and make changes at the back. Far too nicey nice to his pals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert's Ghost Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 How many set-piece goals do we have to lose? Is Ross Stewart any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevenone Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 concede from a corner, not like us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 2 minutes ago, Albert's Ghost said: How many set-piece goals do we have to lose? Is Ross Stewart any good? We will probably never know …. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Fitzpatrick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevenone Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 yasss right cmon Jags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 2-2. Graham from the spot. Come on Thistle, don't throw this away now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Our defence can always be relied on …… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubber8468 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 In the name of god!!🤬🤬🤬🤬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert's Ghost Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Just now, javeajag said: Our defence can always be relied on …… ... to feck it all up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevenone Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 I wish I could say you couldn’t script it but sadly you can. What is it with conceding right away after scoring? Dowds hat trick for Ayr at Airdrie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 3-3. Graham, next goals the winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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