Duke Gekantawa Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 9 minutes ago, jaggy said: It’s ridiculous that we have so few who score in the team. Virtually zilch from midfield and defence. Our midfield seldom have a shot from distance and when they do it’s usually well off target. While we should indeed look to increase the number of players scoring, this is probably not best acheived by shooting from distance. The reason that most of our midfield's shots are well off-target is because the majority of long range shots are off-target generally. It is because of this, the majority of elite teams do not attempt long-range shots much, with long-range shots attempted per team steadily falling in the EPL for example. Getting our midfielders to make late runs into the box and better support the attack is what is needed (McInroy was quite good at this last season, for example). However, we have been playing most of this season with a noticible absence of any discernable midfield presence whatsoever, so it's hardly surprising we've not got may goals from midfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 37 minutes ago, Duke Gekantawa said: Getting our midfielders to make late runs into the box and better support the attack is what is needed (McInroy was quite good at this last season, for example). However, we have been playing most of this season with a noticible absence of any discernable midfield presence whatsoever, so it's hardly surprising we've not got may goals from midfield. Spot on. One of the pleasing aspects from Friday night was for once (for an hour Plus) the midfield was engaged in the game. Winning balls (both first and second) and generally not chasing the game. However that was achieved by playing a midfield trio of Bannigan, Martin & Crawford, none of whom you'd expected to get on the scoresheet. In addition for security we played three centrebacks, meaning there was no place for more of an attack/forward thinking player. In effect that left Chalmers in a sort of free role, the only one apart from Graham that was likely to score. I'm not complaining about the formation or selection as it was a case of needs be against a strong Livingston side. I feel tho' it would be overkill defensively against most other teams and expect ir'll be tweaked a little next time out. Having said that players that could supply that bit extra to the attack are either off form or injured. We'll really need to get someone like Turner, Lawless, MacKay, Fitzpatrick etc back and playing near their potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 Your correct DG. Maybe shooting from distance was badly worded, I more meant have a go from inside or just outside the box. More shots can lead to deflections, keepers parrying to our attackers or maybe even the odd one that goes in directly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert's Ghost Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 6 minutes ago, jaggy said: maybe even the odd one that goes in directly Ben did that recently and won the match for us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambies Lost Doo Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 Good interview on PLZ Soccer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 IMO, Doolan should still be our manager. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiThistle Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 (edited) I liked Dools’ thoughts on the 16-team top league and hadn’t really considered how the smaller leagues can negatively impact youth development. I thought he was off a bit on the budget. My understanding is budget and expectation are different - at least for a business with unpredictable results. Budgeting for 4th, as I understood it, was a worst-case scenario. And the expectation was higher (even winning the league) due to the money spent on the squad at the start of the season. And while we’ve held onto 4th, the downward trend when he left, coupled with the overall underwhelming performance this season, justified the sacking decision. While I have no clue if it was the right call, I can understand the rationale. Would have liked to see what he could have done with an SD to take some of the administrative load off. Burnout in any job, at any level, is real* and can negatively impact job performance. * Except for me. I’m a machine. 😁 Edited April 19 by ChiThistle Fixed hasn’t to hadn’t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag36 Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 Think it would have been fair to have given Doolan until the end of the season. I think he'd earned that. Things also haven't exactly gone great since Baraclough came in- got a bad feeling about this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 Doolan is the reason we are in this position……. People always have short memories of how poor we played this season from July onwards ……one decent game ? And it was awful to watch for the most part. you have to laugh Barraclough arrived 10 days ago and it’s all his fault, he will rightly be judged this time next season, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag36 Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 Doolan pretty much had Thistle where we should have been, he was doing better than McCall and laterly Archilbald were - Deserved one last go at the playoffs. Not blaming Baraclough but given his CV not holding out much hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow & Redneck Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 (edited) 28 minutes ago, javeajag said: Doolan is the reason we are in this position……. People always have short memories of how poor we played this season from July onwards ……one decent game ? And it was awful to watch for the most part. you have to laugh Barraclough arrived 10 days ago and it’s all his fault, he will rightly be judged this time next season, Doolan is one of the main reasons. He signed absolute crap on ridiculous long term deals (i.e. Sawyers). Just like Archibald, he will never get a full time managers position ever again. Both him and our bowling club board full of absolute jokers have royally screwed us. Edited April 19 by Yellow & Redneck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 8 minutes ago, Yellow & Redneck said: Doolan is one of the main reasons. He signed absolute crap on ridiculous long term deals (i.e. Sawyers). Just like Archibald, he will never get a full time managers position ever again. Both him and our bowling club board full of absolute jokers have royally screwed us. Doolan is definitely one of the main reasons but he wasn't involved in the signing of Sayers. And yes, the people running the club have absolutely screwed us. It's been a shambles, still is a shambles and there is no reason why it will not continue to be a shambles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelees jag Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 4 hours ago, Jag said: Doolan is definitely one of the main reasons but he wasn't involved in the signing of Sayers. So who signed Sayers if ot wasn't our manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambies Lost Doo Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 5 hours ago, Jag said: Doolan is definitely one of the main reasons but he wasn't involved in the signing of Sayers. And yes, the people running the club have absolutely screwed us. It's been a shambles, still is a shambles and there is no reason why it will not continue to be a shambles. Why blame people running the club? Ignoring hindsight what could we have done better? Our squad looked decent. There were no complaints at start of season. We had players like O'Reilly & McBeth on extended contracts. Hit with injuries, poor performances and this has created a feeling of meh round the club but we need to be honest about failings to improve for next season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 19 minutes ago, Lambies Lost Doo said: Why blame people running the club? Ignoring hindsight what could we have done better? Our squad looked decent. There were no complaints at start of season. We had players like O'Reilly & McBeth on extended contracts. Hit with injuries, poor performances and this has created a feeling of meh round the club but we need to be honest about failings to improve for next season. There were complaints about no right back (even though we knew we were losing McMillan) and no decent defensive midfielder (since we lost Doc) major misses, although we looked ok for other positions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 At one point doolan had built a squad of 28 players including 4 wingers …..and somebody decided to give Sayers a 3 year contract only to let him go 6 months later. time to do things properly for a club our size and let’s hope we can make a new start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 9 hours ago, Whitelees jag said: So who signed Sayers if ot wasn't our manager? It was a decision made at board level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 34 minutes ago, javeajag said: At one point doolan had built a squad of 28 players including 4 wingers …..and somebody decided to give Sayers a 3 year contract only to let him go 6 months later. time to do things properly for a club our size and let’s hope we can make a new start. It was actually five wingers. Fitzy, Chalmers, Lawless, McKay and Smith. They knew McMillan was going last January, yet we were scrambling around looking for a loan right back for months. We had a left back that many saw as the best in the league yet they took a punt, giving a three year contract to a 20 year old left back that nobody had ever seen play. Then in January, we have to sell the good left back to help pay off the young left back, leaving us out of pocket - and out of left backs. It is time to do things properly. Unfortunately, I can't see that happening any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 7 hours ago, Lambies Lost Doo said: Why blame people running the club? Ignoring hindsight what could we have done better? Our squad looked decent. There were no complaints at start of season. We had players like O'Reilly & McBeth on extended contracts. Hit with injuries, poor performances and this has created a feeling of meh round the club but we need to be honest about failings to improve for next season. Why do I have to ignore hindsight to see what we could have done better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 One hope I have is that the sporting director takes the board a further step away from the pitch. It should allow them to concentrate on financial and operational issues and the SD can pay attention to on field and squad activities 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 2 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said: One hope I have is that the sporting director takes the board a further step away from the pitch. It should allow them to concentrate on financial and operational issues and the SD can pay attention to on field and squad activities Spot on. Clearly defined roles imperative. Depending on the age and experience of the Head Coach there may require an initial level of mentoring. Something that having been thrown in at the deep end Doolan didn't receive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelees jag Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 6 hours ago, Jag said: It was a decision made at board level. So people on our board scouted a player from down south and gave him a 3 year deal and the manager didn't have a say on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 1 hour ago, Whitelees jag said: So people on our board scouted a player from down south and gave him a 3 year deal and the manager didn't have a say on it. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 9 hours ago, Jag said: It was a decision made at board level. Do you happen to know what board members it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelees jag Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 3 hours ago, Jag said: Yes. Name and shame them. TBH surprised Doolan hung about if that happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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