sandbank boy Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 Well done lads. MMMH made a big difference. Thought the keeper should have did better at the goalie but will take it. Halliwell still looks a wee bit shaky at the high balls. Something to work on methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Rosebury Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 (edited) That is the great enigma that bursts my bits !!! Attack is the best form of defence.. Craig Levein is a feckin arse in regard to that! If we are attacking them...they are defending..end result is ..they are not attacking us...is it a rocket science ? But what if they're better that attacking then you? Playing it attacking would've left us open at the back allowing their pacey forwards to get in behind. Sitting deep and hitting on the break was the way to beat Falkirk today. Edited October 16, 2010 by Lord Rosebury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggybunnet Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 Have you fully read my post ? Doubt it ! Attacking leaves the play in the other end of the park ! Defending with 11 behind the ball, not only fecks the fan's off but is only likely to end in the result we had ala Prague ! Never get my head round anyone who can see the benefit of defending like that. yes i did (and even re-read it just incase. nobody is asking for the scotland tactic, just that there is a balance. if your way worked as well as you think it does, then everyone would do it, could be rocket sience....but i doubt it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyBoyFTOF Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 What a fantastic result. We're definately starting to turn the corner. I felt Hardie made such a difference to our play today with his work rate and arial ability. I think him and Doolan could form a very decent partnership. We looked really organised today and the players were totally up for the battle. We were excellent and the first half and we deserved to be ahead at half time. Paton took his goal brilliantly and I thought he had a cracking game today. I'm slightly disappointed that we didn't press Falkirk more in the second half, as I felt they were there for the taking. Our defence was extremely deep and we were inviting trouble, although Falkirk didn't offer much up front. Another negative was the performance of Bryn Halliwell. He fluffed more than his fair share of crosses and he didn't inspire confidence at all. I nearly had a heart attack every time he came for a cross! The defence is starting to look the part. Kinniburgh had another excellent game in my opinion and it's great to see him shut the boo boys up. Liam Buchannan is a real cause for concern. He looked overweight and off the pace. It's hard to beleive that he used to be one of the best strikers in this league. But overall, an excellent day for us despite the best efforts of the referee who had one of the worst games ever. He must have booked about 10 players and it was never a dirty game. Onwards and upwards and hopefully more of the same next week at Forthbank. All of this. Unfortunately with the bit in bold Halliwell knows (as Tuffey did before him) his place in the team is safe whilst we do not have a no.2 keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 Pressley's comments show what a numpty he really is: http://www.kicktalk.co.uk/?tag=partick-thistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honved Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 I still love The Twadfather. It's a shame that he has to play for Falkirk and not the Jags, but he wouldn't shift Boyle from our team these days. Anyone see Paddy at centre forward at the middle of the second half? I had a wee look at where Archie and Willie were and they had both shifted across to cover him. Thought the defence did really well today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryHell Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 A good three points today - and moving up the league! Hopefully the next couple of weeks will see us right a couple of the wrongs from the first quarter of the season. First half Falkirk sent just about everything down the right wing so they were reletively easy for us to contain. Second half they realised they could use the whole width of the pitch and sarted to cause us problems. Today in the second half, I thought we looked scared to loose a goal and got everyone back to try and keep the lead. As long as we can score, i'm happy to win 1-0 until the end of the season. MMMH was a breath of fresh air today - against the more physical teams he'll help us compete, and the rest won't be able to deal with him - if we can get him fit and keep him that way, we've got to try and hold onto him for as long as we can. Falkirk really are a bunch of moaning wee f*nnies from their manager downwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Earl of Hathaway Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 Thank god for Steven Pressley - laughs and japes aplenty in that Kicktalk interview. If he thinks Falkirk are the way forward for Scottish football, it's better that he's in a place where he can't do any harm..... What a f*ckin' zoomer he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck snort Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 Pressley's comments show what a numpty he really is: http://www.kicktalk.co.uk/?tag=partick-thistle What a complete *****! Falkirk's tactics consisted of the back 4 keeping possession for ages, then punting it forward! Hardly quality football. Yes, they had a lot of possession but rarely looked like doing anything with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balernojag Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 I still love The Twadfather. It's a shame that he has to play for Falkirk and not the Jags, but he wouldn't shift Boyle from our team these days. Anyone see Paddy at centre forward at the middle of the second half? I had a wee look at where Archie and Willie were and they had both shifted across to cover him. Thought the defence did really well today. Totally agree. Missing something in midfield but a well deserved 3 points. A couple of scary moments but I thought we contained them well. Onwards and upwards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 (edited) But overall, an excellent day for us despite the best efforts of the referee who had one of the worst games ever. He must have booked about 10 players and it was never a dirty game. I've seen that referee before - a few times. He's one of those that thinks the ref's the star of the game. If there was any serious checking up on refs, he'd never be seen above schoolboy level. Anyway good result. The recent set up by McCall remins me of Lambie when we were a fixture in the SPL. If we ever had a bad run of results he'd set us up to be totally defensive. His mantra always was, losing can become a habit, so if we were on a run of losses we'd pack the midfield and just get draws until we'd had a run undefeated. I don't think we're quite that bad in our present set up but we're hard to beat. With time the confidence should be back in the team and we should be able to progress from this. Edited October 17, 2010 by Mr Bunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Shot Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 I've seen that referee before - a few times. Sommy, an Airdrie fan, went to school with some folk off the cumbernauld bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearchar Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 Pressley's comments show what a numpty he really is: http://www.kicktalk.co.uk/?tag=partick-thistle Absolutely. It's not a good idea for the manager of a side playing kick-and-rush to criticise the other side for not playing attractive football, but when his own side has lost, he makes himself look very foolish too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G SUS Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Pressley's comments show what a numpty he really is: http://www.kicktalk.co.uk/?tag=partick-thistle Did we recover well from our "midweek" trip to Ross County? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantB Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Great result and great to hear BMMMH proved me wrong. But Pressley's interview has topped the lot. Absolutely priceless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Throughout his time on the pitch, Hardie showed us the thing we've been missing since he was last in red'n'yella - DIG! - and plenty of it. That quality is so often the difference between success and hard luck. I lost count of the number of times he backed into or elbowed an opponent when the ref wasn't looking only for the opponent to retaliate in full view of the ref - notably Twaddle. Also, worth a wee mention for Paton and Kinniburgh. Big improvements compared with last year. Big plus marks, too, for Archie and Boyle. Some interview, that, with Pressley. Quite the dobber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Lambini Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Throughout his time on the pitch, Hardie showed us the thing we've been missing since he was last in red'n'yella - DIG! - and plenty of it. That quality is so often the difference between success and hard luck. I lost count of the number of times he backed into or elbowed an opponent when the ref wasn't looking only for the opponent to retaliate in full view of the ref - notably Twaddle. Also, worth a wee mention for Paton and Kinniburgh. Big improvements compared with last year. Big plus marks, too, for Archie and Boyle. Some interview, that, with Pressley. Quite the dobber. Patons workrate was immense. I noted late on a break where he strated 30 yards behind the ball and still made the effort to get there. Pressley may have a job of convincing the Falkirk fans of his thoughts on the type of Football they are playing based on the large numbers that had left before the end and also the booing of his substituition of Stewart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 (edited) I've been a big critic of McCall but credit where credit is due. He set up the team not to lose and it worked. I thought the team worked their socks off and even when the ball was lost, they regrouped and defended well. It was not pretty to watch and my fingers are chewed down to the knuckles but it was effective and 3 points are what matters. Ref was a joke and should be binned. Falkirk were dreadful and just passed it from side to side and then lumped a long ball forward. Halliwell didn't have a serious save to fumble make. Pressley's an idiot and I doubt he'll last all season. Paton had Twaddle in his pocket all day and I didn't realise how much of a moaning minnie Twaddle has become. Finally, thought it was a bit of a gamble asking Mr Lambie that question at half time - I fully expected a Jim mcLean type reply - what are you asking me a stupid f'n question like that for??? Well done lads. Edited October 17, 2010 by Big Col Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Throughout his time on the pitch, Hardie showed us the thing we've been missing since he was last in red'n'yella - DIG! - and plenty of it. That quality is so often the difference between success and hard luck. I lost count of the number of times he backed into or elbowed an opponent when the ref wasn't looking only for the opponent to retaliate in full view of the ref - notably Twaddle. Also, worth a wee mention for Paton and Kinniburgh. Big improvements compared with last year. Big plus marks, too, for Archie and Boyle. Some interview, that, with Pressley. Quite the dobber. Hardie is a big nuisance; the kind of player opponents really hate. Noises them up off the ball, and shows excellent aggression. It was great to see him have such a positive effect today. Got me really thinking that players like Donnelly and Rowson are really yesterday's men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberteeb Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Great result but about as unenjoyable a win as you can get (if such a thing exists), it was an utterly pish game, bar the goal nothing of note happened. BMMMH was absolutely class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Murray Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Archibald and Hardie provided some of the dig and leadership that we have been missing. Midfield was over run a times, the central 3 are too similar. Rowsen will make a difference when he comes back. We have to hope our key player’s stay fit, if they do then we should end up mid table. We were defensively set-up; hardie was dropping back into midfield when Falkirk had the ball making it a 3-6-1 at times. Given the situation we are in this is really the only sensible option. Two really big games coming up, I would be happy with 4 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernsoul Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 (edited) We wouldn't have won that game without Hardie. Purely from an attacking sense. As it has been mentioned Archie and Boyle had really good games. Boyle really is coming on good. As a critic at first it is great to see. I can't remember the last player who started pretty badly and came in for criticism frequently and then completely turned it around. Maybe Tuffey when he signed but I wouldn't say that counts. I'm really happy for Boyle. Edited October 17, 2010 by northernsoul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Boyle really is coming on good. As a critic at first it is great to see. I can't remember the last player who started pretty badly and came in for criticism frequently and then completely turned it around. Maybe Tuffey when he signed but I wouldn't say that counts. If our season stopped today Boyle would get my vote as player of the season. You've got me thinking about recent players that have completely reversed fans opinions. Tuffey, Harkins & Toastie did to some degree. Those three certainly were individually more valuable to us than Boyle is up to now but at the same time I don't remember any of the three being so decried as Paddy. There's got to be someone else in the last ten years who's turned it around as much as Boyle but I can't think who. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi Nurainen Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Paddy had a nightmare start to the season last year, it was obvious that there was something just not right. It wasn't that he was a bad player, McCall was right to take him completely out of it and re-build his confidence. If you take his performance from the start of THIS season, Boyle can be counted as one of the best players we have signed in recent years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willjag Posted October 17, 2010 Members Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Any suggestions? Des McKeown was another that was roundly slaughtered before becoming a little bit of a hero for his dislocating shoulder antics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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