simoncordiner Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 What does this guy have to do to get dropped? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaggyMad Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 But he's a star and garter favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 What does this guy have to do to get dropped? Same could be said of Balatoni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlgarveJag Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 he's capable of playing a sublime pass one minute and blasting over the bar from the 6 yard line the next. Ideally suited to playing for Partick Thistle. Sounds like he might have missed a sitter today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearchar Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 he's capable of playing a sublime pass one minute and blasting over the bar from the 6 yard line the next. Ideally suited to playing for Partick Thistle. Sounds like he might have missed a sitter today. "Sublime pass"？ You're having a laugh！ He missed a sitter and had a shot (unusual, I know) straight at the keeper. The usual performance of passes away from his own team and dithering in ineffective positions was also evident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoncordiner Posted January 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Yip, rubbish. Don't see what he offers the team apart from generally being quite fit and able to last 90 minutes. Goty skinned about 5 times today. Shat out of about 4 challenges. Passed the ball directly to opposition player when under no pressure and we were in a good attacking positions at least ten times. No goal threat. No creative spark. I just don't get it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 John Lambie Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 He's talented but has this ability to make utter shite passes to the opposition at an alarming rate. & his miss today was terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoncordiner Posted January 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 He's talented but has this ability to make utter shite passes to the opposition at an alarming rate. & his miss today was terrible. I'm sorry, I don't even see what his talents are, other than giving "a shift". He's not good enough for the SPL. And Archie's insistence on playing him when not giving other guys a run in the team long enough to establish themselves (e.g. Fraser) is inexplicable. Craigen is not the guy we need when we're battling for survival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Must be that Archie is pumping him. And who wouldn't? He's a wee cutie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1876Jag Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 So who replaces him then? Fraser, who was atrocious on Tuesday? Lawless who was even worse today? Elliot???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shut up mimsy Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 I think hes been pretty consistent all season, become a scapegoat for no reason. Always puts in the effort, dont think he was any worse than lawless today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoncordiner Posted January 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 So who replaces him then? Fraser, who was atrocious on Tuesday? Lawless who was even worse today? Elliot???? I thought Fraser played well second half on Tuesday. Everyone was crap for the first 35 mins. And Lawless was not worse that Craigen today. Fraser deserves a run to see what he can do, because one thing he definitely has in his locker is that he can pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Archie has said that he is trying to bring in a central defender. Probably a defensive one who will break up play. We don't have that just now. If he is successful then I can see Craigen dropping out. But we wait and see. ETA I should have said midfielder. Edited January 25, 2014 by Garscube Road End Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Archie has said that he is trying to bring in a central defender. Probably a defensive one who will break up play. We don't have that just now. If he is successful then I can see Craigen dropping out. But we wait and see. ETA I should have said midfielder. Ryan Stevenson suggested by the BBC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Ryan Stevenson suggested by the BBC! I also seen Hamill suggested??????? :frantic: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 I also seen Hamill suggested??????? :frantic: God, I hope not!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1876Jag Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 I thought Fraser played well second half on Tuesday. Everyone was crap for the first 35 mins. And Lawless was not worse that Craigen today. Fraser deserves a run to see what he can do, because one thing he definitely has in his locker is that he can pass. What game were you watching on Tuesday? He might be able to spread the odd pass but he's a headless chicken. Lawless was terrible today. If he hadn't been a sub he would've been off. Powderpuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 God, I hope not!! Exactly. If that happened I would need to switch my vote to the "Archie Must Go" camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Edmonds Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 He had a good few games at the start of the season. Other than that, he's as close as we've had to Darren Brady since Darren Brady. Dreadful player. Wasn't there someone on here who predicted him for player of the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledave78 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Been to about half the games this season and seen him have one decent game I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stevenson Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Yip, rubbish. Don't see what he offers the team apart from generally being quite fit and able to last 90 minutes. Goty skinned about 5 times today. Shat out of about 4 challenges. Passed the ball directly to opposition player when under no pressure and we were in a good attacking positions at least ten times. No goal threat. No creative spark. I just don't get it... I wonder if you are the guy who was sitting along from me who moaned incessantly about Craigen even when it was Erskine or Aero who had committed the error. I suppose if you attribute him with everyone else's mistakes you could get to those numbers but not for Craigen himself. He was no great shakes today, but no worse than many others. His miss up the other end looked gash and I remember him gifting the ball once late on as we were moving up the park. He's had some good assists this season and has played pretty well to my mind though recently he has looked tired. I think he could do with a rest to be honest, but the slaughtering he gets on here from some people is totally unwarranted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Edmonds Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 So Craigen is 'tired'. I wonder if Mark Kerr was afforded similar sympathy for, say, 'lack of match practice' after his dreadful cup outing against Aberdeen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stevenson Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 So Craigen is 'tired'. I wonder if Mark Kerr was afforded similar sympathy for, say, 'lack of match practice' after his dreadful cup outing against Aberdeen. I kind of feel a bit sorry for Kerr in that he's not getting a game, but that's tough. I saw Kerr in the pre-season games and thought he looked OK, no better. I saw his cup appearances early season and he looked less good than that. I personally think he's too negative, but whatever, Archie clearly thinks he's not up to playing in the games we have to play. He sees him during the week, we don't. They are old team-mates, there is no hint of a schism as far as I know. The suggestion that there is some love-in between Archie and some players that certain people on here are desperate to see dropped is pathetic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Edmonds Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 I kind of feel a bit sorry for Kerr in that he's not getting a game, but that's tough. I saw Kerr in the pre-season games and thought he looked OK, no better. I saw his cup appearances early season and he looked less good than that. I personally think he's too negative, but whatever, Archie clearly thinks he's not up to playing in the games we have to play. He sees him during the week, we don't. They are old team-mates, there is no hint of a schism as far as I know. The suggestion that there is some love-in between Archie and some players that certain people on here are desperate to see dropped is pathetic. Kerr is an awful player. But if what we want in the middle of the park is a passing philosophy of 'kick the ball and hope it finds a teammate', then we're as well starting Kerr as much as we have been Craigen, as the two of them are pretty much identical in this respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsarmy Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Looks like we've found another scapegoat for our team,if anybody had been at Parkhead on New Year's Day and watch Bannigan and Craigan absolutely dominate the Celtic midfield with their possession football that would totally dispel the lack of ability thread that is going on. Granted his form has shaded and maybe he should be left out for a couple of games, it's a learning curve for lots of these players ( he was playing university football less than two years ago), and if people are comparing him to Darren Brady probably one of the worst players I've seen in a Thistle jersey then they are seriously misinformed 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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