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  3. Lennon Out

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted

    He's always had the option in play...well, Jim Goodwin. He's also had John McGinn, one of the best box to box midfielders in Scotland, and wasted that talent every chance he gets.

    The problem is that he's added a second player who is predominately a defensive midfielder. We're not a recently promoted Bundesliga 2 side of a team who have come up from Serie C to Serie A in successive seasons, there's no need for TWO defensive midfielders in Scotland. Even worse than that, we didn't play a single wide man because numpty baws had Campbell on the bench and signed a cup tied player. The two who were wide drifted inside all bloody game, which on occasion did release Naismith and Kelly but also exposed the two of them very badly and would have therefore exposed McAusland and MacGregor too.

    I would assume that most who wanted the addition of a defensive midfielder also wanted Goodwin dropped. It now appears that we're going to have to suffer two defensive midfielders all season. McLean plays better inside, McGinn plays better inside and I really don't want to see the pair of them wasted any longer. Newton can do what the hell he likes, ask for a move, throw a strop, I don't care, as he shouldn't start again. We also have Campbell, lauded as the answer up front and then thrown out wide because he couldn't handle the long balls punted at him vs Celtic. Wylde will suffer from not putting in a shift (Danny has shown he doesn't like creative wide left players), but at least he gets wide and bloody stays there. Teale will struggle to get match fit and do much this season, but his footballing brain should help out.

    Danny has, yet again, shown absolutely abysmal squad management during this transfer window and I want him gone. I'm sick of the players being hammered in to the formation, sick of his constant second guessing himself and sick of worrying who he's going to take off for who. I'm also utterly sick of hearing how good the opposition are.

    Hmmm perhaps you need to do a wee bit of homework on just scot prm clubs to see how many play with two holding midfielders..? It is the majority and it's replicated across europe and beyond. So for us to not have done it for the last three seasons tells you all you need to know why we have been picked off, and conceeded from winning positions...

    It's one reason why Goodwin runs around scything all comers in midfield... it's too much for one def/mid to handle...

    So who is it we can afford to replace with Danny then?

  5. Dundee United V St Mirren Scottish Cup 5Th Rd 8/2/14

    in Matchday & Travel Club

    Posted

    main observations from watching it on the telly were...

    Cheesy looked assured, anticipated and broke things up. benefit of having the two holding midfielders (D&G) infront of him.

    McGregor f**ked up a series of passes and blocks - whits going on there

    Newton - panicked unnecessarily, mis-hit, miss-timed pass after pass turning attacks into goal opps for the arabs...

    Thommo still needs someone to play off him, it's too far forward for Gowser too shine, his best work starts a few yards further back taking possesion and creating, not feeding off Thommo knock-downs.

  6. Lennon Out

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted

    So Danny is criticised for making the much needed addition of a defensive mid-fielder, giving support to an over worked central defence and freeing up the likes of Newto and McLean to make telling runs/passes/shots in support of Thommo and Gowser.

    Could these calls for his head for this be from some of the people who called for his head when he didn't have this option in play????

    Make yir feckin minds up.... or just admit whatever danny does or doesn't do you think we should sack him because you know exactly who to get to replace him and improve us.... surely if you want rid you've got something better that we can afford to get???

    I would like to see these namesthumbup2.gif

  12. Eric Djemba Djemba

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted

    I couldn't help but notice that when they were highlighting the countries he's played in with a red colour, when David Currie's voice said "Paisley" it was in fact England that was highlighted in red. Is this more political bias from the BBC against the Yes Campaign? jerry.gif

    I bet ye Dave told the Beeb tae dae that from the safety of his Westminster lair!

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