Smithers Jones

Mandron and Jamieson are this weeks front two.

Agreed. Anywhere he fancies.

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We had success over the last season or so in letting the opposition have the ball and then breaking at pace. We seem to now be content having much more possession but have no idea what to do with it.

The centre of defence is a mess.

That was a terrible watch. 6 away defeats on the bounce. Not good enough.

🤣🤣🤣 He was dreadful for 95 minutes.

Far more positive in our play today. Enjoyed Stav and Jonah as a front two and would like to see them start next week. Created numerous chances and deserved the 3 points. Good response after a tough couple of results.

I can't believe folk still mention him. He needs attention and he gets it here and on p&b. Even when we win , posters still refer to him. It's what he wants.

Agree with this, but not Tanser. Thankfully he has been decent. O'hara last season was box to box, getting on the end of chances and between him and Baccus created the platform to move us forward. Hasn't happened this season. Baccus has to start, if fit, but I have no idea how we turn this run of form round, it's been awful.

No energy again. They did no more than us, but when you are not professional enough to see that through to gain a point is criminal. We built our good results around pressing early and moving the ball quickly. We now look sluggish in our movement and the long ball thing needs to stop. If there is a positive (I know) Ayunga's contribution since he has returned has been great. No idea how we turn this around.

Didn't think it was too bad a performance. Yes, the passing wasn't great at times but we played well in small bursts. Ayunga did well with the limited amount of time on the ball that he had. I hate to say it (again) but I just don't see what McMenamin offers. We worked so hard to win the ball back and get it out to him and he either gave it away or kept it and did nothing with it. Really frustrating to watch. Midweek is massive now.

No complaints, shite from start to finish. (I suppose that is a complaint)

This is awful 🙈

Too many hopeful long punts to the front boys. A pretty scrappy first half from both sides.

Didn't look good. I think he felt it about 30 secs before he went down. He played on but he knew it was gone. I think he had a similar injury last season ?

cheers luv

This thread about today's game is going really well, thanks lads.

Dreadful from start to finish.

Can't complain with the score. We have been awful. Could someone remind me what McMenamin brings to the team ?

As was I, and perhaps 'pedestrian' was being overly critical but I suppose I was thinking more about his lack of influence on games recently in comparison to last season.

Agree regarding Mandron but couldn't disagree more with the rest. Tanser had a great first half resulting in several good deliveries into the box. Kiltie covered every blade of grass trying to make up for Mandron's lack of effort and he used the ball well. Baccus won more tackles in his first 5 minutes than the pedestrian O'Hara had done up to that point. He also brought a strangely quiet Strain into the game more, and generally lifted the tempo of the entire team as soon as he came on (despite his foul after about 8 seconds 😄).

I'm sure I've posted this before, but from behind the goals I remember thinking what a great away support Slavia had in the away end of the North Bank, until it was pointed out that they were all buddies. The place seemed to be rammed.

Pretty sure mine was the Slavia 1985 UEFA Cup tie. It's certainly my most memorable. A brilliant night.

Agreed, he was excellent. Both he and Gogic made things look very simple but they put in a huge amount of work. Also thought Kiltie deserves a mention, deserved his goal. I still have concerns with O'Hara's recent form but don't want to take anything away from the overall team's performance so far this season. We have a really good team and should enjoy everything they are giving us.