RicoS321

We're not a well organised football club, we're a well organised commercial entity. The summer transfer window was staggeringly incompetent and showed the ineptitude of the footballing department.

It's a bizarre tactic to go from a back three to a 4-2-4 within a few days of your last match without a huge amount of time on the training pitch. We showed in the second half (a little bit, anyway) that the 4-2-3-1 was a more balanced setup, and at least one that the players seemed a little familiar with. It seemed a little bit like a final punt by Thelin. Back to day zero for the three year project.

Mental amount of space. Never a foul. Good header.

I didn't say he was a good option, I said that in a 4-2-4, when the other midfielder is Armstrong, he's the best option. Which he is. Hence why Thelin has properly addressed it at half time by bringing on Polvara alongside him and pushing Armstrong further forward. Of course, if he'd done that very obvious tactic in the first place, we wouldn't have had to bring on Nilsen at all.

No, the answer is to change to a 4-2-3-1. But, if you're replacing Aouchiche and you only have Armstrong, then Nilsen is the best option. Clarkson would be extremely high risk, and Polvara is a bit of a fanny, who's been poor of late.

Kjartansson looked a little bit off it against Hibs, not a risk worth taking. We were losing the game in the midfield, so as you say, Nilsen the best shout. Realistically, none of the midfielders (apart from Aouchiche, who does the running required), can really do the job required in a 4-2-4. I'm all for attacking against teams like Falkirk, but we're losing so much in midfield, the extra attacking options just aren't getting brought into play. Karlsson has worked hard, but it's interesting how a player of his calibre (based on transfer values rather than reality it seems) reads the game so badly. Both Keskinen and Bilalovic went beyond him on occasion, and he just stayed central when they lost the ball. Both times, he had to sprint to get back in to cover, when he should have been in position ready to hold up the fullback ages before.

A 4-2-4 with Nilsen and Armstrong is absolutely mental.

Nilsen.

It really was a wild setup. That midfield of Aouchiche and Armstrong is winning nothing unsurprisingly.

I'm guessing a very attacking 4-2-3-1 Shinnie at left back. Sitting two of Aouchiche and Armstrong with Karlsson, Nisbet and Keskinen in behind Bilalovic.

Cancelled at 14:55 the most likely outcome.

Or he was upset at Aberdeenshire being at the top of the BBC news.

Supposed to be fine down there. Would only be off for the away fans travel, so I'd expect it to be on.

"To be fair to us, at the time we awarded him the FIFA peace prize.... who could have known?"

Gie it a chance, it only started yesterday.