OrlandoDon

Good grief min. Don’t agree with you but great cup win. End of. No interest in this debate.

You’ve compared Geiger to aouchiche a couple of times now. I think they are very different. Both have a higher profile back ground, but one is clearly a holding/central mid, whereas Aouchiche was an attacking kid even a wide player. He was only forced deep cos we were piss poor. Aouchiche isn’t a passer, he’s flair with the tricks, Geiger seems much more of a passing play dictator, something we badly need. I’d say Geiger is maybe a little on the Kenny McLean side, but with bite. I think Geiger will learn the demands of Scotti’s football a could’ve really good, but I like his physicality, much needed. a little surprised polvara left his hair for him to wear though. Def needs a tash to complete the look.

I agree with you to an extent. While we played well, they didn’t. I think it’s wrong to say that was all down to us. I’d argue they showed up expecting a cake walk, and I believe that’s luck on our side, they underestimated us, we were lucky they did. I think we were lucky Hatate and Jota were injured, two very good players. they missed chances, hit the post, hit the bar, I think we were a little fortunate. While we were unlucky with our og, we were certainly lucky with our goal. Most often that would be cleared or the keeper collects. We were lucky that arguably the best forward in the league last season didn’t score in the last couple of mins 1v1 with mitov. Good save but you expect him to score that chance most times. it was a great final, not trying to downplay our achievement, we did many things extremely well, especially the penalties, but we didn’t outplay them, didn’t create a ton of chances, struggled to keep possession for most of the game, most neutrals won’t give us the credit we deserved for the cup win. But wha a great day and win!!

So who can confirm shinnie for Saturday? Missing him and Geiger, and possibly Armstrong if he’s not fit, certainly hurts us. And is Milne done with his suspension?

I never said fluke but you may be referring to me, thanks for the shout out! Absolutely there was luck go our way last night. Doesn’t take away from two very good goals. We were unlucky not to get a foul/hand ball prior to motherwell’s first goal. And in the cup final, we definitely had luck on our side too. Doesn’t take away from many good things we did well, including the best penalties I’ve ever seen. luck is a huge part of football. We were due some, last night helped.

I honestly don’t know, I thought Milne had one more game but played tonight, don’t even know how many games Shinnie got, and what is geiger’s punishment? Pretty sure Geiger misses the next competitive game but no clue what else, and I clue for the other two.

Not a bad game to play straight after the cup win. Despite them not being on form, they are only 4 behind us. Falkirk and Hibs have tough games so perhaps a chance to gain some ground. Shinnie was immense tonight, will he be able to start, and will It be him an afeez in the middle assuming Geiger is suspended. Defense did pretty well, Milne and McIntyre will continue in the middle, frame is improving. expect topi from the start with Cameron, hoping to see lobban right mid but expect milanovic again. Despite our struggles, nisbet is playing well, expect another good game from him. 3-1 us, nisbet Cameron and topi.

Refuse to start a new threat for him, but what has happened to Marko lazetic?? I actually liked him, the goal against st mirren and Im are we were thinking we may have a player. Looks like a pub league forward now, lazy and just out to hit people. Hope he has a change of fortune as I’m sure he’s on a decent wage, and getting money back to point him could be a challenge!

Both reds are luck! First one is a red but the defender isn’t challenging, he slips. That’s luck. Don’t think the second is red either, as I’ve already said, too far from goal and two defenders are level and have time to get back. Lucky to get that call. Had they kept 11 I think we’d have struggled.

Hate to say it, but Motherwell are a good side. They’ve take points off Celtic rangers and hearts this season, and we have struggled all season with them. the red cards were huge. First one unlucky but a red, and a lovely nisbet goal. No way is the second red, just too far from goal and while level, there are defenders back. Keeps the season alive for now, hopefully we can build on this result. Harder with the squad we have and no manager and the uncertainty around that.

What a win but not a good performance. Confidence is everything. Motherwell knock it around for fun and we can’t keep the ball. Even a man up they were better, and when they had 9 it was still a struggle. Both of their reds were debatable, the second in particular harsh since it’s almost on the half way line and far from goal. Geiger’s similar to the devlin red against falkirk in the sense that there’s no need for the aggression and he hits the man. Very poor decision making. concerning that afeez didn’t play and Geiger gets red. Against Motherwell at the weekend Geiger was able to knock it around and dictate play/tempo. Without him we were not good in midfield, and not saying he’s good. Palaversa was poor as some have stated. funny that we sold the players that we maybe needed tonight ie Clarkson or polvara. not surprised we went with no width in the second half, our wide guys and wide play is really poor and we need upgrades there in the summer. Topi is a sub. time to gel and maybe get some confidence before the dunfermline game.

We can still hibs it. Not relaxed here…!

That’s our captain!!!!! nice finish!

Just gets more interesting!!! 10v9!

Even more interesting!!!! 1-0!!!

Ha. That makes it interesting!

If Milne is free from suspension I’d like devlin Milne and lobban in for Jensen Morrison and olusanya. For the time off, disrupted training, lack of games, new signings, and manager uncertainty, I didn’t think the weekend was too bad. I expect tonight to be better and we take a chance or two. We’ll be fitter sharper and maybe a bit more doc influence. 2-1 us. lobban and devlin makes perfect sense, I think both are more attack minded, plus more aggressive than Jensen. We have no right mid plus the left is their strong side, I think it’s worth a try. nisbet is by far our best forward right now, him and Cameron with the goals.

Pretty quiet on here today for a game day, spent a fair bit of time readying my own posts and responding! could have been better but certainly could have been worse. Anyone at the game got anything to add? Few things from me after thinking more - I didn’t think McIntyre was too bad. Thought he was aggressive in the air, and I didn’t think he was overly slow. Quicker than consi! And certainly better than molloy. Think he’ll do ok for us. Morrison doesn’t look anything special, two games now and I see him dropping out as soon as Milne is available. Crazy to think there was Scotland squad talk and him trying to get to the World Cup, first look and it’s still early, but my impressions are he shouldn’t be playing for us. Liked the look of Geiger, willing to be the man in midfield and dictate tempo. just not fit/ match sharp. Afeez should compliment him, willing to do more of the heavy lifting but we didn’t see a lot today. Keen to see how fitness improves him. yet again width is a major concern. Not a lot from topi and nothing on the right. And little/no bench options. Said it already and will keep doing so until the coaching staff hear! Lobban right mid for the short term may be worth trying, devlin behind.

I despise rangers with a passion. But for some reason Celtic not so much. Maybe dislike hearts more than Celtic. Interesting 3 team race, tighter after today. Really want a hearts crumble like 1986.

And Milne? Cup game, I know he has one more game but is that league?

Caught a glimpse of leven post match. Said afeez was struggling w fitness/cramp. Got better as the game went on and agree, played his position, but we didn’t see the physical player we’ve heard about. geiger looks a more composed passer who will dictate play, aouchiche was more a 10 to me. I liked what I saw, he crawled up too but w games he may come good. agree, thought the keeper was good, calmer an less eratic than mitov perhaps. another game with very little width/wingers, which hurts us big time. If not lobban, I’d rather see bilalovic again, worked against livi. Frame didn’t push on much but that’s a tough ask for a new player in a new defense in a team w no confidence.

I will add a positive spin though, as mentioned before, def like a preseason game and we were not totally outplayed by one of the better teams in the league. Need games to gel, one down. Certainly a better performance than killie, and on a good day we get breaks in front of goal. Could have been a little fortunate and taken something today. we didn’t look as ropey/vulnerable from corners or free kicks. Thought we were better in the air. Their first goal could have been better defended, space between Jensen and Morrison exploited, plus no help defensively on the right from olusaygna. Second goal, we’re three at the back, stretched, and chasing the game. As mentioned, good learning experience in prep for the cup game. Geiger looked decent, hoping he just tired. Afeez gave little, certainly hope it’s not a sign of things to come. He did get better as the half went on I suppose. id say we’d benefit from shinnie in there, leadership and care. Maybe those three moving forward? How long is he suspended? We clearly don’t have a right mid, and we played one of the best left backs in the league. Today showed what’s not an option, and neither milanovic or bilalovic are the solution. I’d go with lobban there as a short term solution. If that’s what lazetic now offers, hope we don’t see him again.

Not totally judging, games cancelled, training effected, and a bunch of new players. Away to the leagues form team for the most part in shit conditions. Thought the keeper did nothing wrong, spilled a couple but possibly the conditions didn’t help. Morrison, not impressed, although didn’t stand out as a negative today. Milne def gets his place back. McIntyre did ok and better than molloy, plus won headers. Afeez did nothing. Disappointing debut. Geiger was prob the best of the new players, nothing fancy but a solid experienced pro in there, couple of nice passes. olusayna, out of position, can’t play right mid. Did little defensively which hurt us. I’d be tempted to play a combo of lobban Jensen and devlin at right back right mid for the rest of the season. Cameron was disappointing, no better than Armstrong today. special mention for lazetic, worst I’ve seen him. Shocking.

Harsh. Thought he did ok. fair result, we didn’t get the breaks when we had chances, could have gotten something. They are a decent side, one home loss in a year and very strong run at present. Thought we really helped them with their right ride, hardly defended it all game.

Debut goal for McIntyre. A little unfair, Morrison up top and stretched at the back. prob best performance we could have expected. Certainly not as bad as killie but we need to take our chances. Zero confidence.