OrlandoDon

Mr glass is half empty, get out the wrong side of the bed?!?? it was preseason, good experience to learn from, but not the best if it’s our final preseason game. Think we gave Ipswich far too much respect for 3/4 of the game, never really got going until mid/late second half. think milanovic is an upgrade on okkels, probably better than morris who again does little when he starts. think adil is capable, once he gets up to speed could be a very good creative signing, something we did not have last season, and have lacked a 10 for a long time. though palaversa and clarkson were poor, sivert had a positive impact, and kjartenson didn’t see the ball much but looked tidy. I’d consider starting those two next week had we been playing at home. don’t recall Boyd touching the ball, not sure how he was an upgrade. Polvara was better than him, he always looks tidy, just don’t know where we play him from the start of a game. just throwing it out there, what’s stopping Milne being our starting right sided central defender? He only improves with game time now at this stage of his career, why develop dorrington by starting him when Milne appears talented and good enough. id start devlin over shinnie at left back, although thought we weren’t great on the right in the second half, and it’s where they scored from. as I said before, we need another preseason game Tuesday, plus very clearly need two more players. Topi played well but when he went off we had no left mid. Plus yengi up top could not have played much worse today and I don’t see many/any enthusiastic about him after that.

Good preseason game but not great for a last preseason game. Wouldn’t be surprised to see us do something Tuesday night. clearly we need a 9 and another winger. Morris the Morris of last year, and Ambrose outshine yengi!

Like a new signing……

Said it already, we don’t look sharp. And agree, you still win tackles!

And 3. More attack minded in the second half but caught on a counter.

First real run from yengi and he looks like Ambrose. I’m sure I’m like many, high hopes and want him to do well, but not much patience!

More joy in the second half? I hope but we’ll make subs too and Ambrose is our only forward on the bench unless we play milanovic up top which is unlikely. I’m disappointed so far but agree about aouchiche.

Very much a preseason game, they look decent at times and gifting two goal from mistakes certainly doesn’t help. They should have scored first minute, but Jensen should have scored shortly after. We’ve not been bad, topi and adil look lively, but pretty much zero from yengi and morris doesn’t help.

Any attack comes from our left and topi. Morris with his usual performance as a starting player unfortunately.

Similar to the first goal, we give away possession in our own half and we’re stretched. Mitov should have done better, either hold the shot or get it wide.

Too many mistakes, I don’t think we look very match sharp, perhaps a concern with the lack of preseason games..?

Pretty much nothing from yengi so far too. Really want a 9 who gets involved. New signing by half time?

Bit of a meh performance so far, not really gotten going and gifted a poor goal. Would like to see more from Clarkson and adil to get us up the park.

I’m sure I’m wrong but so far yengi doesn’t look much better than Ambrose!

Hoping Boyd is Adil’s back up at 10, would be nice to see a Scottish player break through or at least be a squad regular. Yengi and Milne are big boys!! Keen to see adil and milanovic, hope we upgraded the creativity.

Been debated more on other sites than here, but a hat trick tonight….relative to the opponent…..made me wonder, could Ronan hale be the next Adam Rooney? Ambrose clearly isn’t our level, yengi unproven, and sokler hasn’t taken the opportunities. He’s a known that I think has shown he can perform at this level. Would be an underwhelming signing, but Rooney was no super star when we signed him. Given the wingers and a creative 10, I expect our center forward to get chances this year and hale is a decent finisher…..maybe?

Likewise, it’s nothing against dorrington, good lad and solid player. Even has me wondering if Tobers has settled or is he on his way? If we’re playing alfie it’s less minutes for Milne and polvara (even though he’s a midfielder) and we’re not developing our own players as you’ve said. Good player and he probably makes us better, but at what cost?

I suppose we should expect 3/5 at the back against Celtic again, maybe rangers, plus Europe, so bringing dorrington back helps that. Assuming ruby leaves plus maybe injury concerns with tobers?

I’d even add gueye and clarkson to the above given I’m reading these are players possibly linked to moves away. None of our players have been consistently good enough that I wouldn’t be disappointed if any of them left for decent money. Take away the cup win and last season wasn’t a success, and our starting 11 wasn’t good enough. I was gutted when Hayes left, mcginn to china (I think?), obviously bojan too, but with this current squad has anyone been consistently good enough to lock in a starting spot?? Maybe mitov, kneuster, probably topi and Jensen, but who else is a sure fire starting player?

Shady was really poor his first year but improved last year, but still very inconsistent. I don’t think he ever played a good game from the start, and dont know if he ever played a full game. He did have some good games off the bench and certainly got goals/assists. To be offered £600k plus for that description and who’s in his last year of a contract shouldn’t be dismissed. If luton improve their offer plus throw in a sell on clause we totally accept. He’s also 24 in November, not like he’s a young player any more. I’d like to think there’s another shady or better we can find. I also think if he plays this season our opponents know exactly what he is and he won’t have as strong a season. He’s not overly skilled or smart, or physical/strong, sit off him and don’t give him space in behind, or send two defenders, or be overly physical, and he’s no clue what to do. I thought we were starting to see some of that last season.

From what understand, the Epstein list is so much bigger than trump and they simply cannot release it. Whether it be Trump, Bill Clinton and his world buddies, world royalty including Prince Andrew, big pharma pinup bill gates, oil tycoons, world billionaires etc, the list won’t get released. too many powerful people simply won’t allow it. I don’t think that many people care. I don’t anymore. Politics got so toxic that I had to walk away. I do feel common sense is taking over in certain areas and that is a plus, but I know others here don’t share my views so I’m not going into it. Got wrapped up so much in the Biden shitshow, even now with auto pen drama and questions behind who was in fact running the country, the chaos with ICE where the democrats are defending /supporting/ funding illegal immigrants and criminals, I’m just enjoying life and paying as little attention as possible. Ignorance is bliss. Selfish I know. Excited about our season, more concerned about our lack of preseason competitive games - from such a high of the cup final I think we missed a real opportunity to play 2-4 glamor’ friendlies with decent crowds.

I like polvara, I just don’t know how we play him. He’s not an enforcer, not a holding mid, not a ramadani engine, not that flair creative 10 that perhaps Adil is, and not a deeper lying creative type like Clarkson. Don’t see how he fits in to our starting 11 but is a good utility player who can even come off the bench and play in the back like the final. For his benefit does he move on?

Am I just old and special ed, or are both red tv and the club site pretty shit? I sign in to see games and scores, news, highlights etc and it’s not smooth, or overly simple. Perhaps it’s because I am on my phone but i don’t find either site particularly convenient.

Anyone at the game??

warming up in Christmas wrapping paper today?