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Jack Milne needed!

It’s embarrassing in central defense. Gordon has done well.

Fuck. We’ll regret these chances.

Ferguson has to come off, can’t see him lasting the game. Prob McLean. I’d be inclined to yank Christie or mcginn for dykes.

Pure shit then 3 good chances. One down and all to play for.

Have to feel it’s change of tactics and Ferguson subbed at half time. Can’t see him lasting the game if we continue this way.

Seem to be playing with little desire or passion, very similar to last month. Hard to watch. Sound be two down.

Very similar to watching Aberdeen. Very uninspiring, poor passing, cannot keep the ball, and little created. Cough up the ball so easily.

For us to do well we need big games from mcginn and mctominnay. Are they playing??

Another game where we simply look slow old and shite.

Clutching at straws but maybe chasing the game will force us to play….?!?!

Shocking defending. Not unexpected though ffs.

I think that’s all of us. So used to fuck ups but we can only hope.

Yup, very similar approach to the Denmark game. Draw or win would be amazing, setting up a hampden finale. it’s just so hard being a Scotland fan, so often being the plucky loser. Hard to be optimistic, need two pretty much perfect games and really nothing suggests we’re capable of that.

We all want the World Cup and two big games. But I just don’t see how we get two very good results. We’ve been piss poor of late, today is a tough one. Nothing to suggest we get a draw or a win unless we suddenly find form. We can hope but I just don’t see it. Not unlike us playing hearts at home in a week! heart says 2-1 us, we find form and the old heads drag us on, mcginn and mactom score. head says 0-2.

Any chance we get highlights on red tv???

Parade tomorrow like we had in May??

Maybe you can blame jimmy, but he’s had clarkson for around 18 months. If he was a standout in training and in games he’d get a team built around him. That hasn’t happened. There have been plenty of games where clarkson hasn’t done enough. You can blame the players around him, but you also have to look directly at him. like or dislike jimmy, he has a system and the type of players he wants, and I don’t see clarkson being his guy. Maybe he doesn’t play him the right way, like playing nisbet as one of two, playing milanovic on the left, playing wingers that hit the line. Like benching devlin for the second half of last season. As long as jimmy is the manager, clarkson doesn’t fit his system. not sure who posted it or where, but the newer signings haven’t improved us. Clarkson had a legit player in Rama, plus a younger shinnie, there aren’t the pieces around him to perhaps highlight his talents. We have too many midfielders, we have to shed a few and clarkson may bring in some funds to add a more productive and influential player. None of our guys are showing anything to suggest we must keep them, and we need better players. no clue what kjarten offers but I’d like to see him given some minutes. Maybe Marshall is the new McKenna who comes back from a loan and adds to the first team. Unlikely, but what we currently have isn’t good enough.

This. we have a ton of average midfielders and I look at Killian Phillips for example who seems to be having more of an impact this season than any of our guys. Clarkson is ‘nice,’ but in my opinion, not quick or strong enough. Think we saw him as our 10 when we had him on loan, then very quickly realized that wasn’t his position, so moved him back, but he doesn’t have the attributes to do more heavy lifting. Not unlike polvara in a way, I question whether Scottish football is for him. if we were to see sivert, Clarkson, and polvara move on in Jan freeing up space for a legit signing plus give Kjarten minutes, maybe even recall Marshall, I’m good with that.

I travelled much of today and watched this delayed, just finished. Beyond awful. We were terribly flat, not much better second half. Expected a bit of a bounce in our step after a decent euro result, what the fuck was that. Good god gyamfi. With three central defenders we need attacking play from the wing backs and in midfield. Lobban was ok, but gyamfi had lead boots and I think wanted sent off ffs. I thought he had a reputation for pace, but he looks slow. i like polvara but as many of us have said, he doesn’t have the graft, battling qualities, or physicality for Scottish football. He’s better in Europe but another game today he’s a wasted jersey. Armstrong’s worst game. Has been a good signing but wasn’t his day. Shinnie is 34 yr old shinnie, doesn’t offer a lot. I haven’t written him off like some but he wasn’t very good today. Problem is, I dont think Clarkson is that great, nor is palaversa, or aouchiche. We are a squad full of very mediocre midfielders. I don’t see what we have to lose giving Kjarten minutes. I think with 3 center backs we have one holding and two more attack minded center mids, or vice versa, none looked attack minded today, hence the lumps up the park to lose the ball, no attacking play through center mid. Three center backs and three deep mids makes for a tough game, especially with one inexperienced wing back and gyamfi/molloy. Despite the goal, this was the game to rest karlsson, he was gash too. Thought topi and milanovic should have started for speed and attacking play, even though both have been pretty piss season to date. Like center mid with kjarten, I dont see why we don’t give bilalovic a run. felt for lazetic, very little support or combo play. Plus when topi or karlsson get the ball they usually are not looking to pass. We have high expectations and we’ve got a bunch of players who came in with good reputations, backgrounds etc. Problem is, we just don’t have many good players.

5 Scottish players start, the most all season. COYR! 3-1 us, lazetic 2 and karlsson

Always liked jock brown as a commentator although I sometimes felt he tried a little too hard to be cultured/educated. I preferred Archie and his sound effects. Arthur Montford was a little odd, did/do like Derek Rae who I have heard quite a lot over here. I was also fortunate to catch the tail end of David Francey’s career. Can’t remember, was he a dons fan or did he just cover quite a few of our games??

Up to 8th, second week in a row we jump a spot without playing. Early season but a win tomorrow keeps us up with the ‘middle pack.’

Who is the next Watson Cameron mccowan or mulligan? Would really like, and I know it’s hard, to get the best of the rest of Scottish talent.

Downloaded about $30 worth of 90s dance/trance recently to help me with house work and garden chores. Tiesto, Chicane, Paul Oakenfold, Felix, The Prodigy, Chemical Bros, ATB, Utah Saints and a bunch more. Def reminds me of nights out in Edinburgh in college. Fair few memories of playing in the morning, watching us beat hibs or hearts in the afternoon, then out in the grass market etc in the evening. Old man misses that stuff!