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RealNotFizz · Joined: 28 Jun 2010 Posts: 1369 Location: Kirkcaldy

I'm sorry, but that was just awful. WTAF went wrong there?
2-0 up and coasting . . . then!

Tam · Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:55 pm Post subject:

Embarrassing stuff

Castle · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 4933

Oh well that's that then.
A team gubbed six nil three nights ago gives us a two goal head start and then turns us over. Once again our complete lack of composure in defending and lack of leadership on the pitch sees us throw away a lead. The team obviously thought they had it won , the fans obviously thought they had it won (singing about winning the league) but nobody told Arbroath.
No idea what the Stanton substitute was all about. Needing a goal? Yeah take off our top scorer who was looking dangerous all game. I sometimes think Murray wants to prove what a tactical genius he is by making an out of left field change. Instead he now looks like a tactical dunce.
Posting this while still raw after an embarrassing result but let's face it, we're not going to win the league and with our defensive frailty and lack of match nous we'll fail in the play offs as soon as our opponents put us under pressure.
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embow · Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:07 pm Post subject:

Castle · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 4933

Meant to add by the time we play Dunfermline next Saturday, Dundee Utd could well be six points clear.
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embow · Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:21 pm Post subject:

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StarksBarmy · Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 4025

That was a god awful final 30mins.

Supporters….pundits….people watching on TV, whatever, it’s their right to presume a game is done and dusted…. for football players, OUR players? It’s criminal. Not sure what is worse, taking it easy/losing focus to such a degree or being complete bottle jobs’ and not having the mental aptitude? Probably seen both tonight…why not add in our dodgy keeper for good measure?

Sure, Arbroath deserve credit for sticking in there but let’s not kid ourselves on, we threw that away and it was a disgrace.

Easy 2 goal lead v a demoralised, injury plagued, tired, part time side which lost 6-0 the other day and haven’t won since November? *bleep* right off

While I’m not convinced Utd will pick up 6/6 this week especially with a trip to Greenock involved, I couldn’t give a toss right now because based on that tonight, it doesn’t really matter

Specky Ginger · Joined: 16 Jun 2012 Posts: 4258 Location: Dysart

Northern_Rover · Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 2725 Location: Granite City

First eye brows raised at the team selection. Not a single fan I spoke to saw that as a starting 11 given the players available. Murray appears to have a wierd idea of squad rotation which results in a stronger bench than what is on the park. I presume Scott Brown has p!ssed on Murrays chips.

However - having got ourselves into a commanding position and a two goal lead that capitulation was utterly shambolic. Shambolic defending and shambolic goalkeeper. What was Dabrowski doi g at that second goal. He was like a statue stuck in concrete while thecArbroath player had the easiest of nods into the net. The confidence sapped from the team from that moment on.It was like the Hamilton debacle from a few years back you could just see it all coming.

Jim Goodwin must be splitting his sides.

embow · Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:28 am Post subject:

My turn starting match threads is done!
Totally blown out the water and sunk after that result, performance, capitulation, etc. Call it what you want.

ETA
However, having just looked at the front page of the Courier and read the inside piece, all of the above is insignificant to the outcome of the fire in the flat.
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red zebra · Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:12 am Post subject:

Well that performance should finally put to bed all that chat of winning this league
Our game management has never been particularly successful and recruitment has been imbalanced a bit like McGlynn signing all those forwards, we don't have decent cover in defensive positions.
Corr may be young but I think he would still be a better option than Brown at CB.
Can you imagine our back line in the Premier league, we'd get murdered
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CALDERON · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 1723 Location: Aberdeenshire

That's about as frustrating as it gets to be honest. There is such a soft underbelly to this side, as evidenced by the fact we have conceded more goals than the teams currently in 8th and 9th.

Of the many dissapointing aspects, the most was the mentality of the side after Arbroath got back to 2-1. Absolutely crumbled.

We've been handed several fantastic opportunities to really put down a proper title challenge, and are throwing them all away.