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10 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

BTW are there any news/rumours about a creative midfielder?

 

I haven't seen anything.  

1 hour ago, DMAA said:

The boy from Everton on a loan. 

Dowell, was it?

And Davis, I suppose. 

12 hours ago, les186 said:

Maybe Sadiq deserves more of a chance, but Gerrard seems to have made up his mind about him. Maybe it his attitude in training but why play him in the League Cup semi-final? We keep saying the SPFL is so poor that just about any signing would make an impression but that has proved not to be the case. 

How can you be absolutely certain about Eaves, yet think Sadiq deserves a chance? 

I'm as optimistic as you can get when it comes to players, any player, but Sadiq is brutal; the boy's a donkey. 

(He played in the Semi because Morelos and Lafferty were unavailable. There was literally no one else.)

3 hours ago, DMAA said:

I said at the end of the last transfer window that the failure to recruit a striker who has genuine aerial ability was a major oversight because it was clear our style of play relied on crossing and that we had several very capable crossers in the squad. Both Morelos and Lafferty are average to poor in the air and 99% of our many many crosses go absolutely nowhere at the moment. So I hope  if we scouted Eaves that he was one of many forwards we are looking at who are strong in that area because what a difference it would make to our squad. 

I think that's a better way of looking at it than rejecting the guy outright because he hasn't score many and because he's playing in a certain league. 

He may not be the answer, but I agree that option is certainly needed. 

Eaves doesn't inspire much confidence, but looking at him as a replacement for Sadiq -- big, tall target-man, who can actually bloody play   -- then it is perhaps not meant to be the title-winning striker we want but merely a different option. Morelos is first-choice, and he [the management] clearly wants a tall target-man to add options. The lad seems to be scoring well just now, and would give us another option. 

I think Davis would be a good addition. We're short of genuine creativity in midfield. 

Overrated.

I thought Halliday played like Guardiola instructs Walker or Delph at Man City to play (I'm not suggesting he's as good as either of those). 

Halliday played inside, almost midfield, which allowed us to retain possession very easily -- and it also allowed Middleton to isolate his Full-back. 

When Barasic came on he played like a traditional Full-back, which clogged up that lane. 

2 hours ago, craig said:

well, technically, we got a point

Yes...  

It felt like nothing!

We deserved nothing, and got nothing. 

Saying that, we did have a perfectly good goal chopped off. That doesn't excuse the performance, though. 

We just wasted the last 30 seconds trying to cross it!?

Game over. 1-1. 

Brutal. 

Just now, Rousseau said:

Dundee corner in the last minute. You knows what's happening.

Oh no; they went to the corner flag.

Dundee corner in the last minute. You knows what's happening.

Ejaria has just ran himself into trouble, while Barasic still waits out wide in acres of space... he's still waiting.

We have just ran the ball out of play three times on the bounce.

I'm speechless.  

Defeats and draws come over the course of a season; it happens. 

But, how the f*ck can you have 85% possession and not make the 'keeper work?!

We deserve nothing. 

Our possession is 85%, and our territory is like 90%. 

Still nothing.

We got in-behind twice there. 

Once hitting the 'keeper, and the other hitting the defender and bouncing off the crosser for a goal-kick.

Brutal stuff.  

Surely a one-legged Murphy would be a better option?

Our crosses are going straight into the 'keeper's hands. 

It's difficult to get to the byline when they overload that side so much, but we're so slow to switch the play.

Woop! A shot on target; straight at the 'keeper...

Just now, Rousseau said:

Time wasting. Wonderful.

And then the Referee's help out with time wasting of their own...  

Time wasting. Wonderful.

Jack's pulling out of every 50/50. Can't really blame him.

Ejaria on for Halliday.

How the hell have we got a +24 goal difference?