Beaten by a make-shift Mark McGhee side ââ?¬â?? our embarrassing away form continues

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sorry i dont see anything in his game that should encourage your optimism

So being excellent against a side like Sevilla when asked to play up front shouldn't encourage optimism? We lost the game, but I thought Naismith was excellent that night & he's shown signs of it in other games as well.

[ian1964 10,720]

Thing is,although we were beaten,we created enough chances to win two games,IMO

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Thing is,although we were beaten,we created enough chances to win two games,IMO

Against Sevilla or the sheep?

[ian1964 10,720]

Against Sevilla or the sheep?

 

Sorry,the sheep

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Sorry,the sheep

Aye, we should have won that game. We can't make excuses though & to me it seems like solely blaming Smith is an excuse. I didn't agree with his team selection (again), but we should still have won the match.

[gisabeer 409]

So being excellent against a side like Sevilla when asked to play up front shouldn't encourage optimism? We lost the game, but I thought Naismith was excellent that night & he's shown signs of it in other games as well.

 

No he hasnt. hes been decidedly average at best bar that game . one good game in 10 is hardly the basisis for any optimism. he cant live of one good performance. In saying that though whittaker has been doing it since he scored that goal against sporting lisbon.

[Frankie 8,552]

I thought Naismith started the season very well but has gradually got worse with every game. Of course he's not helped by being moved about far too often but, along with a few others, he can't even do the basics right now.

[bmck 117]

I thought Naismith started the season very well but has gradually got worse with every game. Of course he's not helped by being moved about far too often but, along with a few others, he can't even do the basics right now.

 

I think part of the thing about the basics is that individuals can't do them, only teams can. We look and we see Naismith play a poor pass, but 90% of the ease of that pass is created by the person running off the ball. I think most of the time when we get annoyed at a player not being able to do the simple things its another way of saying the players as a whole aren't doing the simple things. I think part of the running-into-space that makes the simple things possible involves playing players in roughly their right positions - years knowing where the smartest places to run to get behind defenders/cover opening gaps/get the ball out wide is what makes a player. To me its reasonable that naismith doesn't know where to run in central midfield, or who's likely to be running where when he does get the ball. That's why I think WS has to take his share of the blame - not because he's an awful manager, or any of these things, but these are things you can get right, and you would expect players of this callibre to get right.

 

Naismith was excellent upfront against Seville; I'd like to see a Boyd/Naismith actual-upfront pairing. There's enough power, pace and guile there to cause teams problems. With Fleck playing just in behind, I think that would be a decent attack.

[craig 5,199]

The lack of movement is horrific. Yesterday, even though we created chances, there was zero movement whenever we had the ball. And that surely cannot be down to the management. Ever player, even kids of 7 or 8, know that pass and move is a vital component of football.

 

We have internationals who dont even seem to get this.

[pete 2,499]

The lack of movement is horrific. Yesterday, even though we created chances, there was zero movement whenever we had the ball. And that surely cannot be down to the management. Ever player, even kids of 7 or 8, know that pass and move is a vital component of football.

 

We have internationals who dont even seem to get this.

 

I have been saying that for years now and to be honest i believe that PLG was trying to change that. Unfortunately the club decided they would rather watch 11 traffic cones stuck to one spot rather than give PLG time to finish the job.

Hopefully the next manager wants to play passing football.