Whosthedado 1,680 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) International breaks - arrggghhh hate them. Even when Rangers are playing poorly I would rather watch us than any international games. Maybe we'll see a change of formation tomorrow then - OK I know i have taken that too far! Edited August 21, 2020 by Whosthedado spelling 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,002 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, craig said: Power and Dicker are a decent combo in there How true. Fair play to them, they put it about a bit against the tims the other week. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,562 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Killie will be tough to break down but are unlikely to be anywhere near as defensive as Livi were. That should give us a bit more space to operate in so up to our attacking players to take advantage. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malangsob 1,264 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 3 hours ago, der Berliner said: IMHO, it is more about tactics than the odd individual player. And has been for quite some time. I reckon Killie will be similar to St. Johnstone, defending deep but having a couple or more waiting for the counter. As I cannot see us going without either of the fullbacks, you would hope that the JacKamara becomes a Jack or Kamara and we play Itten and or Roofe from the start alongside Morelos, who also looks somewhat undroppable. ^^^^^^ THIS. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 6,082 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Every time Killie hove on to the horizon, we have the same discussion. I will make my usual contribution, because I believe we continue to make the same mistakes. The key to Killie is their powerhouse midfield trio. Both Dicker and Power sit in front of the central defenders. They are hard working, tough tackling, destroyers of forward momentum. They enjoy a third midfielder in the same vein(Tshibola so far this season), just forward and to their middle. This triangle allows penetration down either side towards the corner flags. Try playing through them, and the tough tackling begins. The path of least resistance is on the flanks, once you are down in the corners, the Killie full backs and whoever covers either flank further forward ie Burke and Brophy crowd you, allowing recirculation back across the midfield trio. This provides opportunity for interception and quick counter attack. We need players to go in and mix it, win the free kicks or turn them, inviting even more desperate tackles. How many times have we gone one up against Killie, then created three/four/five further chances to increase our lead, but fail to do so? In the last 15-20 minutes, the midfield trio step further forward, 20 yards or so; and the ball is intercepted more frequently, the ball begins to fizz across our box equally frequently. I think in Gerrard's tenure, Killie have taken more points off us than any other club? There is a trend there, and tomorrow will be no different. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,320 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 2 hours ago, 26th of foot said: Every time Killie hove on to the horizon, we have the same discussion. I will make my usual contribution, because I believe we continue to make the same mistakes. The key to Killie is their powerhouse midfield trio. Both Dicker and Power sit in front of the central defenders. They are hard working, tough tackling, destroyers of forward momentum. They enjoy a third midfielder in the same vein(Tshibola so far this season), just forward and to their middle. This triangle allows penetration down either side towards the corner flags. Try playing through them, and the tough tackling begins. The path of least resistance is on the flanks, once you are down in the corners, the Killie full backs and whoever covers either flank further forward ie Burke and Brophy crowd you, allowing recirculation back across the midfield trio. This provides opportunity for interception and quick counter attack. We need players to go in and mix it, win the free kicks or turn them, inviting even more desperate tackles. How many times have we gone one up against Killie, then created three/four/five further chances to increase our lead, but fail to do so? In the last 15-20 minutes, the midfield trio step further forward, 20 yards or so; and the ball is intercepted more frequently, the ball begins to fizz across our box equally frequently. I think in Gerrard's tenure, Killie have taken more points off us than any other club? There is a trend there, and tomorrow will be no different. We should have taken advice from Connah's Quay - they had them sussed! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 6,082 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Alfredo Morelos is not in today's team, not in the squad either. We start with Roofe and Itten up front. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,721 Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannochsidebear 2,405 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 And at last the Jack-Kamara partnership is binned for this type of game, with Jack retaining his place and joined by Davis, with Barker Roofe Itten & Kent all playing with Hagi benched. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannochsidebear 2,405 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Notably, with McGregor available again he only makes the bench with McLaughlin keeping his place. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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