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| 161. Author: Indiapar Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 20:00 I don`t subscribe to the idea of players being better than others. At this level, the players we have in the squad are all good enough. It`s not necessarily the best players who make the best team. I would use the analogy of car parts. You can take the best parts of a vehicle and put them together. You would struggle to get a car that works. It`s about the best players to pick to achieve your aims on the day. Looking around the squad, given the challenges we have had, I think we have a really good balance with the quality we need to do well in this league. You cannot control outcomes as a manager. All you can do is create the environment to set yourself up to give you the best opportunity. For me the signs are good, improving performances, good squad of players, and starting to score goals. The first quarter of the season has gone and not worth worrying about. It`s the next quarter that matters and we are in a much better place Reply |
| 162. Author: McCaig`s Tower Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 20:11 I too was a bit puzzled by the team selection – I did wonder if McPake had been following the Two Ronnies school of picking the team based on the performance before last, but I am led to believe that the 4 players dropped (KRH, Todd, Wighton and Otoo) had not played well on Saturday. So it was perhaps a brave decision by McPake and he deserves credit. (Also if he chose to allow Kane more time to recover.) I thought Dapo made a big difference – he seems quite nippy and this encouraged us to get the ball forward; we were also helped by Livi’s insistence on faffing around with short bye kicks and not defending terribly well – I would have been a bit miffed to concede some of the goals (although Wotherspoon’s dead-ball deliveries were excellent). The other difference was we got some breaks (including the early goal) which I think have been overdue. It’s only one result, but it’s a good one and may raise the odd eyebrow. It’s maybe too early to worry about other teams but Airdrie and Morton losing is not unhelpful. Reply |
| 163. Author: da_no_1 Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 20:18 Barring a few exceptions, the first halves of home games with the current manager have been awful. That`s no coincidence. "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Reply |
| 164. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 20:36 So what happened to make him change his approach? I think he has been as frustrated as the way we have started some games as everyone else. Reply |
| 165. Author: alwaysaPar Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 20:48 I guess that would be a question to ask James McPake...... But it was good to see him make that change and take a little more risk and to trust his players to show him what they can be capable of in the match situation Reply |
| 166. Author: McCaig`s Tower Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 20:50 It could be a number of things wee eck. Possibly McPake is getting more desperate. Possibly he hasn`t made himself clear or the players are slow on the uptake. I suspect it`s more a combination of personnel (Tobi gets us further up the park; Clay is yet to succumb to the sideways passing philosophy and Dapo gave them another option), and Livi letting us. Reply |
| 167. Author: Berkey Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 21:33 Absolutely mccaig, at the start of the season the plan was defo to stay at 0-0 and try and nick one of the break, guessing that was as mcpake thought his squad wasn’t good enough as it was to have a go. Then the purse strings were loosened and more players were brought in, it’s taken a fair few games to finally see a change of mindset and set up, first time I think mcpake has been brave in this league. Rovers game was a decent start but the sending off made all the difference and of course it was a false dawn. Livi didn’t have an answer to how we played and didn’t mix it up to try and create more space. Morton will be a completely different challenge on sat and not nearly an easier one. The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply |
| 168. Author: da_no_1 Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 21:40 Berkey, Wed 30 Oct 21:33 Who for? We're at home to Partick "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Post Edited (Wed 30 Oct 21:41) Reply |
| 169. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 22:04 I`d love to hear James McPake`s take on things. Reply |
| 170. Author: Raymie the Legend Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 22:18 We all would  It`s bloody tough being a legend Ron Atkinson - 1983 Reply |
| 171. Author: the saline hill puma Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 22:48 wee eck, Wed 30 Oct 22:04 What`s your take on the games so far? Reply |
| 172. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 30th Oct 2024. 23:57 I think we`ve improved as the size and quality of the squad has improved and the manager has had more options. I can`t help wondering where we might have been if the purse-strings had been loosened earlier. The displays against Forfar and Cove were inexplicable though. Reply |
| 173. Author: Andrew283 Date: Thu 31st Oct 2024. 12:07 Really really good, unexpected win. Let`s just hope that`s some momentum now and we don`t revert back to type on saturday Reply |
| 174. Author: Bucuresti Par Date: Thu 31st Oct 2024. 14:51 Wighton does show flashes of quality, some nice passes or flicks but isn`t suited to playing as a lone striker, nor is he a great combination with Kane - neither run in behind. Although he did quite well against Morton, it is quite hard to see how he has got ahead of Sutherland (or indeed Cooper). Ideally with his engine, Matty Todd would play as a number 8, I don`t think he has the range of passing or the dribbling to play as a 10. He`d be more effective there though than as a left winger, one cross against Kelty apart, he has offered very little. Reply |
| 175. Author: Johan_Cruyff Date: Thu 31st Oct 2024. 18:39 Flew in on the red eye from Atlanta Monday night.... worked all day Tuesday in Dundee, decided to power on through and go to the game. We agreed that if it got to 3-0 we`d leave early and wish Livvy well in the pursuit of F*lkirk I dont think we`d considered it might get to 3-0 Pars LOL Great performance - Im happy to attend more games as a good luck omen if everyone wants to chip in for the flights :-) hahaha Just as a caution tho.... I did once go 8 full calendar years without seeing us win in person so I might not be the lucky charm I think I am.  Reply |
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