06 Aug 2025 09:55:08
Well I have to say I am very proud of last night's performance.
To a man, from the manager to the players everyone performed admirably.
However it was of no surprise that we became less dangerous when tavernier came on and we reverted to inverting full backs.
Lyall Cameron may have just become my favourite Scottish player, he was outstanding and I feel Raskin will be on bench at the weekend.
Still unsure about Barron though, noticeable difference.
Antman, Dessers, Gassamma WOW what a frontline.
I would love to see Oskar Fallenius added to back up Antman.
Danilo just won't do for me, he just doesn't bring anything meaningful in competitive games.
Dør Turgeman will be a massive upgrade on him.
Russell Martin, i take my hat off.
He showed he had bravery to make difficult decisions and he dropped his marriage to a system that isn't working for around 65 minutes yesterday.
The best 65 minutes of our season so far.
A new RB, CB, LB, RW and CF would make this season one with real belief.
We need to attempt to move on;
Tavernier, Ridvan (almost complete), bajrami, Cortes, Danilo.
One in one out after that as I still believe at least Igamane will be sold.
06 Aug 2025 10:47:42
Asa I agree with most of that. Only thing is I think that the subs when they come on have a difficult job at 3-0 as the others have started to tire and take their foot off the pedal. Barron was put on at LM where he would be more central normally but do agree he needs to learn to adapt and give more; won't be for lack of trying.
whoever we sign up front needs to win the jersey from Dessers but agree that we need a back up who will give us more. Danilo as 3rd choice will get time to get back to full fitness and then we may see different.
I agree we do seem to need cover at LB, CB and RW as the competition for places isn't there. Tav is decent back up at RB this season but perhaps needs to be told to sit more at RB as Aarons did to become more effective in the system.
06 Aug 2025 10:50:01
Lol, I think it's more like 6 out one in at the moment Asa.
There's hardly any decent grub left for the staff after the army of players have eaten!
06 Aug 2025 11:01:28
Tav will not be leaving this season. He'll start to play less but will still have a huge part to play for the club this season.
06 Aug 2025 11:07:56
A perfect assessment Asathor, credit where it's due to martin he made some big calls and its the best we have been under him so far. Need to make sure there is no place for guys like Dowell or Barron as they weaken us when they come on the pitch. Hopefully a few moved on soon, guys like matondo laughing in the crowd sitting on a massive wage, him cifuentes, davies, yilmaz hopefully off wage bill soon and we can add some quality to the squad.
06 Aug 2025 11:19:12
I think the narrative that we were less dangerous when Tav came on is misleading. We certainly dropped off after the substitutions but it was not just Tav that came on. He's an easy target on here. Barron Danilo and Curtis were poorer replacements
Than the starting players, only sub that worked well for me was Nico. But let's just blame Tav.
06 Aug 2025 11:27:05
Have to agree bud great show last night. ?.
06 Aug 2025 12:25:29
Tav does not need to move on for me plus we don't have enough cover. No, he stays. This needs to be his swan song.