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Jaggernaut

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  1. I actually thought that Sneddon's release of the ball yesterday was slightly faster than usual (indeed his release of the ball for their first goal was very fast!). But he appears to be obsessed by dropping the ball at his feet, waving his team-mates to get up the park, wait until an opposition player approaches and then he feigns to kick it, then waits some more..... And all this charade is for what: an average punt which just as often goes out of play or straight to the opposition as anything else. And it's so slow..... Urgency for Sneddon seems to involve simply waiting longer with more frantic gestures for the team to move up, taking even more time! I'd actually cut him some slack for yesterday's howler, as it looked like the ball simply bounced/slipped away from him, though of course safely catching those kinds of balls is part of what he gets paid to do. But I'll also mention another general beef of mine: Is a wall of five or so players just a few yards in front of the keeper, blocking his view of most of what's in front of him and forcing him to basically neglect one side of his goalmouth really the best way to defend a free kick just outside the box? All teams do it, but I wonder if any teams have tried other methods in training, such as a wall with fewer players and defender on each post.
  2. Excellent work on the wing by Stanway (who played well throughout) and McMillan, and a class finish by the Fitzmeister.
  3. It's an interesting one. When their link-up play works it's great to watch, and has been important for us, but an increasing number of people have suggested that other teams have sussed it out. You could argue that if they need to devote three or four people to deal with it then that leaves other spaces for us to exploit, and Lawless is definitely capable of whipping in unexpected and dangerous crosses. I hope McMillan stays, but if an excellent offer came in and he expresses a desire to move, then so be it.
  4. 1. No more posting on this forum (or any social media platform) while under the influence of drink. 2. No more undue panic and gloom and doom every time we lose a match. All teams lose matches. 3. I was going to add something about no procrastinating, but I'll leave that for next year.
  5. As it's already January 1st here, let me wish all Partick Thistle people a happy and healthy New Year! Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu !
  6. Dundee United are my least favourite club outwith the erse cheeks. The Thistle Archive post merely scratches the surface of the box of reasons!
  7. While the team is too often lacklustre and always definitely fragile in defence, somehow we're sitting third with a few points to spare. Got to hope that despite his positivity in pre- and post-match interviews Doolan is in fact aware of the glaring weaknesses in the team. Without good remedial action in January I'd say that a play-off spot is far from assured, and if we do manage to qualify for that phase then we'd be unlikely to do anything like last season.
  8. I've only seen the goals on Youtube. The first was slightly unlucky: a scramble in the box with the break going their way and not ours (but another cross early in the game immediately causing us problems!). The second and third showed dreadful defending: nobody putting in a tackle at their second, and nobody jumping anywhere near the ball for their third. We need three or four players out the door next month, to be replaced by better players. And apart from maybe a handful of players in the squad, for me nobody who leaves will be sorely missed.
  9. Aw naw, you've reminded me of last night's nightmare: I was listening to the upcoming game at Tannadice, we were 1-0 with 10 minutes to go, then Sneddon make some kind of almost unbelievable blunder for their equalizer. And then..... yep, they got a second with 2 minutes to go. But I don't believe in premonitory dream stuff, so hope that Jamie will have next to nothing to do, and what he does have to do he'll do well!
  10. Can't argue with BG's contract extension. People must be impressed by Doolan's managerial performance, and I wouldn't be surprised by an attempt to lure him away. If he does leave (and I hope he doesn't), then BG looks like a ready-made replacement.
  11. .... And a Happy New Year! Let's hope it's a good one.....
  12. Not really relevant to yesterday's game, but I stumbled on this, and it reminded me or the "Cornergate" incident against ICT some years ago. Is my memory right: a perfectly good goal got chalked off in that game?
  13. The second half was excruciating to watch; getting pinned back by ICT whose movements off the ball to open spaces at speed simply bamboozled our defenders. Then, when we got possession, there was the inevitable passing four or five times across our own half (or backwards) before the punt. All too pedestrian, with almost no movement off the ball; players didn't look up for it. The substitutions made no difference. A real opportunity to close the gap on the teams above us squandered. But we don't actually seem to have much more to offer, and at this stage I'd predict us to grind on and end up in the play-offs, then losing out.
  14. That's both scary and brilliant at the same time.
  15. Oh, thanks. Will give that a go, but knowing the Beeb, probably not on.
  16. Although today's match is at our "home" ground, I believe that we're officially the "away" team. Am I right in thinking that there'll be no live free stream for this one?
  17. Ah, got it! Interesting stat.... Suggests predictability!
  18. Doesn't that then also apply to whoever they were playing at the time?
  19. D you remember where that game was played? Anniesland?
  20. Must be one of the worst results in the Reserves' history....... or do those calamities get covered up?
  21. Did I read that right???? Did our Reserves lose 10-0 against Hamilton Accies Reserves??? Gotta ask: Who was in goal, if anybody?
  22. ETA: And the newspapers know it. But the number of copies sold is the bottom line.
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