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Very good second half covering when Souttar fucked it! Depends on narrative you’re trying to peddle I suppose. 

I'd start
Butland
Tav Goldson Balogun Ridvan
Diomande Lundstram
Sterling  Cantwell Sima
Dessers

The old adage is that successful teams must have a good spine; keeper, central defender, central midfielder, central striker. We certainly do not have that, no dominant striker, we have no midfield at all, central defence  is all over the place. No wonder we have little belief.

The old adage is that successful teams must have a good spine; keeper, central defender, central midfielder, central striker. We certainly do not have that, no dominant striker, we have no midfield at all, central defence  is all over the place. No wonder we have little belief.

The old adage is that successful teams must have a good spine; keeper, central defender, central midfielder, central striker. We certainly do not have that, no dominant striker, we have no midfield at all, central defence  is all over the place. No wonder we have little belief.

The old adage is that successful teams must have a good spine; keeper, central defender, central midfielder, central striker. We certainly do not have that, no dominant striker, we have no midfield at all, central defence  is all over the place. No wonder we have little belief.

The old adage is that successful teams must have a good spine; keeper, central defender, central midfielder, central striker. We certainly do not have that, no dominant striker, we have no midfield at all, central defence  is all over the place. No wonder we have little belief.

When he was getting played in the middle a few months ago people were saying he wasn't a centre forward. Maybe he's just not that good? 

Crazy that a few weeks ago we had the best defensive stats and second top goals scored. What has changed? Basically the same back 4  with Borna/ Ridvan, and Balogun/Souttar.
Has the introduction of Lawrence and Dowell caused so much disruption to the set up?
Something has caused this implosion at the back and at the front.
 

I was going to talk about the striker situation but need to lie down.

Phil it must be obvious that Lawrence and Dowell are way short of the quality, fitness and commitment needed to play for us. Cantwell plays for himself and Lundstram has either downed tools or has some issues. In short our midfield is offering nothing but high blood pressure.

Phil it must be obvious that Lawrence and Dowell are way short of the quality, fitness and commitment needed to play for us. Cantwell plays for himself and Lundstram has either downed tools or has some issues. In short our midfield is offering nothing but high blood pressure.

Phil it must be obvious that Lawrence and Dowell are way short of the quality, fitness and commitment needed to play for us. Cantwell plays for himself and Lundstram has either downed tools or has some issues. In short our midfield is offering nothing but high blood pressure.

Phil it must be obvious that Lawrence and Dowell are way short of the quality, fitness and commitment needed to play for us. Cantwell plays for himself and Lundstram has either downed tools or has some issues. In short our midfield is offering nothing but high blood pressure.

Phil it must be obvious that Lawrence and Dowell are way short of the quality, fitness and commitment needed to play for us. Cantwell plays for himself and Lundstram has either downed tools or has some issues. In short our midfield is offering nothing but high blood pressure.

Absolutely disgusting performance. I stand by my comments that our defence is probably the better (or least shite) thing about us. Middle to front we are fucking terrible. We cannot pass and have no threat in the final third. Actually laughable the amount of money we have spunked on attacking options and dundee have had the better chances

Like Walter, Pep and Arteta play a natural  centre back at full back, maybe that is an answer and stop both full backs bombing forward at the same time leaving dopey and Goldson exposed.

There was no structure or formation as far as I could see. Dowell played for a few minutes then disappeared. Lundstram was well off the pace and Cantwell ran  about playing his own game with no end product. I have never seen a midfield being so dominated as happened to us on Sunday.

There was no structure or formation as far as I could see. Dowell played for a few minutes then disappeared. Lundstram was well off the pace and Cantwell ran  about playing his own game with no end product. I have never seen a midfield being so dominated as happened to us on Sunday.

There was no structure or formation as far as I could see. Dowell played for a few minutes then disappeared. Lundstram was well off the pace and Cantwell ran  about playing his own game with no end product. I have never seen a midfield being so dominated as happened to us on Sunday.

The 4231 that Clement has been playing has either been worked out or the players have stopped the pressing part of it, meaning we get overrun in midfield, its happened the last 2 games now and Dundee will do the same on Wednesday as celtic/County did
For years now our striker has been isolated, it kinda worked with Morelos as the guy could score 2 out of 3 half chances on his day, doesn't work with anyone else.
Against the shite in the league, go 2 up top (Sima/Dessers for me) 4 in midfield of Matondo Sterling Lundstrum McAusaland
And get a back 4 that includes Balogun in it, Goldson/Souttar can fight for whoever has been worse in the last few weeks.

This I think during  one course  of play they had about 20 odd passes in our half' and we couldn't  get near them or were scared to try

Look on the bright side; I am fairly confident that we will  secure 2nd place this season.

Our midfield was abysmal, second to every loose ball, Miles away from opponents, not interested in winning the ball back and the reason we lost the game.
The whole balance and effort was wrong and Lundstram, who had been playing well was completely ineffective in all departments. Dowell looked decent for a few minutes like last week but just became invisible. Cantwell was doing his own thing, some flashy runs but no end product and I wonder if his lack of structure and tactical discipline is causing problems in our set up.
Te second bottom strugglers making our midfield look like part time journeymen should never happen.

I thought he was poor in the few games before his injuries. At the time I thought he was maybe trying too hard to make an impression and that was why he would make a poor touch or overrun the ball. Now I realise he is just always off the pace and has poor control.