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Balogun made a massive difference to the defence. Soutar had his usual shit the bed moments. But could you imagine him and Goldson together today.

Attacking wise we are embarrassing.

Lundstram first touch from kick off was to pass directly to Hearts.

Another game to prove that Matondo is an impact sub and no more. Looks lost today playing with no freedom whatsoever. Need to score early doors second half. Hearts a team that will create good chances.

Cant go into the game with a center midfield of Lundstram and Lawrence. Hopefully Ridvan is fit enough to start and Sterling can move into the middle alongside Diomande if fit.

Needs to be asked what the issue is with Raskin. I know he was dropped due to poor form. But I don't think his form was ever as poor as what we are seeing week after week from Lundstram, Lawrence and Dowell.

I feel he is the guy that can take us forward, but he needs to be ruthless at the end of the season. A complete clear out is required.

We all hoped to see some sort of reaction tonight and once again the manager and players let the support down. Questions need to be asked of the selection, why the fuck is Lundstram still being allowed to be the oppositions best player. Why is Lawrence playing as a central midfielder when Raskin is on the bench. Why is Silva starting game after game only to be one off the first taken off. Why is Goldson still playing at all, lost count of the amount of aimless long balls he played tonight. And Roofe wtf this guy couldn't even get on the bench a couple of weeks ago suddenly he comes in to start a must win game tonight and pretty much served up fuck all.

Once again another long ball onto a channel for nobody.

Silva, Cantwell, Lawrence and Roofe have been largely anonymous for most of the half. Ball is taking an age to go forward and when it does it's into the channels and no one is getting on to them. Lundstram for a while was Dundee's best player as he kept regaining possession for them. Midfield is not mobile enough to break the lines and support the attack.

Line up feels just like Sundays starting 11. Very little natural width very little mobility in the midfield and the same old guard asked to go out and perform at a level they haven't been close to for weeks. Add to Roofe coming in from nowhere and you have a feeling that Clement is now quickly running out of solutions in how to get this team to perform. Six of the staring 11 are thirty or over. We need a massive clear out.

Imagine a scenario where Goldson and Tav decide to see out their existing contracts. Tav will almost 35 and Goldson 33 by the time they expire plus they will be top earners. It would be an absolute waste of money to then compound this expensive mistake by offering Lundstram a two or three year deal as a top earner. This has been the problem for years, we have a real problem when it comes to moving players on. We continually make the same mistakes. Buy a player give them a platform where they can perform, receive bids when the plan works, reject the bid, let them run down the contract and leave for nothing or very little (Kent, Kamara, Morelos) or fork out good money fail to get the best out of them and let them go at a massive loss.

Being played as an number nine at Utrecht and scoring goals. Sums up our scouting under Beale that he was played behind Dessers as a ten. Given our outlay to sign him he comes back for pre season and gets a run of games as a number nine.

Shadow of the player he was. Pretty much know that he will come second best on most one on one challenges. Constantly caught out of position and frequently fails to read the play. When was the last time you came away from a game and felt he had a good game.

Running out of belief is the biggest issue. A team that believes finds a way to win games. To many of the usual suspects let us down once again. It's up to the manager to find a way to get them going again. I would like to think come Wednesday there will be at least five changes to the starting line up.