WattBlueNose 0 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Why and what i'd like to know outwith a doubt December was by far the best period of fitba the team played and probably the best period we're all likely tae see this season,6 games 6 wins and with style an aw,plus player and manager of the month to boot.Shame injuries and boogie away in africa depleted that squad in Jan, and some of Feb. Then when Smith got back his squad mostly with a clean bill of health i was expecting him to get back to the formation and the tactics that worked so well in December,Novo Wide left,Beasley wide right,Davis Thomson/ McCulloch centre midfield and the obvious back four and front two.But he went with a lot of rotating some players instead.Ok it got us results but i think a lot of fans would agree it was at times nail biting to say the least.Well and as for tonight say no more,no pace coming from the wings at all. Come on Wattie look back to December and let's make it 53 in real defending champions style. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmrfc1873 48 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Why and what i'd like to know outwith a doubt December was by far the best period of fitba the team played and probably the best period we're all likely tae see this season,6 games 6 wins and with style an aw,plus player and manager of the month to boot.Shame injuries and boogie away in africa depleted that squad in Jan, and some of Feb. Then when Smith got back his squad mostly with a clean bill of health i was expecting him to get back to the formation and the tactics that worked so well in December,Novo Wide left,Beasley wide right,Davis Thomson/ McCulloch centre midfield and the obvious back four and front two.But he went with a lot of rotating some players instead.Ok it got us results but i think a lot of fans would agree it was at times nail biting to say the least.Well and as for tonight say no more,no pace coming from the wings at all. Come on Wattie look back to December and let's make it 52 in real defending champions style. 53 you mean ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brissybear 50 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Beasley must play more.Try Naismith instead of Boyd.We should be okay but I expect us to lose most of our away matches in the run in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermac 115 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Beasley must play more.Try Naismith instead of Boyd.We should be okay but I expect us to lose most of our away matches in the run in.Expect a team that have lost twice in the league all season Wouldn't drop Boyd for the Accies game especially since its at the brox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brissybear 50 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Beasley must play more.Try Naismith instead of Boyd.We should be okay but I expect us to lose most of our away matches in the run in.Expect a team that have lost twice in the league all season Wouldn't drop Boyd for the Accies game especially since its at the broxAt this rate yes, I have a bad feeling. Tannadice, Porkheid, possibly fir park? Yes I am not confident right now.We need much, much more from Boyd at this stage mate. No goals from open play in 10 games, thats not good enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermac 115 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Meh hope your wrong I don't see us losing all them we are better than that and have the experience to see us through.Boyd has 24 goals this season hes our proven goal scorer wouldn't wanna drop someone who is due a goal his team play has improved vastly and has set up and created chances for others a little more the goals will come i'm sure we just need to supply him with the chances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillwallLoyal 282 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Think Boydy needs a rest/wake up call/kick up the ass, call it what you want.Personally would like to see Miller paired with Novo, Naismith or Fleck, someone who can drop back alongside the wide players when the opposition has the ball, to make the 4-2-3-1 others have mentioned on here. 4-1-3-2 when attacking with Davis pushing forward from central midfield. C'mon Walter, it's a formation that is flexible and can easily be changed with a substituion to 4-3-3 or 4-4-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyboy2009 11 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Walter smith is not gonna change his style of play or formation. The problem is the center mid position. Thomson and mcculloch doesn't work. The creativity is zilch from those 2, I'd much rather have thomson over mcculloch. Lee has improved a little but no way is he worth a start over thomson. People wanting him as player of the year need to get a grip as well. A slight improvement but still shit positionally, crap passer and fouls constantly. The tactics and substitutions last night cost us the chance to mount a fightback. Lafferty for Boyd, as soon as that was announced I knew we wouldn't score, and edu for thomson...what was the point in putting edu on there? Why not put put Davis in the center and novo on? Decisions like that have now cost us in 2 outta the last 3 games. Get it sorted walter. Pronto. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,225 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 It has to be understood that Walter has never liked playing attacking wide players.December was like a new concept but even then he played Novo and Beasley on their weaker sides to ensure they cut inside as he did with Whittaker on left midfield. Playing with two wide attackers was a breath of fresh and worked successfully but he has reverted to type and in the last couple of months the punt has been the tactic more often than not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Why and what i'd like to know outwith a doubt December was by far the best period of fitba the team played and probably the best period we're all likely tae see this season,6 games 6 wins and with style an aw,plus player and manager of the month to boot.Shame injuries and boogie away in africa depleted that squad in Jan, and some of Feb. Then when Smith got back his squad mostly with a clean bill of health i was expecting him to get back to the formation and the tactics that worked so well in December,Novo Wide left,Beasley wide right,Davis Thomson/ McCulloch centre midfield and the obvious back four and front two.But he went with a lot of rotating some players instead.Ok it got us results but i think a lot of fans would agree it was at times nail biting to say the least.Well and as for tonight say no more,no pace coming from the wings at all. Come on Wattie look back to December and let's make it 53 in real defending champions style. December was the exception to the rule and should be consigned to history. Smith is not going to change his ways at this stage of his career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caps13gb 19 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 At this rate yes, I have a bad feeling. Tannadice, Porkheid, possibly fir park? Yes I am not confident right now.We need much, much more from Boyd at this stage mate. No goals from open play in 10 games, thats not good enough.Boyds heads been turned with all this speculation over his future...all this talk of going to epl is going to his head Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 There is no way Walter will drop McCulloch/Thomson to accomodate Davis in the middle.Beasley--Davis--Thomson--Novo; give it a go on Saturday and see what happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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