Craigy 0 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 After performing consistently well last season, many thought he had developed into a solid player for us. Although he played well I couldn't really see what all the fuss was about, the same with Broadfoot. This season though, he's been really poor. His tackling, making runs, passing and even positioning has been very poor. I actually believe he's been the weakest link in the back four and has cost us quite a few times. We're definately in need of new fullbacks as Papac & Broadfoot are not good enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goianegra 4,686 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hmm, we bash our defence on a regular basis, but don't we have one of the best in Scotland? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvager 498 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 papac has been poor since he got his 3 year contract. May just be coincidence. He usually is better but was awful tonight. We need some good fullbacks for sure as B'foot and Whittaker are just as bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,243 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 He has been por the last 2 games otherwise he has been probably one of our most consistent performers. Even tonight his colleague on the other side has been consistently even poorer this season than he was last season especially since he got his cap and thought he was a footballer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railcard 2 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hmm, we bash our defence on a regular basis, but don't we have one of the best in Scotland? If its not the best its not good enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvager 498 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 He has been por the last 2 games otherwise he has been probably one of our most consistent performers. Even tonight his colleague on the other side has been consistently even poorer this season than he was last season especially since he got his cap and thought he was a footballer. Agree Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hes having an awful season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chookes 21 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 He was awful tonight but he's been pretty consistant most of this season. We do need a LB at some point in the future but I'd rather a new RB first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gronaldo 38 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 He was awful tonight but he's been pretty consistant most of this season. We do need a LB at some point in the future but I'd rather a new RB first. I agree, it's all about priorities. Papac was poor tonight, but there's more reason to think he can do a job consistently in the future than our options on the other side of defence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youllneverwinaway 0 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 He is pish, Full Stop. Never a left back. Dreadful on the ball. Get him off to Morton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 505 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Certainly not as good last season but it can't be easy when you have players out of position in front of you - not to mention constant the changes there. Perhaps the management shouldn't be writing off Steven Smith so quickly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson 2 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 He is under no pressure, who is breathing down his neck waiting to get a chance? What I dont like is his lack of attacking abilty and to a lesser extent Broadfoots. When we are on top of teams we need the fullbacks to push up and provide more width to keep the opposition penned in. Davie Robertson and Arthur Numan had that mastered and Stevens, Hutton on the right. Dixon at Utd looks a good prospect and is the type of full back that our team is crying out for. Not another CB reverted to the position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 505 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 He is under no pressure, who is breathing down his neck waiting to get a chance? What I dont like is his lack of attacking abilty and to a lesser extent Broadfoots. When we are on top of teams we need the fullbacks to push up and provide more width to keep the opposition penned in. Davie Robertson and Arthur Numan had that mastered and Stevens, Hutton on the right. Dixon at Utd looks a good prospect and is the type of full back that our team is crying out for. Not another CB reverted to the position. You make a good point. Papac and Broadfoot have generally done reasonably well over the last while. However, they seem to have reached a ceiling in their development so we should really be looking for players to challenge them. We do have Whittaker and Smith who are more natural full backs but even they have their problems. I'd rather we gave our own youth players a chance than sign more untested players from SPL clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERRZO 5 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 He has a few average/poor games of late but we have much bigger problems in our team than Sasa Papac!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,099 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I like papac but we are in need of 2 full backs and a centre half IMO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCartmanLee 313 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Papac is maybe suffering slightly from raised expectations which saw him become a cult hero after an outstanding season last year. He isn’t playing particularly badly, and I seriously doubt it has anything to do with his new contract. He is still solid enough and is doing a decent job. He has made a few errors though and needs to cut these out his game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeclement 572 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 1 bad game ffs and he is useless now :: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingbo 0 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 1 bad game ffs and he is useless now :: It's been more than one bad game. He was great for us last season, but the amount of cross balls he gets caught out on, not to mention his poor attacking play suggests we really need better at full back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloMoto 0 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 1 bad game ffs and he is useless now :: It's more than 1 bad game he has had. The guy dives in for tackles, couldn't win a header if he tried and offers nothing down the left side. The guy looks like what he is, a centre back trying to play left back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeclement 572 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 1 bad game ffs and he is useless now :: It's more than 1 bad game he has had. The guy dives in for tackles, couldn't win a header if he tried and offers nothing down the left side. The guy looks like what he is, a centre back trying to play left back. my bad hes had 2 or 3, i myself would prefer stevie smith but thats not going to happen, we have THE best defense in the league so cant be all that bad. as for getting caught out at high balls its more to do with weir leaving him with 2 men to mark ( weirs a bit of a ball watcher) example of this would be the utd match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theweebarra 0 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 He is under no pressure, who is breathing down his neck waiting to get a chance? What I dont like is his lack of attacking abilty and to a lesser extent Broadfoots. When we are on top of teams we need the fullbacks to push up and provide more width to keep the opposition penned in. Davie Robertson and Arthur Numan had that mastered and Stevens, Hutton on the right. Dixon at Utd looks a good prospect and is the type of full back that our team is crying out for. Not another CB reverted to the position. spot on mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarLittle 2 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 the biggest problem with the defence is the midfield when we had thomson and/or hemdani in there breaking up things they were put under less pressure in the final third and also when we had the midfield 5 last season the left and right back got more protection than they are getting now with the 4 - which is particularly a problem on the left because of the lack of a proper left midfielder rather than a forward playing out of position or even someone playing in the position for a few games in a row rather than chopping and changing every week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Started a thread on him a few weeks ago. A player who has never impressed me but he did have a decent season last year. I think he's been poor this season. Certainly not one of our most consistant performers - the amount of times he gives the ball away and gets caught out is embarrassing. Last night he was atrocious! Yet another position we need to replace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMitch 4 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 After performing consistently well last season, many thought he had developed into a solid player for us. Although he played well I couldn't really see what all the fuss was about, the same with Broadfoot. This season though, he's been really poor. His tackling, making runs, passing and even positioning has been very poor. I actually believe he's been the weakest link in the back four and has cost us quite a few times. We're definately in need of new fullbacks as Papac & Broadfoot are not good enough. Broadfoot has continually played well but i've been really disappointed in Papac. He had a good season last season but I don't think he's good enough. I know we have no money but a left back should be a priority. Even a loan signing till the ebd of the season with a view to buy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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