I don't have a problem with the formation. We were flying til the break playing that very formation.
Where we're going wrong is that too many players are out of form at the same time. Is that symptomatic of them having emptied the tank between the cup final and the 29th?i don't know, but that's got to be a consideration.
You're right that we don't move the ball quickly enough now. That's not the formation at fault though, that's the individual decision making, and ties into that loss of form.
We're still creating a shit load of chances too, decent ones, and we've seen the goals that have been disallowed for who knows what, the team cannot continue to have to score 5 in order to secure a 2-1 win. That's where the officiating needs called out, along with the industrial football played by the rest of the spfl.
The entire game plan of the teams we've struggled against revolves around serial fouling to break up any tempo while sitting in a bank of 4 and a bank of 5 in their own half. Against us, that fouling goes unpunished for twice as long as it does against the beasts - we can show that with evidence. Our players absolutely are routinely booked and sent off for stuff that others get away with. How many players outwith Rangers have been sent off for a celebration where they didn't leave the park, didn't cross the barrier? We've had 3 in recent years - Halliday, Candeias and Alfie.