Belfastbear
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Another Referee worth watching he was either at it or he is absolutely totally incompetent
Hearts were wide open and fancied a result. Two entirely different games but it wasn't the best.Not sure how you go from the performance in midweek to that to that today. Very poor but 3 points at least
Cantwell, Tillman and the brief appearance of Raskin the main positives.
McLaughlin flapping at the goal again
Three points: Has a yellow. Needs the energy for the next game. Itching to bring on some cameos, previously scheduled for last 30 minutes.The Sakala substitution was still strange one, really didn't understand that.
Surprised he didn’t have it off his back during it, he practically wearing it already!White got Tillman's shirt after the game.
Thanks for the meticulous reply. Loads of info there.
The bigger joke will be our manager not highlighting these and other instances.Morelos and Sakala's were not yellow cards.
Players are allowed to challenge for the ball and they don't always get there before other players.
The referee was a joke.
Yes. Gone all amateur again. Pathetic for a club of our size.Have RTV done away with the in studio presenters?
Agree on MOTM, I'm talking about him looking in a bit of discomfort a couple of times at the end. Need to keep him fit. But we needed him today as it turned out.Third game in a week, he was supposed to get a rest today.
Instead he was on from the 10th minute and was probably MOTM.
Incompetent.Another Referee worth watching he was either at it or he is absolutely totally incompetent
Surely this has to be a glaring problem?Disappointing today after the performance on Wednesday.
I thought it might be a frustrating afternoon but expected it to be more comfortable than it was.
We’ve only got ourselves to blame for that.
Oh well a better stop it thenAlmost as bad as big Shirley patter
Thanks for the meticulous reply. Loads of info there.
Did Brian Cox know he'd be indirectly supporting Rangers?
TBF he was benched today and probably would only have seen the last 20 had Lundstram not went downKeep expecting so much of Tillman. I'm concerned for an injury.
Our first goal summed up perfectly what we are up against most weeks. We scored from open play yet when Tillman got his head on it County had 2 on the line beside the keeper, 8 players in total within a yard of their own 6 yard line with 6 inside it and 10 within the 18 yard box. So difficult to break down no matter how good a team you are.After the highs of Tynecastle I expected a stodgy performance. We started too slow. Mind you, County’s line at the back made life difficult for us. We lost a poor goal. Mclaughlin at fault. Bit of fortune for our second. I’ll take it. 3 points and on we go
That's a wild take. Sakala was excellent, constantly breaking the lines and putting balls into the box. Our other striker was woeful in his finishing and desire to shoot, as has become the norm.Sakala is not the guy for stuffy fixtures at home. Hagi coming back will help us trying to break teams down. We really need a clinical centre forward in the summer.
More piss poor upfront and putting the game to bed rather than the control but the gk situation will cost us points before the end of the season. Need to be more clinical.
Because the tactics of the opposition were extremely different in both matches.Not sure how you go from the performance in midweek to that to that today. Very poor but 3 points at least
Cantwell, Tillman and the brief appearance of Raskin the main positives.
McLaughlin flapping at the goal again
All right ,they were dirty thenThought they played well.
We see games results like that every single season. Even when we won the league some games were a slog.Ref was the least of our worries. Why are we struggling against the dross in this league?
Absolutely nothing wild about it. Sakala is much better and much more effective when he has space to run into and attack - Beale said it himself. When it needs to be intricate and precise it's not his style.That's a wild take. Sakala was excellent, constantly breaking the lines and putting balls into the box. Our other striker was woeful in his finishing and desire to shoot, as has become the norm.
Three points: Has a yellow. Needs the energy for the next game. Itching to bring on some cameos, previously scheduled for last 30 minutes.
Whit?3 points, up eh road noo.
Now if we can take 3 points against Thistle and put pressure on the Dhims, even better.
I suggest you watch the match back again. If Beale didn't think Sakala was the right choice against a stuffy defence, he wouldn't have started him and he went on to have a very good game. He did more than Morelos, for sure. A very bizarre player for you to single out.Absolutely nothing wild about it. Sakala is much better and much more effective when he has space to run into and attack - Beale said it himself.
It was no worse than the standard of our play. Beale should focus on that.Be surprised if Beale doesn't mention the standard of refereeing today. It has been abysmal.
Happy with the win but it was brutal and terrible to watch. We shouldn't be dangling by a thread at the end of 90 mins against teams of that calibre, regardless of how they set their stall out.As meticulous as calling another win brutal and terrible?
An opponent set up to frustrate us and nick something on the break or at a set piece, which they did.
Brutal and terrible was getting pumped senseless in Europe and barely touching the ball, to me anyway
But if a routine win at home vs stubborn opposition is brutal and terrible, fck knows how you've come this far over the last 10 yr
five was played3mins
I'm not "singling him out" so you should climb down off your high horse mate. It was merely an observation about us struggling to break stuffy teams down. I dont need to watch anything back.I suggest you watch the match back again. If Beale didn't think Sakala was the right choice against a stuffy defence, he wouldn't have started him and he went on to have a very good game. He did more than Morelos, for sure. A very bizarre player for you to single out.
If he makes a mistake he falls to pieces, even his kicking goes and you can see the panic in his play.I thought we could go with McLaughlin at the start of the season but he's now giving me the jitters anytime the ball goes near him.
Frustratingly Alfies set up play is great but his final ball kinda goes where you want Alfie to be.Job done though a bit shaky defensively.
We clearly have a number of skilful players to select from and on another day would have had a few more goals. Alfie’s link up play and lay offs are excellent but he seems to have lost a bit of the killer instinct.
Looking at the movement of Cantwell and Raskin (cameo only of course) I believe we’ve had a good window for acquisitions.