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    Partick -V- Inverness CT - Report

    Gary has the final say. 

     

    Inverness snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat at Firhill thanks to a last second Gary Warren header. It could prove to be a crucial point for Foran's men as late goals in other games around the country kept us in touch at the foot of the table. Kris Doolan looked to have given a dominant Partick all three points but Warren answered his critics in the best possible fashion.

    Immortal Howden Ender ventured North to the bistro's and wine bars of Maryhill and has this report for us. Read on.

    Gary Warren's last-minute, last touch, injury time (offside :wink:) header saved our bacon in Maryhill. Great sliding celebration and 194 Invernessians went ballistic once again. We don't usually have any luck at Firhill but we got dollops of it yesterday. We didn't deserve a point but WTF :ictscarf: Kris Doolan's 10th goal of the season looked to have earned Plastic Whistle their fourth straight Premiership win. They actually looked like a good footballing team but more like a Spanish outfit than from the hipster West End of Glesga. But good old Gary Warren nodded home at the far post for the Highlanders, who had a first-half strike from Henri Anier disallowed with Billy Mckay standing offside.

    But in the 56th minute the DOOLAN inevitably put the Whistle ahead and many of us braced ourselves fer a Hamilton away repeat. Thankfully our shaky defence all of a sudden began to look resolute or did the Whistle sit back on their Laurel or Hardy's. And even the shaky Fon Williams looked safer and produced what I can only describe as a "World Cup save" and it probably also saved our season. AND THEN two minutes into the two minute allotted stoppage time Gary Warren rose at the back post (looking suspiciously offside :wink:) to head in the equaliser from Billy King's cross. 194 Invernessians applauded the sliding celebration an "oh, oh Gary Warren filled the Maryhill air and many Plastic Whistle supporters were either on their way oot or had feckin left already. 

    FON WILLIAMS :wink::wink::wink:  Still looked shaky and I shudder when anything goes at him but his second half performance literally saved our bacon.

    WARREN :clapoverhead:  Played on the right of a three man defence for ALL of the game. Give me a break but our saviour once again.

    LAING  :wink::wink::wink:  Did OK in the central position. He, like many others, didn't seem to understand our system but he stood his ground and can only get better.

    McCART :wink::wink::wink:  Bet he never witnessed anything like this at Parkdread !!  But as with Laing he stood his ground.

    BRAD MACKAY :wink::wink::wink:  Played in yet another position - like a right sided wing back. And he got plenty of space and plenty of the ball. He did OK but he simply didn't know how to play in that position.

    RAVEN :clapoverhead::clapoverhead::clapoverhead: Played in the left sided wing back position but he popped up all over the place. What a gut-busting performance. Eat, Sleep, Raven, Repeat - MOM by a feckin country mile.

    TANSEY :clapoverhead::clapoverhead:  Now that was more like the Tansey of old. Like Raven he was clearly motoring at 100%. Only player who looked comfortable on the ball, passed successfully, looked to shoot and very close to MOM.

    POLWORTH :wink::wink::wink:  I thought that he put in a lot of effort and was clearly the runner fer Tansey and Vigurs. He did not deserve to be substituted and appears to have become the whipping boy.

    VIGURS :cry:  Best footballer in the team - Most skillful player in the squad - One of my faves - BUT if I could have got on to the pitch and past the stewards I would have slapped him. He feckin gave up. DISGRACEFUL and should have been hooked instead of Polworth. But he still managed to get another yellow card !!

    ANIER :cry: Sorry but why did he even start ? He looks like the mercenary that he is. Except he is sticking his head in the feckin sand rather than fighting.

    BILLY Mckay  :clapoverhead::clapoverhead:  If there ever was a player to feel sorry for - enuff said !!

    Took King on in the 62nd minute and played him where ?  Answers on a postcard please.

    Took Cole and Boden on in the 81st minute for the ineffectual Vigurs and Anier. Probably saved us the point and we pressed Whistle. But Cole in central midfield !!

    Richie Foran said : "It's a huge point today. (No **** Sherlock). I thought it was a very close game (what !!), but we've played against, for me, a top-four side today (what!!) . They are an excellent team, strong aggressive, can pass the ball and have goal scorers (what!!), so it's a big point. I always believed we'd score (what!!) and we've scored a lot of late goals this season. If you put balls in the box you've got a chance (what!! - when!!). It was a great leap [by Gary Warren] and a great finish. It was a good ball hung up by Billy King. "I'm delighted for the players and we're going in now to two home games. Results have gone our way, so it sets it up for a cracking game of football next week against Ross County."

    OK lets sum up in a nice, positive manner. We got out of the Jail End yesterday. Any of us would have taken a point. Can see the reason for playing 3-5-2 but why not with King and Cole wide ? Or why didn't we change it earlier ? We were terrible for most of the 92 minutes and 33 seconds. With Draper and Tremarco back and getting back to a well worked system then we can get 6 out of 6 points at the Dump. But I don't feel comfortable singing "WE ARE STAYING UP " YET

    Match footage from SPFL website. will be available soon.

     

     


    Date: 11/03/17  Venue: Firhill Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 3082 Referee: Willie Collum
     
    Partick Th: 1

    • Lineup:   Cerny, Dumbuya, Booth, Lindsay, Osman (Amoo 33), Doolan, Erskine (Elliott 89), Lawless (Azeez 43), Barton, Keown, Edwards
    • Subs (not used):  Ridgers, Nisbet, McCarthy, Lamont
    • Scorers: Doolan (56)
    • Booked: Amoo (83)
    • Sent Off: none

    Inverness CT: 1

    • Lineup:  Fon-Williams, Raven, Warren, Polworth (King 62), Vigurs (Cole 81), McCart, W.McKay, Tansey, Laing, B.McKay, Anier (Boden 81)
    • Subs (not used):  Hoban, McNaughton, Ebbe, Fisher
    • Scorers: Warren (92)
    • Booked: Vigurs (21), McCart (45)
    • Sent Off: none

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