davieB

Nope, not a knee jerk reaction after todays woeful performance. It seems to me though that certain players simply aren't 'doing it' this season. Tokely...legend he may be, but I've yet to see him have a decent game this season. In fact, he's been by and large poor. Dods...we know he'll be away this summer, and while he's not been bad this season I don't think he's been half the player he was last year. What must Caff do to get a chance????? Duncan.....sorry, but anyone who can't make a simple pass shouldn't be playing at this level. Black....I've seen absolutely nothing so far to justify the reaction we all had to his possible movement to Utd in the summer. He's been gash. Up front....hmmmmm, still trying to work out why Rory gets a place on the bench let alone the pitch!! It seems to me that when certain players eg Hart have a bad game they get slated, then disappear for a while. Yet others can play poor week after week and play every match. It's time CC started being a bit more ruthless.

Why is it that our passing is so gash?? Today was the worst I've seen, but week in week out we're 'treated' to players unable to grasp the simplest of footballing skills. Yes, we have certain players who everyone can see are worse at this particular skill, but it's seemingly spreading to the whole team. And if we have a defence/midfield incapable of being able to make an accurate 10m pass how the **** are those up front ever going to get a half decent service?? There were times today when I cringed at some of the passing. The P6/7 team I coach could've done better :006: It's such a simple game really......

'****' I was thinking. That was fecking awful. Motherwell were by far the worst team I've seen at home this season, but we were even worse. Absolutely embarassing at times. And people complain about the crowds. If I'd taken anyone along to that today I couldn't imagine they'd ever want to come back for more. At this rate we'll be back to the derbies next season. And before all the optimists start......we've been pretty much gash all season, we've been lucky that a lot of other teams have been even worse. Unfortunately a lot of those teams are starting to pick up a bit.

It's the 3rd round of the cup the weekend after isn't it? If so, then we'll be playing...

I agree rhat Black hasn't reached last years standards yet, and that Russell played well enough on Monday. BUT....against St Mirren the week before, Duncan was fecking awful! Black should return tomorrow.

[quote author=RossP link=topic=2249.msg29940#msg29940 date=1163153256 ... i'm not sure if Mike Fraser's contract is up in summer 2007 too though!! :024:

Clark and Miller before Dargo.....what a fecking joke :008: :008: :008:

Have to say, I thought CC got it wrong last night when he hooked Dargo. Up until that point Dargo had been playing superb, and was linking up brilliantly with Bayne. I thought Barry should have gone off because he looked dead on his feet after putting in a fantastic shift. You could see how fecked off Dargs was when he saw the board and I don't blame him. It seems that it's almost inevitable, in most matches now, that as soon as that board goes up for the first time it'll be No17 on it. If there's one player who'll keep running all game long it's Dargo. If there's one player I'd put my money on to get us a 90th minute goal it'd be Dargo. If there's one player who can do that wee something different it'd be Dargo. Just guessing, but I'd imagine Dargs is getting hugely frustrated at being the almost inevitable first change week after week.

I agree. Caff is as good a player as Dods, and he can pass!!!

Two points thrown away I'm afraid. We were so much the better team, but for some bloody reason sat back once we'd made the breakthrough :008: Aberdeen were absolute gash, and it wasn't until the last few minutes that they actually did anything. That's the most gutted I've felt coming out of a game. Wilson, Hastings, Dargo, Bayne, McBain, Rankin were all immense. Sorry TM4TJ, got to disagree about Tokely and Dods. I thought both were absolutely fecking useless. Dods passing gets more embarrassing by the week, and as for Tokely......how much room did he allow Smith, their only decent player, to have? Tokely has been ***** for months, it's about time CC gave him the kick up the arse he needs and brought Caff in. While CC took all the plaudits for his subs against Falkirk I thought he got it wrong tonight. Dargo shouldn't have been subbed, he was playing superbly and was causing their defence all sorts of problems. If anyone should've been hooked(other than Tokely) it should've been Barry. He was absolutely knackered at the end, and the fresh legs of Sutherland may have kept the impetus with us. Great performance though, certainly our best at home this season. Just a shame about the result.

Brown Caff Dods Munro Hastings Wilson Hart Rankin McBain Wyness Dargo Drop Duncan, he was pish on Saturday. Tokely hasn't been at his best for a while, and he was awful as well on Sat. Bayne?? He's done well, but I think with Wyness/Dargo up front we play better, more varied football.

http://boards.footymad.net/mboard/fmb.php?...;mid=2135275932 Ok, how about a sweep? How many games will he last, and who'll be their new 'new' manager? I'll go for 15......and Basil Fawlty.

Various sources I've read say Pele is the new manager, with Neil Cooper(Aberdeen youth coach) as his assistant.

Todays P+J quotes Dods as saying he definitely wants away at the end of the season. 'It's the travelling. I want something closer to home'. Looks like the Utd option has gone, along with Brew :015:......unless he ends up at the Pars obviously :024:

Pele.

Tough ****, the players and fans are getting exactly what they deserve. Everyone else could see this coming all along, so I've no sympathy for them.

Stick with the tried and tested. Sit back and hit them on the break. It's worked fine upto now so there's no need to mess around with it.

Spot on. Some weeks he's the only thing that raises a laugh at the game!

Looks like the Caley 'Curse' maybe about to strike again with Brewster supposedly having one more game to prove himself ('mon the Bairns!!! :001:). So that'll be our last 3 managers who've gone on to 'bigger and better' things, and promptly fallen flat on their arses. Pele failed at Aberdeen after doing so well here, Robbo failed at Hearts after doing so well here, Brewster is making an even bigger mess at Utd, after he did ermmmmm....ok here. Charlie seems to have fitted into the managerial role well enough, despite many unconvinced voices when he was appointed, and with us sitting in 5th everything's looking rosy for him. What is it about ICT that makes managing us appear relatively cushy, in comparison to these 'bigger and better' clubs who seem ready to fire at will?

This is outrageous :008: Fecks sake, we need more young supporters like this one. Ones who feel passionately about our club, ones who can't contain their joy when our team stage an incredible fightback, and ones who actually bother going along to support their local team. All he did was hop over the wall momentarily and celebrate. Who do I email to complain about this?

It seems that when Charlie changed the formation to a 3-4-3 yesterday he transformed the whole game. Until that point we'd been pretty dire, much like most of our home performances this year. We were a completely different team after the switch, we just attacked Falkirk and they couldn't cope with it. Should Charlie think about making this a more permanant formation in our home games? Or should it be a more 'horses for courses' approach? Or will he stick to the rigid 4-4-2, which in my opinion just isn't working at home? Personally I'd like to see us play 3-4-3 more often, with Dennis playing just behind Bayne/Dargo. It makes for exciting football at the very least :001:

It just goes to show, when the team start performing then the fans get right behind them. That last 20 minutes was the best home atmosphere for ages. As for the fans on the pitch....good on them! They weren't threatening in any way, just there celebrating a fantastic comeback.

That was the best I've seen Dennis play for a long long time.

Even before the first goal he'd flapped and punched easily catchable crosses. I said to my boy we just need to get shots in at him because he was so pish, and right enough..... :001: Yep, we were ***** for 70 minutes, but full credit to CC for changing it. What a fantastic last 20mins.

Easily the worst I've seen at this level, he was gash :015: :015: :015: