Would like to see Dod's sending off again, I thought it was a shoulder barge that Boyd (?) made the best/worst of, although a few of the lads saw an elbow. As Paulibee says, in a strange way the team galvanised and possibly came away with a better result than we would have with 11 men. I have to disagree tm4tj, although Caff might have been an obvious sub to bring on it was who was brought off that was important, I've seen many a manager/team in our position playing with just the 1 upfront and try to reduce the damage. To be fair to CC he left Dargo on and tried to leave the game as open as possible so we could try and nick a goal. The free kick straight after the sending off is my only complaint about yesterday, Fraser set up his wall and then stood in the middle of the goal, I'm sure it was a well hit freekick but thought that Mikey should have done better. We had to soak up the pressure in the first half, I lost count of the number of headers Tokely made in the 6 yard box but Fraser was never really tested. The second half we looked as though we meant business, we played a great counter attacking game, as soon as the defense got the ball there was always an option or a willing runner, you couldn't tell that we had a man less.
Fraser :003: :003: :003: :003:
Question his positioning for the freekick but made up for it in the 2nd half with 2 important saves.
Tokely :003: :003: :003: :003: :003:
Absolutely rock solid, he won; headers, tackles, used possesion well. IMO it is worth considering Tokely for centre half next season, he has all the attributes and it would be a lot easier to find a good right back than a leader at the back.
Dods :003:
Have to see a replay before I make any judgements, if it was an elbow then it was extremely stupid
Munro :003: :003: :003: :003: :003:
Excellent, first class defensive performance
Hastings :003: :003: :003: :003:
Wasn't getting much hep from Rankin at times but defended well, his distribution was off on a couple of occasions though
Duncan :003: :003: :003: :003: :003: :001: (6/5)
Duncan was sublime (never thought I'd say that) his cheeky freekick would have been goal of the season without a doubt and his bit of skill at our own corner flag was absolutely top drawer. Didn't think much of the colour of his boots but they certainly did the trick. He was everywhere and always wanted the ball, which took the pressure off the rest of the players. By far... the best performance I have seen from any ICT player this season!!
Rankin :003: :003: :003:
Didn't really have a great game to be honest, he sharpened up in the second half but gave away possesion far too easily in the first.
Hart :003: :003: :003: :003: :003:
Needs to be given more games, he was excellent yesterday, did a power of running, with and without the ball. Another player that gave everything for the team, showed he has plenty to offer ICT.
Paatalienen :003: :003:
Had to take one for the team, he looked a bit disappointed when he came off but was definitely the right decision from CC
Bayne :003: :003: :003: :003:
Chased and fought for everything, never really got any breaks of the ball but did his bit.
Dargo :003: :003: :003: :003: :003:
Worked his erse off and was rewarded with a strikers goal, shame he is off next season but would nice to see a few more goals from him before he leaves.
Subs
Caff :003: :003: :003: :003: :003:
Great performance, and I'm sure he enjoyed having the captains armband. He made a couple of cracking tackles and interceptions.
Wilson :003: :003: :003:
Perfect sub to bring on towards the end of the match, he caused the Rangers defence plenty of problems
McSwegan :003:
On to waste some time
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