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Wood simply is not ready. Wood and Rooney just doesnt work as they are too similiar and get in each other way. SHURE we need a forward in the Window but we need to do summat now. What frustrated me yesterday was that Barrowman and Rooney appeared to be playing in a line - 15-20 yards apart - Can anyone tell me who was the target man and who was the runner - or if they interchanged I didnt notice. They hardly ever went wide and can anyone recall seeing them making a wide run or gathering a ball wide ? Rooney appears to be the ball winner and Barrowman the poacher - lets try it that way. Plus give them a chance and play the ball to their feet or at least at them - yesterday was a procession of hoofs. Or what about playing the likes of Imrie or Cowie (even at a bit of a waste) up front with Rooney - in a bit of a "hole " position role ? And what do we go fer in the window - the old fashioned centre forward or pace - now that is a feckin good question ?

I have to agree with the lack of quality but the tactics WERE flawed - as stated. Are you telling me that the constant long high balls to Rooney and Barrowman were effective. Can you tell me which of them was the target man and which was the runner. Can you tell me why we persisted with the long throw ? Would Bazza coming o feresh fer the last 30 have made a difference ?

The bottom line is that he is a tactical nightmare, he is making one tactical and selection mistake after another and he appears to have very poor man management skills. It actually really worries me that many posters on here can see the mistakes that he is making but he cant !!!

Flawed again against the Jam Tarts - although not many of us could do without Black and Cowie - although most of wouldnt be able to pisss them off either !! Esson has been a plus - although that is becos Brew's faith in Fraser was dismissed and - as many commented - Esson has more respect and command of the defenders in front of him. Why persist in playing Proctor in central defence - he is a full back or a midfielder fer fecks sake - plus he is keeping out Duff who has been a feckin stand out this season. Why even consider putting Hastings in the starting 11 - his confidence is shot. So he plays Imrie on the feckin left - another admission of mistake ? He goes fer Bazza and the sympathy card - instead of keeping our best substitution card fer the last 30 minutes. Shurely Vigurs should have replaced Black - more loyalty. And finally why punt the ball relentlessly in the air to Rooney and Barrowman when they are playing aginst muscley feckin giants - and why revert to Granty's long throws EVERY FECKIN TIME. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHH

I know this is late but ah may have a few surprises. ESSON :D :P :021: :D IMHO he kept us in the game with 2-3 god stops in the second half - I would have to admit that he lookes slow getting down fer the goal but the defence should have well blocked the shot and - as I was rite behind the goals I thought his sight was blocked as well. The guy is full of energy although his didtribution wasnt as good as usual. ROSSCOE :D :D :D If you went by the last thirty minutes he would have been MOM by a mile. But I thought he had a bit of a mare in the first half and got caught out of position on a few occassions - but the one thing you cant call him fer is committment and the "diehard" attitude. Have also got to say that he looked better late on as Hearts had decided to defend in depth - But he is a man playing fer his place and that is where I would like to keep it. MUNRO :D :D :D :D I will give him MOM as he was the one player who was consistent for the whole 90 minutes. Great to see the big guy match fit again - just wish he would cut out the cross ball hoof. PROCTOR :D :D :D Looking fitter and put in a couple of great challenges - also is a real aerial threat at corners - BUT he is NOT a feckin central defender - When will that click with Brewster. HASTINGS :003: :thumb04: How the **** is he still getting picked. 70% of the time he is a good defender but his confidence looks fecked and he is prone to real boo-boos. His distribution is also terrible. Why is Brewster persisting ?? WILSON :D :D :018: Playing Bazza was a measure of Brewsters desparation. Bazza will always have the lovely touch but he is a squad player and a very good sub now. He looked fecked at the end and he doesnt have the pace any more either. He should have come on fer the last 30 minutes. DUNCAN :D :D :D Kept things tight as usual but suffered as he had to be a bit of a playmaker - which he isnt. BLACK :D :D :D Would have to question whether his withdrawal and the withdrawal of Cowie were not in fact statements about / to Brewster ? IMRIE :D :D :D ;) Does he feckin frustrate ya or what ? But at least Brew finally played him on the feckin left - well until the second half - when he went off the boil. Looks energetic and shows promise and then can simply **** it up. He looked as if he was getting on Duncans nerves when he started moving in to the midfield territory in the last 20 and was determined to be the centre of everything. If he had performed in the second as he had done in the first he would have been MOM potential. BARROWMAN :D :D Beginning to look lost - he is not used to being a target man and rarely gets the opportunity to pinch. I would love to see him playing wide of Rooney and on the last man - he would have much more of a chance of scoring. ROONEY :D :D :D Best of the forward three but only improving slowly. Would like to see him put it about more. McBAIN :D :D :015: To be fair he is another who dies fer the cause but shurely the sub fer Black should have been Vigurs ? Get him at full back please. VIGURS :D :003: :003: I really like the look of this wee lad and I think we should perserver with him. WOOD :003: :003: Didnt show me anything that I didnt know before.

better hope that Inspector Blakey isnt waiting for you What is yer address in case I need bailed ?

I understand that a jettisoned bag of cannabis was washed up on North Kessock this morning and half the bag was pinched !! M4TJ's feckin budgies are singing pro Brew songs this evening ? Hang on - is North Kessock on the right or left side of the bridge - or is it just a mirror image of the Ferry ?

....... and I'm not biting. Even the newspaers that I read thought the win was worthy ! Not casting - in the end we deserved it - read ma smileymometer - best game in ages - but our tactics early on were confusing - if Hibs had scored when they were in the ascendancy - well - but we scored and totally controlled it but Esson was the difference.

Well the conductor is en route - what ya all have to do is join feckin in and **** any silent tawts around you. The trick may be to stand up and sing and sit down fer a minute or to and then go on and on and on. If ya want to sing then lets give it feckin laldy - if the nazis intervene we sit down for a few minutes and start again. Bring on the drums - bring on the choir - lets make a feckin statement.

This has been happening fer months.

Wow - the tide is finally turning - and many of us have been pointing out the "faults" fer a long time. Scotty is far more eloquent in this thread but he is alluding to the things that I have ben saying since last season. I gave Brew a clean sweep at the start of this season and he is still making the same old mistakes. If we are to survive and progress he simply has to go - a shame cos he was a GREAT player and a pleasure to watch. My fear is that he will try to survive - and the gutless Board may support him - if his tactics change to the favour of this forum - but he has lost the dressing room and the support - the games we have won this season was becos of the players.

Need a few double vodkas in the Fairways !!

Cos he is an old git and cant understand the language and communications of todays yoof m8.

So - how did we line up tactically and position wise at the start of the second half ?

Can you enlighten me as to the positives, where we manage to scramble ONE goal, against a keeper who was there for the taking, against a team who hasnt won in its last 6 SPL games. Oh...and we were at home, starting with one up front. A positive would have been building on Saturdays performance, or at least showing the same appetite for the game Smee I think in the second half they did show some appetite for the game, it was like the players got a lift from the changes, 2 upfront and being positive, There was one time in the first half and they were taking a corner and there wasnt 1 ICT player in the Falkirk half, just not good enough at home. It was apparent to me in the second half that the players are happier when we are having a go at home. However I wonder if we hadnt gone in one down at half time whether the changes would have been made and the same drivel would have carried on in the second half There were two corners at Easter Road when we had all 11 players in the 18 yard box !! If we hadnt scored would the same drivel have carried on ?

A Hope and a Concern ? Brew reverts to what many of this forum have been advocating fer months - and it succeeds ?!! Would that be a sign of good management ? Is it not worringly going that way ?

That aint protesting against the stewards or the management.

Oh fer fecks sake.

yOU ARE WAY TOO SENSIBLE TO PICK A TEAM. LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS !!!!

YA JUST CONFIRMED ALL AM FEARS !!

Here is a prediction - this is a psychological take on Brews cognition of survival: ESSON TOKELY PROCTOR MUNRO HASTINGS IMRIE DUNCAN BLACK COWIE ROONEY WOOD OR ??? ESSON PROCTOR DUFF MUNRO MCBAIN COWIE BLACK DUNCAN VIGURS ROONEY BARROWMAN

DOH - give Brew a break - his tactics won us the game at Hibs - He has kept us in the SPL - He has blooded the youngsters and is working on a reduced budget - he was a great player and he can become a great manager - let him pick the team and he will eventually get it right - he needs more time - He is right to persist playing Cowie, Imrie and Bazza on their wrong foot - that tactic is clearly working - Proctor is a Scotland central defender in the making - Black needs to be shackled - The more that I chop and change the three strikers the more I get out of them. :thumb04: :018: What a statement.... so you wanted us to lose ya mupped?? ;) Have to admit though I'm not impressed with 1 upfront at home, especially when crowds have been so low and we played 2 upfront against Falkirk away!!!! Seems Brew is always trying to be too clever for his own good... this was a perfect oppertunity for us to get on a winning streak with a side full of confidence after a great performance at the weekend and I think Brew inhibited the team by not playing a more attacking formation (not even attacking, a standard 4-4-2 would have probably done) obviously he saw the error of his ways at half time... which is encouraging but he NEEDS to figure out his best 11!! What the **** is a mupped ? A winning streak - TWO !!! How long does it take to establish a best 11 away from home and at home - bet even you could do that ya moped.

Lets give a round of applause to the players. :thumb04: :018: Despite being shuffled and changed throughout the season, being forced to watch others take unfair precedence, being forced to play out of position, being forced to play in some ridiculous tactical ploys, having to reluctantly and professionally accept evident favouritism, having to accept ridiculous substitutions and probably having no say in things - due to the arrogance of the manager and the total frailty of the management. They have kept fighting fer the cause - possibly due to making a point - and going four points clear of the bottom. Hope they can keep going under the present regime. Three points on Saturday would be a worthy and needed return - if not another nail in the coffin - wish they could ditch the peeple who are feckin up this club. Keep on winning boys - the erseholes always get found out in the end - I can live with staying up and getting rid of the disease.

TF :thumb04: :018: ;)

With a manager prepared to admit his mistakes and change his tactics and selections - maybe ?