You can proclaim whatever formation you want, but the crux of the matter is where the guys actually stand when they are on the pitch once the game starts. I would say Marius played slightly behind Bayne but in front of the main block of midfielders. He was more subdued yesterday and resorted to shooting on site but that proved ineffective into a stiff minus 10 chillfactor hurricane in the first half. He did have our best opportunity with a header which the keeper dived low to save but the cross held up in the wind and he could not get sufficient power in the header to seriously trouble Langfield. He was also inches away from poking the ball in from a goalmoth melee and fired a couple of better shots goalwards but he did not play as effectively as he did against Killie when he was outstanding. I thought Bayne put in a good shift winning balls chasing and harrying . He fired in a good twenty yarder in the second half but Langfield was well positioned to pluck the ball from the top corner. Fraser was solid Tokely undid his graft with the pointless challenge, McGuire and Granty dealt with everything with relative ease, Hasting, it's just a pity his crossing and shooting leaves a bit to be desired, Cowie worked hard again and made himself available, except for the one time he was not overlapping much to Rankin's annoyance I think, Black magic, including standard booking for late tackle, Duncan had a solid and sometimes flashy game, interspersed with wayward passes, but that is the norm, Rankin beavered away to little effect, not as big a miss as some believe, Marius too cold for him or maybe he just froze, Bayne played the targetman role to good effect, but alas no goals. Richie Hart made an appearance, but it was too little too late. I thought maybe Bazza would have got a run out for the last quarter but not to be, and wondered what was the point in leaving Wyness on the bench when we needed a goal.
Still, we may not have beaten the Dons, but rest easy in the knowledge that we are a better team than them. I can not imagine the home support being very pleased with the Dandies performance yesterday, although to be fair to both teams the wind was the real winner.