Thought he played well yesterday, he looked good in the first half coming down the line despite nearly every Gretna move being played wide against him. He was always available.
I'm sure you could play him about anywhere on the park and youd get a similar performance out of him, I'm really looking forward to getting Rankin and him on the left again, they never got the chance to gel as Wilson kept getting picked out wide and John was left in the middle.
Not sure what to say about the performance, I was unimpressed overall as I said last night, we were not tested but even so looked as if we couldve conceded if Gretna played with 3 up front for the full 90 minutes. Every goal was well taken, especially the first two, so we'll never know if I wouldve been right or not.
Graham Bayne though.. I'm not shy about being his biggest fan, the physical side of his game sums up everything ICT should be; strong, quick, aggressive, intelligent. On the ball he's got the skill to capatalise on his movement and drive, a great target man in the prime of his career, its crazy that such a powerful asset is left sitting on the bench against a weak side like Gretna. On this website we always talk about players with potential in Black, Cowie, Fraser, Munro, or any of them, at some point or other every ICT player seems to on the verge of becoming a superstar. Well Bayne, in his position as center forward, doesnt have far to go, perhaps not a superstar ( :015: ) but he has to be as good now as anybody in his position in Scotland.
As much as everybody loves the theory of tippy tappy football its useless without some pace or physical strength to back it up (as Wilson proved on Saturday, Wyness and Nicolae wouldve spent all day watching that ball moving around without ever thinking to make the run Barry did) and Bayne can give us that. It's a **** of alot easier to play through a crowded backline if youve got a man shoving the defender out of the way :015: