Matchday Thread Dunfermline -V- Inverness CT

[Ronnie Archer]

Well done boys, I raise my glass.....

[Kind of Blue]

Last season this type of game would have ended in a draw or defeat so well done the team for getting such a great result.  Shows also how important player Welsh is for us - long may he stay fit.

[Yngwie]

If ever a game deserved to be 0-0 it was this one!

We lacked creativity upfront, resorting to long balls and the ball was seldom on the deck. We didn’t deserve to win, but we certainly didn’t deserve to lose either.

 

[jed5697]

Another 3 points will do just fine. Well done to Welsh, despite having missed his last penalty he had the confidence to put it down the middle. Only 2 points off the top. Get in

[Yngwie]

Was good to have Welsh back, brought a bit of composure to the midfield.

[RiG]

An absolutely awful game of football. Aimless hurried balls forward for the most part coupled with poor balls in from the wide areas meant there was nothing to get excited about for the first hour or so. 

Todorov offered surprisingly little when he came on but MacGregor really helped drive us forward and Welsh showed Carson and to a lesser extent Vincent how to properly keep the ball moving through midfield recycling it well and ensuring continual movement across the pitch as we probed for a way through. 

Doran had our best chance when a wild swerving effort was stopped by Gill before Devine was punished for a handball in the box and Welsh dispatched the spot kick with confidence. 

Dunfermline were howling but we were far from impressive ourselves. Still, win when you're playing badly is the sign of champions right...? 

Edited September 14, 2019 by RiG

[Caley Stan]

Turning the draws into wins with options from the bench - that's been Robbo's mantra - it almost worked at Dens and today he pulled it off to perfection.

A tight game, a shyte game - lots of those in this league - but we defended well throughout and changed the whole pattern of the game with early subs. I won't describe the chances because there weren't any but the defence was superb and MacGregor and Welsh on the ball were a joy towards the end - I hope to see them both start next week. 

Neutrals and Pars might see these points as a steal but we might prefer to see them as a promotion winning side being smart enough to know how to get them. 

Edited September 14, 2019 by Caley Stan

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

Dunfermline were the better team in the first half. Tremarco made a vital headed clearance off the line after about three minutes. The early use of substitutes ultimately won us the three points. Dunfermline's substitute Danny Devine was given a very warm reception by our large travelling support and returned the favour with the handball to enable us to achieve our first away league win of the season. Every little helps and the history books will show we won. Three league games in a row with a clean sheet. The wind caused problems for both teams. Pity really because the playing surface was first class but underused.

[Gregor]

Think Robbo got it totally wrong today player wise and formation and could have cost us the game.

Keatings was injured he should have pushed Vincent up into his role and brought in Welsh from the start to partner Carson as the two sitting midfielders. This would have kept the formation together that was successful against Morton by winning 5 nil.

However he opted to start with Storey and White up top in a four four two which just didnt work.Thankfully he changed it mid way through first half and put Storey wide of a front midfield three. This allowed us to start passing the ball much better.

Second half he started the game reverting back to a 442  and White was collecting the ball spraying passes wide and getting involved in the game so well only to be substituted bizarrely imo for Todorov who did absolutley nothing.

We got lucky with the pen and gained 3 points from a game that the management got completely wrong tactically and got a lucky break to gain 3 points.

If something isn't broke dont try and fix it Robbo 4231 was working fine for us and if Keatings is out then play young Roddy in there with Vincent and Welsh behind as sitting two. Play White up top as he is our best man up there by a country  mile  to link play up.

If Robbo is so insistent to play Storey then it has to be as a wide player to replace either Walsh or Doran and not changing formation to 442.

Lucky day at the office today by getting the pen.

Still some would say its better to be lucky than good.

 

 

Edited September 14, 2019 by Gregor

[Snafu]

Last season this could have easily become one of the many goalless draws, so picking up a further two points in a game which we didn't deserve to win on the balance of play is fortunate and leaves us only 2 points off the top. Maybe it was more about everything going wrong for The Pars than our luck but its an extra two points we could be very grateful for end of season.

[Eagle4Caley]

Very much an ugly win, the wind ruined it as a spectacle, although I am always surprised footballers don't read the conditions and play the ball on the ground more. Doran and Walsh were rather quiet, as was Storey, and poor old White hardly got near anything...thought the Pars were going to pinch it, as they had a lively patch midway 2nd half. I thought all of our subs made a difference, and we had much the better of the last 20mins, although only one shot came out of it. MacGregor looks pretty decent, made us move the ball quicker, and Welsh clearly the best midfielder in the squad. The penalty was ball to arm IMO so it was lucky break, then Welsh scored down the middle with the penalty (not my preferred type of penalty!)

With Dundee Utd losing yesterday, first place perhaps isn't a foregone conclusion.

Enjoyed another away trip, it's easier/cheaper to get to some of these 'Central belt' game than get up to Inverness with us in the Championship, with the threat of games moving to Friday for TV, and no decent late afternoon flights back on a Saturday afternoon. 

[RiG]

What was Devine thinking with that handball!?

[Yngwie]

The bigger question though is how anyone could get more than 9 minutes of highlights out of that pish! 

[Jack Waddington]

Great assist from Danny Devine. Never thought he'd be beneficial to us after he left...

[Robert]

Watched the highlights. That was pretty woeful by both teams. 

I’d have been upset if that penalty had been given against us, but I will take the win!

Hopefully just a bad day at the office and we play much better next week. 

[tm4tj]

15 minutes ago, Robert said:

Watched the highlights. That was pretty woeful by both teams. 

I’d have been upset if that penalty had been given against us, but I will take the win!

Hopefully just a bad day at the office and we play much better next week. 

Penalty for me and few on the park complained. Vincent had burst onto the ball and it caught the flailing arm of Devine who wittingly or not stopped a goal scoring moment.

[Huisdean]

13 hours ago, Gregor said:

Think Robbo got it totally wrong today player wise and formation and could have cost us the game.

Keatings was injured he should have pushed Vincent up into his role and brought in Welsh from the start to partner Carson as the two sitting midfielders. This would have kept the formation together that was successful against Morton by winning 5 nil.

However he opted to start with Storey and White up top in a four four two which just didnt work.Thankfully he changed it mid way through first half and put Storey wide of a front midfield three. This allowed us to start passing the ball much better.

Second half he started the game reverting back to a 442  and White was collecting the ball spraying passes wide and getting involved in the game so well only to be substituted bizarrely imo for Todorov who did absolutley nothing.

We got lucky with the pen and gained 3 points from a game that the management got completely wrong tactically and got a lucky break to gain 3 points.

If something isn't broke dont try and fix it Robbo 4231 was working fine for us and if Keatings is out then play young Roddy in there with Vincent and Welsh behind as sitting two. Play White up top as he is our best man up there by a country  mile  to link play up.

If Robbo is so insistent to play Storey then it has to be as a wide player to replace either Walsh or Doran and not changing formation to 442.

Lucky day at the office today by getting the pen.

Still some would say its better to be lucky than good.

 

 

Jordan White has his attributes but link up play certainly isn't one of them. Whether he was better yesterday, I cannot say as not at the game but that is something he really needs to work on.

[Gregor]

3 hours ago, Huisdean said:

Jordan White has his attributes but link up play certainly isn't one of them. Whether he was better yesterday, I cannot say as not at the game but that is something he really needs to work on.

Cannot agree with you as he is very good at linking up play 

We must watch different games

[Guest]

7 hours ago, Jack Waddington said:

Great assist from Danny Devine. Never thought he'd be beneficial to us after he left...

In fairness to Danny Devine, he was always good for a goal.  It's just that it was always for the opposition.

[Guest]

17 hours ago, Gregor said:

.... White was collecting the ball spraying passes wide....

Those weren't passes he was spraying wide, they were shots.  They were so bad that they weren't even recorded as such.

[Scarlet Pimple]

Winning teams often achieve that through fortunate happenstance, meaning lucky breaks.

And lucky breaks happen to winning teams. :-Take this as an omen. This year could finally be our turn to win this league. Remember you heard me saying it here ...

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

Clever shout from Aaron to his mate Devine after many games of basketball in Inverness.....'my ball Danny'..........but to be fair to Devine here is a quote from his time in Inverness 'There’s a few Irish boys here and we stick together. .... I’m quite close to him, but also Aaron Doran. We try and get out to socialise away from football when we can.'