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Onerous task at Firhill

 

Not always a happy hunting ground for the Caley Jags, we travel to Glasgow to take on the often high scoring Partick Thistle at Firhill. We did get the better of them last time we met, but only after a tortuous first half when we could have been three down. We turned that game around after the interval and ran out 3-1 winners in a dominant second half. Saturday's game is a 3:00pm kick off.

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Venue - Head2Head Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst + / -
Home 21 9 5 7 33 30 +3
Away 19 5 5 9 21 28 -7
Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 40 14 10 16 54 58 -4
First Competitive Meeting
Aug 4th, 1998 League (H) 1 - 0
Most Recent Competitive Meeting
Sep 11th, 2021 League (Championship) (H) 3 - 1
Last 10 Competitive Meetings
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3 - 1
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1 - 3
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2 - 1
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1 - 2
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1 - 0
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3 - 2
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1 - 1
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0 - 0
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Biggest Victories
Apr 30th, 2016 League (A) 4 - 1
Jan 10th, 2009 Scottish Cup (Rd 4) (H) 3 - 0
Apr 27th, 2002 League (H) 3 - 0
Heaviest Defeats
Dec 13th, 2014 League (H) 0 - 4
Highest Attendance
Feb 23rd, 2002 Scottish Cup (Quarter Final) (A) 8,700
Highest Home Attendance
Mar 5th, 2002 Scottish Cup (Quarter Final Replay) (H) 5,037

Our last win at Firhill was on 22nd March 2019 when Tom Walsh scored a stunning volley to win all three points in this 2 - 1 game: Inverness went back in front when Polworth chipped a ball into the box and a cheeky flick from Doran saw substitute Tom Walsh lash a left foot volley home from fifteen yards with ten minutes left. Tremendous goal by Walsh who had scored the winner last time Inverness were here with an equally stunning strike.

Over to you Mr Walsh, time to get the finger out and get back to doing what you do best.

 

 

We lost our top spot in midweek as Killie overhauled us having been five points behind us last Saturday morning.

    Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Kilmarnock 11 7 2 2 14 7 7 23
2. Inverness CT 11 7 2 2 13 6 7 23
3. Arbroath 11 5 4 2 19 9 10 19
4. Raith Rovers 11 5 4 2 18 13 5 19
5. Partick Thistle 11 5 2 4 23 14 9 17
6. Ayr United 11 3 3 5 10 15 -5 12
7. Hamilton Academical 11 3 2 6 11 23 -12 11
8. Queen of the South 11 3 1 7 10 15 -5 10
9. Morton 11 1 5 5 7 14 -7 8
10. Dunfermline 11 0 7 4 7 16 -9 7

Other fixtures this Saturday

Arbroath v Dunfermline

Killie v Queens

Morton v Hamilton

Raith Rovers v Ayr United      

Last time out we failed miserably against Arbroath on a totally miserable night for football. We lacked any real penetration and when your most reliable player errs, then you know it's not going to be a good night. Credit to Arbroath though, they did what they had to do to get the three points and top scorer Michael McKenna's wind aided free kick found the net to give the Smokies all three points. The defeat was hard to take, but the manner of defeat has been a cause for concern in recent weeks. Lack of guile and quality up front and lack of pace at the back has seen us struggle, even against ten men, twice.

Partick fared little better as they drew 0-0 with Morton following a 0-0 draw with the Pars. However, go back a further week and they ransacked a hapless Hamilton Accies 1-6 at NDP.

 

Latest Team News

David Carson is still absent but Cammy Harper has resumed training although he is unlikely to be fit for this game. 

Ian McCall had this starting XI out on Tuesday night in a 0-0 draw at Morton: Sneddon; Foster, Akinola, Mayo, Holt, Bannigan, Docherty, Turner, Tiffoney, Rudden, Graham

 

 

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BAR! The ball breaks to Michael Gardyne through on goal and he sees his powerful effort come off the crossbar!

Mckay sees his header on the follow up is cleared on route to goal.

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Much better than Tuesday so far and we should be ahead. Walsh and Gardyne have both had efforts come off the woodwork.

Having Allardice back in midfield seems to be helping us win the second balls and retain possession better.

We’ve had some decent quick breaks particularly through Walsh.

A big 45 ahead.

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The inability to take advantage of the numerous opportunities created, even from the penalty spot is extremely concerning and deeply frustrating.

It's all very well keeping things tight at the back but it's scoring goals that wins games. We could very well end up with the best defensive record in the division and still lose out.

If we can't sort out this inability to finish we can soon kiss our title chances goodbye.

Billy Dodds, you were a striker and a very good one at that. Get onto the training ground and get it sorted

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3 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

Since last weekend we’ve seen a 7 point swing from us to Killie, who I would expect to pull further clear as the season progresses.

Very possible but not inevitable if we can sort out our inability to score.

Their visit to the Longman in early December could be pivotal if we can stay in touching distance up until then.

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Two points dropped rather than a point gained today.

We were by far the better team and should have won comfortably but we did not take our chances. The woodwork cost us twice whilst Welsh had a decent penalty saved and we were not troubled by the Thistle attack.

It was a much better performance than Tuesday, which is positive, but we need to start scoring goals as that is our achilles heal at present.

That said, I’m feeling positive about the season again after seeing us outplay one of our play off rivals. We have only taken 9 points out of our last 21 so need to get back to winning ways, but despite that we remain second and are 6 points ahead of Partick in fifth. 

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3 minutes ago, Robert said:

Two points dropped rather than a point gained today.

We were by far the better team and should have won comfortably but we did not take our chances. The woodwork cost us twice whilst Welsh had a decent penalty saved and we were not troubled by the Thistle attack.

It was a much better performance than Tuesday, which is positive, but we need to start scoring goals as that is our achilles heal at present.

That said, I’m feeling positive about the season again after seeing us outplay one of our play off rivals. 

I  largely agree but am still hopeful that we might be looking at title rivalry rather than play off rivals

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22 minutes ago, jed5697 said:

How we no get goal-  how we no get goal - how we no get coal-fired how we no get goal ? We deserve goal we no get goal 😭

We were unlucky today but In fairness, you only deseve a goal if you can find a a way for the ball to cross the white liine between the posts and below the bar.

Something we have failed to do nearly often enough this season and not at all in the last almost 200 minutes of playing time.

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