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I agree as always we will be judged on how we perform against the teams at our own level in the Premiership and at a lower level in the league cup games..

My brother said exactly the same when we were talking about it earlier on that they are comparable with Celtic and Rangers

It's almost as if teams with 30,000 fans can bring in better players than teams with 4,000 fans. FC Twente would challenge Rangers and Celtic in our league. They are miles and miles ahead of most Scottish teams. When our league campaign kicks off we will mostly be playing teams of a much lesser level. Anyone reading anything into this match has a seriously high regard of Scottish football.

Badly lacking width and pace in final 3rd. Agree. Need quick starting lb and RB. Quality mobile finisher too and Lennon replacement very least. Over run in flanks again today. Similar to much of last season.

Understand - but it's the same every season and we always get there in the end

The tactic of a defender taking a by kick and passing it to the goalie boils my piss. By definition the goalie is the worst outfield player in the team and if we continue with that tactic we will lose crazy goals. Also having the goalie standing 40 yard off his line will lead to someone scoring from their own half. Twente tried a long range shot in the second half but it was a poor effort. I think the manager is in for a rude awakening when the real stuff starts.

Indeed. Both played one game so let's not write them off

Nice to hear that instead of Wimmer's "shoots" we now have Askou's "ball wins".

Looking at the way he set up tonight our options at the moment are GK- Oxborough/Ward RB - SOD/Koutrombis/Mcginn CB - Gordon, Balmer, Mcghee, Mcginn LB - Wilson CM - Miller, Halliday, Slattery, Watt, Fadinger RW - Nicholson, Ross LW - Maswanhise ST- Stam, Robinson , Stuparevic we need 6/7 in to strengthen the squad. With a few outgoings. - Starting LB and RW need to be recruited asap. - We'll also need another 2 Cms when Miller is sold. - We need a LW, CB and a Target-man ST to put us in a good position going into the season.

That game should highlight to the new manager what he needs to add to his squad. We need to add more pace in the wide areas as well as a ST before the cup games but sure this is probably something the new gaffer is already looking at. Though Watt in the middle looked decent handled the ball well and Miller absolutley strolled it. Was 1-0 when majority of the senior players were on against a decent side.

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Twente are a decent team and so I wouldn't read much into the result. It was a chance to build up gametime end of. We are short of bodies, maybe the right bodies, in critical areas and that will be rectified as JBA settles in. My main concern just now is that we're woefully short up front with the first League Cup game looming. OK the group stage will involve lower league opposition but we can't afford slip ups. Its a good chance to fill our coffers by progressing in the tournament and its one of only two realistic chances for us to win a trophy.

Why did you not throw a sickie , to watch the first game of the season free on you tube. Then we could have taken your comments seriously. There's no time for partime supporters on here don't you know. Will be expecting you to phone in with a bout of pneumonia for the next friendly. Then do a full in depth match report.

I agree

The gaffer said

Wasn't home from work in time, would have been frustrated and again the constructive criticism is totally OK, it's just the doom and gloom comments that really frustrate me. 4 4 2 is encouraging but obviously we don't know if that will be the standard set up.... COYW

Yeah, Forrest looked lively.

You did say you had not seen any of the game. Given the playing out from the back pantomime I think the comments were pretty mooted and I wonder what you would have thought watching it. . And most folk did qualify it being first game etc etc. I guess folk just expected a bit more encouragement having been starved of proper football for a wee while..

Also wasn't aimed at you, your points were constructive and valid

Constructive criticism is absolutely fine and it's always healthy debate. I just find it frustrating that after one game there are all these concerns. JB needs time to assess all the squad then work out what is needed and who isn't up to standard required COYW

That’s a bit unfair to those of us who try to offer constructive comments, acknowledging it’s just the first pre-season game but still flagging recurring issues. Without that, what’s the point of this forum?

Apparently sometimes managers talk shite. This from a guy that left us a week later. Thought it was a stupid excuse why we kept playing him at the time. I can't beloved we signed a contract with loanee Balcome to gaurentee him games. Over our own better keeper once he was fit and Balcome was obviously playing rubbish. Don't think Ox was ever really fully fit.

Was out tonight so haven't seen any of the game, but comments on here about individual players and deficiencies in the squad were ones we were making several weeks ago eg lack of firepower up front, need to bolster central defence, soft midfield and lack of decent full/wing backs. Still JBA has now seen them for himself.

But quality scran

Some of the negativity is unbelievable bit shouldn't be surprised. It's their first game of season in sweltering heat against a well established side. Only shock is folk aren't calling for JB to leave......yet Keep the faith folks