Who knows. It wouldn't be the first time that a player hasn't fitted in at a particular club. We need to look no further back than John Sutton, who just didn't perform at Tynecastle due to the way he was being played as a lone striker.
Ideal result for us. Chasing the ball for much of the game in that heat but still in the tie so will have at least one eye on next Thursday, which wouldn't have been the case had they been pumped 4-0...
A great result for St Johnstone tonight. It should help us as well as they will surely rest players ahead of the second leg after putting in a huge shift tonight in severe heat.
in terms of set up
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S'OD. OJala Lamie. Carrol
| Donnnelly. Slattery Maguire |
| Watt |
| VanVeen. Woolery. |
wing backs can move up and down the flanks to give protection/progress forward get crosses in
Watt can link the forwards
And we go on to pick up 3 deserved points
The game has changed though with centrehalves being on the ball a lot more and more building out the back and facing different defensive shapes and presses. I'm looking forward to us playing St Mirren so we can get the benefit of Dunne's inability to pass for a change.
Going back a fair bit longer I remember the Dortmund match at Fir Park as a kid and it felt like Sammer and the Dortmund defence were cheating knocking the ball about on the halfway line. I had never seen that before.