The header back was the right call for me the problem was long leaving his box when he had no chance of getting the ball. Mcmanus has been poor for us and I've been one of his biggest critics but he wasn't to blame tonight
Erwin and McDonald up top have allowed us to defend from the front which we haven't done all season. sutton is incapable of doing this due to the density of his concrete. That said I'm almost certain ol' blue circle would have notched from one of marvs excellent crosses on Saturday.
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I thought we lacked creativity in the final third against an organised defence and believe we could have done with taking Erwin and Johnson off a little earlier.
Erwin yes - Johnson no - thought marvin was the best player on the park
We were excellent first half against 11 men - shite second half against 10 men.
Good performances from Johnson and McDonald, poor performances from grant and erwin. Not gonna jump on the straker bandwagon this week, one pass apart he did ok today
Vigurs and Lawson are out for season confirmed by themselves Vigurs has slipped disc and has operation on Tuesday. Need hammell back pronto so hopefully he's not out for season too
Disagree entirely. This time last season he was a contender for player of the year and was instrumental in us getting second place. He hasn't had a good season this season but he's not alone.
Not every player we sign has to be based on the ability to make money on, sometime we need to sign someone who may add experience or balance to the squad without necessarily with a view to a profit. Other selling teams are not averse to adding someone with no sell on value either
iv been critical of barraclough notably last week but he got virtually everything spot on today with the exception of bringing in sutton but he rectified the balance shortly afterwards by replacing erwin with Moore
Good performance thought Pearson and McDonald were terrific. Special mentions for lasley and Johnson too. Laing was inconsistent but his block at the end earned us the 3 points
Didn't think he had started back training yet, never mind being in contention.
Anyhow back to basics 4-4-2 today for me
Long
Ramsden Kerr Laing watt
Johnson grant Pearson d Thomas
Mcdonald erwin
Subs
Twardzik
McManus
Lasley
Moore
Ainsworth
N Thomas
Sutton
I never thought I'd be advocating the appointment of Jimmy calderwood. The scottish version of tony pulis
Ps anybody got a comparison of barras record against previous managers? If he hadn't won his first 2 games it would make for unbelievable viewing.