Yorkyred

McGinley costs us points even when he’s not playing.

On our budget signing a prolific striker is next to impossible, none league teams down south are paying bigger wages. We’ve taken punts on plenty of central strikers since Moult left but it’s always going to be nothing more than that, Moult was just a bit of good luck but even he took a while to settle in.

I would bite your hand off for a point but as much as Alexander is talking up the performances we’re not playing even close to well enough to come away with anything.

I would imagine a percentage of the support will be quite happy. He was never really rated by many.

Really ? I think it’s just about the only one bringing anything just now. His delivery, assists, work rate, the ability to pass a ball.

Not a great game, I thought Alexander played up our performance but the conditions played a part as they were always going to do. The defence as a whole played well but midfield is still a mistake, I take it Slattery is not fully fit. Tierney needs time which is fair enough but I still don’t get why Shaw is still playing a bit part unless it’s again due to a lack of fitness. As above we desperately need another striker, Watt is badly missed. One player who is just getting better and better though is Goss, he’s gone from being really ineffective to a crucial player that will start interesting other clubs if he continues the way he’s going.

That’s entirely down to hanging on for a point

But that was a bookable foul

Just the wrong midfield again for me I’m afraid, only Goss is really effective

Not really sure why Alexander was that outraged

One that could have gone either way but Pretty stupid by Donnelly

I’m expecting an improvement after Slattery comes on

I think though he has to be judged on his performance tonight which has been very good for me. If he’s going to take stick after that first half he might as well leave now because he’s got no chance.

What’s McGinley done wrong tonight ? I think he’s had a pretty decent first half.

The same 3 in midfield that’s been awful the last 2 games ? Not for me.

Of the two I would always start Donnelly, he still brings more to the party.

Van Veen turned the game on its head, I very much doubt we were winning that without him. Votes for McGuire ? Quite surprised but it’s all about opinions.

I’de be extremely surprised if we don’t sign another striker given Watt has gone and Van Veen rarely has a run of games. We’re surely not relying on the front three that started yesterday.

The midfield was the problem again for me until Slattery came on.

I baffled with Shaw. He’s joined us from Celtic in order to games in yet seems to be totally ignored, why have we even taken him ?

No, he scored a great goal but other than that I thought he was poor. Little movement and energy with poor distribution. I’m not sure what Alexander was looking at given her was far and away the weakest of the three midfielders on the day.

It was interesting to see their manager state they were the better team. While it’s not uncommon to see that from managers I thought that was taking it to the extreme.

I think we’ve won a watch, he looks a real prospect.

We also gave them a right doing in the quarter final the year before, just about as good as I’ve seen us that evening.

Really, I’m quite happy with that. Should be a decent crowd and we usually do well against them.