wellsince75

Come on AP

Here’s Johnny

Got to say RCC and longelo look most likely well players to score

Nice to see SODs popularity with the fans increase - he played well again , but we do need some width I’d also put on priestman for said

He’s got to take it first time

We could bring on Johnny K to give us a bit more width on the right . i wish we’d just hit the wing and cross the ball when we’re in the final third

Aberdeen look the more likely team to score and suspect 1 goal will win this for either team . only real threat has come from RCC AP , Said and Maswanhaise all need to do more . AP anonomous, Saids final ball and passing needs to be sharper as does Masanwahise first touch .

Need more from our forwards. From the first touch to final ball they all need to do it bit more

Agree with you that’s it’s two way street and not for a minute am I saying he’s proving to be a great asset at the moment . Theres no debate re him missing chances as the stats are the stats . He has missed and fluffed his lines and yes we should expect a decent goal return . my impression (which is subjective and could be wrong ) is he has ability and really struggling for confidence . I suspect once he gets a goal or 2 he’ll bang in a decent return . Hope I’m right and equally concerned that the longer the drought the tougher it becomes to turn it around

With the quality we have in the team and a little bit of luck I could see us winning the cup. The OF are as poor as I can remember and realistically no team to fear. I'm not saying it's likely but it's certainly possible and I really don't care who we get in the semi final, id rather face the OF in a semi than in a final tbh. Re needing other strikers , this is where we all see the game differently. We have more than enough forward players in our ranks. As for AP I don't think he's playing poorly, I more see a guy who's lost confidence. He did well yesterday to square it for RCC and had a very good then a very poor header. He just needs a couple of goals to get going. He also needs better service. Appreciate not everyone see's it this way but that's the beauty of football and these forums.

Agree - at the time it felt like a must score moment - I thought the same with Said when he ballooned over the bar. rcc in first half should go down to great save by the keeper

RCC for his goal but also for his overall effort, I may (did) have a go at the TV when he missed his first half chance but as a forward player he's dangerous and IMO offers more than most of our forward thinking players. He's doesn't fall apart in the box which bodes well for the future. When I look through our team with players like Walsh, Watt, Fadinger, Maswanhise we have real quality and that's before we start adding back Just, Slattery, Sparrow and Priestman. Must be the best quality we've had in a long time. With a bit of luck on our side could be a cup winning team.

That’s as poor as I’ve seen us and we still deserved to win . we’re undefeated and it’s nearly October ! very pleasing result

Yaaaaaassss good strike

Agree - I don't think AP is the issue - the final ball is the issue, need better from likes of Said.

Suspect that's why he signed Hendry and may be crossing his fingers that Sule returns. Im less convinced on Said, he flatters to deceive much of the time.

Ffs - that needed to be buried

Although we’ve not been as cohesive we do look dangerous - a goal before ht would be most welcome

That was a chance - said should have buried that

Pretty poor start to the game , hopefully we can grow into it

For me it’s not purely fitness - the energy and distance players are covering with the tempo we’re playing at is a different level to what we’ve been doing before . i could be wrong (and often am) . I think some of the players will be spent by 60-70 mins playing at this tempo , particularly the midfield and wingbacks that are covering a lot of ground . The likes of Liverpool and other big clubs took time to adopt to this style and also relied on a depth of squad

Thats a good point - I suspect many of the players are knackered by 60 mins we need strong subs to keep momentum or at least keep the ball - st the moment injuries are preventing us having the depth we need

For me Stamo is devoid of confidence albeit I equally believe he'd scored if we played balls into the 6 yard box. For sure if we had a Cobra Coyne we'd have banged in a few more goals. Where I'm not in complete agreement is it's a number 9 issue. Our balls into the box have been pretty poor and some of the final passes into the box have been poor. Longelo is one of our most dangerous players where as I'd like to see better quality from likes of Said/Osong/and once up to speed Charles Cook. All forwards need to be more concise and I'd rather have AP at the end of it missing loads of obvious chances.

The goals for or against statistically are reasonable . We normally have a negative goals against . The issue and what feels like a kick in the gut is we've been the better team in all games and if things were 'fair' we'd be top of the league right now. Th difference our final ball into the box/the pass/the composure up front. Being a little more direct in the final third and finding the pass, cross etc would make such a difference. Overall though we're easy on the eye and although frustrating pretty pleased with progress.

I’m very pro our style of football and again thought we were excellent in the first half . our midfield is so much stronger than I can remember in the majority of the 45+ years of following us . the final third for me is an issue and I’m not just saying AP who looks devoid of confidence . we have a lots of players who’s final ball is pretty dreadful and that’s an issue. Several flatter to decisive a little, they have pace and strength but lack the same quality of the midfield . perhaps it will all come together but the majority of our forwards I don’t think offer that much . just to be clear I’m not slagging off any players here nor have any doom and gloom - a little frustrated yes and would like to see a touch better quality in the final 3rd