wellsince75

truthfully I've wanted a change of formation but to a 3-4-3 as it doesn't solve the problem. With our current players I could see a 3-5-2 or 4-3-1-2 combo work. FWIW I thought Maguire and Donnelly both played well albeit they were left exposed due to the formation.

When both he and Watt came on they made a big difference. Both able to foot their foot on the ball and link play. The more players like that the better. Thought Van Veen and Woolery showed glimpses - clearly to early to gel together but some flashes of decent skill.

please go to the training ground and learn how to pass to people within 5-10 yards of one another rather than just punt and hope. Good result, a few players look ok - need to improve how we connect as a team -appreciate new players etc but we should be a lot better than this.

this has been utter gash again - can't help but wonder what we do in training.

what a save

so many options but FFS we should get the subs on

perfect match - they are brutal to listen to and the team are fairly brutal to watch.

would expect us to have much better ball retention - we play long way too often - with a 3-4-3 you'd expect more passing and progress up the park as a team

Woolery and Van Even both look decent

Woolery was excellent - his pace and turn in the box was top notch

there's no obvious gulf between the clubs - would be nice to see us hold the ball and start passing to one another

indeed - Mcginley is one of Arrans most dangerous players

I like the idea of both wingbacks starting much further up the park - gives us natural width and get a few balls in the box.

looking forward to this - that could quickly change but very happy to see fans in FP

I don't mind if we don't sign a creative midfield player. I do mind us having midfielders who can't bloody pass though. We have wingbacks - we could easily use them with a 3-5-2 / 5-3-1 We have Watt who can site behind as long as we play a 4-4-1-1 or a 4-3-1-2 suspect we have decent forwards and we have at least 2 decent midfielders with Donnelly and Ohara. Overall the biggest issues have been the formation we play and the players we either opt for are are forced to play. 2-3 more decent signings will clearly help.

experienced, big 6ft 3 lad who's played 20+ international games for Finland. Never played in the lower pits of England. That would be very promising and a welcome fresh approach. Anything that moves us away from the conveyor belt of 23ish year olds, who played league 2 or worse is a move in the right direction.

this is a league 2 side - reasonable to expect 3+ goals

hopefully they don't go from brilliant to bawbag when we hear who they are and we give them a chance

agree and im sure many others would back this. Watt playing just behind the striker(s) is such an obvious role. If we (the average fan) can this see this is an obvious gap and well worth a punt why can't the mgt team see it.

agree with this. It would be easy enough to drop Crawford and put in both Ohara and Donnelly - we need to beef up. My worry is he sees players like Crawford being a preferred choice to OHara/Donnelly due to his work rate - he does work his socks off - but so would I and that doesn't earn me a place in the team

Indeed - yet there's been 2 transfer windows and some of the same chaps still get a game. Would love to see some experimentation in these games. Different formations, some of the new signings - not the same dross. Last night was poor but I'm not stunned that we lost - that's the most galling thing.

A creative midfielder would be nice for sure. From our current group of 24 players, it would be pretty straight forward to move to a 3-5-2, 4-4-2 or a 4-4-1-1 and get much better use of wing backs. Both Carrol and S'OD are reasonable moving forward. We do need some quality signings, would also like to see GA change things and bring in some of the players he signed.

We have a squad of 24 or so players. From that would expect us to start fielding our best 15 or so players. Are some of the new signings just that far off any fitness - I don't get it - playing games is key to sharpening up. Would like to see Donnelly, O'Hara feature more regularly in midfield.

Yoky - I hope your right. It worries me that we extended Crawfords contract , played him last year and playing him again this season. Maguire regular last year under GA and same again. Not blaming those 2 players for losing - I don't think the formation is right. All I'm saying is I didn't enjoy watching us last season and not enjoying the pre season either. Appreciate a long way to go

This is the frustrating thing. I know it's pre season but there's plenty of warning signs. We don't have the basics eg pass to man in same coloured shirt, move into space etc. We also get outfought in midfield in almost every game. We are a very easy , predictable team to to up against.