wellsince75

Agree completely Summary We started terribly , didn't defend set piece - going 1-0 down is always a tough to come back from. Aberdeen cut us open several times After their goal we were the better team and could have equalised maybe even taken the lead. Started the second half quite poorly, got a man sent off. Which was game over. Our defending at short corners was a disgrace.

good point - TexanWellfan mentioned in an earlier post that moving him to midfield could be an option. That could work, he's an intelligent player.

I like Watt as he's a grafter and offers IMO a lot more than any other striker in terms of all round play. But he has 4 goals to his name this season - that's simply not good enough for a centre forward.

I need to drink from your cup my friend - need something to give a level of optimism

agree - every week it's hard luck story of woes - we create our own problems. Not defending a set piece in first half + polworth + 1 man at short corners all causing us. not to mention our lack of real opportunities

we have relegation written all over us

smith does look decent - we should have scored their

aberdeen are wise when to fall down and feign injury - get stuck in lads

we sit far too deep - can't ever be a good tactic to let players into you box

he needs to do something to react to the red card - could have taken Cole off but not much difference

Polworth was close to being set off in the first half - over very little. akin to the behaviour long gets slated for

we grew into the game after a poor start and going 1 down. so if we take Seedorf off - will it be Hastie or Smith who comes on ?

happy to see Campbell playing further up the park . We need more in midfield - Campbell and Polworth both playing well but we we need more bite in there

c'mon Well - we deserve to level this game up

we don't look at the races today - look more the team from 4+ weeks ago

Seedorf playing suggest GA's determined to play wide. Can only assume Lawless is injured/sick.

we did go through a spell of bringing in some excellent signings. Likes of Randolph, Ruddy, McManus, Mcfadden , McDonald all felt like strong calibre players. Equally I remember Sutton and Higdon being written off as uninspiring - if Smith can follow in their footsteps , rather than some of the more recent signings we'll be doing well

here's hoping he can make a difference - wonder if we can ship out White somewhere on loan.

suspect a bottom half of English Champ would be his ceiling.

agree , he's been excellent over the years. Personally I'd like to keep him until the end of the season, his extra bit of of bite in midfield could keep us up and that's worth a few bucks,

he's defo not the sunny kid in class. Petulant but then so was Scott McDonald and I was ok with him. Will be interesting to see what happens next

thanks - was conscious that he's not played since early/mid Dec and wasn't entirely clear why he'd gone off the grid. Someone mentioned a blood clot in his leg + newborn. having his family down south and commuting only each week to be either a sub or put out wide would get to the best of us. that hat-trick feels like much longer than a year ago

something going on with Long that we're not privy to. . He's been missing from the squads for quite some time and only now gets added to the website as muscle injury with zero description (quite different from all other injured players). Suspect he's burned his bridges - which seems a shame as in the central striker role he was pretty decent last season

I'm with you on this. He's a centre forward and regularly got placed on the wing - a total waste of time. I'd be ok with a last chance effort (if his attitude is right)

really interesting stats - Cole doing much better than I'd have given him credit. Also frustrating with Long. Lots of potential but this season there's clearly been issues.