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seldom have i read so many variations on how A Player performed. fans are as inconsistant as the team is the only conclusion i can come to.

another goal lost to a set piece. why do we bother?? carbon copy of last season it seems with regards to the defence. we might be better going forward but the same mistakes at the back is costing us yet again. We've lost a hell of alot of soft goals this season already.

we seem to have picked up abit since we lost the goal. long 2nd half tho.....

Aberdeen, hearts and utd have bigger budgets, so would expect them to be better than us. Caley who we beat are probably on par. Of course money does not mean everthing as we have shown in the past. However it is not unreasonable to think we would struggle the first four games.

Maybe scared of being to open? Lets be honest caley had nothing up front where as Hearts are dangerous up front.

Think in many eyes we have 3 points more than expected when the fixtures were announced. We need to be patient and level headed.

Thing is weve been creating good chances but aint taking them. We are then being punished for mistakes. We need to remember we have been playing good teams and its still early in the season. l

Playing taylor was not the lone reason we got beat. Think mcdonald mimmicking lasleys start last season.

Cue the sack the manager brigade.....

When the front guys dont perform then the defence is under pressure.

We fluffed an early chance. Gifted a penalty and been chasing the game against a team high in confidence.

Think youll find utds goalie also kept them in it at important stages of the game. We were the better team and defence coped very well until the fluke goal.

Hearts are a big team apparently and dangerous at dead ball. Get kennedy in at right back for law. Ainsworth for chalmers and moult for fletcher for his trickiery.

chalmers is a left/center back playing left midfield. Whilst, he's doing well to get into goal scoring opportunities, he seems he does not have the instinct or perhaps bravery to put the ball in the net. He's wasted good chances in Inverness, and today. Law is our weak link in the defence, and all opposition will target him. He seems to panic on the ball, and lacks concentration. Given Johnson's playing on the right and probably tracks back more than Ainsworth this is going to be an ongoing problem. Once we get Ainsworth back into the team, Johnson will be back on the left and probably get more space to play. McDonald's lack of form/sharpness is probably down to a lack of pre season. He will get better when Ainsworth pace is introduced, as teams cant double up on Johnson, Ainsworth & McDonald. Pearson's energy was missed in the middle of the park. Thats no slate on Leitch, as he is a totally different player, but we need a player in who can do the Pearson role. Dundee Utd seem to have a hoodoo on us currently. Seems every time we play them we have key players missing, and suffer bad luck. One of these days...

Im all for giving youth a chance but we need energy and power in the middle of the field. If cadden fits that ethos then fine but we still need to replace pearson if out for a while and one other as cover.

The young players who we have promoted to first team squad may be technically good, but lack the physique to compete i feel. Hopefully our fitness guru will sort that out in the comming months. Of course in the short term its a problem that needs addressed.

dont think chalmers is any quicker than Leitch. Hows about kennedy? big quick lad. Was suprised he was not brought on at right back and law pushed forward into right midfield.

said it early but at the time i thought it was a stupid decision to go into that tackle. You wonder if it was payback for an earlier reckless tackle on Skippy. He's potentially screwed things up for himself and the team. Whilst we want the younger guys to get a chance in the first team, IMO Leitch does not have either the physique or energy we badly need in the middle of the park, especially if Pearson is out. To accommodate the younger guys we might need three in the middle of the park. Could Clarkson play the Pearson role? Either way we might need two new midfield players, never mind just the one.

Lasley outstanding. Won the ball time after time, with a brilliant challenge late in game.

That was as comfortable 1 nil you will ever see. Had we been more clinical it could have been 4 zip easy. Pearson was stupid with his lounge which injured him and his opponent. Could have cost us as leitch does not offer the same energy as pearson does. Mcdonald tried but more often than not fluffed things. Lack of pre season. We need a high energy center midfield player pronto if pearson is out for a while. Goalie was confident and dominate. Law needs to learn about not giving ball away cheaply.

the officials are having a blinder the night. not once mentioned.............

Difficult to say whether any player had a good or bad game based on twitter updates. What is encouraging was watt being mentioned in an attacking sense on top of his goal against livi. Also that fletcher bagged another. Link up play etc all seems promising. Hopefully this continues when the real action starts.

seems watt is getting himself involved in an attacking sense. good to see and hopefully his confidence grows. Could Wes be the poacher we've been looking for?

saving our goals for the real matches.. main thing is fitness and getting the players learning each others moves etc. the link up play being reported is promising.

dont care who we sign or what their age is as long as they can keep the ball out the net more often than not.