MelvinBragg

I'm not a fan of Robinson but even he would see the ability in Cooper. What Robinson does struggle with is finding a blend with players of slightly more ability and workers. Right now, it seems to be all about the best selection of workers...

Indeed. And replaced by the guy that got Ross County out of a hole and condemned us to the playoffs. Enjoyable as they were....

Quite..

While I don't disagree with your point regarding Maguire, I'd say that Donnelly has been no worse than Hartley whenever I've seen him...

Not one player in that team that you'd say even on their best day, you'd pay to watch. Not saying that they're bad players but not much there to get you off your seat or set the pulse racing. If Livingston are disciplined and stick with their men, we won't score. Don't see anyone in that side capable of doing something unexpected, or beating a man. We've obviously been spoiled over the years with players who can turn a game out of nothing (recently Moult, Johnson, McFadden, Humphrey, Law, even Ainsworth) but that's a pretty uninspiring lineup...

Sadly we are reduced to sarcasm. Never a good sign for a manager's longevity when fans are reduced to taking the piss out of his team selection...

I urge anyone who thinks we're on the right track at the moment to read this. Excellent post...

Fixed that for you...

Would be funny if it weren't true...

Dundee winning, we're losing. Anyone who says it's not time to panic is kidding themselves...

Dreadful goal to lose. As others have said, penalty miss will cost us...

Good finish for the first goal, dreadful penalty..

It was only 1-0 and they're a super bunch of boys. When you compare budgets.. Post match interview bingo. All true statements but doesn't address the fact we're dreadful to watch. Six league games, four we've failed to score in. Questions have to be asked...

Well, we all know that isn't likely so as well hoping foran outcome that means problems get addressed rather than another 'unlucky' 1-0 defeat...

Game over. Hopefully Aberdeen rattle in a few goals, maybe force people at the club to have a long hard look at themselves...

Converting Maguire into a defensive midfielder isn't a bad idea if he has the attributes to play there. But given the number of centre midfielders we have at the club (I count six, maybe seven), is there any realistic chance of him getting a game there for the first team? Why re-sign both Rose and Grimshaw if the coaching staff feel that's Maguire's best position? Regards signing the guy from NEC, I don't see the point. Why sign a winger when Robinson's system has no use for them? Like Frear, he'd be picking up a wage with no real place in the team...

On the basis of the season so far, Main being out would not hinder us much...

I'd be tempted to revert to a McGhee style squinty 442 for this game. Gillespie Tait Aldred Hartley Taylor-Sinclair Bigirimana McHugh Campbell Frear Johnson Sammon Cadden needs a rest but Frear isn't a wing back so playing him there doesn't do him or the team any favours. If playing three at the back then Taylor-Sinclair or Livingston should play left wing back. Just feel that Frear started the season well and creates chances more than anyone else in our team so would like him in the team but not at wing back...

Aldred was garbage. Hearts kept allowing him to have the ball knowing they'd get it back soon enough...

Curtis Main for making me believe I could still make it as a professional footballer...

Losing is fine, what is unacceptable is the way the team totally loses its shape when a goal down. In both the Accies game and today, panic set in. It was like boys brigade football with everyone chasing the ball. Amateurish. And don't get me started on Robinson's substitutions...

I was always thinking January for Tanner given he had missed pre season. Dunne had pre season but like Hartley might take a while to get his sharpness back. I wouldn't have too much hope in seeing either of them this side of the winter break...

Don't ask me how or why I stumbled across the information, but it appears that Luke Watt and Robbie Leitch both appear to have signed for the same Croatian third division side. Anyone any idea how that came to pass? Seems a strange one to me...

We seem very wedded to 352 so any winger wouldn't see much game time...

How does my saying that it would be strange if we signed another centre half equate to my believing the story? Almost says the opposite....