MelvinBragg

Regarding Tanner's injury, I'd love to think it would offer MacLean or Turnbull an opportunity between now and the end of the season. Realistically it probably means a midfield of Rose, Campbell and McHugh for the foreseeable future with Bigirimana and Grimshaw stepping in for the likes of the semi final...

I notice there's no Cadden in the Scotland U21 squad on the BBC website despite club Twitter saying he'd been selected...

The other unavoidable fact here is that for the past season and a half, for better or worse, our team was set up to benefit him. He was the focal point with a large part of our tactics involving 'Get the ball to Louis'. One of the reasons we struggled in December before we spent January looking for (and finding) an alternative plan...

If I told you we were going to face Accies and they'd have sold a midfielder to Rangers and that Imrie, Crawford and MacKinnon were going to be unavailable, I guarantee that you would also expect us to win. Bottom line is that we were poor in both boxes yesterday (we seemed to panic at every Accies set piece). Our attacking seemed 'tentative' for want of a better word. Haggis suggested that their pitch is in our heads. I was starting to think that at the game yesterday but I suspect that it may be that whenever we play poorly there, we as fans emphasise the importance of the pitch. And it is dreadful, make no mistake...

Quite. Partick are 10 points behind us in 11th. Goal difference is 16 worse than ours so call it 11 points. They would need to win 4 games out of 9 remaining. So far they've won 6 out of 29. And those four wins would only be enough if we fail to pick up more than a single point. We were poor today but we'll win at least one more league game this season. On another matter, Ciftci was poor again today. Still running like he's towing a caravan. Others were as poor but at least seemed to have the energy to get about. I agree Tanner up front didn't work, but I'd have dropped Ciftci anyway, for Bowman rather than Rose...

Tanner up front with Main. Rose in midfield with McHugh and Campbell. He doesn't get much wrong Robinson but not sure about that set up. Three strikers on the bench...

Except when it's Rangers and Celtic when they get the dressing room at their end...

Neither did I. But having done the Hampden tour recently, it apparently stems from way back when fans travelled from the East end or the South side of Glasgow on foot and the decision was made on the basis of the ease of getting them into the ground without too much difficulty. As I say, that's the reason the official SFA Hampden tour gives...

So tickets cheaper than Accies then?

Suspect it's no different to the prices there earlier in the season and it's maybe just been thrown into sharp focus given the prices for yesterday's game but £23 and £13 for a game at that dreadful stadium seems steep. As for the game, they'll be up for it. We'll need to make sure we are...

Went for Dunne. Our best defender for the last six or seven games, our best player on a few occasions. Passing is slowly improving (lovely ball to Frear today) and he won a couple of tackles he had no right to win. New contract, please...

Assumed their wee pal Neil was going to get the win so had us at 32? First time in years that we've had a team that can grind a result out while playing poorly. Should we just be grateful for it..?

Aye, but also saying that Dundee are by far the better team. We must be bad if official Twitter is saying it.

I like Tanner but, and I don't have the stats to hand obviously, even with Dunne's odd misplaced pass I suspect his passing accuracy percentage was better than Tanner's today...

Not much I can disagree with here...

I'm sure he's aware of that given he said "we should have made more of that". Your constant berating of Robinson makes me think that you are Mark McGhee in disguise...

Just shows you how people see games differently. I like Tanner but thought he was poor today. And I thought Rose had a decent game. And I'd disagree that we played 442 in any of the league cup games. For me, all of those games were 352 formations...

New kits for next season, I'm told...

Don't tell his agent that. Quotes I read suggested he favoured coming here because he'd be in the first team squad...

Campbell injured a blow...

Dunne is certainly going a long way to win over his doubters. Out of contract in the summer? I wouldn't be averse to him getting a new contract. Laughed when I read what you wrote about Main. Just before I had a look at this thread, I was thinking about Main and the phrase that crept into my head was 'I like the cut of his jib'...

No chance... It'll be 2-0 and Frear and Tanner...

It's a bad day when you look at the line-up and start praying it's a wacky 442 diamond midfield. Tanner was poor on Saturday (don't know how fit he is) and I suspect Frear isn't ready to start a game yet. But it's still not an eleven to get the pulses racing... EDIT Having said that. It's the exact same team as the league cup semi-final bar the two strikers and Hartley and all three are unavailable or have moved on...

You managed to say what I was trying to say a few posts back, but you used far fewer words. What I would say is that a manager having a clear idea of how he wants to play and the formation he wants to use is, in general, a good thing. Robinson has clearly managed to bring in central defenders that are comfortable in a back three. Tait is comfortable at right wing back and Hendrie may turn out to be the answer at left wing back. Problem is further forward. We don't seem to have come up with a midfield combination that allows us to compete, retain possession and create chances. I don't know if we even have the personnel to come up with the right combination despite midfield being the area where we have the most bodies. The other issue is that playing 352, I'm not sure where Cadden, Frear and Tanner fit in. Given they are three players that offer creativity (Frear and Tanner) or real powerful physical presence (Cadden) then you'd want them in the team. If we are going to persevere with 352, Robinson's third window should be used to get the midfield balance right, find his long term solution at left wing back and perhaps move on some of the players that don't fit the way Robinson wants us to play...

Apparently yesterday was the first time we'd conceded a goal from a header in the league this season* (we were informed this by another fan about ten seconds before Thistle scored, thanks Paul) so would suggest we're doing something right about defending free kicks... *Haven't checked this myself before anyone points out any inaccuracy there...