the gunslinger 3,366 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Leckie is bang on. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,764 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 It was a strange moment (the tackle and sending off). I was confused at first and the replays didn't really help. I can see both arguments. He's a Rangers player, so I'll take his side. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffer 1,665 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 We will have to agree to disagree on this one. He did follow through deliberately in my opinion and deserved the red card. If it wasn't deliberate, it was still reckless and still a red. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 I just want to bring into the discussion. Has playing with 5 defenders really helped us cement the back and give us a platform to build from the back. Aberdeen scored with a free-kick from distance but have had in 2 games hardly had a chance shot on goal. Has Ross McCrorie brought out the best of Ryan Jack in that he is now playing further forward and has been relieved of a lot of his defensive duties. What do we do when Dorrans come s back? Will that be to the cost of Holt or Pena? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,764 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 The diamond is working. McCrorie has been great in there, no doubt about it. I'd go with: McCrorie Dorrans Jack Pena With Windass and Morelos in front of them. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jaws 570 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 (edited) I just want to bring into the discussion. Has playing with 5 defenders really helped us cement the back and give us a platform to build from the back. Aberdeen scored with a free-kick from distance but have had in 2 games hardly had a chance shot on goal. Has Ross McCrorie brought out the best of Ryan Jack in that he is now playing further forward and has been relieved of a lot of his defensive duties. What do we do when Dorrans come s back? Will that be to the cost of Holt or Pena? We want to play with two wingers but we don't have the personnel for it right now as Windass doesn't really fullfill that wide role particularly well. Playing in the diamond with McCrorie at its base and Pena at its tip allows two things because McGuillit floats in between the lines and pushes our forward line further forward while McCrorie plugs the ball over the top. It allows Jack and Holt to be interchangeable with any of the midfielders that we have on our bench increases their lateral possibilities and it also allows the two front players, at the moment, Windass and Miller to be more dynamic vertically. The trouble with that system is that its more complicated than 4-2-3-1 and takes players time to settle into it properly but from what I've been seeing since Wednesdays game is that it suits the personnel we have available at this moment and they seem fairly comfortable with it too. It seems more natural than what they were being asked to do previously. Edited December 3, 2017 by Big Jaws spelling 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jaws 570 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 The diamond is working. McCrorie has been great in there, no doubt about it. I'd go with: McCrorie Dorrans Jack Pena With Windass and Morelos in front of them. Dorrans, Pena, Kranjcar could all play at the head of the diamond Holt and Jack positions needs more industrious players so Dorrans, Barjonas, Thomson, could all play Jacks role and then add in Candieas and they could all play Holts role. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,764 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Morelos and Pena keep the opposition guessing. Them, McCrorie and Jack would be my current first names on the team sheet. But it's all opinion based. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 What is football it is all about guessing anticipation and taking chances. A striker guesses and takes a chance when running to the front or back post. Guessing gives a keeper mostly a 50% chance he is right. Sometimes 33% if you take going down the middle. When you take it that penalty takers habits are well studied before the time then those odds could be vastly improved. Did you see the Liverpool free-kick yesterday? They had studied that the wall always jumped so they took a chance and hit a daisy cutter and the wall jumped nicely over the ball leaving the keeper stranded. Anyway I will leave it at that because I guess you won't give in until you say we will have to agree to disagree. We will have to agree to disagree. A keeper guessing won’t keep his job for too long. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Keepers can move at penalties as long as its side ways They can actually move forward too.... so long as they start behind the line 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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