Scott

No left back or Oakley, nice.

At fault for the goal last night, again.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he wants out in the summer. Completely wasting his time here. I’d hoped we’d turned a corner with him getting a start and MOTM vs Queen’s Park but he appears to be the fall guy for Airdrie despite everyone being shite.

He can’t judge the flight of a ball, shanks crosses out the pitch, gives the ball away when trying to pass it more often than not, and makes a habit of losing his man for crosses (see Airdrie’s 3rd on Saturday). The one thing he is good at is getting back in front of a wide player using his pace if they’re on the counter attack. He’ll pick up a decent wage non-league down in England, but I’d be disappointed if we didn’t look to improve on him for next season. If he was as good as Dundee fans said he was, the injury has clearly done him as a player.

Of the players out of contract I’d like us to retain: Oakley, Crawford, Muirhead, O’Connor, Strapp (unlikely), and Garrity who I think has a real bit of potential. Time to thank the others for their efforts and wish them well. I think we’ve actually got a likeable group of players whose effort can’t be faulted, but if we are striving to be better and aim higher then the club and Imrie need to be ruthless this summer.

It won’t be, but that should be the last time we see Broadfoot. An appalling performance allowing McGill and Todorov to get the better of him for 90 mins. O’Connor must replace him on Tuesday. I thought Power got a hard time of it at the start of the season, and he was great during our 16 game unbeaten run but today he was miles off it. Unsure how many but that must be 3 or 4 goals he’s cost us in recent weeks due to arsing about with the ball rather than just shelling it, or passing to a player near him. Gillespie should start on Tuesday but I’m not sure how much of an improvement that’ll be. Tyler French is another who has put in pathetic performances for weeks on end, even a weak link during our impressive run. Maybe Dundee sent the wrong player over as he’s not lived up to the expectations set by their support. He’s practically undroppable due to us having no alternative at RB other than Blues. Garrity made a huge difference when he came on and must start on Tuesday too. Promotion play-offs look too far away now, but 3/4 points from the next 2 games should consolidate our place in the Championship for next season.

“I won’t say anymore about how it happened, but I hope he’s playing against us on Saturday.” - Oakley in the Tele

Noticed Muirhead’s celebration was a dig at the crowd yesterday… that along with Imrie’s comments would suggest he’s immune to criticism. One free-kick chucked in by Cal Ferrie doesn’t make up for the last 2 months performances from him.

Bearne got a great assist in his last start for us, away at Arbroath in December. Since then he’s had 98 minutes worth of football in 8 games from the bench, only getting more than 15 minutes twice. It’s not enough time for a player to make an impact. He definitely looked a threat away at Partick last week, but expecting an immediate impact from a player who is hardly getting a look in is a bit unfair in my eyes. If the team were firing on all cylinders then fair enough, but there’s too many players not contributing enough for others not to get a chance.

He needs to give it a rest. He’s got a boy on the bench that he handed a 2 year deal to, yet never gives him a fair chance. Granted Boyd wasn’t great, but he did the same with him too with the 2 year deal. The budget has been there but he’s wasted it on those players.

Imrie basically calling out McGrattan in his post match interview, which is poor when Broadfoot, Crawford, French, golden boy Blues and Muirhead were all miles off it.

We’re in free fall and can’t see where the next win comes from.

Yeah, really don’t understand McGrattan starting. He’s been woeful any time he’s had a chance recently.

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Thought it looked like Gillespie was playing on the right of a midfield 3 but more advanced than Blues & Power. Crawford can come into that role given we shouldn’t be so defensive today and allow Garrity to play further forward.