Match Thread - Arbroath vs Morton (Championship 21st November)

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[TRVMP 3856]

https://arbroathfc.tv/

Tenner "in" on Saturday. It's Pixellot but controlled by a guy with a wee joystick, so hopefully minimum motion sickness.

Match preview:

https://www.gmfc.net/match-preview-arbroath-6/

Interesting preview but a distinct lack of team news. Is anyone injured?

[Mr.Blue 214]

Definitely a winnable game however knowing Hopkin we'll be very conservative  and end up with a point. 

Mcadams

Ledger fjortoft mclean strapp

Lyon.     Jacobs.    Colville

Nesbitt. Mciver.   McPake

[dunning1874 1403]

Massive game today. If we can win this then we've opened up an 8 point gap on at least one of the sides at the bottom. This early in a shortened season that'd be a great position to be in, and with Queen of the South and Alloa playing each other as well we know at least one of others in the bottom three will be dropping points again.

The time for wild changes in the lineup from week to week is surely at an end. There are obviously still some places to debate and no one should be immune from being dropped if their form turns, but at this point there are some players who have obviously earned a start with their performances so far and some who haven't.

[Alibi 311]

11 hours ago, Mr.Blue said:

Definitely a winnable game however knowing Hopkin we'll be very conservative  and end up with a point. 

Mcadams

Ledger fjortoft mclean strapp

Lyon.     Jacobs.    Colville

Nesbitt. Mciver.   McPake

That looks like our best team. Could maybe swap McLean for McGinty but the rest should be first picks. And please no taking our best players off after an hour just to get game time for subs if the first pick players can manage the 90 minutes (which they should be able to as a basic standard). Maybe some subs if we are 3-0 up and coasting but ffs let’s kill games off when we can.

[Stevie Aitken's Love Child 180]

McLean cannot be a part of a back 4, his lack of pace gets exposed way too much. If McLean plays it had to be as part of a back 3.

[Boogs49 0]

Jim McAlister has served his 2 match ban so he'll be available and would expect Hopkin to pick him.

[dunning1874 1403]

[Doddie 14]

Would’ve liked one of Oliver or Nesbitt to also start. I take it colville and Lyon will play off maciver then the usual back 5 and to sitting midfielders 

[Mr.Blue 214]

That looks like a defensive 4-5-1 to me🙈

[Alibi 311]

Is McPake injured?

[Boogs49 0]

1 minute ago, Alibi said:

Is McPake injured?

Yes called off this morning with a knock

[JLTON 30]

13 minutes ago, Mr.Blue said:

That looks like a defensive 4-5-1 to me🙈

Really? Its the 3-4-2-1 surely?

[Pedrodelawasp 131]

25 minutes ago, Mr.Blue said:

That looks like a defensive 4-5-1 to me🙈

 

9 minutes ago, JLTON said:

Really? Its the 3-4-2-1 surely?

Reads as either a 3 or a 5 at the back, depending on how you think of the wing backs.

[TheGoon 620]

I can’t see there being many goals here. 

[TONofmemories 1573]

That fucking sun 

[TRVMP 3856]

"We can't move the sun"

[Pedrodelawasp 131]

With that amount of lens flare you’d think this was directed by JJ Abrams...

[pink_panther 23]

https://www.vipleague.lc/1-arbroath-vs-morton-live-streaming

[TONofmemories 1573]

Rather unsettling listening to the guy whisper in the background with my headphones on 

[TRVMP 3856]

If we're relying on set pieces and counters then we can't be skying those headers over the bar.

[TRVMP 3856]

Our "wing backs" are pinned back so badly, and despite the numbers they look comfortable in the middle, so there's nothing going forward.

[The Bewilderedbeast 214]

Commentary not a patch on McDade and Ritchie

[port-ton 145]

I have this on in the background and it's still been the longest 17 minutes of my life. 

 

[Pedrodelawasp 131]

Proper old school fitba names in the Arbroath side... Hilly, Hammy, pretty much a y at the end of any name