Re: Poor substitution, bad form, draw.
Have to agree with that, I understand all the agruements about a means
to an end, but we are becoming a one trick pony under Martin.
BTW.. was there a MOTM tonight or was Jim so bored with our defensive
display that he fell asleep.
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sonsteam@yahoogroups.com, "whiplash262000" <grantwhiplash@h...>
wrote:
>
> Disappointed that we blatantly played for the draw in the entire
> second half. I feel it was a strange substitution to bring off Andy
> so early in the second half after his performance so far in the game.
> Although you could say he was tired and had run himself into the
> ground, the arrival of Gemmell for one of the midfielders would have
> lifetd the pressure off him and we could have at least attempted to
> make some headway in the second half.
>
> I also feel it was bad form to play the tactics we did in the second
> half. Our defence is now possibly on a par with any in the division
> and for us to play with at lesat 10 men behind the ball for such long
> periods of the game was unnecessary, exsasperating and at times
> embarrasing.
>
> Dont get me wrong I aint upset with the performances of the players.
> I thought they all had good games and done their jobs well,
> especially the ever improving James Allan and Walker, however, to
> play tactics like that is poor considering the minute differences in
> quality between all the teams in this league (Did Berwick not beat
> Brechin the other week?). All said though, at least we didnt get beat.
>
> Rant over.