by porcupine » Sat Jul 28, 2018 7:51 pm
For those that didn't bother to go, Accies looked like a mid table Championship team playing a team that should not be in League 1 but higher up. Scott McMann was back to his old self, Phillips looked the part as a sweeper in front of a back three, and Miller was lively but both he and Bingham were starved of some real incisive through passes for much of the game.
Boyd's role I could not determine, and Dougie should now be kept as an impact sub, as Kelly was more effective when he came on in Imrie's place.
Until Sowah was injured, the back three of Gordon, Want & Sowat looked comfortable, but, as a team, we failed to inflict any real damage against Airdrie, who were well organised at the back four, and in their midfield.
It always looke like a drawn game, although the three Airdrie penalties were all very poor and saveable.
This could be another long season, even with talented players signed in ths summer, and it will take a few weeks for MC to figure out his best line-up, no doubt, by which time much damage could be done. It is still a pizz poor result finishing fourth out of five in our section. Await Diddy Cup and League is the most important guff.
In saying that, we are a lot stronger today than this time last year, and hopefully the new players can gel as a unit as soon as possible.