by porcupine » Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:13 am
For a while I thought I was making up a trilogy of WYAA?, WYAB?, and now WYAM? Cup games against much lower opposition seem to knock us for six! Hopefully, there's not to be another 'Were You at .....?"
However, from Ali's sublime free kick, Accies finally got going, against a team which was organised, strong, if lacking in skill. LL did very little, other than deliver an excellent cross for McGegor's goal, but with a host of injuries, he probably had to start. The introduction of our Development Squad boys near the end upped the pace, and both showed that they had much to offer against a tiring City defence. Pity they were not played from the start, though.
I do fear for the team against a packed partisan crowd at Ibrox a week on Saturday. We are clearly well short of a strong settled defence, and MC should surely have this area sorted out from his time as a central defender. He may have no idea of how to coach a midfield or a forward line, but he needs to ensure that we do not continue to leak goals in the manner we did for the first 20 minutes last night. Our goalkeeper was very sound, commanding in his area, and took every catch cleanly . We just need a back three or four who are equally commanding, when we can then build out from there. Devlin, being free of suspension, will help, but we still need a replacement for Kurakins, on last night's showing. Daz had a quiet game, never got booked, but made a positive difference after replacing LL.
Saturday should b a most interesting game. Do we want to venture further in the BetFred Cup, or not? Jury's out for me.