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Scott Sinclair; New baby arrives, and there to greet her were her mama and papa.
Topic Started: 5 Aug 2016, 04:00 PM (514,201 Views)
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egan46
3 Feb 2018, 09:42 PM
"He always has 2 or 3 players on him whenever he receives the ball nowadays" is the biggest myth going. I specifically looked out for it today and he was more often than not 1 v 1 with a defender and he still couldn't do anything productive. In fact I don't remember a time today when he was simply crowded out by 2 or 3 players.
He was very very poor today, but he always had 2 or 3 players on him when he had the ball. As had the rest of the midfielders and attackers. We were very poor, Sinclair was shocking, but Kilmarnock were very good. They gave none of our players any space. Sinclair more than any of the others seemed unable to create any space as a result of it.
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3 Feb 2018, 07:34 PM
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3 Feb 2018, 06:08 PM
Looks to be lacking in confidence at the moment, Brendan needs to build it back up
confidence is not lacking, hard fekkin work and not believing your own hype may be though
There was one occasion today when he lost the ball and totally showed o interest in trying to win it back. Now that really pisses me off :nono: :angry:
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egan46
3 Feb 2018, 09:42 PM
"He always has 2 or 3 players on him whenever he receives the ball nowadays" is the biggest myth going. I specifically looked out for it today and he was more often than not 1 v 1 with a defender and he still couldn't do anything productive. In fact I don't remember a time today when he was simply crowded out by 2 or 3 players.
Bollocks - He along with the rest of them was pish today and he is generally not playing well but the only myth is your theory he is not getting doubled and tripled up on.
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3 Feb 2018, 10:07 PM
egan46
3 Feb 2018, 09:42 PM
"He always has 2 or 3 players on him whenever he receives the ball nowadays" is the biggest myth going. I specifically looked out for it today and he was more often than not 1 v 1 with a defender and he still couldn't do anything productive. In fact I don't remember a time today when he was simply crowded out by 2 or 3 players.
He expects players to fall on their arse after after two of his step overs, freezes and runs out of ideas when they inevitably don’t.

Him and KT where really poor down the left today.
KT was actually getting a lot of joy down the flank until being put back into defence when Sinclair came on.
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Didn't think he contributed enough today, gave the ball away too easily
But on the other hand, didn't have so much time on the ball in the first place
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"Sinclair always had 2 or 3 round him"
"Musonda always had 2 or 3 round him"
"Tierney always had 2 or 3 round him"

Is our movement and passing really so bad that we can't use all that extra space?
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Fly Pelican
4 Feb 2018, 10:15 AM
"Sinclair always had 2 or 3 round him"
"Musonda always had 2 or 3 round him"
"Tierney always had 2 or 3 round him"

Is our movement and passing really so bad that we can't use all that extra space?
Absolutely bang on. Moving the ball so slowly allowed them to do that successfully. We need a plan for that. I'd go long diagonal from deep on to edge of area with two up there and others supporting. Not pretty but would hopefully discourage opponents from sitting in deep.
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Fly Pelican
4 Feb 2018, 10:15 AM
"Sinclair always had 2 or 3 round him"
"Musonda always had 2 or 3 round him"
"Tierney always had 2 or 3 round him"

Is our movement and passing really so bad that we can't use all that extra space?
Extra space? :lol: Did you see the size of the pitch? It was tiny. A very small pitch and a well drilled team all sitting in looking to break. There was no space.
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4 Feb 2018, 10:49 AM
Fly Pelican
4 Feb 2018, 10:15 AM
"Sinclair always had 2 or 3 round him"
"Musonda always had 2 or 3 round him"
"Tierney always had 2 or 3 round him"

Is our movement and passing really so bad that we can't use all that extra space?
Extra space? :lol: Did you see the size of the pitch? It was tiny. A very small pitch and a well drilled team all sitting in looking to break. There was no space.
Killie managed to find quite a lot of space on several occasions.

I'm sorry but our players and management team are paid enough to be able to outsmart a team consisting of rory McKenzie, Kris Boyd, Gordon Greer and Kirk broadfoot.

Let's just call a spade a spade performances haven't been good enough this season so far and the players and management team need to sort it out.
Edited by lepetitmerde, 4 Feb 2018, 11:06 AM.
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lepetitmerde
4 Feb 2018, 11:05 AM
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4 Feb 2018, 10:49 AM
Fly Pelican
4 Feb 2018, 10:15 AM
"Sinclair always had 2 or 3 round him"
"Musonda always had 2 or 3 round him"
"Tierney always had 2 or 3 round him"

Is our movement and passing really so bad that we can't use all that extra space?
Extra space? :lol: Did you see the size of the pitch? It was tiny. A very small pitch and a well drilled team all sitting in looking to break. There was no space.
Killie managed to find quite a lot of space on several occasions.

I'm sorry but our players and management team are paid enough to be able to outsmart a team consisting of rory McKenzie, Kris Boyd, Gordon Greer and Kirk broadfoot.

Let's just call a spade a spade performances haven't been good enough this season so far and the players and management team need to sort it out.
Killie found space because we were pressing and had the majority of our players in their half. Did Killie play possession football and pass the ball about? No, but all they needed to do is break into our half after winning the ball to find all the space they needed. It isn't hard to figure out.

You are getting hung up on who plays for Killie for some reason. Steve Clarke has got them well organised, which is easy when you aren't trying to play an expansive style of game, and is using tgeir litch as an advantage.

We were poor but that doesn't change facts. There wasn't any space for us to play. We should've altered our game to suit.
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4 Feb 2018, 11:28 AM
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4 Feb 2018, 11:05 AM
Neil Jung
4 Feb 2018, 10:49 AM

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Killie managed to find quite a lot of space on several occasions.

I'm sorry but our players and management team are paid enough to be able to outsmart a team consisting of rory McKenzie, Kris Boyd, Gordon Greer and Kirk broadfoot.

Let's just call a spade a spade performances haven't been good enough this season so far and the players and management team need to sort it out.
Killie found space because we were pressing and had the majority of our players in their half. Did Killie play possession football and pass the ball about? No, but all they needed to do is break into our half after winning the ball to find all the space they needed. It isn't hard to figure out.

You are getting hung up on who plays for Killie for some reason. Steve Clarke has got them well organised, which is easy when you aren't trying to play an expansive style of game, and is using tgeir litch as an advantage.

We were poor but that doesn't change facts. There wasn't any space for us to play. We should've altered our game to suit.
We should have but it was compounded by them working harder than us. That is why people are calling it an embarrassment in the match thread, not because we were beaten.

If teams overload on specific players it should open up space for others. The pitch doesn't change that.
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4 Feb 2018, 11:51 AM
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4 Feb 2018, 11:28 AM
lepetitmerde
4 Feb 2018, 11:05 AM

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Killie found space because we were pressing and had the majority of our players in their half. Did Killie play possession football and pass the ball about? No, but all they needed to do is break into our half after winning the ball to find all the space they needed. It isn't hard to figure out.

You are getting hung up on who plays for Killie for some reason. Steve Clarke has got them well organised, which is easy when you aren't trying to play an expansive style of game, and is using tgeir litch as an advantage.

We were poor but that doesn't change facts. There wasn't any space for us to play. We should've altered our game to suit.
We should have but it was compounded by them working harder than us. That is why people are calling it an embarrassment in the match thread, not because we were beaten.

If teams overload on specific players it should open up space for others. The pitch doesn't change that.
The narrowness of the pitch does change that. If all outfield players are in one half of the pitch it cuts down space dramatically. If the pitch is bobbly and you are trying to pass it about it makes it easier for the defending team to close you down. We should've used the wings more but even saying that when we got the ball out there Killie were able to shuffle over and have two or three players up against our one. Clarke did a job on us tactically.
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Neil Jung
4 Feb 2018, 12:06 PM
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4 Feb 2018, 11:51 AM
Neil Jung
4 Feb 2018, 11:28 AM

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We should have but it was compounded by them working harder than us. That is why people are calling it an embarrassment in the match thread, not because we were beaten.

If teams overload on specific players it should open up space for others. The pitch doesn't change that.
The narrowness of the pitch does change that. If all outfield players are in one half of the pitch it cuts down space dramatically. If the pitch is bobbly and you are trying to pass it about it makes it easier for the defending team to close you down. We should've used the wings more but even saying that when we got the ball out there Killie were able to shuffle over and have two or three players up against our one. Clarke did a job on us tactically.
If you play the ball quicker you'll make space, especially if they're doubling up on players. that's as true on a 5 a side pitch as is it would be on wembley stadium. or the Serengeti plains.



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His loss of form has been startling. Looked like a Sunday league footballer yesterday, never looked comfortable on the ball. Seems to be utterly bereft of confidence for some reason.
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4 Feb 2018, 11:51 AM

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The narrowness of the pitch does change that. If all outfield players are in one half of the pitch it cuts down space dramatically. If the pitch is bobbly and you are trying to pass it about it makes it easier for the defending team to close you down. We should've used the wings more but even saying that when we got the ball out there Killie were able to shuffle over and have two or three players up against our one. Clarke did a job on us tactically.
If you play the ball quicker you'll make space, especially if they're doubling up on players. that's as true on a 5 a side pitch as is it would be on wembley stadium. or the Serengeti plains.



Of course. Easier said than done though as there was another team on the pitch who were playing to a simple plan but doing it well.
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If you play the ball quicker you'll make space, especially if they're doubling up on players. that's as true on a 5 a side pitch as is it would be on wembley stadium. or the Serengeti plains.



Of course. Easier said than done though as there was another team on the pitch who were playing to a simple plan but doing it well.
Sinclair does get doubled up on he rarely releases it early enough or when he does it's usually to Kieran who's default pass now seems destined for one of our centre mids playing at Centre half.

The pitch is small and poor absolutely but the lack of urgency with our passing, the glacial pace we've been playing at and the urge to pass the ball backwards is the reason we don't have any space. We constantly allow teams to reset. It genuinely must have happened 30 times yesterday. We are so easy to play against now. Sit tight, force us to play through the middle by doubling up on wingers and trust that we don't have the guile to break it down.
Wait for our inevitable defensive cock up and hopefully nick a goal.

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Neil Jung
4 Feb 2018, 11:28 AM
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4 Feb 2018, 11:05 AM
Neil Jung
4 Feb 2018, 10:49 AM

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Killie managed to find quite a lot of space on several occasions.

I'm sorry but our players and management team are paid enough to be able to outsmart a team consisting of rory McKenzie, Kris Boyd, Gordon Greer and Kirk broadfoot.

Let's just call a spade a spade performances haven't been good enough this season so far and the players and management team need to sort it out.
Killie found space because we were pressing and had the majority of our players in their half. Did Killie play possession football and pass the ball about? No, but all they needed to do is break into our half after winning the ball to find all the space they needed. It isn't hard to figure out.

You are getting hung up on who plays for Killie for some reason. Steve Clarke has got them well organised, which is easy when you aren't trying to play an expansive style of game, and is using tgeir litch as an advantage.

We were poor but that doesn't change facts. There wasn't any space for us to play. We should've altered our game to suit.
You don't think the quality of opposition players should reflect poorly on our inability to have more than 1 shot on target for 87 minutes of a game?

You don't think players earning near 40k a week should be able to find a way to create half a dozen good chances against somebody who cant boil an egg without giving himself a injury?
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Of course. Easier said than done though as there was another team on the pitch who were playing to a simple plan but doing it well.
Sinclair does get doubled up on he rarely releases it early enough or when he does it's usually to Kieran who's default pass now seems destined for one of our centre mids playing at Centre half.

The pitch is small and poor absolutely but the lack of urgency with our passing, the glacial pace we've been playing at and the urge to pass the ball backwards is the reason we don't have any space. We constantly allow teams to reset. It genuinely must have happened 30 times yesterday. We are so easy to play against now. Sit tight, force us to play through the middle by doubling up on wingers and trust that we don't have the guile to break it down.
Wait for our inevitable defensive cock up and hopefully nick a goal.

Perfect summary.
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He's starting to look like a really poor player, which is a huge concern.
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3 Feb 2018, 09:12 PM
Looks bored this season. If he doesn't show better form I'd punt him at the end of the season. Maybe replace him with Killie's Jones.

Would like to see the Sinclair of last year return though.


:lol:

16 goals & 15 assists.

He hasn't been as explosive as last season but selling him would be madness.
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