It was far from beautiful flowing football at Inverness yesterday but the players raised the tempo sufficiently to get the result. Leigh Griffiths scored a classic poacher’s goal. He missed plenty against Kilmarnock and Ajax but that’s part of the territory of being a striker.
I was delighted to see Carlton Cole make his first appearance for the club, and for anyone since last season. His first touch could have resulted in a goal but his sheer body mass caused sufficient panic in the Inverness defence that a goal resulted soon enough. There’s a lot of work ahead as Carlton looks to get match fit but he’s exactly the kind of foil we’ve missed this season.
For all the Zonal Marking Detesters……… We’re now man-to-man and we’re still conceding headers in front of goal. The problem was not resolved with the switch to man-to-man. Defending corner kicks requires a physicality and alertness which we’ve missed all season. The sooner we fix this and get back to zonal the better.
On the subject of physicality, Dedryck, this is your hand. A brick wall should have been thrown up in front of Miles Storey at the Inverness goal. I accept we have unresolved issues at set-pieces and that we’ll lose goals as a consequence. Goals conceded on Thursday – a deflection-come-ricochet, and a breakaway, had little to do with the defence, but yesterday’s Inverness goal was just rank bad defending.
At Carfin on Friday I told Phil MacGiollaBhain that there was no way Dave King could weasel out of paying Mike Ashley his £5m, having said he would do so. Phil referred me to the “glib and shameless liar” part of King’s past and not to be so naive. He could have a point.
Ashley holds the aces here. Any attempt to ‘play’ him will fail.
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Bawsman
No more Mr Nice Guy :) :)
AULDHEID on 1ST DECEMBER 2015 12:26 PM
Where are we going next? A bit of organising to do there involving funding first unless the SFA do bow to pressure already being exerted.
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My cheque book and pen are poised.
Philbhoy, yes, thank you for the alert.
Tony Donnelly, yellow card.
Personal abuse is not allowed on CQN. I have followed your recent debate, which has edged ever-close to the line. If you cannot make a point courteously, do not make it on CQN. I cannot allow this type of comment on the blog.
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AULDHEAD // Funding…I will contribute. Heard Donald Findlay is keen on getting the gig?
The Battered Bunnet.
In my opinion GASL King was summond to Hampdon the other day,and told in no uncertain terms,” make the court cases with Mike Askley go away”.Hence the crap that he has raised the £5 million,to pay off Sports Direct,and as far as I’ve heard big Mike has,or will be refusing to accept it.
The SFA are desperate to try and get out of the court case with SD,because they know what the outcome will be.