First things first. A victory is always welcome and a clean sheet adds another tick to the plus column. Turnbull was excellent again and team-building in the future MUST revolve around him.
Now for the other stuff…
It was mainly torture to watch yet again! Apart from the first 15-20mins, it was complete crap once more. I haven’t watched the post-match stuff at this point but it wouldn’t surprise me if NL was trotting out the same old…" We were outstanding at times " baloney.
He screwed up the subs again in my opinion. Why was his first change to put us back to one recognised striker up top? I know Christie has played there before but if Griff or Klimala can’t complete 30mins then what are they even doing on the bench? Christie had been pretty anonymous till then so could’ve done with being hooked himself.
Then Brown comes on for Soro which should be a last ten-minute thing if at all.
Bringing on Klimala for Eddie was a headscratcher. Playing Polish Paddy and Christie together as a striking partnership is not exactly something I’d expect to see, even if it’s only for the final ten mins. It reminds of decisions like Morgan in the Cup final and Mikey as a loan striker against sevco…baffling and pointless.
Taking off Turnbull at any time is just plain bloody stupid! That boy should be toting up minutes like McGregor does, and has been doing for 6 years+.
One thing at the back is becoming clearer, Ajer forages far more freely when Welsh plays alongside him. It’s as if he knows he’s leaving a proper defender at the back to look after things when he’s upfield rather than a bomb scare like Duffy.
Apart from getting the points in the bag and keeping a clean sheet the thing that pleased me most was the ref blowing the final whistle with Duffy still planted on the bench. He must be the worst player I’ve seen in Hoops for many a year and possibly ever.
The really sad thing, however, is that even if we’d just beaten Livvy twice and also St Mirren since the turn of the year, I reckon we’d still have been able to win the league. Those seven points would have us at only 8 behind that lot with two games against them to come. If the board had acted back in October, when they should’ve, we’d probably be leading the league just now!
HH people, onwards and upwards.