Our Next 4 Matches

[BaaBaaRedSheep]

Our next four matches are St Mirren away, Hibernian away, Hearts away and Tims at home.

Our 10 match records at the various venues is 1 win, 3 wins, 0 wins and 0 wins respectively. 

In other words a very poor 10 match record for each fixture. 

Fortunately that is in the past and we have a very good manager for the first time in quite some time.

Whilst all matches are clearly winnable the first two matches in Paisley and Leith appear to be the easier fixtures and, on current form, we should be looking to win both.

Tynecastle is a horrible place to visit and, whilst a victory would be great, a draw would be acceptable in my book.

That leaves the Tims at home, and the match I really hope we are ready for. Again a victory would be great but avoiding defeat would be acceptable at this time in Jimmy's tenure. 

So 8 points from 12 is my target, despite history not being on our side.

Hopefully I'm right, or better, and that history doesn't repeat itself.

[Tord31]

Need to beat St Mirren first and need to be making clever use of a near fully fit squad across the next 5 matches

 

[Studebaker-90]

6 minutes ago, BaaBaaRedSheep said:

Our next four matches are St Mirren away, Hibernian away, Hearts away and Tims at home.

Our 10 match records at the various venues is 1 win, 3 wins, 0 wins and 0 wins respectively. 

In other words a very poor 10 match record for each fixture. 

Fortunately that is in the past and we have a very good manager for the first time in quite some time.

Whilst all matches are clearly winnable the first two matches in Paisley and Leith appear to be the easier fixtures and, on current form, we should be looking to win both.

Tynecastle is a horrible place to visit and, whilst a victory would be great, a draw would be acceptable in my book.

That leaves the Tims at home, and the match I really hope we are ready for. Again a victory would be great but avoiding defeat would be acceptable at this time in Jimmy's tenure. 

So 8 points from 12 is my target, despite history not being on our side.

Hopefully I'm right, or better, and that history doesn't repeat itself.

Have you learned nothing from Jimmy T?

[BaaBaaRedSheep]

2 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

Need to beat St Mirren first and need to be making clever use of a near fully fit squad across the next 5 matches

 

Agree, we have to maintain form and momentum in the next 2 matches.

Hopefully Gray is still in charge at Easter Road for the second one.

[Don_Corleone]

29 minutes ago, Studebaker-90 said:

Have you learned nothing from Jimmy T?

Game by game, training by training...

If we're going to hang on the coattails of Celtic we need at least 7 points from these 4 games, ideally more. 

St Mirren will be a bit of a scrap but we should collect 3 points on current form.

Hibs away on paper is a tough game, but they've been abysmal this season, so I fancy us to take the 3 points there too.

Hearts away again is tough on paper, but they've not been great and they'll be coming off the back of games against Celtic and Brugge so hopefully we can capitalise on that. No reason why we can't take 3 points there as well.

Celtic anywhere is a huge task, but we've shown we can match them when we play to our capabilities. If we go into that game still neck and neck with them it would be a phenomenal achievement and would make for a massive massive game with Pittodrie bouncing. Still a huge ask, but fancy us to pick up a point if we carry enough momentum into the game.

[WesthillWanderersFC]

55 minutes ago, BaaBaaRedSheep said:

Our next four matches are St Mirren away, Hibernian away, Hearts away and Tims at home.

Our 10 match records at the various venues is 1 win, 3 wins, 0 wins and 0 wins respectively. 

In other words a very poor 10 match record for each fixture. 

Fortunately that is in the past and we have a very good manager for the first time in quite some time.

Whilst all matches are clearly winnable the first two matches in Paisley and Leith appear to be the easier fixtures and, on current form, we should be looking to win both.

Tynecastle is a horrible place to visit and, whilst a victory would be great, a draw would be acceptable in my book.

That leaves the Tims at home, and the match I really hope we are ready for. Again a victory would be great but avoiding defeat would be acceptable at this time in Jimmy's tenure. 

So 8 points from 12 is my target, despite history not being on our side.

Hopefully I'm right, or better, and that history doesn't repeat itself.

Vi maste forbli odmjuka! 
 

[Zander1903]

12 points, nothing less is acceptable 

[Shinniesta]

All difficult fixtures and last season we'd hardly be overly confident going into them but far more optimism this season. The key is to just take one game at a time and not look too far ahead. We'll need to stand up physically to St Mirren if we can do that we have the players to get the win. I'll think more about the Hibs & Hearts games after we've played in Paisley. 

[Footballs coming Rome]

One thing going for us is St Mirren have terminated the contracts of 3 or so players so they are a little light. 

[Johnnyred1]

I think the first phase of fixtures have been very kind to us. We have done brilliant to take advantage of this. The second set of fixtures are going to be a bigger test. We will see how close we are to the real deal after their conclusion.

[Don_Corleone]

1 hour ago, Zander1903 said:

12 points, nothing less is acceptable 

Jimmy will get us 13 don't worry!

[wicker83]

If we beat St Mirren it should open right up for us.

Hibs should not be a problem at all - they're bottom of the league for a reason and even if we're losing at 90 mins I'd exoect them to fall apart and lose the game. Would really love a 6-0 to make amends for the Goodwin era.

Win those 2, and we'll also beat Hertz at their 60,000 seater. After those 3 wins, pumping an arse cheek at home on a Wednesday night is easy, as we proved last month.

[Parklife]

I'd bite your hand off for 7 points from the 4 games. 

 

[Dynamo]

What would Jimmy say?

We must take one game at a time. And remain humble. 

[aberdeen1970]

I think we might lose one or two of the four games. 

Important that everyone keeps the head if we do lose. Our start is exceptional by any measure so we're still in a good place if we drop a few points. 

[Russell]

30 minutes ago, Parklife said:

I'd bite your hand off for 7 points from the 4 games. 

 

4 wins, 5 point deduction for Cormack streaking after we skelp the Tims with a last minute winner 

[fine-n-dandy]

Jimmy will secure 15 points from these 4 games. 

[super_al]

Stay humble, one game at a time.

[ROBBIE75]

22 hours ago, BaaBaaRedSheep said:

Our next four matches are St Mirren away, Hibernian away, Hearts away and Tims at home.

Our 10 match records at the various venues is 1 win, 3 wins, 0 wins and 0 wins respectively. 

In other words a very poor 10 match record for each fixture. 

Fortunately that is in the past and we have a very good manager for the first time in quite some time.

Whilst all matches are clearly winnable the first two matches in Paisley and Leith appear to be the easier fixtures and, on current form, we should be looking to win both.

Tynecastle is a horrible place to visit and, whilst a victory would be great, a draw would be acceptable in my book.

That leaves the Tims at home, and the match I really hope we are ready for. Again a victory would be great but avoiding defeat would be acceptable at this time in Jimmy's tenure. 

So 8 points from 12 is my target, despite history not being on our side.

Hopefully I'm right, or better, and that history doesn't repeat itself.

Bloody hell just stay humble and take things game to game!

[dave_min]

25 minutes ago, ROBBIE75 said:

Bloody hell just stay humble and take things game to game!

Which fitba top you wearing to the open top bus parade?

[Schapenneuker]

Hearts at Tynecastle on the Sunday and then Celtic on the Wednesday night is a tough ask. 

Celtic have Ross County at the Tattiedome on the Saturday, giving them an extra day's rest and a chance to rotate 10 players. 

If we take anything from them on the Wednesday it'll be a brilliant result. 

 

 

[Shinniesta]

1 hour ago, Schapenneuker said:

Hearts at Tynecastle on the Sunday and then Celtic on the Wednesday night is a tough ask. 

Celtic have Ross County at the Tattiedome on the Saturday, giving them an extra day's rest and a chance to rotate 10 players. 

If we take anything from them on the Wednesday it'll be a brilliant result. 

 

 

It will be a tough ask but hopefully Jimmy will have learned from playing the huns on a Wed night then Celtic at Hampden 3 days later where he didn't change the starting 11. He needs to be rotating some of the team (especially the midfield & forward players) so we are fresher against Celtic than we were at Hampden. We have the squad to do it (assuming we don't get a few injuries before we play Celtic). He will need to utilise the whole squad over the next 6 or 7 weeks.

 

 

[Tord31]

20 minutes ago, Shinniesta said:

It will be a tough ask but hopefully Jimmy will have learned from playing the huns on a Wed night then Celtic at Hampden 3 days later where he didn't change the starting 11. He needs to be rotating some of the team (especially the midfield & forward players) so we are fresher against Celtic than we were at Hampden. We have the squad to do it (assuming we don't get a few injuries before we play Celtic). He will need to utilise the whole squad over the next 6 or 7 weeks.

 

 

and start at St Mirren and Hibs because we might want to play a very similar team against Hearts and Celtic, that'll be ok if weve rotated well in the first 3 games.

Stick Vinnie or Polvara in for a start against St Mirren; thats a good start

[Schapenneuker]

40 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

and start at St Mirren and Hibs because we might want to play a very similar team against Hearts and Celtic, that'll be ok if weve rotated well in the first 3 games.

Stick Vinnie or Polvara in for a start against St Mirren; thats a good start

I would say that Vinnie and Dante are more likely to get a start against Hibs. 

St Mirren will be a tough game, but the full squad has had a 2 week rest (internationalists aside) and the chances are that it will be same again next Saturday. 

Hibs are fucking rank and regardless of how we line up, we'll get tons of room in midfield. I see no harm in starting Dante, Vinnie and maybe Shady, and leaving Shinnie and/or Nilsen together with Keskinen on the bench. 

The squad are playing well, and we need to trust these guys to start. If it's not working out we'll have the bomb squad on the bench, but against a team in such brutal form as Hibs, I see no reason as to why we shouldn't rotate a bit. 

 

[Tord31]

I wouldn't make any drastic changes for either game.

We probably want to recall Nilsen, McGrath and Nisbet so just phasing that across the next two games gives some rotation straightaway.

Give one of the subs a start in one of the games, make early subs and job is good.

 

[Schapenneuker]

In all honesty, it's probably Devlin who could do with a break out of all the players. 

He's so important to the way we play though, and I'm not sure Milne could do the same job over 90 minutes.

 

[Tord31]

3 minutes ago, Schapenneuker said:

In all honesty, it's probably Devlin who could do with a break out of all the players. 

He's so important to the way we play though, and I'm not sure Milne could do the same job over 90 minutes.

 

Just play that one by ear I think. Start against St Mirren anyway

[thurso]

On 11/14/2024 at 1:50 PM, BaaBaaRedSheep said:

Our next four matches are St Mirren away, Hibernian away, Hearts away and Tims at home.

Our 10 match records at the various venues is 1 win, 3 wins, 0 wins and 0 wins respectively. 

In other words a very poor 10 match record for each fixture. 

Fortunately that is in the past and we have a very good manager for the first time in quite some time.

Whilst all matches are clearly winnable the first two matches in Paisley and Leith appear to be the easier fixtures and, on current form, we should be looking to win both.

Tynecastle is a horrible place to visit and, whilst a victory would be great, a draw would be acceptable in my book.

That leaves the Tims at home, and the match I really hope we are ready for. Again a victory would be great but avoiding defeat would be acceptable at this time in Jimmy's tenure. 

So 8 points from 12 is my target, despite history not being on our side.

Hopefully I'm right, or better, and that history doesn't repeat itself.

4 wins I’d say 

[ERNIE]

It's 5 matches in 2 weeks with the home match v stj on the 7th December.At least the last 2 matches are at home which should help.I think Jimmy will use the squad so

Defence..Jack Milne play at least 90 mins incl most of stj game

Midfield..Share equally between Shinnie Nilson and Ante..so that would be 3 matches plus 30mins each if my maths are right

Attack..We have 9 attacking players of enough quality  to see us through the 5 games.

 

[Footballs coming Rome]

The test starts now!