Stuck In The Middle Wie You

The festive frenzy has passed wie mair taking points and woes than a hungover shopping centre unemployed, now, Santa. Few round guys wie big beer bellies will be signing back on today much like a few of the tic players should be looking for other employment.

It’s a strange game, Fawkirk deserved a point- they’re a fitbaw team- while the Dundee Hibernians- tactically sound and uninspiring- deserved hee-haw and got a point. 4 points oot of 6 is not a guid return especially since they were both at home but again it’s the missing cohesion and performances which, make us wonder if we are aboot to witness the biggest collapse since Engurland or us on black Sunday.

Fawkirk game was marred by one of the worst performances I have EVER witnessed at CP. No, it wasn’t Jaro but step forward Mr Ian Brines who once again proved he is the WORST REF IN SCOTLAND. His performance was so bad that I was glad faither G was there to see it as he widnae have believed it when I told him. But again it is no surprise as he usually is terrible.

That performance then the main stand linesmen performance yesterday makes me wonder whether there is a conspiracy to make the race for the flag, well a race. But then again it could just be me and ma paranoia or am I starting to believe that the team are deciding to chuck it? I mean the fans have with two of the worst attendances I have ever seen at the revamped CP so why should the players bother?

At least Lenny while being in the total wrong showed a bit of character. Right, it wisnae a sending oaf but his reaction to the severe provocation from the fawkirk bairns is no right. He should have walked away, he had won the expected penalty but his reaction once again makes us question his state of mind. That’s 3 incidents since November all involving the wee man. It could be 4 if I count the Scott Broon heidbutt.

But he disgraced the captain’s armband with his petulant throwing it on the hallowed turf. Guys like Ceaser, Peacock and the Bear would have been spewing at that. Ye canny da that. That’s oot of order. But the problem is who else do we have to lead?

The fact that we have dropped the appeal I think puts a tin lid on the incident. Ye canny shout at a linemen like that. He will get the book thrown at him so we will need to get used to a Lenny free midfield, which, might not be a bad thing.

Yesterday’s performance was non-committal to whether the midfield had improved without Lenny. Well, it certainly wisnae any worse or any better without the ginger ninja. But I think it did prove that we are certainly mair forward thinking wie Sno and Tommy G.

Sno while have his glaring faults see's a forward pass and looks more comfortable on the ball but he lacks the defensive savvy of Lenny. That will come but then again the erratic Tommy G who lacks discipline to give his pals a dig oot must be a mare to play wie.

Tommy G is a player though. Over the last two games he has had spells when his vision his creative muse have came to the fore. He sees a pass, he sees an out ball and unfortunately for him sometimes he is two moves ahead of his team-mates, which makes him look like a big daft ogre at times. He will benefit from the return of the Vennegor. A big man to hit and who can lay off the baw. Unlike Jaro.

If CP were a blank canvas then Shuggie Nakamura would be a top impressionist and not the Les Dennis kind. My ghod the lad is blessed with talent. For 8 minutes yesterday he was untouchable. It was the kind of performance that makes you GLAD ye bothered yer arse to go to the game. It was worth ma season ticket book money alone. Imaging Lubo at his peak and times it by 10. Yes it was that guid.

He took the game by the scruff of the neck, he decided that he was no longer going to be tied to the right wing and he moved into the heart of the engine room. It makes ye wonder what would happen if GS just gave him a jersey and with the instructions just to play. Get on the ball and just weave yer magic. Yesterday proved he is wasted on the wing he NEEDS to be in the middle.

His goal was pure gallus-ness. He is the only person in Scotland who would have had the speed of thought or the ability to do what he did. It was a bit Terry Henry a bit Ronaldinho. His back heel that took oot the whole of the Dundee Hibernians defence was amazing bit of ability. If sky didnae think we’re a Mickey mouse league soccer am would be showing it for weeks.

Performances like yesterday will see the Japanese wonder move on to bigger and better things. The problem is I see him being a major star in Spain if he goes to the right club but I will worry aboot that when it happens.

So, how come with so much creative talent we are not destroying or winning games at a canter. Any team that can call on Tommy G, Magic, Naka, McGeady, Maloney and Rioirdon surely should turn up at yer New Year parrrty loaded wie goals but we dinny.

We are a sum of creative individual brilliance that haven’t gelled as a team. We haven’t found a balance or system that suits us. That’s the manager’s fault. He has a squad with so much ability and potential and he is not getting the best oot of them. We start slow and end slower. Why do we need to go 1 or 2 down before we play? Why do we go 1 up and drop to walking pace? Is it instructions or do the players take it upon themselves to do this?

It needs sorted or oor record in the last 6 games of WDWDWD will start having L appearing very soon and GS will think Bratislava was a week in butlins compared to what is coming over the hill. And no it isnae a monster or Michael Chopra………

FORZA THE HOOPS