22-02-2015, 15:46
You obviously weren't watching us much earlier in the season then despite all your commentary on our performances. Our shape in recent weeks has been much better, our midfielders more mobile (and they actually link up with our forwards now), and we're working space out wide more effectively, allowing our full backs time and space to get involved in building up attacks without taking risks that expose them to the counter. We did all of those things better against Raith than we did last time out and certainly better than we did in the first half against Hibs. If we spent more time at Raith playing the ball sideways it was because we weren't chasing the game and could afford to be patient and draw them out, attacking when the time was right. The number of chances we created was a result of doing that properly. They tried more or less the same tactics against us as in the cup game but this time our defenders and holding midfielders actually did their job properly and contained them, and when McCulloch was off we didn't shit ourselves every time a ball was crossed in, even if we didn't win them all the time.
We've been by far the better team 3 games in a row now - even if we ultimately lost 2 of them - and I don't think I could have said that at many other times (if any) this season.
We've been by far the better team 3 games in a row now - even if we ultimately lost 2 of them - and I don't think I could have said that at many other times (if any) this season.
