*** Official St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian Match Day Thread ***

[Tommy Brown]

6 hours ago, JFK-1 said:

 

And that's working out just nicely, right? No wait a minute St Mirren and Hamilton just picked up a point apiece following St Mirren picking up a point at hubz. Not as if every last point is precious at this stage is it?

But never mind, hubz got beat by a team who are not a direct competitor. Just let the direct opposition all hammer hubz. Because this is proving to be such an easy hole to get out of. Right?

  On 02/02/2020 at 05:49, Tommy Brown said:

We beat the direct opposition and the Flumps as they do.

We overtake the direct opposition and drag Hibs into more.

This is in our own hands.

[Ernie Eskilsson]

On 02/02/2020 at 06:33, Kiwidoug said:

Neither were they.  Not playing anyway.  I know that if any club including clubs like Liverpool played with 3 key players in missing they would suffer.

St Johnstone missed 3 or 4 good chances and 6-3 wouldn’t have flattered them. Bringing back Smith and Hickey won’t make any difference as it’s the formation that’s the problem. The full backs are too far forward and the opposition just pings the ball in behind them - too wide for the keeper to get and pulling Souttar and Halkett way out of position. This gives the opposition lots of chances (we were lucky that Rangers missed 3 or 4 too) and with a keeper that can’t stop a shot that’s a real problem. Regardless of personnel these tactics will get us relegated as Hamilton and St Mirren will do exactly the same to us.