He's ok unless he gets exposed 1 on 1 with someone who has pace. Whitty at fullback is a bit of a concern for me to be honest.
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He can play there but he gives me the fear these days in the full back position Billy. If Whitty plays anywhere on the pitch it has to be just above the centre halves in a 4-4-2 - he simply gets targeted if he plays full back and anyone that plays genuine width he just doesn't have the legs. I still rate him, but as a defensive midfielder only.
What I can't abide is the stick he gets from the stands on occasion. One thing you can never ever doubt is his commitment and effort, and his will to win. I can't mind the game last season, one of the post split games, but in the second half of it he drove the team forward and constantly talked the guys next to him through the game which saw us win it. His experience is vital at times.
Win 2-0 tomorrow and we’re top of the league, that is out main priority along with the domestic cups, Europe is a cheeky bonus so the strongest team we can play taking into account a little rotation for rest/game time etc...
Laidlaw
Ambrose Porteous Hanlon
Boyle Slivka Hyndman Mallan Horgan
Kamberi MacLaren
The way the draw has panned out, Europe is more than a cheeky bonus now.
We are potentially 3 games away from making a serious amount of money. And having some seriously big games to attend. If we lose tomorrow we have 36 games to recover from it. If we lose on Thursday it’s game over. Molde away is the biggest game we have this week.
Laidlaw / (but Bogdan if fit)
-------Efe--Hanlon---Porteous
Gray--------Bartley--------Stevenson
-------Boyle------Mallan
Maclaren-----Kamberi
We looked pretty leggy towards the end of the Molde game, unsurprising really considering the amount of travelling the team have done in the past three weeks.
Kamberi will definitely be rested IMO.
Expecting both Horan and Hyndeman to start - I suspect Boyle may also be given a rest.
Laidlaw
Efe
Porteous
Hanlon
Whittaker
Slivka
Hyndman
Mallan
Horgan
Shaw
MacLaren
Dubrovski, Gray, Boyle, Stevenson, Bartley, Flo, Allan
Laidlaw
Boyle
Porteous
Hanlon
Efe
Stevenson
Mallan
Hyndman
Slivka
Shaw
Maclaren
Laidlaw
Efe
Porteous
Hanlon
Stevenson
Slivka
Whittaker
Hyndman
Horgan
Shaw
MacLaren
Think we'll see a couple rested for Thursday. We should still have enough to win though, squad is looking strong.
NL quoted in media saying that SJ only team we have not beat ( yet),
Laidlaw
Effe Porteous Hanlon
Roger Lewy
Boyle Mallan Horgan
Hyndman
MacLaren
Hopefully get the job done by ht and rest more players about an hour in.
B
4-3-3
Laidlaw
Gray
Porteous
Hanlon
Stevenson
Slivka
Hyndman
Mallan
Ayepong
MacLaren
Horgan
I’d try and rest as many of the starters for Thursdays game as possible, not that I want to see us lose or drop points today but I think it’s so early in the season that we have plenty time to make up for it if we did and Thursdays game is more important for me.
With The Rangers, Celtc and Aberdeen dropping points in their 1st couple of games, 3 points today is quite important.
Agree 100%. Lennon is a winner and will want to be sitting on top of the league tonight. Kamberi I can see being rested and possibly Gray but apart from them I think he will select his strongest team. Horgan has just arrived so I doubt he will start him but Hyndman is a cert to start IMO. 2-0 Hibees to take us above our friends across the city. GGTTH
MacLaren to start with Shaw. Kamberi needs to be rested, didnt look fit on Thurs.
Hyndman to start - getting close to the strikers. Horgan to get 20-30 mins.
It could be a scrap in the rain, with Saints players getting a roasting from Tommy Wright last weekend.
If the weather's as bad in Perth as it is in Edinburgh it's going to be an extremely soggy affair.
I agree. Any kind of win today would be great. No need to worry about being top of the league at this stage. I also think getting through against Molde is more important than making progress in the League Cup. No reason we can't do both, but if we were to get through the Molde tie we should definitely rest a good number of players v Ross County.
I'd play
Goalie
Ambrose Porteous Hanlon Stevenson
Slivka Mallan Bartley
Boyle McLaren Horgan