I love big Marv but whenever he's on the park our play is so slow. He's the type of player we need to see a game out not to drive the team forward.
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09-08-2016 09:55 PM #1
Bartley
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09-08-2016 10:28 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He had one or two superb moments when he jockeyed a guy out to the wing then caused them to lose the ball themselves.
I don't think we need 3 centre-halves as well as Marv playing at home though.
He didn't look quite fit yet to me and I thought we most the game in centre-midfield in the second half. Bartley and McGinn fell out the game badly but Keatings was excellent throughout.
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09-08-2016 10:41 PM #4
I like big Marv he very rarely losses a tackle and mops up plenty mistakes by others, but he can be a bit negative at times. I will him to burst into the box and have a shot at goal, but he always hits the 18 yard box and panic passes, today once in each half he he burst forward up to the box and slowed down to look for a pass.
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09-08-2016 10:47 PM #5
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09-08-2016 10:47 PM #6
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I think what some others are saying is right. He's excellent at what he does, but what he does isn't always what we need. 3 at the back with him isn't a great set up at home. When we went to a flat 4-4-2 he looked lost and not mobile enough to keep up at times, it was too late at that point however.
I would much rather see Martin play his role more often. From the two displays this week and what little I've seen of Martin I feel he may be the better option to play in midfield.
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09-08-2016 10:51 PM #7
I thought he was poor, but I thought the whole team was poor collectively. He had some solid defensive moments but his decision making in advanced positions was poor. You
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09-08-2016 10:53 PM #8
Not Marv fault, it was the formation. 2 in the middle asks far too much of him, he is a technically limited anchor man.
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09-08-2016 11:07 PM #9
Marv as a defensive midfielder is what his position should always be when he plays. As a "creative" midfielder he just doesn't have that in his locker. Made McGinn look like a lost wee boy tonight having to be the only midfielder trying to move us forward and he just got swallowed up by their midfield.
Effectively we only had 2 recognised midfielders tonight. Keatings ran his heart out just off the top 2 strikers but he is NOT a midfield player. That experiment didn't work tonight IMO.
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10-08-2016 12:08 AM #10
Marvin Bartley was our best player in this game, no doubt. looked a bit sluggish early on but he then became very forward thinking and was driving us on, early on and for a good part of the second half cant see how he could be blamed for anything, at all.
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10-08-2016 07:05 AM #13
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10-08-2016 08:02 AM #15
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Big marv is a player every team needs in there midfield, strong no nonsense, hard tackling type but him and McGinn didn't work tonight, that was McGinns worse game in a Hibs jersey which can be forgiven but he needs to improve at the weekend.. can't expect Marv to do the Mcgeouch role or even the McGinn one, his job is to break up
play and give the ball to the more attack minded players, so they can push forward as he sits a convers them..
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10-08-2016 08:12 AM #17
We should never have to play 3 at the back and a defensive midfielder at home against anyone in this country, barring maybe Celtic, Huns, Aberdeen and Hearts.
Bartley has his place in the team but when he plays we lack any speed/tempo in midfield and it puts alot of pressure on McGinn, who also faded badly last night. Hopefully once Fyvie and McGeough are back it will give us more options/bite/creativity in midfield
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10-08-2016 08:15 AM #18
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10-08-2016 08:25 AM #20
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10-08-2016 08:42 AM #22
Marv was superb I thought holt was useful apart from missing sitter what we lacked was creativity from midfield.
McGinn had poor game by his standards. Keatings put in a lot of effort but little end product. The difference came down to two decent saves and poor defending at the end
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10-08-2016 08:49 AM #23
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10-08-2016 09:15 AM #24
I thought marvin Was one of our best players along with holt, McGinn was by far the worst but appear immune to criticism
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10-08-2016 09:26 AM #27
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Can't have 11 McGinn types in a team it wouldn't work and people can't expect certain players to play his way
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