Very frustrating most weeks. The amount of goals we score when he whips it in at pace is incredible, but most weeks find myself raging as he does the old Scotty Allan floater into the box.
Both his whipped deliveries yesterday resulted in chances, so hopefully that’s the end of the floated deliveries.
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17-03-2019 07:23 PM #1
Mallan’s delivery
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17-03-2019 07:28 PM #2
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Rule one of set plays never talk about set plays. No but honestly teams mix up set plays even when they know they have a good one to keep it as an element of surprise.
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17-03-2019 07:38 PM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Difference with his ones on Saturday, it doesn’t matter if you know he’s going to whip it in like that, it’s almost impossible to defend.
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17-03-2019 08:29 PM #4
The team have clearly been working on set plays and movement. Giving the defence a lot of problems. Long may it continue.
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17-03-2019 08:44 PM #5
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An okay player who must work on many things during the summer if he's to stay at the club
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He's an enigma. I've spent half the season slaughtering him and the other half shouting to the rooftops about him.
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18-03-2019 07:23 AM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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18-03-2019 07:32 AM #12
Said on another thread I think he's one of the most affected by the chopping and changing of roles, players and tactics throughout the season. Some players aren't that good at adapting and I suspect he's one who will benefit from the more organised structure we're being told Heckingbottom has brought to training and the match day tactics. He's got a tonne of positive attributes and every now and then has a game to suggest he's a huge asset (this weekend and the Celtic win earlier in the season being the best examples) so let's hope we start to see the best of him now.
Also before coming to us he hadn't played first team football in a season so possibly he's just taken a little longer to settle than we'd have hoped.
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18-03-2019 07:49 AM #13
He is improving defensively. I thought he was much more effective on Saturday than he has been all season when the opposition have the ball.
I'd keep that midfield until the end of the season now, Milligan had a cigar out on Sat at centre back and would have him in ahead of McGregor.
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18-03-2019 07:56 AM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Although I suppose the pitch might have had something to do with that.
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18-03-2019 08:01 AM #15
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He has areas he can improve on for sure but he’s the best of our midfielders IMO.
Double figures for both goals and assists now, and still a fair chunk of the season still to go.Last edited by Gloucester Hibs; 18-03-2019 at 08:10 AM.
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18-03-2019 08:06 AM #16
Mallan is still a young player, relatively inexperienced at this level. I’m not sure how many games he played in the SPL prior to St Mirren being relegated?
It’s clear as day that if we want to see the best of him we need to get him on the ball in the final third of the pitch. Why he was ever shoehorned into the deep lying playmaker role by Lennon I’ll never know.
He will get better, & more consistent as he picks up experience. Not a chance he is facing an early exit after a season IMO.
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18-03-2019 08:37 AM #18
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18-03-2019 10:02 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I agree that his assets are best utilised in the final third.
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His delivery makes it very hard to defend, you can change it up but still whip it in every time. We created two great chances from these deliveries on Saturday, but for weeks and weeks of floated deliveries I can’t recall us creating anything.
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18-03-2019 12:01 PM #23
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Floated/chipped crosses are too easy to defend and have to be further away from the goal otherwise the keeper will get it. I realise we have sometimes scored from short corners but we equally, we have also sometimes failed to even get a cross in.
I like the idea of Horgan making a late run towards Mallan as if to receive a short pass as it means 2 defenders will have to follow him. Mallan to then whip in the corner once the 2 defenders are far enough away from the goal. Even if they knew Mallan never does the short pass they'd still have to track Horgan.
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Mallan is not an all-rounder and his game has weaknesses but he is doing much better in a much stronger unit now than when he was toiling badly (but scoring the odd cracker) earlier this season.
I was coming round to thinking that he was nothing more than an expensive luxury player but his last few games have been excellent.
If he can keep that level of performance up against teams who press him hard then I'll be delighted, as I still think he's top notch when given time to play but often found wanting when closed down.
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18-03-2019 06:15 PM #28
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18-03-2019 08:23 PM #29
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I see he's taking a break in Paris with the mrs, he's deffo punching above his weight....
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