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But this ship can't sink...

Was at the game last night against Aberdeen. Our performance can best be summed up as low tempo tippy-tappy pish. For about 15-20 mins of the 2nd half it actually looked like we were happy to just take a 1-0 defeat, such was the lack of urgency and fight. It got better after the subs but for all the nice wee triangles of passing, it's far too ineffectual. Tbh only the chance where Harkes was through and cut the ball back behind the striker can be classed as more than half chance (which Fletcher's header and Ross Graham's shot were). Teams in a relegation struggle won't stay up playing that way, especially away from home where our record is abysmal. For a team which appears to be trying to implement a possession-based style we don't half give the ball away cheaply an awful lot. And it's happening throughout the team even with our supposedly 'better', more technical players, witness Middleton's 'pass' at their goal last night. Meanwhile, Levitt