Callum McGregor

He needs cover, a prospect ready to replace him? Can Bernardo or Engels or even mccowing do this, no chance! It's a Scott brown type we need.

 

Bernardo had a reasonable performer against Livingston in that role and did it a few times season before last. Think he's our closest to what you are looking for in the current squad.

 

Strange one, we've not giving cal Mac and kind of compitition for his place.

 

He’s definitely not being helped by those around him, but he’s the captain of the club with over 500 games under his belt so needs to be taking a bit more responsibility in games.

Calls for him to be dropped are way ott but there’s no reason at all for him to still be playing all the minutes he does, especially in games we’re cruising. The middle of the park is the one position we actually have a bit of depth in.

 

We can’t do anything when it’s not through him. He’s stuck in a wee area to build play, and only time to break it is when we’re high up the pitch. That’s the tactics.

It’s easier now than even last season when it was clocked what to do to us, because at least last season he wasn’t the only guy in the wee triangle for both CB’s and both CM’s. With CB’s and CM’s needing to go through that with positions we play in to link with them.

Last season at the least, Taylor was a wild card to come in central and offer the 1-2’s to get him turned round, not facing our goal.

So easy now, so predictable.


And the thing that angers me is McGregor is one of the easiest guys you could hope to use when that’s happening to * wreck they tactics. And all it takes is being more flexible tactically. Yesterday’s example? Put Engel’s next to him, double pivot, and tell McGregor for 5/10 minutes if you’re being Rodgers style of risk adverse, of just breaking the lines, push up, make runs, play in different spaces.


That’s just focusing on how it’d free up McGregor and the issue of him or * all.

Doesn’t touch on we’ve then got a 10 if we do that, close to the striker, with the other team not setting up to cover the space inbetween, and a striker not needing to drop so deep can be on the shoulder and when they do drop? 10 can run in behind instead.

and that’s a simple as * tweak with what’s on the pitch for hs usually, no subs or * all needed

 

Can we wheel the captain out for one last desperate plea?