billyhamilton82 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 09, 2025 11:48 pm

"However, the man of the match, surely according to every observer, was Seun Adewumi. The 19 year old was superb. His skill, drive and composure were superior to anything Rangers could offer."

Hedontplayforyou wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:57 am

How did Vetro do? He has struggled for minutes apparently .

Hipper wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:37 am

First time I've looked at a whole Scottish match.

Adewumi was steady in the first half and offered a lot more attacking threat in the second. He seemed to play a sort of recent Hannibal role on the left, siting quite far in but going back to help defensively. He mostly strolled around with the odd urgent sprint, hardly putting in a tackle or header, just tried to add to the defending numbers and block passes. He started the goal in the first half with a run down the left touchline which petered out but then poor Rangers defending set up the goal which he took well. He also hit a shot under pressure over. In the second half, especially after Vetro came on, he looked lively going forward, had a well taken goal disallowed for someone else's offside, ballooned a shot over after good work by Vetro, and had another well struck shot which went straight at the goalkeeper - he should have done better there. He was the Dundee player most likely to score. Defensively he was OK but there were a couple of occasions where I think he should have gone back with an unmarked player who nearly scored. It may not have been in his instructions but he should have done it for the team anyway.

All in all an impressive performance and I think he was named MoM although I would have given it to one of Dundee's central defenders.

Vetro also impressed when he came on. He played right mid and looked lively and athletic. Good work set up a chance for Adewumi and he looked to drive forward when he could.

The general standard of football seemed to be mid Championship. It was mostly Rangers attacking but Dundee defended well and attacked with a threat - mostly Adewumi. They probably should have won it but a draw was about right.

I enjoyed the spectacle and it was a pleasure to see all the players mostly just getting on with playing football. There was little cynical stuff that we are used to.

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:00 pm

Nobody puts tackles in unless they are desperate these days, it gets you booked. They get in position to block passing lanes.
Have a look at players tackling stats, you would be amazed how low they are for all players.

Hipper wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 4:18 pm

I get all that and It may not happen as much but it still happens and is still a necessary skill.

A total of 30 in our most recent game (see defensive stats):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/li ... MatchStats

Dundee had 31 last night:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/li ... MatchStats

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 6:31 pm

So we had 7 successful tackles out of 13 in a local Derby.
The game has changed dramatically hasn't it?

Hedontplayforyou wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:47 pm

https://x.com/scotlandsky/status/187926 ... zUH5F5i5Mw

The goal of the link works . Good on him.

Stonehouse wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:01 pm

Keeps playing like that we could sell him for a good price to Rangers or Celtic.

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:55 pm

Good watch that. 3-3
Only saw the 2nd half, but our lad had a good game. Not afraid to take a man on.

billyhamilton82 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:11 pm

Great game and our lad was brilliant.

19 years old, he is some player with another fantastic goal, that's 4 in 10 starts.

Celtic and Rangers are the benchmark in the Scots league and he has scored against both of them.

FCBurnley wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:05 am

Wonder if any other Burnley player has even scored against Rangers and Celtic ?

Petersa wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:58 am

Bobby Seith for Dundee?
Dont know the answer but with the link-up between Burnley and Dundee I am surprised that noone has got a picture of Bobby with League winners medals for both clubs

mdd2 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 15, 2025 5:02 am

Well he didn’t get his league medal with Burnley until over a generation after 1960. I think it was the late 1990’s or early 2000’s but CT will know

FCBurnley wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:05 am

Wonder if any other Burnley player has even scored against Rangers and Celtic ?

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 15, 2025 9:12 am

If the lad starts scoring too many in Scotland he'll get kicked up in the air. Some gnarly types can handle that just fine but Adewumi is only a skinny teenager.

Let's hope he comes back in one piece.

dibraidio wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 15, 2025 9:07 am

On the Bauress/McDermott thread we were discussing the difficulty of getting players decent loan opportunities. Playing for Dundee gives the lads some big game experience and is definitely better than League Two.

Not sure that it's done much for the reputations of Dodgson, Costelloe and Mellon who were at Dundee last season and are all back in League Two.

Mellon scored 3 in 14 games for them, Adewumi has now scored 4 in 15. Hopefully these last two games have given him confidence and he can keep up the good form for the rest of the season. Excellent experience for Adewumi who is still only 19.

dibraidio wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 15, 2025 9:07 am

On the Bauress/McDermott thread we were discussing the difficulty of getting players decent loan opportunities. Playing for Dundee gives the lads some big game experience and is definitely better than League Two.

Not sure that it's done much for the reputations of Dodgson, Costelloe and Mellon who were at Dundee last season and are all back in League Two.

Mellon scored 3 in 14 games for them, Adewumi has now scored 4 in 15. Hopefully these last two games have given him confidence and he can keep up the good form for the rest of the season. Excellent experience for Adewumi who is still only 19.