Agree 100% with this. Our squad is just not very good. We were absolutely played off the park by Motherwell - again.
There are fundamental basic issues.
Too many players not suited to the rigours of Scottish football
Too many players not suited to the style the manager wants to play
Too many players who lack basic tactical nouse and technical ability.
Too many “project players” and reclaim projects - guys who only see us as a stepping stone to bigger things. Of course they miss the point that “bigger things” only come if they deliver here, but fundamentally most don’t really give a fuck.
A manager struggling to implement any sort of style of play & who doesn’t react well to in game issues.
We sit too deep, don’t press high or aggressive enough & as such our forwards are totally isolated and out numbered.
Key squad issues for me:
We are too small and lack physicality at the back. See ridiculous amount of goals we lose from set plays and balls into the box for evidence.
We are too old and/or too weak physically in midfield for Scottish football. Means we don’t get forward quickly or often enough (hence lack of goals) & lose out on far too many second balls (overrun in the middle)
We sold our only genuine physical presence (Gueye - not replaced), & our only genuine pacey wing threat (Morris - not replaced) though Karlsson is a real talent, but not the same type of player.
The wingers in general just don’t create enough - its all Karlsson who mostly has to create for himself.
Our forwards either aren’t suited to one up front (Nisbet) or aren’t getting supported well enough (Lazetic) all for reasons mentioned above.
Frankly, its all a bit of a mess so hopefully Lutz will be the spark and missing piece to start sorting it out because frankly, the current incumbents have proven incapable of doing so…