Dobbie doesn't do tap ins, he scores outrageous individual goals of sublime quality. Dobbie creates chances out of nothing, navigating his way through a crowded box with quick feet and outstanding skill and his finishing is lethal. All 4 of his goals were outstanding, as have been all of his goals in the last 3 games against Partick, St.Johnstone and Clyde, but his first today summed up why he's impossible to handle at this level: his great touch allows him to find space and his ability to strike early and accurately (often low into the corner) means the keeper has little or no chance. We won't see him at Palmerston next season, but I can't begrudge him the chance to better himself. He is simply far too good for this level of football. There's no doubt that his extraordinary form over the last few months will earn him the move to the higher level that he so richly deserves.
As to the team's performance today: astounding, like the Livi game it could have been 10. Queens' football was often a joy to watch, full of confidence, with Dobbie unplayable and Tosh imperious in the first half, this performance and the 6-1 against Livi were so emphatic, so full of quality that it's hard to know how to react. What exactly happened in those bizarrely disappointing months after Chiisholm was linked with Dundee? This team and squad had the quality to contend at the top of the league not struggle at the bottom. Today's performance was perplexingly brilliant in a season when there have been far too many perplexingly terrible, under-achieving performances. Every goal today was quality, we rarely seem to score a bad goal this season. I have no idea how we're going to fare without the irreplaceable Dobbie but fair play to Kean who, after an under-achieving season, scored another good goal today. Tosh's goal, like his goal at Partick, was quite brilliant, showing once again that he's a superbly talented player who has been coasting for much of the season, dropping him to the bench seems to have galvanised him.
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