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  1. JFH

     

    That`s twelve games now that they`ve been `going to do us`next time :-))

     

     

     

    DB

     

    Though I can console myself with the fact that I was able to be there yesterday !

  2. Good morning all

     

    chilling out in coatbridge before starting the journey home this afternoon. a journey that began at 4:30am Sunday including sitting for 2 hours on the tarmac in Dublin airport before having to change planes to eventually arrive in paradise for 11am. phew!!

     

    my wife often asks is it worth it!!

     

    well OBVIOUSLY!!!

     

    great performance yesterday Bhoys absolutely dominant.

     

    hun goalkeeper and woodwork saved them from an absolute mauling

  3. Warburton got 8 points out of first 4 SPFL games, sacked before the end of season.

     

    Pedro got 7 points out of his first 4 SPFL games, sacked before the end of season.

     

    Gerrard has got 5 points from his first 4 SPFL games, sacked before…..?

  4. So according to the SkySports online highlights Celtic never hit the woodwork at all and McGregor never kicked Ajer. But Edouard getting a yellow for nothing was a key but of the action. Who the hell compiled that you have to wonder. Glad I unsubscribed years ago.

  5. Just as a wee warm up for the Negs who will be on sooner or later, I felt Rogic was just off yesterday. I also felt James was bit patchy and Eddie was not firing on all cylinders.Calmac, too, was not his recent, brilliant self.

     

    Lustig was better than of late but if the loanee is as good as we can expect a £13 m player to be, then all round improvement on a good display is still likely.

     

    Just imagine what the score might have been !!!

     

    Cheerio for now.

     

    JJ

  6. I thought Boyata was imperious yesterday. Would love to see a close up of when Morelos seemed to dump him to the ground for their one shot on target. The commentator seems to think he clearly won the ball but seems unlikely given Boyata was between Morelos and the ball when he suddenly was sent sprawling. Also just seen the Brown Booking. Lafferty really is a shameless cheat. Can you not be cited for that, almost Mulgrew incident like.

  7. Over on FF, many of them are clinging to the belief that we will get worse and they will get better, that they won’t be so tired / scared / clueless at ibrox. That Slippy G will learn that you can’t sit in against us.

     

     

    I don’t think they understand how threadbare their squad is likely to become on the back of several weeks of multiple games. October > December has been brutal to us the last two seasons when we were playing double the number of games of all the other SPFL clubs.

     

    We could chop and change our midfield and forward lines regularly without too much of a problem (defence clearly not). We could replace the best talent in Scotland with . . . the best talent in Scotland. Drop Armstrong and Rogic, play McGregor and Ntcham. Drop Dembele, play Griffiths and so on and so forth.

     

    I cannot see their journeymen and loanees having the ability to cope with the demands of playing /being spanked in Europe on a Thursday night and bossing it on the Sunday.

     

    This is just the start of the season and they are already using tiredness as an excuse.

  8. Hot Smoked,

     

    In addition to Benkovic, we also have Mulumbu, Morgan, Arzani, and Bitton to return from injury, all of whom should increase competition and raise performance levels of those who excelled yesterday. After an admittedly poor ‘transfer window’ things on the pitch really don’t look so bad as some would have us believe ?

  9. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Balhamboy – see my previous re: ‘The Con’.

     

     

    Sky are in on it.

     

     

    Allow me to translate Sky Sports Online report.

     

     

    “These games are close”

     

     

    “Sevco are getting closer”

     

     

    “These games are genuine contests”

     

     

    “Subscribe Now !!!!!!!”

  10. The hands cant hit what the eyes cant see on

    @ HOT SMOKED on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2018 9:39 AM

     

     

    “As we mainly play with one up front, I am not sure that we need three. Even if i could be convinced that we did, what level of player would we get for third choice? Better than Christie?”

     

     

    Well we did manage to obtain Edouard as our 3rd choice striker last year and he is certainly a level above Christie. BR was also staring to implement a two striker formation with Edouard playing wide and Dembele up front. I think he would still be amenable to that formation if we had the personnel.

     

     

    We should have three strikers at the club. BR has said as much. We play about 60 games a year with little in the way of a summer break. Injures and suspension could leave us in a poor position. Hopefully we get through until January when we will have a replacement for Dembele (amongst many other signings) lined up.

  11. Yesterday’s 1-0 was as good a performance as the 5-0 demolition last season, the only difference was McGregor in goal….?

  12. Momentous day yesterday – not the football -what are the odds – Two of my nieces (who are sisters) both gave birth to baby girls on the same day in the same hospital – all doing well.

     

     

    greatniecesCSC

  13. I would love to see BR mentioning in his media talks the Lafferty’s dive and injury simulation and referencing the same player’s previous simulations against us and Aberdeen for head butts.

     

    Something along the lines of the refs need to show more awareness of certain player’s habits when it comes to this kind of stuff.

     

    Brown’s tackle was clean, studs were down and there was no contact. Come out and tell it as it is Brendan. Lafferty, McGregor, Jack and Morelos – habitual cheats, plain and simple.

  14. Hot Smoked

     

     

    I do agree that Rogic hasn’t been at his best since the World Cup but hopefully he will get a good rest over the next two weeks as he hasn’t been named in Australia’s training camp.

     

     

    I’m also pleased that Benkovic isn’t in the Croatia squad as he will have some time now to get up to speed and get to know some teammates.

  15. I thought Big Mik had an outstanding game against the thug bigot.Stood up to his usual tactics,and rendered him a passenger.Boyata magnificent when called on.Ollie just gets better and better.Been on Scum Media this morning,for a laugh.Their reactions range from,”We were sh!t,to shut the f— up ya taig.And Mc Gregor was only extricating his leg after being assaultef by that big taig bassa.Kris has certainly come on leaps and bounds.Not only is he a terrific player now,he is also one of our”Fenian army”Take a bow son.

  16. TURKEYBHOY

     

     

    You expect us to believe that one of them used a word like “extricating”.

     

     

    Aye right.

     

     

    The heat’s clearly got to you.

     

     

    HH

  17. Just had a look at the sevco fixture list leading up to our next game with them:

     

    Nov 29 – Villareal home

     

    Dec 2 – Hearts Away

     

    Dec 5 – Aberdeen home

     

    Dec 8 – Dundee away

     

    Dec 13 – Rapid Vienna away

     

    Dec 16 – Hamilton home

     

    Dec 22 – St Johnstone away

     

    Dec 26 – Hibs home

     

    Dec 29 Celtic home

     

     

    Anyone think they can cope with 9 games in a month like we have had to do?

  18. A big couple of months coming up,a few difficult fixtures in the league,mixed with Europa.Scum have it easier in the league.Benkovic and Mulumba will be welcome additions.Hopefully Nir back ,and no more injuries.

  19. Bang on Turkeybhoy – Mika was excellent and could have topped a top class performance with his run & header – very unlucky. He is always well up for these games and once again did not let us down.

     

     

    Wee Jamesie is becoming more and more influential in this fixture and terrorised them yesterday.

     

     

    I was massively encouraged by 2 things yesterday:

     

     

    The togetherness of our camp, led by Brendan, in the aftermath of a difficult time.

     

     

    How little fitba Sevco have in them, hardly strung 4 passes together. They are a slightly better version of Kilmarnock/St Johnstone type teams – decent shape with 2 banks of 4 but seem incapable of attacking innovation.

  20. Great result , should have been another 5 – 0 at least . They can fill there boots with if,s and but,s the truth was there for all to see . Tell you what though , I hope bridges can be mended ,and BR can get Dedryck to extend his stay with us , the bhoy was outstanding yesterday . See Goldson the Sevco spokesman and centre half had a wee go at us , no we’re not Barcelona , but we’re the nearest you,ll ever get to playing against quality , what an absolute dumpling .

  21. I wonder if we will hear of any developments following last night’s meeting of PL, DD and BR (if it happened).

     

    This will be a slow news week so a good time for some positive stories. A new deal for Ntcham would be most welcome with a clear buyout clause to avoid the MD scenario.

     

    A new 3-year deal with a 25-30 million clause sounds about right.

  22. Good overall performance. It’s important we got the win to shut them up before the long international break for the sake of our sanity.

     

     

    Now we need to about our business and put them in the rear view mirror til new year (or the league cup)

     

     

    I’d expect 5 wins out of 5 in September and that has to be the target. We’ve had a false start but it’s time to show why we’re champions. CONSISTENCY!

     

     

    Also, international break should be an opportunity for Brendan to look at some free agents. Gabriel Agbonlahor? Why aren’t these guys motivated to pick up 6 month deal.

  23. Steven Caulker in for the International break,to train,and let us have a loook at himCould not do any harm.The boy was a fantastic talent,maybe Brendan could work his magic.

  24. glendalystonsils on

    I see Conor Goldson is shooting his mouth off to prove that Gerrard is not the only classless numbskull at Ibrox.

     

     

    I wonder which rock they find them under?

  25. Turkeybhoy on 3rd September 2018 11:03 am

     

     

    Someone, can’t rem who, posted recently he has been up to his old tricks and we should stay well clear if rumours are to be believed.

     

     

    Hh

  26. 50 shades of green on

    Morning Tims..

     

     

    Now that Stevie G is going to have a word with his keeper for kicking out at big Kris, and admitting it was a red, I expect the compliance officer to act, how can he ignore it now, 2 game ban, no appeal as the manager has confirmed he done it.

     

     

    On to the game yesterday, the most one-sided 1 nil victory I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.

     

     

    Motm for me was Dedryck, with honourable mentions to Ollie n Broonie, zombies could have played with 10 midfielders and they 2 would still boss them.

     

     

    H.H

  27. Turkeybhoy

     

     

    You had me worried that one of them had actually been to school.

     

     

    Certainly none of their players have if Goldson’s anything to go by.

  28. Turkeybhoy

     

     

    That could work for us or at least give the guy a chance to keep fit and get it together

  29. What is the Stars on

    Tullybhoy 10.45 am

     

    I was massively encouraged by 2 things yesterday:

     

    The togetherness of our camp, led by Brendan, in the aftermath of a difficult time.

     

     

    How little fitba Sevco have in them, hardly strung 4 passes together. They are a slightly better version of Kilmarnock/St Johnstone type teams – decent shape with 2 banks of 4 but seem incapable of attacking innovation.

     

     

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    Ditto ,Totally agree