Defensive shape not right

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Penny for the thoughts of Erik Sviatchenko on Saturday as he watched the defence he’ll soon become part of. Players were skipping past Jozo Simunovic while we had Keystone Cops defending from Efe at a corner kick (our problems here are clearly not resolved).

St Johnstone failed to score during their previous five games but would have scored more against a generous Celtic were it not for some fine work by Craig Gordon.

Individual errors aside, there are aspects of our shape I’m not happy with. In previous times you wouldn’t know if the Celtic defence and keeper were having a good game, they were so well protected. In the Premiership, this makes for entertaining football as we march to the title, but at a higher level we’ll be ripped open.

There’s not a proper defensive midfielder at the club. If we’re going to keep to this shape, we’ll need one before August.

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  1. TONYDONNELLY67 on 26TH JANUARY 2016 10:41 AM

     

    hmmmm! Interesting.

     

     

     

    http://www.sfm.scot/john-clark-meets-the-sfa/

     

     

    ‘I referred to the 5-way Agreement, and made the point that two entities other than league or SFA representatives were signatories to that agreement: RFC (IL) and Mr Green’s new club. The two could not be one.

     

     

    Mr Broadfoot said that was a matter of opinion.

     

     

    I said that it was rather a matter of fact.’

     

     

     

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    ‘In the Chinese intellectual tradition there is no necessary incompatibility between the belief that A is the case and the belief that not-A is the case. On the contrary, in the spirit of the Tao or yin-yang principle, A can actually imply that not-A is also the case, or at any rate soon will be the case.’

     

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geography_of_Thought

     

     

     

     

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    I can only conclude that Dawyll and the SFA regard themselves as being part of the Chinese intellectual tradition.

     

     

    By the way I wonder if Dawyll said which club he supported.

  2. BILLYBEAR on 26TH JANUARY 2016 11:08 AM

     

    Hun is a secretarian term

     

     

    BILLYBEAR on 26TH JANUARY 2016 11:25 AM

     

    I never said ‘hun’ was sectarian

     

     

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    Another one in the Chinese intellectual tradition.

  3. TD67&ERNIE LYNCH

     

     

    Bowling Club Blazer Mafia.

     

    Devil Worshipping Handshakers.

     

    Ripe for a screenplay.

     

    Would make the Life of Brian seem tame.

     

    The mind boggles at the ideology behind it all.

     

    Crazed Bigots.

     

     

    HH

  4. What is the Stars on

    Phil bhoy

     

    That’s great news about Archie

     

    Keep me posted. Remember I can’t say a bad word about ronny until he makes a full recovery.

     

    So as soon as Archie gets the thumbs up from the doctors I will be gunning for ronny.

     

    Until then however I will observe the terms of my ceasefire.

     

    Who knows I might even make it permanent. .?

  5. BILLYBEAR

     

     

    Tell us about the “Bowhead Saint”

     

    Old Tom Weir didnae like Kaffliks either.

     

    Sectarianism indeed.

     

    Ask John Knox:)

     

     

    You are at the wind-up:)

     

     

    HH

  6. What is the Stars on

    Billy bear

     

    Why not come to Dublin for the 1916 centenary celebrations. You would be made very welcome in what used to proudly call itself the second city of the empire.

     

    Who knows you might even stay. They are looking for bar staff in my local and with your good protestant work ethic you would be ideal for the position.

     

    You would be known as Ahunna The Till

     

     

    Ok I will get my coat

  7. lennon’s passion on 26th January 2016 11:44 am

     

     

    If he made the gesture to the Ranges fans I would not have a problem…the fact he made them to Morton fans is a problem,,

     

     

    A player must be cautioned if:

     

     

    in the opinion of the referee, he makes gestures which are provocative,

     

    derisory or inflammatory

  8. West End of East End on

    lennon’s passion – It was a stupid decision by the linesman but we don’t know what he heard, still funny though to see his wee smug face go from gloating to greeting within a couple of seconds, I enjoyed watching the game for that moment alone…

  9. Billybear on 26th January 2016 11:08 am

     

     

    Hun is a secretarian term

     

     

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    lol.

     

     

    I’ve seen Huns get very excited when it’s yelled at them from buses and apparently, going by their barely comprehensible accusatory howls, it’s a ‘sectananarian’ term.

  10. McClean the St. Johnstone Hun did a lot worse on sat. At our game and just got a Wee talking too, so it’s just another case of make it up as you go along I think.

  11. BILLY BEAR QUICK NEWS!!!!!

     

     

    FFS it’s yanking your chain!

     

     

    Ignore it!

     

     

    I KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HUNS.

     

     

    And there will be more bad news about them soon.

     

     

    Now to make it INVISIBLE!

     

     

    C’MON THE CELTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  12. Hello again all you young rebels.

     

     

    Philbhoy.

     

    Must have missed whatever happened to we Archie, but

     

    great to hear he is back home again, all our wee mhen

     

    are Celtics future we need to nurture them.

     

    H.H Mick

  13. Joe Filippis Haircut on

    I can see no point whatsoever of Celtic bringing in any player on loan for the run in we should use our full squad including our youngsters not bringing on other teams players.That is where I get confused with Ronny one minute he is saying he doesnt want loan players then a week later we are trying to sign one ? Maybe he doesnt have any real say in the matter. H.H.

  14. Melbourne Mick

     

     

    Wee man had open heart surgery last week. 10 hours in theatre!

     

     

    He is not a Celtic supporter yet, but he will be soon!

     

     

    Thanks!

  15. One of my best pals is a protestant celtic supporter.

     

     

    He’s a Tim.

     

     

    Guy i know was baptised catholic and supports the rangers. Hmmmmm

     

     

    Majority of supporters of Scottish football clubs other than TRFC are most likely protestant by birth/tradition. They are not huns. They sometimes call TRFC huns. They refer to us as Tims.

     

     

    So what is sectarian now? Please explain?

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