So what did we learn last night? For a start, when we need to, we can defend effectively and shut up shop, last night was our fourth clean sheet in Europe this season. The 4-5-1 formation, deployed for the opening 65 minutes, was not effective at producing attacking opportunities, although this may be as much to do with personnel as formation.
Emilio Izaguirre was swamped every time the ball went near him, which did little to settle his confidence. It was wise for Neil Lennon to hook him and drop Charlie Mulgew back. I felt sorry for Miku, who looked like a player in an unfamiliar line-up. He is not a lone target man but will do well when we get the ball to his feet. He was only asked to play that role due to injuries Hooper, Stokes and Samaras and will only do so again under similar circumstances. By contrast, Hooper looked the part once he came on. He bullied defenders as effectively as he does in the SPL, a real pleasing point for me.
Victor Wanyama needs to improve his sharpness to make the most of his composure and tackling ability at this level. The perpetual motion of Champions League teams means a fraction of a second off-pace can compromise the defensive formation.
Did you notice how every time Commons got the ball he was thinking “goal”? His turn before crossing from the left belied the meagre money we paid for him. He is every inch a Champions League player.
James Forrest was played out of the game by the full back. He/Neil needed to find a resolution to this challenge but it didn’t happen. He tried to knock the ball round the outside and pass on the inside a couple of times, which was over-ambitions, to say the least. I don’t think we saw him drop the shoulder and take the player on with the ball, which is a pity, as I’m sure he had the taking of his marker. Both Forrest and Wanyama will be stronger on Match Day 2.
The first objective from our return to Champions League football was that we would be able to compete at this level. That achieved, we can look forward to Moscow in 12 days time.
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Guess that means all those Resident Evil games and movies will be banned now.
SOAL,
Now that was very funny…
Anyone else play this game?
I have developed a lot of zombie tendencies recently.
Whenever I am stopped at traffic lights and spot a wearer of Dead Club apparel, I stretch my arms over the top of the steering board and as both arms stiffen, I will move them up and down alternately.
If caught by an observant Dead Club Apparel Wearer and if said DCAW has access to sharp objects or a brick, I quickly change my pose into one of stretching and yawning. I then drive off while their brain processes their observations and evaluates their options.
Hours of fun can be had whilst driving through Drongan and Cumnock
Wonkyradar – this is the only bit that seems genuine.
“holding still tighter to the bottle of buckfast in the other.”
Can we refer to the formation of sevco as “dawn of the dead”
WDH
You couldnt get on my high horse….
Have we been misunderstanding Bomber Broons quaint dialect all along – is he actually saying “show us ra deid?”
BT – tough gig your job mate. My cousin does the same. Fair play to you.
67
Got the right erse for shiftin flittings!!
bt
White Port??
Oh dear here we go with hoops and kris are overweight nonsense ..don’t you know girls hoops make you look wider!!!!
Gokwancsc
And met with the two of them not so long ago on a golf course..pair of whippets!!!!..
Jude..yes traditionally served chilled before a meal…lovely
Sorry for the three in a row…thought there was a podium going hh
Shit …4
Hello is there anybody out there?
All I can see now is zombies at the windaes..they’ve ate aw the cqners ..help help
According to RTC the zombies will get off lightly regards EBTs. No surprise there.
johann murdoch
Try Imodium
Returning from the game last night, I was listening to Talksport and a guy claiming to be a Celtic fan phoned in with a scathing attack on some of the players and I think he was out of order .
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If you lie down with Talkshite dogs you get fleas. A vile muckraking station promoting’the English Premier League is the best in the world….no… us Engerlish are the best country in the world’.
Any employer that took on Gray and Keys and welcomed them into the fold is a disgrace. (And Brazil is a tired old act who os long past his ‘drink before’ date.)
jude
Johann tells me it is worth it.
TTLT
After working 20years in DHSS/DWP it is a doddle… o))
just a bad day and with all the changes its only going to get worse.. but he ho..
KTF
Any pics of the “offensive”banner?
I have just checked out the back catalogue of The Zombies (Rod Argent & Colin Blunstone etc:)
Their famous hit was “She’s not there” but other single titles include
Remember You
Don’t Go Away
How we were before
Goin Out of my Head
Care of Cell 44
Time of the Season
& Butcher’s Tale
They also released a compilation album in 1999 titled “Absolutely the Best”
Spooky or what?
If T’Rangers go bust again, will they reform as Argent?
EDB,
In what way? – financially or title stripping?
If i was a zombie i would really hate people to think i was a hun!
Me thinks chuckie was on the white port.
I don’t see how they can complain.
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Where’s the link creator when you need it?
http://i46.tinypic.com/2u94i15.jpg
Offended ?
http://i50.tinypic.com/2cnweg8.jpg
According to the press the crowd last night was 53,373.
So we can get another 6,000+ into the stadium can we? Now section 120 was not full and the first two rows around the park were empty for whatever reason but that does not sum up to 6,000.
As far as I can remember we used to give sevco 7,000 for our game at CP. I didn’t see that amount of empty seats last night!
Don’t know what’s going on with the press…………..
bt
TTLT?
Im ok with KTF BTW
I think that the Zombies
are after a pound of
our flesh …..
jude
TTLT = tomtheleedstim…. O))
bigjie
Oh dear.
bt
faeblonterr?
SFTB
Colin Blunstone also once sang “Say you don’t mind, you’ll let me off this time”…
I am pretty sure we could get a whole Zombie flavoured play list put together if we put our minds to it…
The Zombies have killed and shut those shops with the skin eating fish?
Really looking forward to seeing Efe in action. Hope hes no iffy
HH