Muz333

Stonewall penalty.

Cheers. I fired it into the RBS account from an older PM. ??

Remind me on Friday (payday for me).

I’ll be honest. I was screaming to get Lafferty on for the last ten minutes. Hands up I got that call wrong!

Tonight was about the only time he’s commentated in our match that I felt he wasn’t a twat. Butcher was the same when he commentates on our games. What is it about ex legends that become pundits and start to appease the Rangers haters?! McCann is the exception and I hope his managerial career turns around.

They’ve backed us as much as I would have expected. The frustrating thing is we are so close to having a genuine chance to take the league this season that I really want them to push the boat out. We need some quality attacking options and depth in defence and we will be in an excellent position. Then if we beat them to the league we deny them a chance at the champions league money that would massively hurt them.

They definitely have problems at the moment as the cracks are forming. I still think we have a chance this season but I would feel a lot more confident if we could fork out that little extra on some depth in defence and some quality attacking players, especially with Murphy injured. Sadly I think we will have to wait until January until we bolster our attack. As for next season, I genuinely think we are finally starting to build a solid foundation and I fully expect our team to stroll it next season. While they will invest if they aren't in the Champions League group stages I actually expect them to weaken overall as they try to cut down on player wages. I just hope they don't invest in a new manager next season as I think Brendan is going to get continuously worse as Gerrard puts pressure on him.

If I’m being honest with myself I thought we wouldn’t challenge under Gerrard until next season and this season was more about instilling some fight and defensive quality into the team. Admittedly after the start we had I got greedy and thought we might win the league as well. Given the choice though I’d take a close second in the league this season, a cup and a decent European run to fund the real challenge next season. Dont get me wrong though, I think celtic are on the decline and I haven’t given up the league this season. However I’m acutely aware of the fact we lack depth and quality attacking players. One or two injuries to our team could ruin any momentum we start to gain. I do t think whether or not we are in Europe will change this. I only see the benefits of the money and status from a good run that will help to strengthen the squad over the next couple of windows.

I want the easiest possible group as don’t forget there’s a bonus €570,000 per win and €190,000 per draw in the groups. Then if we finish runners up that’s another €500,000 and again another €500,000 for reaching the last 32. Throw in ticket sales which we’d sell out without the need for glamour ties, TV deals and we could look to really bolster our January transfer budget.

You’re forgetting we rigged the draw beforehand. ?

This thread has reeled me in.

Hahaha, check your messages before you hit post dad. ??‍♂️

So no left footed players on the left and having Candeias/Windass out of position is to our detriment. Which I think we all realised but good to see it portrayed by someone with good tactical knowledge.

I’ll wait and see if we make some quality signings or not first. Fear it’ll be a lot of kids on loans and signing aged has been a or players that haven’t been reforming recently and hope to get the best out of them again.

After so many false dawns I won’t have the ‘feel good’ factor until we have a much better team and are putting in a genuinely challenge. Arfield and McGregor is a start this window but if we only end up with a couple of free transfers and a few loans of Liverpool youth players then I doubt we will be capable of challenging.

James Beattie for one. More recently I really thought Barton would have strolled it up here.

Our only hope is if we get a reaction out of the players from a change of management and press the game from the start. We can’t defend so we can’t hold back giving celtic time on the ball to hit them with a counterattack, we’ve tried that and it doesn’t work. We need to press high and and force the errors from Boyata and we also need to flood the midfield and have Brown man marked the whole game. I only see us in with a chance if we get shot of Murty and the players then show some fight.

Unless we are going with three CB’s I don’t see how this could work.

Get home from nightshift at 10:30, have a one hour nap, watch the game and hope I get some sleep afterwards before returning to work.

Will Murty keep the job if we finish second? Yes. Will Murty keep the job if we finish third? Yes. Will Murty keep the job if we finish fourth? Yes. Does Murty deserve to keep the job? No.

Great game today and I say that as someone who wasn’t impressed with his previous performances.

I thought as much. Embarrassingly that our article seems to have it wrong then. ‘Goss moved to QPR last January after expressing a desire to play first-team football but opportunities were hard to come by, the 20-year-old made six appearances at Loftus Road’

The article says he’s only 20? Although I agree with your comment, I don’t see this kid being the key to unlocking defences but I can only hope he proves me wrong and we can then get him signed up permanently.