KingInTheNorth

fucking buzzing for this now couldn't ask for better preparation for the top flight get the team news oot already ally

Quite worrying that poll. The majority still want him in the team next year, whereas almost everyone on here wants him out of it right now. Baffling that we're still in the minority on this one.

meh, he had his plus side I suppose, just think he's a bit dodgy. we don't need someone to be all guns blazing in the media every other day any more , time to get on with it , and going forward we can do a lot better

yeh mate of course

I don't think Ally will ditch his 352 after one competitive game , I'm not to fussed as I think it could actually be an improvement with a few alterations. Wouldn't be surprised to see the same team, but I'm desperate for Temps to play - reckon he'll proper turn it on against his old team .

I don't think they're not Rangers fans, I just think they're a bit thick - same with tbo as well in all honesty. I get the argument that we need a bit of atmosphere, but I'd like to see it improve stadium wide, not just in two sections of the BF full of little chavs singing songs in 2014 they know nothing about - but that's another argument for another day and one that will probably get me more abuse , so I'll stop here...

Really hope we can sell this out , turnout for the hibs game was a bit shit. Anyone know where Hearts are compared to Hibs ? Table shows they would still have came last without the points deduction, despite Hibs' arse collapse. I've not seen them though, tables can lie at times ...

bunch of twats anyway

don't get me wrong I agree with you, when I said 'when possible' I meant quite literally every time it is possible.

I'd rather we played it short when possible, but granted that won't always be possible. For when we do go long though we don't have much to hit really , and the defending team tend to win more than they don't anyway. Think we have more pressing concerns ...

I'm pretty certain someone in your line must have

maybe it's your failings with words, but I don't see what you're getting at here. are you on about the card display, because if you used your brain you'd see I was talking about the writing on the stand, not the card display... If you're being really stupid and suggesting I'll be glad I won't have to partake in the card display, well I sit in the GR so that doesn't make sense either ...

it looks awful. worse than the family stand. I meant no offense to sandy, and don't have a problem with the stand being named after him, but it looks so much worse now

I really fucking hate the writing on the stand.... it's completely cheapened our beautiful stadium

Any of you watching the Aberdeen game? Looking more than decent against a quality side. They won't play like this week in week out, but they're a bitter little club and fancy themselves as our 'second rivals' lol, so I imagine this is the level they'll raise themselves to against us. Seems we might have more to consider than just Celtic next season.

Decimating Celtic to stop them winning the league at ours

We're lacking one or two players to play a pressing game. Law, black , boyd , all of our centre backs lack the energy and athleticism to do it. We're not fit enough either. Said it in a few threads but standing off isn't the cause of our problems , it's standing off for too long. Passive defending lets us show teams where we want them to go , once we do that we should find ourselves with a spare man and then you press. Problem is we don't know how to do that. and what is this 'my team not my project' ? sounds like another cringey fucking soundbite from the clueless side of our support .

I hate to be that guy but I really don't like the look of that ... awaiting abuse but think it looks terrible

we don't have the athleticism, fitness or energy to play a high pressing game. I totally agree we stand off to much, but the answer is to find a balance of being passive and actively pressing. I.e against hibs , plenty of times we done quite a good job of making them go where we wanted them to go, but didn't press once we got them there. Not sure if that's down to a lack of awareness, being poor 1 on 1 or a lack of clarity on instructions.

Don't let this fool you into believing we are anywhere near ready to challenge them.

Agree 100%. Been hoping to see this for a while. His starting position is way to deep for a winger, and he tends to over-do the doubling up and tracking back. Think given a bit of work he's a perfect fit for Wing Back.

Surely he can't not play temps after last night... then again I can't see him ditching 352 straight away, and I don't think we'll ever play 352 without black so there's really no room for him. 442 really isn't the answer to our problems either.

I think a witch hunt or waiting at the doors after a game lacks class but I've no problem with chants, banners or similar ... fans have an influence over a club, as long as we exert that influence reasonably I don't think there's any problem with voicing our concerns

played about 5 minutes of 442 before the red ... don't get me wrong,i just posted in the match thread criticising just about every dynamic of the 352 hahaha

disagree. still weren't pressing the ball at all and there's a hell of a lot more gaps in a 442, once we got set and sat in with the 352 hibs bossed possesion and territory, but for long spells looked toothless. if anything I think the change would have killed us off earlier. All credit to Temps though. Got to start Sunday now surely...