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NeoGeo7

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  1. There goes the end of him being fawned over by the press now we’ve signed him :lol:

    Its a smart move by the club and I reckon he’ll offer a different option for us of having a natural left footed player on the right who isn’t shy of shots on goal (and goals) from outside the box.

  2. Really like his composure on the ball and doesn’t seem to shy away from a fight for the ball.

    He had a few badly weighted passes today but he’s young and will get better.

    Don’t think it really works with Davis and Jack as they all seem to want to do the same on the ball. Need someone who’ll make runs forward into the space arfield creates when he draws defenders when dropping deep.

  3. 15 minutes ago, Drunk and disorderly. said:

    If you were to put 6 of our youths into our starting 11 for a season we would end up in the bottom half of the division. Ronald should have said this to Ally years ago not to the press when it's too late.

    Good sentiments from the big chap but he is detatched from our current reality. 

    If we had done this in 2012 we’d not have solved any problems as the youth back then weren’t good enough as our youth setup was honking. We’ve got it into good shape now but it will take years to reap the rewards from it.

  4. The thing is we don’t just need to just challenge the scum, we need to beat them. 9 can’t happen never mind 10 and I would have thought he would have understood that having been here for a few years and experienced it first hand.

    Youth is the long term solution but right now we need a short term fix which means investing in a squad that can win the title and supplement it with youth who will then become the first team in a few years.

    If we had these kids in 2012 and the youth setup as it is now we’d be laughing but we can’t experiment at this time, we need battlers, we need experience, we need ability and we need winners and we need them now not in 3/4 years.

  5. 4 minutes ago, The Dude said:

    They could hardly cite them for what happened on Sunday before Sunday.

    I think the point is brown could have been cited for numerous incidents earlier in the season when it might have had a bigger impact than it would doing it now . In other words if you were to cite him once in a season what time would have the least impact to his team? When they have a 13 point lead in the league or when they are only a point or two ahead?

  6. I actually think he’ll be here another year for 2 reasons: 1) Gerrards impact on his improvement this season and 2) I think other clubs will try to get him on the cheap and we’ll stand our ground.

    How the fuck dembele went for near £20m for 26 goals in 55 and Alfie has 30 in 59 and the offers were around 7m or 8m, absolute joke and I hope we say to Alfie and his agent if he wants to go it needs to be upwards of 15m.

  7. 3 minutes ago, The Dude said:

    Davis has never been that sort of player so I doubt he'd have suddenly started now at 33. Davis was garbage and has been poor since he returned. There's someone stood at the side of the pitch who can motivate them. They are professional footballers, they shouldn't need someone to hold their hand every step of the way.

    They shouldn’t I agree but it’s clear that the players can play when they are in the mood but you look no further than the loss away to Kilmarnock and how we collapsed as a team because of the mistake from Worrall.

    We need someone on the park that leads and reminds the rest of what’s at stake. It should never need to be that way but that’s how things are right now.

  8. 7 minutes ago, RFC Eagle said:

    He would have been sent off before he scored the way that game was refereed. Some utterly baffling decisions, including (although not the worst decision) the free kick that led up to them hitting the bar.

    We weren't good enough but we certainly had less chance playing against the officials as well.

     

    Ref didn’t dish out a single yellow and that prick Davidson should have been off for two yellows (the arm to mccrorie and then had a late challenge) but didn’t either.

  9. 8 minutes ago, The Dude said:

    Does he need a wee strip of fabric on his arm to do that? If he's not going to set the heather alight then he'd be as well keeping his arse firmly planted on the bench.

    I think a motivator in the starting 11 is probably one of the things really lacking just now. Halliday is a popular figure on the changing room and,no one can question that he loves the club. That has to be instilled int he other players and I certainly didn’t see Davis barking out instructions or trying to motivate yesterday and to be honest apart from the one cross field pass in the first half Davis has done nothing of note. At least Halliday given a bit of space about 25 yards from goal might look to shoot and draw the defence out creating space in behind.  No other midfield player really seems to line up shots from outside the box other than Kent cutting in.

  10. The issues are in midfield and the final third. We signed Davis and Defoe to address the lack of threat and so far it’s not done that.

    Reserves or youth aren’t going to make any difference other than to drop the players who have become “too comfortable” and give them the kick up the arse they need.

    Up top Hardie and Rudden were the most likely candidates but they are on loan and Gerrard isn’t going to turn to Mebude (or even Hardie or Rudden if they were here) rather than player Defoe or Lafferty.

    Kelly and Palmer had been given game time against helsinki but they aren’t going to be turned to just because things are going badly.

    We’ll beat Kilmarnock on Wednesday with Morelos back in because the long balls up to him work better than with Defoe. The worry will be when we go to Hamilton and Morelos is out again.

     The answer isn’t in the reserves or the youth it’s about getting the players in the squad to give a damn. I’d honestly play Halliday in a midfield 3 during the week and make him captain for the night. He might not set the heather alight but he will certainly tell those around him when they aren’t up to it.

  11. 12 minutes ago, coopsleftboot said:

    This last week has exposed the rules for post-game disciplinary process as thus;

    1.  If you badly foul a Rangers player and the ref doesn't send you off, then you're fine, we'll look after you.

    2.  If a Rangers player badly fouls you and the ref doesn't deal with it (whether he sees it or not), rest assured we'll cite and suspend.

    3.  If you badly foul a celtic player you can expect to be sent off and suspended.  If the referee doesn't deal with you as we expect, you'll be cited and suspended.

    4.  If a celtic player badly fouls a player from any other team and the referee takes no action then neither will the compliance officer.  If the referee does take action, then the compliance officer reserve the right to reverse the decision.

    5.  Citation will be called based on evidence discussed on Sportscene by Michael Stewart, on Sky by Andy Walker, on Radio by Michael Stewart, Tom Currie, Tom English and Stuart Cosgrove or in the press by Chris Sutton or John Hartson.  Other experts such as Tom Boyd or Frank McAvennie may be consulted and ex first class referees such as Conroy or Clarke may also give opinions.

    6.  Games involving other teams don't really matter  

    prove me wrong 

     

    Pretty much nail on the head there, that’s certainly what the recent actions of the CO have demonstrated.

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