NeoGeo7

Very true, I think the one last night was reminiscent of the Bremen save just because it was close up and was a big save as far as the outcome of the game was concerned however you are right it isn't close to the Bremen one if I'm being honest

I’m thinking longer term. I could see Gerrard becoming a mainstay at our club if he keeps going like this so if in 2 years or 3 years time the Liverpool job became available I think he’ll more than likely go for it and if he’s won titles and cups here then I suspect he’ll get it.....then you worry about who you get in because the last 3 managers have been dire in comparison.

‘I don’t think you’ll,ever find any excuse coming from us” when talking about the plastic pitch.....not like our scummy neighbours who moan about grass length at Tynecastle.

I’m hoping Klopp stays at Liverpool for the rest of his career because Gerrard is ticking all the boxes to be a great manager here.

So it was the perfect performance from every player and no player should look to improve or better certain elements of their game? You always have to find areas you can improve upon otherwise you think you are perfect, get complacent and become useless in a team of highly motivated players. Murphy put in a shift last night as did the other players but that doesn’t mean you can’t find any flaws in their game overall or the performance last night. Morelos was great last night too but again reacted to the opposition trying to wind him up and could have been sent off. Are we not allowed to say he needs to cut that out of his game? Ejaria worked hard but lost the ball a number of times being too casual or trying to showboat rather than keep possession and play simple passes. Should that also be overlooked? Do you think Gerrard or his coaching staff will say great game lads and move on? Of course not they’ll assess the game for each player and collectively and see what went well and what could be better. As long as the criticism isn’t just “He’s shite” and instead shows a level of thought and is constructive then I see no problem being able to bring anything like that to a discussion on the game.

Look at the clip above he had no one in support at that point, holding up play would just have allowed the defence to get back in numbers. A better touch and a better connection with the ball for his shot and he’d at least have given the keeper something to worry about.

Agree Morelos' ball was superb and Murphy did well enough to create the chance (though his touch wasn't good enough and took him too wide). At the very least should have made the keeper work rather than completely scuffing it

Was just thinking that as I was making the gif.... Absolutely outstanding save

100% correct The ref was poor in my opinion last night. The penalty was not a penalty. Too many yellows given to our players (like Arfields 50/50 late on in the second half their player makes the most of it and its a yellow to Arfield). Too many 50/50s going their way. However, he got the Morelos incident spot on as he went straight to the Maribor player as he was the aggressor then play acted to try and get Morelos sent off. Cunt should have been booked for playacting.

Would have preferred Progres for a number of reasons but we just need to approach this like any of the previous games. I’m sure we’ve already got videos of their games against Progres and we’ll be finding ways to hurt them and any strengths they have to counter those. It could have been much harder than this as they looked pretty poor from what I saw yesterday however under this management I don’t think we’ll ever take anything for granted.

Why the fuck any player would ever want to leave us is beyond me

To the tune Easy Lover by Phil Collins Lassana Cou-libaly He’ll take the ball from you believe it Like no other Before you know it you’ll be on your knees Lassana Cou-libaly He’ll take your legs and you will feel it He’s like no other And he’s going to win the fucking league

I think rather than thinking the tides are turning we need to just train harder, play harder, sing louder and build momentum. Pendulums always swing back but let’s fucking push this one.

If we can start all 3 it’s a major boost since this is the type of game we need them in and no offence to Ejaria or McCrorie but we need more than they offer in this game. It’s going to be a battle and having these 3 in the middle of the park with candeias wide right and Kent wide left will ensure we have work rate and determination.

Daniel Cousin is signing then we are going into admin 2

@Bristol loyal apologies for being a smart arse

49 seconds in......did you even watch it?

Unfortunately this isn't the movies where you can simply say "Enhance" and detail gets put where there was none to begin with so zooming in is a bit on the blurry side.

Sorry but there's very little in it for me I think Katic went down as he saw an opportunity to run down the clock. Put it this way I wouldn't be calling it a punch if Morelos had done that to their centre half

Not sure if it’s been posted already but got to love his attitude.

Night and day to last year in central defence. It’s early days but I just hope we can avoid injuries and suspensions as their styles seem to compliment one another. Pity with the goal Goldson didn’t just get the side of the boot to the ball but he was solid for the rest of the game so can’t be too harsh. Goldson is captain material, cool and composed, leads by example and is very vocal at organising the defence. Here’s hoping we can get the best years of his and katic’s careers and form a formidable partnership.

Make no mistake lads this year is going to be much closer with the scum and all of the pundits, commentators, journos, SFA and SPFL board members all know it. As the fear kicks in more and more reekin comments and decisions etc. are going to come our way but I think Gerrard is already aware of what we will be up against and I have no doubt he’ll get the team united and ready for the fight.

Morelos needs to learn to fuck the defenders up but fairly i.e. during normal play, cunts are going to target him and he's rising to the bait but he needs to laugh in their face then wait for a 50/50 and go in hard like Flanagan is doing. It's reminiscent of something like Beckham's flick against Simeone, nothing in it but it lets the referee make that decision. McKenna barging him and Morelos reacting simply needed a word between the players to say you've had your last warning any more and you're in the book. Red card will be rescinded like most of Jack's last year but that doesn't help us get our lost 2 points back. All we ask for is fairness and consistency and all we seem to get is biased and/or incompetent decisions.

It really was a game of two halves. Our goal changed the game and rather than us attacking in the second half we protected our lead and they (knowing if they didn’t score were going to have a lot to do in the away leg) came out of the traps. I’m not concerned at the “dip” in second half performance because it was about game management (France did this well in the World Cup and it’s not a bad thing to have in your locker). One thing I would say is Flanagan should absolutely start at right back next week and put that Barisic in his place. He had far too much space and time and has a good cross on him. Can’t see Gerrard dropping his captain though so perhaps Kent on the right would give Barisic more to think about defensively than Murphy did.

So they noised themselves up saying we beat PSV we’ll beat Rangers, now saying we were lucky and they’ll do us over next week. Let them talk all they want we just need to approach it as we have been and be professional.