King Jela 20,371 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Absolutely. We're nowhere near ready for it whereas they've made a fast start to the season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 17 hours ago, plumbGER said: Bring the fenians on any day of the week. We haven't been great but neither have they tbh Delusional post of the week. They're ripping teams apart and scoring for fun while they do it at the moment. Unless we drastically improve them 100% it's coming too soon for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Robot 21,213 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 1 minute ago, TheLoudenTavernier said: Delusional post of the week. They're ripping teams apart and scoring for fun while they do it at the moment. Unless we drastically improve them 100% it's coming too soon for us. They're shipping goals for fun and shipping them in short bursts so they're still vulnerable at the back Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Just now, Bad Robot said: They're shipping goals for fun and shipping them in short bursts so they're still vulnerable at the back They're taking enough chances at the other end to get away with it though. Hopefully that's where Garner and a fit Waghorn will make a difference for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,371 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, Bad Robot said: They're shipping goals for fun and shipping them in short bursts so they're still vulnerable at the back Have you seen us this season? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,606 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 With our defence atm I'd honestly bite your hand off for a draw right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterD 7,435 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 2 hours ago, Vanoli said: One thing I've been wondering about this morning is the value of this Linfield friendly. Say we put in an improved performance at Killie on Friday, I think this could be bad for us. Sure, we need the match fitness - especially for waghorn... But it's a friendly, it will eventually become like a training session. The tempo won't be right nor the intensity - exactly the two things that have cost us this season. So is it good for us to go to Parkhead when our last outing was a slow, low tempo, low intensity friendly game? As for Waghorn, it definitely didn't do him any good for the cup final. Who knows, maybe I'm over analysing. Surely we won't be sending all the first team guys away for that friendly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanoli 4,625 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Just now, MasterD said: Surely we won't be sending all the first team guys away for that friendly? My understanding is we're using it in preparation as the Celtic game comes after internationals - we don't have many internationals mind. Obviously we owe Linfield one too, two birds one stone I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Robot 21,213 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, King Jela said: Have you seen us this season? we both have the same issues the only difference is they cunts are taking their chances but maybe Joe will be our game changer Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,656 Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 still think well win it but it slightly to early end to end it will be tho Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,610 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 6 hours ago, Rangers_no1 said: In my view MOH will cause Tierney more problems than Waghorn. He certainly would Waghorn although a tricky player slows it down too much we need pace and energy down that side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 18 hours ago, K.A.I said: Yeah I think so but there's pro's and con's to it. Sometimes it's good to get your biggest challenge at the start of the season while the players are fresh and hungry. Our problem as it has been for the past 5 seasons now is that we seem to rebuild every single season due to bad buys, relegation, cut budgets, more bad buys, paying off the bad buys and starting again, a team to get us out the Championship and again a team upgrade for this season over last seasons one. The fenians were raging at the fixtures list as it looked like (and should have been) an easy 12 points for us going into the game and they had possibly their trickiest game first outwith games against us. Thing what annoys me is Celtic can go and spent 4.5 million on a bit of quality like Sinclair that turns a shite performance, draw and 2 points dropped into a solid 3 points and off to a flier. We've not got that 1 player like that in our team, sadly (based on what I've seen so far, hopefully get proved wrong) We have Miller who turned a shite 1-1 draw into a solid 3 points! This is only one of 4 OF games this season - it's a real marker but it's a rare thing that either side wins all 4 OF games and I think far to much emphasis is put on this game ( important tho it always is). We all want to win it but I suspect they ( and us) will also drop points elsewhere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFM 3,809 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Yes, but only by a game or two. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.A.I 36,183 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, Bluepeter9 said: We have Miller who turned a shite 1-1 draw into a solid 3 points! This is only one of 4 OF games this season - it's a real marker but it's a rare thing that either side wins all 4 OF games and I think far to much emphasis is put on this game ( important tho it always is). We all want to win it but I suspect they ( and us) will also drop points elsewhere. Nupe that's fair enough comment Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 6 hours ago, Da Kool Blue said: Those useless cup games have set us behind. I dunno why we couldn't have played the youths and took the first team to play more competitive matches abroad. Play more competitive matches ? in friendlies ? Abroad? As against Real competitive matches in a cup? Really? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 3 hours ago, THE_MIGHTY_BEARS said: Plenty of calls for the manager to adopt a defensive formation for this one. Why? If we sit back and let Celtic come on to us we're fucked. Think about how Walter Smith setup against Neil Lennon's Celtic. Walter had us sitting way too deep and we were overrun time, and time again. Celtic's weakness is their defence and if you want to take advantage of that you need to attack. Sitting back plays to Celtic's strengths and we'll be battered. We go there with the 4-3-3 and try our best to limit their possession. Hopefully we can defend well and score a few goals. Walter had a great record against them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMB 14,167 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Just now, Bluepeter9 said: Walter had a great record against them! I'm not talking about records overall. I'm talking about that one particular season. Walter had us sitting deep and Lennon's Celtic were using full-backs to run over the top of us. If we went to Celtic park and sat back they would just overrun us again. We need to play to our own strengths rather than playing to theirs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbGER 24,518 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 54 minutes ago, TheLoudenTavernier said: Delusional post of the week. They're ripping teams apart and scoring for fun while they do it at the moment. Unless we drastically improve them 100% it's coming too soon for us. Fuck up ya clown. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolverhampton Town 14 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I don't think its coming too quick for us, as previously stated about the tims over confidence, they will fancy themselves, but there leaking goals 2 against st johnstone and 2 in Europe, in the CL game they went in at halftime 3-0 up, there over confidence at the start of second half let Beer n' a Hauf in to score 2, I was hoping they would go on to beat the vermin but it wasn't to be. on another note teams we have played so far in the league like parking buses to frustrate us, when we play against opposition that have a go I firmly believe you will see a dif rangers. points of note Sinclair is a flying machine and craig Gordon plays the long high ball for him to run onto, they have scored a few goals this way already, so as long as we don't get caught out with this al go for rangers to win 3-2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eejay the dj 31,964 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 4 hours ago, THE_MIGHTY_BEARS said: Plenty of calls for the manager to adopt a defensive formation for this one. Why? If we sit back and let Celtic come on to us we're fucked. Think about how Walter Smith setup against Neil Lennon's Celtic. Walter had us sitting way too deep and we were overrun time, and time again. Celtic's weakness is their defence and if you want to take advantage of that you need to attack. Sitting back plays to Celtic's strengths and we'll be battered. We go there with the 4-3-3 and try our best to limit their possession. Hopefully we can defend well and score a few goals. I'm not sure their defence is their weakness anymore Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 109,087 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 1 minute ago, eejay the dj said: I'm not sure their defence is their weakness anymore Conceded the same goals as us in 1 less game. I'm not so sure mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eejay the dj 31,964 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 5 minutes ago, Rfc52 said: Conceded the same goals as us in 1 less game. I'm not so sure mate Yeah think they have sorted that area with Toure .Sinclair has given them more pace .Infact they have it all over the shop . I'm hoping out players turn up for it cause it's going be a game like nothing we have had for over 4 years including the two Semis against them Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 18 minutes ago, plumbGER said: Fuck up ya clown. Sorry big man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I never thought I'd see the day when Rangers fans are quivering at the thought of playing Celtic Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbGER 24,518 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 5 minutes ago, TheLoudenTavernier said: Sorry big man. Apology accepted, now man the fuck up please, fear no foe. 2 minutes ago, Gaz52 said: I never thought I'd see the day when Rangers fans are quivering at the thought of playing Celtic This all day long? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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