Boab 73 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 It was rare to see a long ball today but even fegetting that for a second, the short and quick passing was a joy to watch and that IS MORE LIKE IT! Superb! Even at one point, we had 82% possession in the Second Half even though there was a wee nervous 5 or ten minutes near the end! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemeanie6 3 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 It was rare to see a long ball today but even fegetting that for a second, the short and quick passing was a joy to watch and that IS MORE LIKE IT! Superb! Even at one point, we had 82% possession in the Second Half even though there was a wee nervous 5 or ten minutes near the end! It was fantastic to watch, even Mcgregor got a passback from a string and even he didn't lump it forward choosing to pass to Hutton instead, maybe they have realized how bad they have been recently with the long ball play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvager 498 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Good to watch, but I would have preferred we went all out for a third goal. Instead we ended up losing one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del 667 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Its been embarrassing recently, glad to see we actually played football today and the moved away from the long ball. But i would almost bet my house that on Wednesday if McCulloch and Adam are back in the ball will be humped long! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stardog 11 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 To be honest all that passing got us nowhere. I don't think we even had a shot at goal in that spell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,228 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 To be honest all that passing got us nowhere. I don't think we even had a shot at goal in that spell. That is the difference between them and us, they do not sit back, they go for the kill and that is why their goal difference is greater despite playing not that well. What I would say is that when we played quick passsing football on the ground we created a lot of chances and I felt we look far more dangerous and fluent without McCulloch to be the target for a long punt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue86 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 To be honest all that passing got us nowhere. I don't think we even had a shot at goal in that spell. That is the difference between them and us, they do not sit back, they go for the kill and that is why their goal difference is greater despite playing not that well. What I would say is that when we played quick passsing football on the ground we created a lot of chances and I felt we look far more dangerous and fluent without McCulloch to be the target for a long punt. Goal difference is also to do with the fact Celtic have played more games, including a 4-0 vs falkirk wasn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza 21 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Aye, we have Gretna and St Mirren in hand. Should be goals there. We could have scored more agreed and on a different day we would have. Thats football though. We didn't deserve a 3-1 against motherwell as that scoreline flattered us and today the scoreline flattered them. The three points is the main thing and it was achieved well today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,228 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 To be honest all that passing got us nowhere. I don't think we even had a shot at goal in that spell. That is the difference between them and us, they do not sit back, they go for the kill and that is why their goal difference is greater despite playing not that well. What I would say is that when we played quick passsing football on the ground we created a lot of chances and I felt we look far more dangerous and fluent without McCulloch to be the target for a long punt. Goal difference is also to do with the fact Celtic have played more games, including a 4-0 vs falkirk wasn't it? One game more and after today will be two but I would expect their goal difference to increase dramatically by tonight. Generally over the past Celtic go for the goals whilst we sit back and ease off the gas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannan 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 AGREED !!!! played some nice stuff today and think that we should leave out adam every week.....look at what hemdani offers compaired to adam im FFS..... we can play this sort of game against better teams also......just hope smith has some faith, but i doubt it oh what difference abit creativity makes in the side.....somethin that has been sorely lacking in the past.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briton 394 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 To be honest all that passing got us nowhere. I don't think we even had a shot at goal in that spell. That is the difference between them and us, they do not sit back, they go for the kill and that is why their goal difference is greater despite playing not that well. What I would say is that when we played quick passsing football on the ground we created a lot of chances and I felt we look far more dangerous and fluent without McCulloch to be the target for a long punt. Goal difference is also to do with the fact Celtic have played more games, including a 4-0 vs falkirk wasn't it? One game more and after today will be two but I would expect their goal difference to increase dramatically by tonight. Generally over the past Celtic go for the goals whilst we sit back and ease off the gas. In the last two closely fought seasons, where we ended winning on the last day, we had the better goal difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 Nice stuff today so it was! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Played some proper football at times for once, but I was still p*ssed off that we never finished them off. Thats a thing Watty has to drive into the players. Get the game over and done with then take your foot off the gas and spray the ball about with ease. At times it was too easy and errors were creaping in. From now on, Adam and McCulloch should be benched or dropped altogether(unless McCulloch is used upfront). Two players that just punt, punt, punt or get the ball hoofed up to! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvager 498 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Played some proper football at times for once, but I was still p*ssed off that we never finished them off. Thats a thing Watty has to drive into the players. Get the game over and done with then take your foot off the gas and spray the ball about with ease. At times it was too easy and errors were creaping in. From now on, Adam and McCulloch should be benched or dropped altogether(unless McCulloch is used upfront). Two players that just punt, punt, punt or get the ball hoofed up to! Very much agree - they are both lacking in skill and are far too slow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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