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I also had thought about that but as mentioned probably not likely to happen

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Hibs away (2nd goal), first half hour v St.Mirren. Helsinki home. Definitely been encouraging signs but we badly need SOD and Mcginn in team and priestman back. I think Fadinger was our oldest player on Saturday....26

That’s a fair point but as I said in that post you quoted from last October, I liked what I saw from Askou and could see what he was trying to do even if it hadn’t clicked for him yet at that point. He had a plan and he was a leader, that was clear, the only thing we hadn’t seen by then was it actually yielding results, but they of course came. Unfortunately I don’t see any of that with Alfred Johansson.

I agree in principle, but don't think we are reluctant to go long. Thats one of the biggest differences, for me, between JBA's team and AJ's team. We are now playing more long balls, irrespective of who is in the team.

I don't know if it's just X but I'm seeing folk saying they want AJ sacked. I think Jens obviously raised the expectation levels massively but maintaining that level was always going to be difficult. We need McGinn back asap because our CBs seem to switch off far too often Paulsen has been made some big errors which is not helping matters. I think we need to get Bjorgolfsson in the team he at least gives us the option to go longer which we are reluctant to do as the ball comes straight back at us with RCC up there

Great post. Thats it for many - a relatively harmless way to let off pent up steam.

Happy with that pal but I don't think we will go with 2 strikers, be one or other with 2 wide players (longelo and kanga/said my preferred pair) have any 3 from fadinger..hodge...lowry..Levitt...priestman (once fit)

I think Paul McGinn is coming back to fitness at just the right time and I'd pair him with Moormann with SODs right and Williams left. Longelo can play in midfield and put crosses in for our centre forward pairing of Thor and Seb. The last bit probably won't happen, but it would be nice to see what difference a traditional 4-4-2 might make.

I learned to keep schtum after shouting at Spittal to move away from a free kick after he had put in about 4 poor corners. He curled it into top corner, I have never looked so sheepish then apologised to everyone around me 🤣🤣🤣

Pay your money at the gate and shout what you want for 90 mins. No need to be reasonable or rational about it. Then toddle off home and do what the wife tells you to do for a week until next Saturday when you can start shouting all over again. Aye some football supporters are crackers, maybe even most.

Also this was just after Falkirk beat us 2-1 at fir park. I will never forget the guy at that game going absolutely berserk at askou and the team....times changed quickly soon after

That was an important game for sure and a turning point. Celtic will prove to be a far sterner test and I won't judge AJ and his team too harshly if we don't win. I am looking for a good performance from us though and one which demonstrates progress over what we've seen so far. Probably the Kilmarnock game will be a better yardstick. The following Hearts game will also be a good indicator.

It will be a different kind of challenge to the ones we've faced recently. Celtic won't adopt a low block. However that means our team must show aggression, physicality and competitiveness. Are they capable of that? Also no free gifts please.

This isn't me picking on you MFC but just really for the forum. Check the date we played this fixture last season where defeat would have taken us to bottom of table. Season didnt turn out too bad. At this moment I doubt we will finish 4th but absolutely no reason we cant turn it round after 2 bad defeats. Players still settling in.

I think there could be a different manager in away dug out by then but this will still be a very tough ask. All we ask is AJ gets his line-up correct and there is a big improvement from the players and hopefully we can get a great result

Three weeks to discuss before the game in case anyone is upset with the team 😇 See this game is on sky will it affect our home crowd? Hopefully a return of our injured players and someone up front to score goals Will we win this one? MJC? COYW

No place for Lowry isn't even worth thinking about, been our best player

Is there maybe something going on in the background that is affecting the group? Don’t think lobby is far from reality with the senior player comment from Rosenberg emerging at Fir Park I don’t think he should be sacked just now and needs to be given time but he also needs to realise his approach isn’t working with the players he has and the players that are constantly under performing need dropped. Fadinger and said are the mainstay of us being able to perform and need played in their best positions. I won’t be popular with this but that means there is no place for Lowry. We got away with luxury players last season as Slats, Watt and Just were unbelievable and they had Fadi , Said and an in form massenahise around them . They’ve gone now and when we don’t have the quality we need a couple of leaders and battlers - masswahise , Cook, Hodge, Lowry, Kanga aren’t the players for that sadly We have enough quality to do ok when everyone is fit but the balance , fitness, shape and tactics need to be right. My biggest worry is our goalkeeper isn’t big enough or good enough and we have no real back up. Combine that we no real leader it could be a long and difficult few months

It wasn't a tough call for me. His priority was different to what it would have been for me. The Domestic Cups should ALWAYS be the priority, I know others think differently.

All i will say is Jens made huge errors in both cup competitions last season. AJ had a tough call to make in league cup and it didn't work, players culpable also

correct , for me the League Cup was a huge error by the manager

Different for everyone I suppose good experience but to me it’s only a success if u make the league stage ( we were up against it with the draw ) Come the end of the season it’ll be looked upon fondly, but ultimately league position & cup runs for me will determine if it was a good season get people have different expectations though

we weren't as bad as everyone makes out yesterday, we were alot worse against Aberdeen