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The injuries have definitely been a factor but they are easing fortunately. I dont think we will be 4th but hopefully of top 6. Think this will be season of transition. Look at Falkirk, they were flying ast season but lost their main players.

Like many Bodø/Glimt players, he's struggling after leaving the club. They play a certain way, and it suits certain players, but clearly taking someone from that approach and trying to shoehorn him into the way O'Neill's teams tend to play isn't proving to be all that effective to this point.

Given that its nearly 3 weeks to the Celtic game, its pretty hard to predict what version of either side will show up, so predicting how the game is gonna go is pretty pointless. The players are getting a few days off this week to go see their families, so I would have thought that with that and a couple of weeks on the training pitch, then there should be some clearer heads and a greater sense of purpose within the squad. However, it doesnt always turn out that way and we will still have 1 or 2 away on international duty. Certainly JT and Paulsen are away, not sure if Ive missed anyone else? As for Celtic, will MON even be their manager by then? I kinda hope he is because there definitely seems to be a malaise in the East End of Glasgow, and I selfishly wouldnt want them having a new manager bounce against us! I note the game is a 12 noon Sunday ko, which will undoubtedly also have an impact. Lets see what happens between now and then. Just please, no more training ground injuries to key players!

Indeed, I think we all need to be patient. When you lose a player of the calibre of Just its going to take time to adjust (no pun intended)

Indeed, I think we all need to be patient. When you lose a player of the calibre of Just its going to take time to adjust (no pun intended)

He was handed a very difficult task with the players we lost, following on from JBA and our ever ridiculous catalogue of injuries so he’s been kind of hamstrung (sic) from the get go. All that aside though things just feel flat and not quite right. But it’s still early days.

Most of my jokes are classed as Horse S**t!! 🤣🤣

Hogh was the new Larsson according to some sellik fans after his hat trick v killie. I dont think he has scored since so a certainty to score against us 🤪🤪

We might actually see Some benefit in this season being poorer than last year, in that we may keep manager and more players together for next season and everything might click into place. I mean, it might not but It might!

Really, I just want to see us play well each week. Winning a cup or getting into Europe would be great but I want to enjoy watching us play and as has been said many times, you can’t control the score, only your performance.

Constantly pass the ball about from the right back to the centre halfs and out to the left back, and then back again without going anywhere.

We're definitely not reluctant to go long. We spent most of Saturday passing the ball backwards so Paulsen could launch it aimlessly up the park.

If we beat them I think that will be the end for O’Neil

I kinda get your gist, but what is "horseshoe territory"? Not an expression I'm familiar with. Maybe just me.

Honestly think McGregors done, looks miles off the pace in the old firm games think Duran looks the danger & as you say there defence is all over the place fancy us to get a point, 1-1

Half in agreement with MJC here. They will either go long to Høgh who will be allowed to grapple and bundle our defenders at will, or will use Duran's pace. We should look to take McGregor out of the game and control midfield. Their defence is a riot and A Thor or Seb could cause havoc in the box. Bear in mind also the refs will give them everything.

I think we were just spoiled last year. I've no issue with Alfred at the moment really, but a bit of a buzz-kill and frustration just now. Dundee Utd game I thought we were getting back to our old selves. We definitley miss Slattery and Just on the half-turn and also for the innumerable fouls they used to win, which kept us on the ball. We don't play the pass when we should, lack a bit of movement and zip and start getting into horseshoe territory. I'd like to see Kanga pushed up a bit in a 10/just off striker and not dropping wide. He has the skill to beat opponets, play a pass and have a dig in the space in final third and the edge of the box. Priestman is quite a big miss.

Phew!! 🤣🤣

Looking back over their recent history, they're certainly not the equivalent of Celtic in Scotland. Successful for sure, but they weren't romping to title wins only for AJ to come in and fail spectacularly. In fact, when he left them, they pointed out many of the things he did well and explained somewhat the period they were working through and what they hoped to accomplish under his leadership. Personally, I don't think we should be considering any kind of failure at a club like that as reason to question his ability at our level. If we're honest, success at that level would have resulted in him not even being in the discussion for a club like us.

9th, but I suspect you knew that. 3rd the season before that.

I’ve seen absolutely nothing from us to suggest that we are capable of taking anything from Celtic, who by the looks of it will likely have a new manager in place for this one. 0-2 defeat

Where did they finish the season before he came in?

I should have added the usual caveat of not abusing anyone or cursing.

Agree pal, I just meant benching the ones that haven't been performing. Really want williams back in line up, he looked good before injury and could link up well with longelo

If there's anything to take comfort in, it's that for the most part the over-reactions and grumbling from the crowd will play little part in how the people in charge act. We've seen this all before. Social media & fan forums all slowly begin losing the plot, but the club itself certainly does not have a reputation for being trigger-happy when it comes to managers and the process we're following. My guess is that any kind of real questions will be asked of AJ post-Christmas. That's usually the first stage where assessment takes place at most clubs, and I don't think we'll be any different. Also, despite last season's heroics, I'm fairly certain our aims haven't really changed. Secure Premier League status as a priority, then once that looks likely, we push on for a top six finish. But in all honesty, I could see us finish 9th this season and retain the manager with an aim to see what progress is made next season. Just because Jens hit the ground running and we managed to unearth some gems that did the same doesn't mean we have a magical recipe to do the same thing every season. If we did, much larger clubs would be sniffing about our club, looking for whoever has this answer to a problem that no club has ever been able to crack.