wellsince75

I thought Falkirks gaffer nailed it when he said we gave them a doing first half but with only one goal in it there’s always a way back . It’s stating the obvious but if we play that well we need to go 2-3 goals up and then can play more possession football and nullify the opposition 2nd half . i know we’re not a Liverpool level team but when Klopp first came in they had similar issues for first season or so . I suspect we’ll get there and pick up wins . Not saying we’ll be top 6 but I do believe we’re moving forward in the right direction .

Wakey wakey time Motherwell .

Like us all , gutted and frustrated because we looked like we could win. It’s too easy to blame Ward but please consider he’s being told to play it out from the back and that comes with risk and when keepers misplace a pass it will have consequences . We as a team sat too deep which with 30 mins left was always going to be a problem . With injuries we simply don’t have the strength on the bench , whereas Celtic brought on subs that in transfer fees account for 10s of millions - that’s the difference . so yes it’s a sore one , we have a team to be proud of which is why it’s gutting.

Gutted The issue today is lack of bench strength - we were blowing from 60 mins onwards and have too many injuries at the moment . felt we gave a good account of ourselves.

AP took his goal brilliantly and damn good ball into the box . was their penalty soft ? Not sold we’d have gotten it the other way but appreciate I’m biased

Great movement

I hope that puts some fire into us - we need a bit more belief in our game

Im delighted to be in October and not lost a competitive game whilst playing attractive football. win/lose/draw tomorrow I'm hopeful that we give a good account of ourselves . Getting something from the game would be an excellent outcome.

I hear you and to correct myself I was completely wrong about 3x wages . More like and extra 3k per week on top of the 8k . suppose he’ll get a large sign on fee and perhaps the club wanted to punt him for an easy few million .

think he's getting paid 2-3x the money - hard to argue with tbf.

Welsh has made a huge difference to our defence, reads the game well and cuts out a lot of danger.

Come on AP

Here’s Johnny

Got to say RCC and longelo look most likely well players to score

Nice to see SODs popularity with the fans increase - he played well again , but we do need some width I’d also put on priestman for said

He’s got to take it first time

We could bring on Johnny K to give us a bit more width on the right . i wish we’d just hit the wing and cross the ball when we’re in the final third

Aberdeen look the more likely team to score and suspect 1 goal will win this for either team . only real threat has come from RCC AP , Said and Maswanhaise all need to do more . AP anonomous, Saids final ball and passing needs to be sharper as does Masanwahise first touch .

Need more from our forwards. From the first touch to final ball they all need to do it bit more

Agree with you that’s it’s two way street and not for a minute am I saying he’s proving to be a great asset at the moment . Theres no debate re him missing chances as the stats are the stats . He has missed and fluffed his lines and yes we should expect a decent goal return . my impression (which is subjective and could be wrong ) is he has ability and really struggling for confidence . I suspect once he gets a goal or 2 he’ll bang in a decent return . Hope I’m right and equally concerned that the longer the drought the tougher it becomes to turn it around

With the quality we have in the team and a little bit of luck I could see us winning the cup. The OF are as poor as I can remember and realistically no team to fear. I'm not saying it's likely but it's certainly possible and I really don't care who we get in the semi final, id rather face the OF in a semi than in a final tbh. Re needing other strikers , this is where we all see the game differently. We have more than enough forward players in our ranks. As for AP I don't think he's playing poorly, I more see a guy who's lost confidence. He did well yesterday to square it for RCC and had a very good then a very poor header. He just needs a couple of goals to get going. He also needs better service. Appreciate not everyone see's it this way but that's the beauty of football and these forums.

Agree - at the time it felt like a must score moment - I thought the same with Said when he ballooned over the bar. rcc in first half should go down to great save by the keeper

RCC for his goal but also for his overall effort, I may (did) have a go at the TV when he missed his first half chance but as a forward player he's dangerous and IMO offers more than most of our forward thinking players. He's doesn't fall apart in the box which bodes well for the future. When I look through our team with players like Walsh, Watt, Fadinger, Maswanhise we have real quality and that's before we start adding back Just, Slattery, Sparrow and Priestman. Must be the best quality we've had in a long time. With a bit of luck on our side could be a cup winning team.

That’s as poor as I’ve seen us and we still deserved to win . we’re undefeated and it’s nearly October ! very pleasing result

Yaaaaaassss good strike