MJC

We will draw with Falkirk and lose to Hearts. We have peaked.

Time will tell but I don’t think anything is certain yet over him staying or leaving. Obviously money talks and if a bigger club who can offer him more money come in then he will go. But that is a big ‘if’ still I feel. I don’t think he’s at the stage yet or done enough yet to have Celtic or English Championship sides seriously considering him. But maybe they will, as I said time will tell. Of course he may chose to leave of his own accord and take a job in or nearer his home country like Michael Wimmer did. Or he might not and instead opt to stay with us. But of course he then runs the risk of him not hitting the same levels he did this season and his stock falls as a result. Let’s face it, both Celtic and Rangers will not have another season like this one for a long time. At least one of or probably both of them will be a lot stronger and a lot more consistent. Hearts will spend money too and Aberdeen, if they survive that is, will be stronger next season you would think. JBA is 43 years old and therefore still a young manager and still developing his coaching skills. Bigger clubs especially Celtic who demand instant success might view him as too risky an appointment at this stage.

There’s no certainty that JBA will leave us for another club this summer either imo. I mean there probably as as good a chance of him being here as not next season but is his pedigree as a manager that high or his performance with us this season really been that exceptional that bigger clubs would be circling him? That’s not a slight on him, I think he’s been really good for us, but he’s been knocked out of both cups in really poor fashion and his record against the top half of the league really isn’t that impressive. A lot of lovely football, yes, but also a lot of draws and from being talked about as title contenders a few weeks ago (ridiculously albeit) we’re now looking over our shoulders to stay in 4th place. Put it this way, if he was to go to Celtic as has been mentioned by some then he would flop spectacularly in my opinion.

Falkirk are a good, solid team and we will struggle to break them down again. Our problem all season long is that we just aren’t strong or clinical enough up front when it really matters and that is why we were never seriously in contention for a top three finish. As someone highlighted in the match thread yesterday, our record against the top six sides is actually pretty poor. 2 wins in 13 albeit only 4 losses. As has been the case most of the season it’s the inability to turn draws into wins that has been our downfall. I actually wouldn’t be surprised if the end of the season sort of mirrors the start, with a lot more frustrating draws.

Another draw.

Poor stuff overall. We were unlucky with the offside VAR call even though it was technically correct but it’s that jobsworth nonsense that’s ruining football. After that we weren’t nearly good enough up front or going forward and didn’t deserve any more than we got. Maswanhise has regressed badly over the past month or so…believing his own hype? Just hitting a natural slump? Who knows? But he’s been way below the standard he set from November to early February. 4th is still ours to lose I reckon but we are less comfortable than we were before today now. We need to beat Falkirk at home as we will get nothing at Tynecastle in the final pre-split game.

Season looks like it’s going to peter out with a whimper after such a great run.

Clear and obvious? Not a chance. This is when VAR is an absolute nonsense.

Absolutely spot on in both posts. We’ve been great to watch this season and we’ve all enjoyed it, but it’s very much a case of “so near yet so far” when it comes down to results. And your point about taking St.Mirren’s season over ours 100x from 100 is also bang on the money and I will not believe anyone who tries to say different. Yes they may well be in the mix for relegation and may even be relegated. But they have put a trophy in their cabinet, something we have failed to do for 35 years now. They will remember and celebrate that long after this season, JBA and this current crop of ‘Well players have moved on and became largely footnotes in our history. And what hurts most is that that could very well have been us lifting that League Cup trophy in December against the worst Celtic side led by their worst and most incompetent manager ever but we completely shat it against St.Mirren in that Semi Final and got hammered 4-1. That very same St.Mirren we pumped 5-0 at their own ground just a few months later. That is a sore one. St.Mirren will probably get relegated, come back up and win another trophy before we even get a sniff of one.

3-3 draw

Too many of our strongest players just weren’t on their game. You talk about luck and yes you need that in games like these but you also need to be at your best and we certainly weren’t from what I saw. And when you take the lead in the 32nd minute of the first half you need to be able to see it out until half time. We couldn’t even hold out for ten minitues. It wasn’t a disaster today and it wasn’t the worst performance we could have put in but we can’t afford to have players like Maswanhise posted missing and Said offering nothing.

Alot of people both inside and more so outside of our support have gotten way too carried away about us this season. Yes we have been excellent and have turned in some great performances resulting in some big wins. Celtic at home being the main one, likewise Hibs at Fir Park and fairly comfortably took care of a good few of the bottom six sides especially at home. But as I said earlier we have failed to record a single win away against any of the current top six and have failed to beat either Rangers or Hearts despite all the credit (or “billing and coo-ing as Tam Cowan put it) over our performances in those games. We have also failed miserably in two massive yet on paper very winnable cup ties. I described us as being “Fur coat and no knickers” earlier in the season and I stand by that.

On a plus point Hibs failed to beat Livingston at home and drew 0-0 so very much still advantage us in the race for 4th. Next week at home against them is absolutely massive, we need to beat them to increase our lead and also to get back on track otherwise we could suddenly find ourselves in a bit of a rut after such a good run.

Going by the rules of the game it’s a penalty and when VAR is operating then you’re never getting away with that. That was not the reason we lost today and can’t be used as an excuse for it. We just weren’t good enough.

Ahh that old chestnut. “It widny happen up the other end” (3-1 as I type, game over) which usually means that you know fine well it’s a penalty but want to moan about it anyway. There was literally zero attempt by Longelo to play the ball. How can anyone look at that and say that that wasn’t a penalty ffs!?

It was a clear penalty. We would be screaming blue murder if exact same thing happened up the other end and it wasn’t given.

Could have, should have, did not. Game over.

We have certainly met and surpassed expectations by a considerable distance this season and however it pans out its been an enjoyable one. We are not going to win the league and we were never in contention for it. It’s actually more those outwith our fanbase that have been talking about us as though we were in fairness. For us I think our target should be 4th which would represent an excellent season. I don’t think we’re out of things for 3rd quite yet but I’d say it’s just a bit beyond us and I’d expect to see the top three pull away from us in the coming weeks.

Gordon starting in defence doesn’t inspire confidence but the reality is we’re short on options so don’t really have any alternative. However today pans out it’s going to be a big wake up call and reality check for anyone who seriously believes we are in any sort of contention for the league title. It’s absolute pie in the sky stuff because we are ten points behind the side in top spot and have failed to beat both Hearts and Rangers in five attempts between both of them and haven’t won away against any of the top six sides. It’s all well and good citing really good performances and “could have, should have” beaten Rangers twice at FP, “could have, should have” beaten Hearts at Tynecastle and “could have, should have” taken at least a point the last time we played at Celtic Park. The common theme from all of those games is “could have, should have, did not”. It’s been a good season and we’ve been great to watch but there is a limit to how good this team actually is and I think we have peaked now.

Robinson to Aberdeen confirmed. GIRFUY St.Mirren!!

You seem to be a bit hurt and put out by the suggestion that it was anyone other than the “dirty bad bigoted Rangers” that were to blame. Indeed you are trying to use examples of instances in the past where Rangers fans were at fault to try and deflect from what happened at the end of the game in question on Sunday 8th March 2026 where it was Celtic fans at fault. I don’t know too much about Rangers fans invading the park after they thought they had scored, but obviously if they had then that wouldn’t have been acceptable either. Fans shouldn’t invade the park regardless of what team they support. The stands are for the fans to celebrate, the park are for the players to celebrate. That’s the ways it’s always been. Also, I don’t remember Aberdeen’s fans charging on to the park and aggressively goading the Celtic fans in the stands at Hampden after last seasons Scottish Cup Final. If you or anyone else can point me in the direction of any photos or footage which shows otherwise then I’d be grateful. Had they done so then I think it’s pretty safe to assume that there would have been some kind of reaction. You obviously just want to see everything from a perspective of “Rangers are bad, scum, the worst and whatever they do is premeditated and hostile” whilst at the same time anyone giving them any abuse or whatever is fair game because they’re Rangers and they deserve it. And as I’ve already said that’s absolutely fine if that’s how you see it. I prefer to look as things as I see them and judge it from there. And from what I saw from the game on Sunday, 8th March 2026, the post match bother was caused by Celtic fans. And that, is that, my good man.

I think we’ll struggle to score. Sinisalo looks to have tightened their defence up since he took over from Schmeichel and their defence look to have more confidence in him, albeit still pretty shaky. A team with a clinical forward line could still punish them but we unfortunately don’t have that. TJM as ever will be our best goal threat but we will concede at least two I reckon.

Yeah cos that would never happen would it? But it was more to illustrate the point that if our fans reacted to our rivals fans jumping on our park and goading us after beating us then I don’t think it would go down well with the majority of us if it was being suggested by anyone that both are as much to blame as each other or indeed that their pitch invasion was joyous while ours was driven purely by aggression. But anyway, time to draw the line under this and move on to the game on Saturday. 4-0 Celtic is my prediction.

Well considering one of those two clubs is the next one we’re playing and that same clubs fans have caused similar damage to our own stadium as they did at Ibrox the other day then I can understand it to an extent.

Irrelevant whatabouttery. Only Celtic fans rushed the gates and caused significant damage to the stadium at the game on Sunday. What happened at the end of the match does not reflect well on either side but it looks worse on Celtic because it was their fans who kicked the whole thing off by invading the park and goading the home support. There was always going to be a reaction to that from the Rangers fans. Just consider this scenario. We’re playing Airdrie at home in the Cup, their fans are in the bottom tier of the South Stand. It goes to penalties, Airdrie win the shootout and immediately a number of their fans jump onto the park, kicking down advertising boards and gesturing and goading the East Stand where the Well Bois are. What do you think happens then? Do you or anyone else seriously think that none of them wouldn’t retaliate by also invading the park?? Nah, neither do I. In that scenario both clubs should also be critical of the behaviour on show. However would posters on here be largely of the opinion that while we don’t come out of it well, had Airdrie’s fans not invaded the park and goaded our fans in the first place then the entire incident wouldn’t have happened? And would they be okay with suggestions that Airdrie’s fans were only on the park in celebratory mode and our fans who then retaliated only went on with the intention of fighting and causing bother? Because I don’t think that would sit well with me.