MJC

I reckon he’ll walk sooner or later.

He’s just not a leader. He doesn’t have the presence or charisma that Jens had and it shows in the performances. When he’s trying to hold court and you’ve got players turning their back and not even listening to him then that is a serious sign that all is not well.

Absolutely dismal stuff. That isn’t a team it’s a bunch of individuals who don’t know what they’re expected to do led by a manager who is badly out of his depth.

New Celtic manager apart I was spot on unfortunately.

We’ve tried to appoint a JBA Mk2 but instead we’ve got Stevie Hammell Mk2. I just don’t see it with this guy sadly.

Said immediately showing more than Vogt in just a few minutes. Too late though.

This is Stevie Hammell level stuff. The parallels are there, nice enough guy inheriting an impossible task but clearly just not up to the job.

O’Donnell jeezo

The clock is ticking.

Chasing shadows and only some good goalkeeping and luck has prevented us being three or four goals down. The space Tounekti and Tierney are getting down the left flank is frightening and it’s going to pay off for them sooner or later. Lowry has showed some nice touches but apart from that this team is yet again showing nothing remotely effective just as we showed nothing remotely effective against Rangers or Aberdeen. AJ said pre match that we need to do more from middle to front and need to “play forward” but if we’ve got Vogt up front then we have no chance of producing anything with that.

This team will lose to Kilmarnock next week as well, so anyone trying to take comfort in that fact that it’s Celtic we’re playing today and they’re better than us is in for a rude awakening when we head to Ayrshire next Saturday.

They’re getting far too much freedom in our right back area.

Lucky we’re not 4-0 down already.

Game over

South Stand already looks overcrowded

Depressing line up. No goals No pace No hope It’s going to be a long afternoon.

If there was any justice we would get the win we need to get us back on track and also to get one over on that rancid horrible institution that calls itself a football club especially after the last time they were here.

Yes I don’t think anyone can deny that Kelly was excellent for us in his first couple of seasons. He arguably saved us from relegation when he came in in 20/21 as he was a clear upgrade on the aforementioned Chapman and Jordan Archer. He is a good solid goalkeeper at our level but his weakness IMO is that he is a bit on the small side for a goalkeeper and lacks presence in his box. Being Captain wasn’t good for him or us either.

When we were at our peak last season, late November through to February, we were absolutely brilliant to watch and it was always going to be nigh on impossible for us to replicate that, even if JBA had stayed for this season. But it wasn’t a vintage season in that we didn’t get close to winning silverware thanks to two dismal cup exits and we had that long winless run at the start and then tailed off quite a bit from March onwards with only the win at Ibrox as a major highlight during the latter stages. It was a really good season for us but it wasn’t brilliant, indeed we have had better (2nd place in 12/13, 3rd in 07/08, 95/96 were all better both result wise and football wise IMO). But this season is pretty flat and this current team and manager haven’t shown anything in the way of something to get enthusiastic about so far.

They are. It doesn’t stop some people using the term rather than call Celtic and their fans out when they are the main problem though…

Finally we get the proper football back this weekend. But I don’t see Sunday being a good day for us. As I said we don’t have what it takes to trouble Celtic so we’re either looking at a defeat by two goals or more or else yet another last gasp loss to them. And however the game goes the South Stand will end up wrecked, seats ripped out and overcrowded. Might even see a tennis ball ‘protest’ after the golf incident with their sugar Daddy. And you’ll get folk on here blaming “Old Firm fans” for it afterwards

But in Angus Gunn’s case he had represented England at youth level all the way up to u-21 and was even called up to the senior squad although did not get any game time. It was only when it became clear that he was far too far down the pecking order for England that he decided to “see sense” as you put it. That makes a mockery of the whole thing. He chose to play for Scotland because he is not good enough to play for England, it is as simple as that. And from what I have seen he’s not all that great for Scotland either.

I didn’t suggest that he should decline a call up, or that he shouldn’t want to play for Scotland, indeed I said that it was obviously an honour for players to represent their country. But club football is more important and defines the careers of players apart from a very few exceptions and it’s even less common nowadays. In the case of Scottish players the only one in recent times to have had a better international career than club career was probably Faddy.

His career 100% should be defined by his play with whatever club side he plays with, as should be and dare I say IS the case with every footballer. International football is a farce and it’s on the decline due to governing bodies throwing ridiculous money about to host tournaments. Then you consider the ridiculous grandparent rule which allows players to pick and choose their nationality based on which one is more likely to get them capped. Angus Gunn being case in point there, he realised he wasn’t going to get picked for England so ‘decided to be Scottish’. I get that it’s an honour for players to represent their country, but club football is far more important and Lennon Miller will have a good career providing he stays injury free and keeps doing the business at club level.

International breaks have got a lot to answer for.