texanwellfan

Looks like I’m one of the few (or only one) that likes Amalouzar. Not sure if he’s supposed to be midfield or forward but I’d give him a run at right forward. I think a front 3 of Amaluzar, KVV and Effords is worth a try.

Might be for all I know

Probably.

Also, I also took it as a thinly disguised slight on the OF support. I believe people don’t go because of having to deal with all the idiots as opposed to not going cause it’s almost a stick on defeat.

On the bright side, I think it was after Rangers hammered us that we went on a good run so maybe getting hammered by Celtic will set us off again. One can only hope!

Tony Watt own goal

Let’s hope Watt maintains his goals record for Utd. Although more importantly let’s hope we score at least 1 more goal than they do.

Get the UTD thread started !

Hope he gets a start against Chelsea in the next round at Luton on March 2nd

Wish we knew why Ojala is not playing

Try Shields or Effords up top for more mobility. revert back to 4-3-3 or go 4-4-2 or 3-5-2. Although I’m not sure who is all available. I’d also give Amaluzer another try. I don’t think he’s been given as much of a chance as the likes of woolery

He can’t persist with KVV as the 1 man up top. He Has to change to a more mobile player or a different system.

Celtic beat rangers 3-0 so beating us by 4 is not really a surprise

Why the obsession with our record against the old firm? Doesn’t matter who we beat, we get 3 points. So what, if other teams have a better record against the OF, the goal is to have as many points as possible at the end of the season as in top 6. We should be worried about how we are playing in general. Yes, I am happy to be in 4th spot after 25 games but obviously we need to start picking up points again to stay there. Would be nice to start against Utd in mid week.

I think we get the arithmetic bit. If we get 36 points we will be in the top 6 come the split. I think the issue is believing that to be true or likely to happen but time will tell.

Need to pick up points from both of our next 2 games. Might go a long way to deciding if we end up in top or bottom 6.

On the plus side another game under the belt for Cornelius and Tierney. Effords looks like a possibility. Kelly managed to keep the score down.

Not blaming tactics. Whatever tactics we pick we are just not good enough to compete with Celtic playing well. I’m

Banking a couple of postponed games??

Celtic home United away Aberdeen home and Rangers away. We will be doing very well if we are still in the top 6 after those games. Having said that we will then have 5 winnable games to get ourselves back into top 6 to fight for 4th spot. That’s not to say we won’t stay in top 6 thru these 4 games but it’s certainly a tough task. A point or 3 tomorrow would help.

I think the point is there are 5 teams breathing down our neck so probably a while before we seal anything.

Got the Luton game on but Campbell on the bench.

While it’s good that results are going our way and helping us stay in 4th it also means the league is compressing. I’d say, realistically that there are now 6 teams competing for 4th spot. Top 3 probably fixed and bottom 3 too far off. So middle 6 teams all in with a chance to end in 4th spot.

They are more skillful than us so we have to do what we can to reduce opportunities where they can use that skill. As some previous posts have mentioned i think that involves pressing high as a team, getting in their faces, being physical and pretty much getting stuck in about them like teams used to play in cup games back in the day. Attack their weakness at the back and see what we can get. The biggest risk I see with that approach is getting caught on the break. So no giving the ball away in midfield when we have most players ahead of the ball. Each player may be focused on the pressing, you can’t give them an easy out. When they do get out we need to delay any attacks. A game for 100% effort with all subs ready to go if/when players start to tire. I would also like to see us, at least on occasion, get all our players up the park quickly for a long ball after Kelly collects the ball. Normal is to saunter out but I’d like to see all the players sprint forward and Kelly clear the ball long. Should put us numbers up but if they actually get to ball first and play it back towards our goal then should result in offside. Can’t do that all the time but I’d like to see it now and again.

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