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Firstly, Id seperate the previous handling errors from this one as they are not the same type of mistake. 🙄🙄🙄

Its almost as if Jens is a good manager who knows what he is doing! 😉

Sorry but I disagree. Firstly, Id seperate the previous handling errors from this one as they are not the same type of mistake. If the manager tries to drum into you in training that you dont just hoof it and goes on at lengths to show why doing so was why we lost against Hearts, then you can understand why Ward was reluctant to put the laces through it today. Its still a bad decision. He should hoof it. But this is a team having to learn an entirely new way of playing. We all feared that this was the type of goal we would conceed, so no surprise that it has happened, other than its taken this long. The important thing is whether he/we learn from this and can avoid doing the same again.

Our system doesnt work that way. We need the keeper to step up and be an extra player at the back to create the space to play out. If Jens is watching Ox in training he will know whether rhe is capable of that or not. Id wager thats why he supported Ward so strongly after the repeated mistakes. Id also wager he will do the same again after this one.......

And what if Ox cant handle the passing out from the back stuff? Your only going to add in more of those kind of mistakes. The manager see's both in training. He clearly thinks Ward fits the system better. If he stops making saves and/or starts dropping the ball again, you have to have a decision to make. But at the moment we just need to accept that these things are going to happen the way we play. The surprise is its taken this long.....

Thought we missed Welsh a fair bit today as well. Not so much defensively. But its very noticeable that McGinn isnt as comfortable playing out to his left side. Having a left footed defender that side gives us a lot more balance.

Im gonna defend Ward a little bit here as well. He was having a fine game right up until his mistake. His save at the start of the first half was an absolute worldy.......

Stama did well for his 2 goals, but for me Johnny K was brilliant. So much energy. Kept Kounekti quiet all game and dealt well with Maeda when he swapped sides. Gave us a great out ball going foward down that side.

Do you accept now that we did have a chance in that game and had we managed the game better we would have got something?

Thats absolutely heartbreaking. It felt like a defeat at 2-2 but to lose it in injury time is an absolute ballbuster. We started the second half very well and deseved to go ahead. After that I thought we got too deep, didnt keep the ball well enough and when we needed to freshen up from the bench we didnt have sufficient quality to see it home. Priestman and SOD are fine but Osong offers nothing beyond that it was Halliday and some young boys. Those blaming Ward for the second goal, I get that its his mistake, but for me that ones on the manager. At 2-1 up he has to get the message out to take fewer chances at the back. I get he wants us to be brave and he will point to the Hearts game as to why we should continue to play our game, but every now and again you just need to clear your lines and allow your team mates to get back in position. Lots to like about our play again. Nice to see Stama get 2 goals, but looks like we will be carrying a few injuries into the break. Hopefully they arent serious, because the only way our results and league position improves is by having a deeper squad that allows us to substitute players before they are absolutely out on their feet.

Decent first half, but we didnt really start playing offensively until we went behind. Not convinced with the penalty but only seen one angle so hard to say. Probably deserve to go in level. Great save from Ward right at the start of the game and fine strikers finish from Stama for the goal. Hopefully that will give everyone a bit of confidence going into the second half. P.S. How poor is the Celtic crowd!

Club saying they hope to have information soon. You'd like to think it will be this week sometime.....

Hopefully have Slattery, Just and Hendry all fit and available!

Nothing wrong with realism, but fans are allowed to get excited and dream. That doesnt influence games. (Although negative energy across a whole fanbase can be self perpetuating). The important thing is that the players dont get carried away, and there is no chance of that under this manager.

Im not sure the first win at Ibrox came out of the blue. We had been there earlier in the season and, although we lost 1-0, we had actually played a lot better in that one than the one that we won. Slattery, Miller, Paton and Spittal were fantastic that day. Unfortunately Slattery got injured just after that and we never had the chance to play those 4 together again. I get that you dont want to get your hopes up for tomorrow and thats a perfectly reasonable position to have. But you could do with being less definitive in your posts. You are probably correct in that, we statistically ARE unlikely to win tomorrow. But to say we definitely will not and have no chance, just doesnt bare any examination.

We have literally beaten Rangers twice at Ibrox in the last 2 seasons with teams that were much poorer than this one, having failed to do so in the previous 27 years. We havent beaten Celtic at Parkhead for a while, but we have had a couple of creditible draws. Again with much poorer teams than this. Nobody is getting carried away here. No one is saying we are going to pump Celtic, we may well lose. But if you cant allow yourself to have just a little hope right now, Im not sure when you can. Isnt that what following a shite wee diddy club is all about? PS you do know we have scored more goals than Celtic this season, despite not having a striker like Higdon or KVV?

It is. But we have McGinn back, so that should soften the blow a little. Id be more concerned with Balmer partnering Gordon.

And sometimes they happen for a reason. See also Wimmer having to return to his family! 🧡❤️🧡

Lausanne need to get Davor on loan to carry Theo's bags and make him smile in training! The big man has never been the same since the bromance was broken up! Auxerre take note!

Celtic fans are currently hounding their board anyway due to the perceived lack of investment over the summer and their Champions League exit. The last 2 games wont have helped their mood, but its not going to have any influence on where their support is at in general. And where the support is at will have a much bigger influence on the teams performance than 2 bad results. Lets not try and pretend this Celtic team is anywhere near peak Rodgers. If we play to our best we have a very good chance in this game. Lets concentrate on that and ignore Celtic for once.

I definitely thought that whilst watching. He was hand picked by the club so isnt Jens man. Wouldnt be a huge surprise, albeit, Im always a bit warey of a no.2 being promoted to manager. I think its called Malpas Syndrome! Shame Max looks a bit like Malpas as well. Thats not gonna help my phobia!

They were awful. Apart from 15 minutes at the start of the second half, they were very disjointed, no energy and there seems like a total disconnect within the squad. Previously reliable players such as Maeda, Hatate, McGregor, CVV all looking very average. KT looks like he has lost a yard of pace. Scales is a bombscare. Schmichael looks off it and made a blunder for the first goal. Dare I say, we will never have a better chance?

This is exactly it. The Well Society & New Board deserve a lot of credit getting us to where we are so quickly. We now have an identity as a club and as a team. We are financially secure for the short to medium term. The fanbase is fully engaged. The trick now is to maintain that and use it as a platform for continuous improvement. Mistakes will be made along the way, but as long as we get more right than we get wrong then there is no reason to believe that we arent entering a period of (relative) success.

He has also had many good games. In any case, he wont play, as Hickey is fit, playing first team football and by far the no.1 choice. We dont need 2 back ups.

Not sure how it works with international set ups any more. It used to be a FIFA rule that the player called up had to attend the camp and be assessed by the countries medical team to see if they were fit before they could withdraw. I dont know if thats still the case, although Im sure there must still be discussions with the clubs over injuries before a player is even selected. I know that Scotland are a bit more flexible these days and work more on trust and goodwill, so not sure if the rule has changed. Either way, I dont see a scenario where Just isnt available for Sunday and plays midweek. It will be all or nothing. The club would be mad to allow otherwise.