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We really do,both timid going forward,constantly caught out of position and couldn't stop a cross coming in if there life depended on it.

It's basic stuff you get taught as a boy,stop the cross and stop the goal but we never have any interest in closing down the ball out wide.

Shocking goal to concede,how many times are we going to get punished by our full backs standing off letting the cross come in.

He seems to be highly rated from the couple of bits I've read online about him and being only 20,it would be a move that would make sense for us.players over there have definitely improved a lot in recent times,certainly since the days of the irish trio we signed.

We can't go away from home with a non existent midfield against a team in form and play our 433,we have to start this game with the aim of being hard to beat and see where it gets us.i would be tempted to go 352 and bring in carroll and sondre and go with van veen and watt up top.

Were definitely still a working progress,I think were good enough at centre back with some decent options,midfield is poor despite having several players to pick from as there all very much alike,we have decent attacking options when there all in the game but like today and tynecastle,we either need to go with two up top or it has to be changed quickly in game when it isn't working,we can't persist with 433 all the time.like you I'll be surprised if any of those players are with us next season,maybe a couple at a push.

433 will work for certain games but today and places like tynecastle it just isnt the answer,we can't afford to give the better teams in the league the freedom of the middle of the park,I get we've done it all season gave up possession but the better teams will ultimately punish us.

Dire all round sums it up perfectly,i can't believe we approached this game in the manner we did,those two centre backs of celtic have been slaughtered all season and yet we put them under no pressure whatsoever.it definitely had the feel of a performance under robinson where it was just a case of get this game done and out the way rather than going out and trying for a result.theres still glaring issues with us especially in midfield and up front,the balance just isn't there no matter who we try.thats the last two games albeit tough fixtures that we have gone down with barely a whimper,let's just hope they don't effect us to much and we can start picking up points again as soon as.

Blatant hand ball denied a penalty,fucking joke

I was expecting better from us today but this performance is all to familiar,it's like just get this game out the way and onto the next.mugabi sums it all up there does well that just blooters the ball away to nobody.

Were going to lose to a better side but our approach to this game has been shocking,there's real issues for us that still persist in midfield and front three.

Great strike but let's not make any attempt to press and stop the shot.

There by far the best celtic team we have ever faced but we have played right into there hands,for as poor as they have been at times this season,they still have better players than us and our insistence on not pressing and letting them pass the ball about isn't going to see us get anything from this game.

Much like at tynecastle we have shot ourselves in the foot with another cheap goal conceded and leave ourselves with it all to do.there centre halfs look far from comfortable,we have to take more risks and put them under pressure,if we can do that,for as poor as we have been there might still be some joy in this for us.

Our balls into the box are embarrassing

Or midfield

This is pish from us,to slow and not any pressing being done.

Should have been a foul in the build up but odonnell gets caught out with that ball in behind far to often.

Glad we got rid of the wee fanny,strange we would let someone go at this stage of the season though.im guessing his antics online have had something to do with it besides being shite at football.

I hope it's nothing serious and big bowman makes a quick recovery.

That's my take on it too,I'll not be applauding him but at the same time I'll certainly not be booing him.he was a great player to watch when he was with us and made the club a lot of money,i was gutted he left to join that mob but to be honest he isn't someone i spend much time thinking about now,he just feels like any other ex player when i see him on the tele.

That's a good point about when the ball is out wide,celtics winning goal today is how they will look to play it rather than just chucking balls into the box,our full backs will need to be on there game and not get caught out of position.if we don't make any daft mistakes that give the referee a decision and have a go,i really think we can get something from this game,there defence is there weakest area and we have to exploit it and not let the game drift by and just hope something happens.

With a bit of luck and if we have a go,there's no reason why we can't get something from this game,there suspect at the back,the plan should be an attacking one.

Agreed,I've been impressed with slattery,he's composed on the ball with a decent range of passing and isn't scared to get stuck in,it's the others beside him that aren't good enough,take yesterday grimshaw and O'Hara aren't good enough to be in the team at the same time,we might get away with one of them if we had another player like slattery in there but sadly right now we dont.midfield will need to be addressed in january,two out two in would be a good start.

Hearts were decent in the first half and knocked it about fairly well but i didn't come away from that game being overly impressed by them,it was our poor decision making in the first half that handed them victory,if woolery had scored that game could easily have turned.i think hearts and hibs will battle it out for third but nothing more than that,even a poor celtic team will finish clear of either.