20 Aug 2015 10:41:04
Having had a bit of time to reflect on last night's game I think people are being too negative about the result/performance.
Firstly, if that was the group stage and we had malmo in our group, would most people not fancy us to take at least a point over there in the return game? I certainly would, so why now do people have us dead and buried? We just need to go over there treating it as a 1 off game which all we need to do is not lose!
Also, if that game had been 2-2 and we'd scored a winner in the 95th minute everyone would have been a bit more upbeat and wouldn't have left the stadium feeling defeated. I'm not saying the goals weren't poor to give away and I know we couldve won 3-0, but we have a goal advantage so try to be positive.
Lots of posters sign off a message with 'keep the faith', I'd say some of the posters should try to even find a tiny bit of faith!
Hail Hail!
20 Aug 2015 13:07:09
Faith is the neglect of facts. Like believing in the invisible man in the sky.
We need action not prayers and faith.
We need someone to say we need a clear out. We need someone who can source defenders. Boyata is another Achilles heel. Izzy can't defend. VVD is off, leaving us even more of a shambolic defence than the shambolic defence we have now.
£20 million could slip through out fingers again because we thought we could get away with having players like Ambush on the park.
I wouldn't jet him near it with an effin lawn mower never mind playing.
Delia playing Ambush tells me he is flawed. How can anyone picking up a wage in football fail to see what an utter liability he is?
My cat knows he's shite.
20 Aug 2015 13:40:57
Or we could win over there and win 5-2 on aggregate to qualify at a canter.
So why not consider that when we needed to defend against qarabag we did it without any real threat. They scored a jammy goal, and a goal where if anything lustig who is out best defend tucked in too much.
Ambrose was at fault for giving away a ball that lead to a corner. Nobody has mentioned johansen fannying about and leading to a loss of concentration.
If you are so downbeat you should just stop watching, clearly Celtic just annoy you buddy.
Having faith in your team to win a game is not neglect of fact. If we can beat a team on Wednesday how can we not believe we can beat them again the following Tuesday. We were the stronger team for 80 minutes, with more chances, more possession and more quality. Have you neglected all those facts?
20 Aug 2015 15:04:13
I also think we will win because they are push. I'm worried about the state of the team going forward. We need better players and the sooner we weed out the dross the better.
Having a shambolic defence us a fact. Hoping it will get better is different from actively making it so.
I want us to do something about it. Pointing out there is shite players is not treasonable mate.
But I think lapping it up and keeping faith is wearing thin.
20 Aug 2015 15:07:36
Agree with Johansen that stupidness made us look like idiots when they scored
20 Aug 2015 16:16:35
Keeping the faith means having a bit of confidence in the players we watch every week. I'm not thinking the devine intervention will get us through, I just think that although our defence is poor, we have enough to beat them. If you are worried about the state of the team going forward, you must think Malmo are there for the beating as we weren't great going forward yesterday and couldve scored more.