02 Dec 2017 22:53:52
Seen PSG got beat off strasbourg today,16th in the league! Nobody can doubt the class of these teams but just proves if u set up properly you can shock these teams! If we drew Strasbourg in the EL if they were in it, don’t think any of us would fear them! Just thinking out loud lads lol. still think we could do so much better despite the financial gap between us and the elite! We haven’t done ourselves justice in these games IMO!
02 Dec 2017 23:22:43
been waiting for that from someone. just puts our undefeated run into perspective about how impressive it is for us to go 67 hh.
02 Dec 2017 23:28:40
We drew with Motherwell during the week smashed them today sometimes one off results happen.
02 Dec 2017 23:38:42
There is no doubt the manager and players are still hurting from the heavy defeats and will do everything in their power to improve and learn lessons, however I really believe that fear and nerves are our biggest enemy on these nights and a wee run in the EL might go a long way to building confidence and experience for future CL campaigns.
At present we are streets ahead domestically - and our domestic league is well behind France and similar standards, therefor the transformation to Europe's premier tournament is currently a bridge too far and we need regular European competition (and a wee bit more investment) to try and compete at the higher level.
Beating Anderlecht will go some way to achieving this IMO.
02 Dec 2017 23:45:15
Well thought I’d be the first to say it WB! Absolutely nothing to do with our unbeaten domestic run or what a magnificent achievement it is! I’m pointing the result out to highlight that these teams can be frustrated and you can nick a result if u set up in the right way! There’s a good few examples of it this season already across Europe!
03 Dec 2017 00:01:41
wasnt a dig mate the way we are so behind in europe is no surprise and shocks can happen (barca) my point was to emphasise it doesn't matter how ggood you are, going so long undefeated domestically is a great achievement in any league hh bud.
03 Dec 2017 09:57:19
I get you welsbhoy it's a lot of luck and hard work required and in Europe we haven't had the luck exept anderlecht away 3 goals out 4 on target or something like that I think each game we have been better to watch just silly errors costing to our down fall big game during the week to see how good we can handle the pressure.
03 Dec 2017 10:08:46
Think the main ptoz for psg is the Champions league.
03 Dec 2017 14:40:20
If Ntchams shot had scored it would have been two nothing, and then maybe PSG would have collapsed, and maybe we would have beat them 7-0,as Clough said, "it's a funny old game ".
03 Dec 2017 14:41:02
Maybe the undefeated run is not as important as getting a good result on Tuesday,
03 Dec 2017 14:42:31
We shouldn't get hung up on going undefeated, is meaningless in the long run if the team aren't progressing, the standard has to be Europe or the world, like it was for the Lisbon lions, they were the equals of anyone on the planet, to get beat by that much by PsG, something is going wrong.
I will say it again, PSG are not that good, Celtic made them look good, how many times was possession given away in dangerous positions needlessly, that resulted in goals, that wasn't about how good PSG were, it was to do with how careless and unprofessional and how not switched on enough Celtic were, but hey is ok we can come back to Scotland and the unbeaten run goes on.
am not saying that is a bad thing, but we should concentrate on giving PSG a smack rather than worrying about Motherwell, and another thing the Motherwell manager must be commended on the way he has changed Motherwells fortunes this season, but after last weekend, he should take a leaf out of Arsene Wenger's book, and when asked about something he should just say he never seen anything, rather than saying that Kipre never even touched Sinclair, which when he watched the replay must have made him feel like a pillock.
03 Dec 2017 14:44:31
Lh86 i agree we could do better in europe or at least not get smashed by 7 goals. Issue is BR won't change his style. Its that style that has kept us undefeated in SPL so maybe we need to accept it. Like you however i can't see why we can't play one style for CL and another at home. Is that not what tactics is about? Tuesday is going to be interesting.
If we go out and play our usual style and get beat by 2, 3 or even worse 4 then i do think our style in Europe will need to change. Will do a lot of damage to BR. Its a big night for BR. Win on Tuesday and BR can put 2 fingers up to everyone who criticises his euro tactics and that includes you and me.
Lol, lose by 2 or more and that tells its own story which is we are tactically inept in any competition outside of SPL and that gives more ammo to all those that criticise the 67 unbeaten run. Big night Tuesday.