14 Feb 2019 22:02:38
Disappointed as my hope was a clean sheet. We looked astonished at the result at the end and at the fact we didn't turn up. They looked stunned at how easy it was. Big question mark for me over BRs ability to send out a team not to lose at this level.
14 Feb 2019 22:48:26
It's a bit like another SPFL team coming to parkhead and playing wide open and trying to outplay us. There's a good reason they don't yet we try it against stronger opposition everytime but never seem to learn we must be more pragmatic and direct against better teams the missing no9 was glaring. We need our best 11 to even compete which sadly wasn't available and the weaknesses are their to see which we all knew as they are not new players although they can beat most spfl teams. Sunday is the important game.
14 Feb 2019 23:01:49
We looked like a team with an inferiority complex . back to the slow sideways football . every players first touch poor . silly mistakes collectivelly and individually . not a one off as we've been like this before and not just under br . is it as simple as just not good enough?
15 Feb 2019 01:39:07
Rodgers style is terrible. It's designed for teams you can dominate which is why it works so well domestically.
But also it's a simple fact that our players are not good enough.
We needed better CBs like 3 years ago and still sit with Boyata who isn't even good enough.
Bain has done ok for us as has Gordon but we needed a new keeper for 3 years too
RB - Lustig needed replaced the last two years and Toljan looks a bit like a slow Gamboa.
We need to recruit better and be tactically wiser, simple as that.
It's hard with a team full of youngsters. We need to sign some proper players.
15 Feb 2019 02:54:22
Bit harsh Tesla. To be fair our back 4 + Bain probably touched the ball more than anyone else on the park, and probably kept it better than anyone too (granted that’s not really a compliment) . The problem wasn’t really the way we defended, it was the way we possessed and attacked. We completely misjudged their capability, and BR saying we gave the game away speaks to that too. We set up to go toe to toe with them, and as much as we, the fans, flip out that we don’t set up to sit back and counter on these teams, I feel like this is Rodgers proving a point - like he’s out to test the squad at the highest level rather than sneak a win here and there.
15 Feb 2019 07:10:56
It's harsh but also true. I don't really agree with us defending well and tbh it's not just about tonight.
Partly the managers shape but also other games show we need better.
Rodgers is out to win truly as oppose to steal wins but will that realistically ever happen?
How many years will that take? We are already 3 years in and we have hardly won a game in European competition.
Problem is we say we can't afford to spend, for this tactic to be effective you need a high level of player in every position.
So if we don't want to spend we need to be wiser tactically.
We can't have our cake and eat it by playing inferior players in a Spanish style of possession football.
That's like st. Mirren going toe to toe with us, we would hit them for 6.