27 Aug 2017 11:10:00
I understand the point BR was making defending CGs howler as the manager is the man telling the team to play out from the back and trying to turn CG into a sweeper keeper and I also understand his frustrations when fans got anxious when KT gave the ball away and calls for fans to be patient but I thought the 'Do you want to play Scottish football and smash it up the park it hasn't got YOU (not us) anywhere for 20 years' was a tad condescending and bordering on the arrogant and disrespectful. Even if he's right I think it could have been said better as I felt it made BR seem like a bit of a Billy Big Bawz. ☘️.


1.) 27 Aug 2017
27 Aug 2017 11:36:28
You just need to look back on Scottish football for the last twenty years to see what he means,


2.) 27 Aug 2017
27 Aug 2017 11:48:48
Aindoh my friend as I said I know what he means and I don't disagree with him my point was it could have been put better and in my opinion potentially came across as a bit arrogant. ☘️.


3.) 27 Aug 2017
27 Aug 2017 12:44:24
Brendan came across badly imo and needs to remember fans get impatient when we play slow and predictable against second rate teams which is what happened yesterday in the first half. If he wants to take responsibility for st Johnstone first goal then it doesn't say much for his coaching as any fan could see it was pathetic defending which we were punished for yesterday but has happened numerous times without being punished in the last year.


4.) 27 Aug 2017
27 Aug 2017 14:03:50
I appreciate the way BR wants his teams to play, but at home in the SPL, surely we can play with more pace, higher tempo and take the initiative more aggressively without resorting to 'kick and rush'?


5.) 27 Aug 2017
27 Aug 2017 15:22:23
Bottom line is CG is not the standard of keeper we should have. In europe he will ger ripped apart. At fault fir 2 Astana goals but he also made 3 great saves but under pressure when he has to come and play the ball its not him. So BR says its his choice how they play. Fine play that way but get a keeper who can play that way. As fir Bitton. Domestically will do fine but not a CB for CL and i agree BR did sound a wee bit arragent which is not like him. He knows the problems as well as we do but he is working to a budget and its not a big budget. If he was allowed to go spend £20 mill he would so its frustration from him.


6.) 27 Aug 2017
27 Aug 2017 17:42:03
the lisbon lions didn't play smash the ball up the park football but ronnie simpson knew when the time was right to punt the ball up the park. (from hand in those days as keepers were allowed to pick the ball up)


7.) 27 Aug 2017
27 Aug 2017 17:48:03
It was a bad day at the office, it happens! Our early season goal was to secure champions league football, we did this, a hangover is normal.
Once a Bhoy, good teams play the same way every game, it doesn't matter whether its a practice match or a cup final, same system, same tempo!


8.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 09:12:45
Charles67 yeh good teams play the same way/ system/ style of play, whatever people want to call it but this is what Rd tried to install at Celtic and all we heard at games n on here was He needs to play a 442 as we can't play the same way/ formation etc in Europe n spfl yet Brendan is doing the exact same thing getting us to play a certain way regardless of what fans think n people r buying into it, I will back the manager 100% whoever our manager is, not all do.
People have short memories.
As to the game I agree with u bud about bit of a hangover, no excuse though as Brendan could have made more changes, n not as high a tempo, have to say 1st half we created decent chances n didn't take them, our tempo wasn't as high however I always felt we were in control, we had good possession albeit we didn't really get going in the final third but other than our keeper being a bombscare n gifting them a goal n the odd chance they had I felt in control, it's not like they ran over the top of us for 15_20 minutes like astana.
Had an argument with a clown next to me who (must have been in his 60's, more an animated discussion than an argument) asked me my thoughts on the game n I said we were in control (not dominant certainly but not backs to the wall) had good possession n had some decent chances n gifted them a goal through our joke of a keeper. He then asked if I thought I was intelligent, I said neither intelligent or unintelligent but I know football, he then gives it how we were rubbish in the 1st half worse he's ever seen under Brendan, I said you clearly don't remember red imps then which was our most embarrassing European defeat ever, Brendan's first game he replied to which I told him doesn't matter no amateur or pub team should be beating us.
Then he proceeds to say he's never seen Sinclair playing this bad I said r u joking he's not been great since the season started, nowhere near the form of last season, defensively he has been doing his job but he's definitely not hit last season's form yet. He then said well your clearly not intelligent n asks did I go to university, I'm like nope, he says well I did n I was taught off a very intelligent lecturer, I'm like fantastic all that education n they forgot to teach u manners. That shut him up. I proceeded to say whatever university u went to, had nothing to do with knowing football.
After he went silent I said what's up u can't take it but you can give it n he's like just watch the game n I was like oh look he can't take it when someone answers him back. Just for the record I don't get into arguments with anybody, the guy wasn't even sitting in his own seat, I was trying to be nice as he just started talking n I was at the game with my partner n wee boy so it kinda took away from the game. He tried to make a few more comments to wind me up as if he knew better or was more intelligent, mainly that brendan agreed with him as he took 2 players off, yeh well pity the 2 that came on didn't make that much difference as the guy who changed the game was Callum McGregor who came on later as the original changes hadn't worked. This intelligent guys words of wisdom n the stands were, come on, that was it whereas myself I talk players through the game as if I was coaching, I'm vocal when I watch n also sing n give the team backing, just how I am n many on here who played or didn't will be able to see a game, where passes should go, who should be running, when to go sideways, or back n when to be expansive, there we go expansive, look at me mum I'm using intelligent words, I feel so intelligent haha, although apparently I'm not.
Anyway 2nd half went on we upped the tempo n were attacking n playing higher up, although st Johnstone still had chances as we still looked a bit nervy n tired although maybe Brendan should ask why he didn't make more changes to freshen things up n rest tired legs. We got a point, should have got all 3 but we r still invincible n will still win the league at a canter. Still don't think we were awful in the 1st half, thought we were alright n but for the awful Gordon mistake never felt troubled, apart from collum who was woeful the whole match n is just an unintelligent ref. 😋
Hail hail.