26 Aug 2026 11:10:14
They can shove their Europa league package right up their arse, not a penny more, if they'd signed a cdm we'd still be in, every fecking signing takes an age.
26 Aug 2026 11:38:33
It's easy in hindsight but I think we should have set up in a 3-4-1-2 formation last night with a view to surprising and hopefully stifling them.
CCV is too small to play against a big strong CF.
Murray, Trusty, (misnoma) Scales
CD CM MB KT
Nygren
Duran Hogh
This would have given us more height and legs, with FBs supporting midfielders in battle for the middle of the park and 3x CBs to counter their 2 up top.
I've been saying for years, we're too predictable and what we can get away with in Scotland we don't in Europe. Hell even our kick offs are the same every time, pass back to CM then left to KT. It's embarrassing how one dimensional we are!
26 Aug 2026 11:58:59
Tbh i worry about us defensively virtually all over the pitch. We know CalMac isn't a CDM above domestic level. Combine him with Baur and Nygren and it's a powderpuff midfield really at CL level. Then Duran is a forward and Yang is again lightweight. AND we seem to be going into yet another season not bringing in the required quality at CB.
Relatively happy with our business so far but we need some muscle in this side still, something I thought MO'N would have been straight after. Going off his commwnts and what Ed was saying we might not even get Gineitis now.
26 Aug 2026 13:44:48
Defo agree, midfield has nothing in terms of winning the ball, calmac can be a great footballer but when backs to wall he looks all to exposed, our entire back four was rank, they can dictate tempo, they can be confident and take ball, play a simple pass out of pressure, all to often it was clearance after clearance, how we ended up dead on our feet 65 mins in and taking a pounding of crosses and shots on goal was a joke, Nygren basically had a Nygren, something we saw many a time last season leaving baur who I’d rather not criticise an Callum badly outnumbered and exposed, our front three where poor the entire night but with a disjointed team that expected,
I worry our teams coaching into to scratch ( said this before ) is sm and foz creating a style of play and identity, not sure,
However, this is all reactive right now, perhaps if we did qualify and bring in the players expected we may have resembled a cl team, facts are current squad doesn’t, this squad was still good enough to qualify so players and mgt team need to do a bit of self reflecting here, but then fell short, personally
I don’t get excited about getting pumped several times in Europe with off win but nonetheless understand the benefits the money and stature the comp brings,
It’s done, I for one will reflect more end window and regardless look forward to this season.
26 Aug 2026 14:42:16
Last night was a sore one Jaa. But there's still a lot to look forward to right enough ?.