04 Aug 2016 06:53:51
WOW, what a night :-) Honestly feared the worst after their equaliser so was buzzing that we went through. I honestly feel we would have collapsed last night had Deila still been the gaffer and there are signs BR has put a bit of steel into the team. Sad to say but Gordon just won't do. He cannot be trusted anymore. Also thought. Dembele showed some lovely touches in the passage of play which led to the penalty and nerves of steel to tuck it away. Well done the Bhoys on gettimg through. Coybig.

1.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 07:31:43
Well said Sean Gordons a liability dembele hopefully will take off now and u could see toures class and organisational skills when he came on and he's drill got pace, time for some new players tho crying out for somebody on the left.

2.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 07:41:06
I agree with everything you said there but we got to this stage last season let's not forget. And it was ultimately poor individuals that let us down, which last night could easily have be the case. Thankfully though, like you suggest, bar the first LRI game, we haven't hid away from a challenge collectively. Toure and Dembele have improved us no doubt. Not overly fussed on Sinclair but I'd still think he's a step up on Forrest so there's another wee area we'll look a bit stronger. We haven't actually spent significant money yet, considering the wages we've trimmed especially, so Sinclair for a few million and then either good wages on an experienced keeper or a few-several million on a good young keeper shouldn't be too much to ask. Once we qualify, another ST would be a bonus and I'd be pretty happy with that for a window.

3.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 07:45:25
Agreed mate we need someone on the left asap. If we could get someone in who could link up well with Tierney we will be onto a winner. As for Toure: well he is undoubtedly way above anything we had. Really pleased we got him and his experience will be vital to guys like Eoghan O'Connell.

4.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 08:06:30
We've been crying out for a bit experience at the back for a while. Toure is an incredibly shrewd signing imo. I'll tip my hat to BR for that. O'Connell really looks to have kicked on too btw. If we can get rid of Ambrose and get Jozo fit, I'm happy enough with our options at CB. You're right about Tierney too, until Forrest got shifted to the right he was frustrating KT, too many times he just doesn't provide an option. As for when he was on the right, Janko can bomb on all day. But he only looks effective on an overlap just now. With PR, Janko gets plenty of that and if he finds himself a bit crowded, PR is there waiting and dances them into space. Forrest just didn't have that with Janko either and too often Janko found himself two on one. JF is fast, and only fast. He doesn't capitalise on it though and I really don't think he has much of a footballing brain. He took the option of a pass a bit better than he normally does though last night, clearly we were told to just keep ahawd and be calm.