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The problem is that it's too early to answer the question you are asking.
Also if the answer is "yes" then there's nothing we can do about it.
Oldest saying in football you have to earn the rightI can remember Stuart McColl saying that the 9iar team were told to forget the nambi pambi stuff for the first 20mins of every game .Let your immediate opponent know you are up for it and will go toe to toe and more.He said you could visibly see their opponents shoulders slump when they realised a team full of better players had their working gear on.Compare that to our first 25mins yesterday.Ive just watched it again and it was worse than I even thought
In my opinion it’s almost the opposite, I think we got to grips after 20-25 with great big lump and hearts generally yesterday, we just forgot to play going forwardI want players to go into 50/50`s convincingly, i want players to tackle with gusto and strength. I do not want dirty bastards throughout the 11 but we need that fear in the squad.
Yesterday that big numpty striker of theirs bullied every one he came near, not one glove was laid on him by us, nullify him that takes their game-plan and flushes it down the lavvy, im not saying injure him but somebody needed to give him a reminder.
I've been concerned with our away form, yes we were getting the wins until Sunday but St Johnstone aside have we even scored from open play away from home? Now I'd take winning with set pieces every week but just dont think that's sustainable. Agree tav has been rank rotten lately though.Our first dropped points away from home so far!
why wait for yesterday to happen before sharing your concerns about our away form?
our ‘away form’ isn’t the issue. The issue is our captain landing us in it consistently!
Nah, I can't say I see that at all.
McGregor, Jack, Katic, Morelos, Kent, Flanagan, Arfield, Goldson...
Mind Arfield literally took the piss out of Brown to his pus.... mind that dead ball....
Kent actually punched a player in the pus.... like on a park, he took the decision to belt someone in the face.
We have a core of right horrible bastards
I can remember Stuart McColl saying that the 9iar team were told to forget the nambi pambi stuff for the first 20mins of every game .Let your immediate opponent know you are up for it and will go toe to toe and more.He said you could visibly see their opponents shoulders slump when they realised a team full of better players had their working gear on.Compare that to our first 25mins yesterday.Ive just watched it again and it was worse than I even thought
Perhaps he has sorted out the mentality thing only time will tell , but when your captain makes yet another schoolboy error so early in the game maybe that sets a tone.Honestly felt Gerrard had sorted out the mentality issue. It's mostly gone, but you simply cannot account for a player continually doing gaffe after gaffe, and it resulting in goals for the opposition every time and expect said player to be ok mentally.
It needs sorted.
We struggle away in Edinburgh, Paisley and Livingstone.....I have a funny feeling Portugal isn't gonna be quite as 'easy' as those places.If we beat Porto, it could do wonders for belief among all.
Massive scalp
Made him look better than he is.I want players to go into 50/50`s convincingly, i want players to tackle with gusto and strength. I do not want dirty bastards throughout the 11 but we need that fear in the squad.
Yesterday that big numpty striker of theirs bullied every one he came near, not one glove was laid on him by us, nullify him that takes their game-plan and flushes it down the lavvy, im not saying injure him but somebody needed to give him a reminder.
You've not given that much though, surely?
You considered replacing players? We could bring in Edmundson, Docherty, and/or Polster to name only three? Then there's Flanagan and King.
The thing here is our fragility effectively invites the thing we are still not good at handling, namely hoofba'.
We need to discourage our opponents from that view.
It's a managerial issue, they have to find the balance and IMHO it's crying out for big George.
On what basis?Ross Wilson was brought in to help with the psychological aspect of our game. That is one of his skills.
I don't think the reaction to a single draw away from home should be met with "maybe we are too nice so let's start replacing players".