We’ll never know, will we?Can we please stop...
Katic would’ve had a torrid time tonight.
He certainly wouldn’t have been worse.
We’ll never know, will we?Can we please stop...
Katic would’ve had a torrid time tonight.
Are you honestly saying we go with an untested centre half pairing in our first cup final in years against the best team in Scotland who have absolutely dominated in recent years? Totally fucking bonkers. And I mean mental. It's probably the worst suggestion I've ever heard.
Tav is poor defensively and Goldson and knows this, so is having to cover. Barisic is a doubt also so it would mean Flanagan comes in who isn't naturally suited to left back.
So, what you are going with is a right back with limited defending ability, a centre half who has played at most 180 minutes, one that hasn't played in a long time, and a right back that's covering at left back?
%^*& me man.
Helender worries me for Sunday. He is slow as shit and will struggle with their pace breaking from midfield.
I’ve already got horrible visions of Helander trudging off after being red card for a last man challenge when one of their players breaks away from him.
I know, that wee nippy winger last night was giving him a couple of yards of a start and it was like he was running through treacle.
Forrest and Christie running from deep is a worry.
What the %^*& are you rambling about full backs for, are you alright son?
Katic is a very good defender who has always played well after periods of absence.
Edmundson does lack experience yes, but he's pacy and mobile, whereas Helander might struggle with their pace if they can get him into one on one's.
Take a chill pill mucker, they're all more than capable of performing a role against the scum if given the call.
You don't pay 3 or 4 million for defenders just to bench them. Though I'd have given Goldson a rest over some games on the last few weeks
Your words sum up Gerrards inability or unwillingness to utilise our squad.I like Katic too but really? That would be a huge gamble and potentially unfair on Niko. The boys played next to no football for about 3 months and you would have him chucked in to the pressure cooker of an OF cup final? Any likely rustiness on his part would be brutally exposed.
Like it or not, it will rightly be Goldson and Helander on Sunday. Just need to hope they've got their poor games out of their system and can find the solidity they were showing only a few games ago.
Your words sum up Gerrards inability or unwillingness to utilise our squad.
Clueless.Gerrard, he was fucking all over the place tonight. Ojo, Katic as late sub, no Stewart nobody. Stood doing %^*& all when it needed a major change after 55 minutes.
Disgraceful management, the big swede is murder but like Ojo Gerrard has a blind spot
Do folk not remember that Katic DID get a game in our defence? We really weren't any better than we are at the moment. The league stats back that up. If folk are talking specifically for this upcoming game then I'd remind them Katic did start the last old firm game and never played well.
Stats obviously don't tell the full story but I find some of those below pretty compelling. For example, the Goldson/Helander partnership have kept a clean sheet in the majority of their games, whereas Goldson/Katic kept a clean sheet in only 17% of theirs.
Another is that Goldson/Helanders goals conceded record is currently 0.5 (or 1 in 2), whereas Goldson/Katic is 1 in 1.
- League stats -
Katic:
Played 6, WWLWWD (13 points), 6 goals conceded, 1 clean sheet
Points per start: 2.16, Goals conceded per start: 1, Clean sheets per start:17%
Helander:
Played 8, WWWWWWWD (22 Points), 4 goals conceded, 5 clean sheets
Points per start: 2.75, Goals conceded per start: 0.5, Clean sheets per start (%): 62.5%