Scarily similar to that lot last season

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sammy1872

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Starting season winning but only just and eventually dropping points
Keeping players that wanted away and refusing to sell assets which we will lose for less or nothin Next summer

The pattern is very similar . Is it blind hope it’s gonna turn
 
Don't think it will ever be as toxic and mental as that lot last season.

But for those who keep saying it will click eventually and 'we are top of the league who cares', that lot were top of the league until not far off this time last year. Their fans were saying the exact same. We beat them, the wheels came completely off and their season spiralled out of control. Honestly, if we get served with the same shite on Sunday, it is not unthinkable that may happen to us.
 
At the end of the season Gerrard was very excited about the new season and the forthcoming transfer window after discussions with the board. "Exciting times" he smiled.

Something happened in the interim because none of that happened. Hence SG's outburst at a recent presser when he talked about needing to spend money and that we hadn't spent a penny in the last two windows.

Between everyone in authority the club we should at least have sold an asset to get some cash in. Our strategy is flawed.

Ross Wilson - what is he doing??
 
Manhattan_Loyalist said:
Been saying the same for months.

Their problem was they never freshened their XI up from a position of strength. They thought they could stand still and their tainted 10 would just fall into their lap.

We've done the EXACT same. Piss-poor recruitment (same as them with Barkas, Duffy, Laxalt etc) and we've not strengthened that XI of ours outright.

Their players peaked before last season, ours peaked last season.

Unacceptable.

That old saying that you fix your roof when it's sunny outside has never been more fitting.
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They did spend money to freshen up their starting XI though.
 
The situations are nothing like each other. They tried to force players to stay far too long because all they cared about was 9.75. They also spent money but recruited poorly. We front loaded cash to win the league last season which we done but we now need to balance that. We have the effects of covid on income to deal with. It’s not like we have the cash in the bank but just didn’t bother spending it.
 
It's not as if we couldn't see this coming. Many of us have said. If Goldson didn't want to be here he needed to be for the off. He probably isn't the only one. Gerrard has said he doesn't want players who don't want to be here, sadly they were just words.
 
Manhattan_Loyalist said:
I never said they never. I said their recruitment was terrible and they never enhanced their XI's.

Same as us.
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The transfer windows are incomparable they spent £10m on two players and a massive loan fee and wages. We never spent anything. We haven't gone big to improve the first team in the way they did.
 
Feels more like 2011 to me, the game where we conceded an injury time equaliser to St Mirren - the last 3 home games have all had that feeling of calamity about them.
 
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Cooperfan said:
It's not as if we couldn't see this coming. Many of us have said. If Goldson didn't want to be here he needed to be for the off. He probably isn't the only one. Gerrard has said he doesn't want players who don't want to be here, sadly they were just words.
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It’s been coming for months. Celtic stood still in the summer of 20/21. A year later and we done the same.

No money - we literally spent £2.7m on a striker that we got very little out of then sent him out on loan. Not one recent signing has taken the team up a level. Bacuna, Zungu, Wright, Lundstram, Sakala, Simpson et al don’t come on peanuts.

We knew the model. But relatively cheap, develop, sell on, repeat. We’ve not sold a single player.

Celtic has a staleness about them - move forward a year and look at us. We’ve got a management team scratching their heads about how they get us out the slump, a carbon copy of Lennon last season.
 
CoopBlue said:
At the end of the season Gerrard was very excited about the new season and the forthcoming transfer window after discussions with the board. "Exciting times" he smiled.

Something happened in the interim because none of that happened. Hence SG's outburst at a recent presser when he talked about needing to spend money and that we hadn't spent a penny in the last two windows.

Between everyone in authority the club we should at least have sold an asset to get some cash in. Our strategy is flawed.

Ross Wilson - what is he doing??
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You can only sell if someone wants to buy.
 
Cooperfan said:
It's not as if we couldn't see this coming. Many of us have said. If Goldson didn't want to be here he needed to be for the off. He probably isn't the only one. Gerrard has said he doesn't want players who don't want to be here, sadly they were just words.
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According to our Manager there were no bids for any of our players. You need a buyer in order to sell.
 
This time last season (after matchday 11), we had just beaten them to go top of the league.

We were on 29 points, them on 28.

The thing is though, we were scoring plenty and conceding few and on the ascendancy. Goals difference was +23 for us, +19 for them.

As it stands today, we're on 24 points, them on 22.

Goals difference: we're only on +9, them on +19 again.

It's now them that's on the ascendancy going into matchday 12, while it looks like we're faltering badly.

The mantra is and always should be, one game at a time. However starting on Sunday, we really need to put a string of WINS together in the league and hope we find some consistency and momentum and also hope that the return of the likes of Kent and Jack spring some new life into our campaign. We badly need it.
 
I said weeks ago that this season was looking like a reversal of last year and I was called the obligatory “panty wetter”.
The team is disjointed, no pace, no ideas, no end product, defence all over the place and we are barely scraping results.
People are either too blind or too stupid to see that this season is rapidly heading for the grubbed.
 
Davie Weir said:
This is 100% true but surely we can’t be the only team in football who can’t sell our players?
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Oh yes, it is baffling. You would think a lower EPL or Championship side would be interested in Goldson, Kent or Kamara to name but three. Maybe we, as biased fans, overrate our players. Are the club, perhaps through agents, giving out a ballpark figure for players. A figure which is so high no-one bothers to even open negotiations.
 
Davie Weir said:
This is 100% true but surely we can’t be the only team in football who can’t sell our players?
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Covid has fucked us. Our players were at our peak just as it hit valuation wise over the last 12-18 months . Most of our assets were valued at 15-20 million but if you look at the last couple windows there’s very hardly any players sold in that bracket . The very top clubs are spending money . The ones below are most looking at 5-10 mil range . That’s been the biggest reason we have been unable to sell
 
Lovenkrands Dug said:
Don't think it will ever be as toxic and mental as that lot last season.

But for those who keep saying it will click eventually and 'we are top of the league who cares', that lot were top of the league until not far off this time last year. Their fans were saying the exact same. We beat them, the wheels came completely off and their season spiralled out of control. Honestly, if we get served with the same shite on Sunday, it is not unthinkable that may happen to us.
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They were top of the league for one gameweek.

We went top gameweek 3 and never moved
 
sammy1872 said:
Starting season winning but only just and eventually dropping points
Keeping players that wanted away and refusing to sell assets which we will lose for less or nothin Next summer

The pattern is very similar . Is it blind hope it’s gonna turn
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It’s not though is it!!

They invested what - £15/£20m in their push
for their “10 in-a-row”.

We invested around £1m in to our B team and brought in players under freedom of contract.

We are playing poorly but are still top of the league (just)
 
Burgh-Ger said:
It’s not though is it!!

They invested what - £15/£20m in their push
for their “10 in-a-row”.

We invested around £1m in to our B team and brought in players under freedom of contract.

We are playing poorly but are still top of the league (just)
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Aye they spent 15/20 million but it was all only players in 3-5 mil range . They weren’t buying 15 mil players and neither were many other teams in Europe cos finances are not their right now . That’s why we couldn’t sell our assets for what we wanted

We as a support have to accept we are running at a loss and if we spent 15-20 mil just because that lot did we could end up bsck in serious financial trouble
 
They had won 8, drawn 1 and had a +20 goal difference prior to our win at Parkhead.

They also spent a relative fortune in the Summer and we’re thrilled at their transfer dealings.

What’s the similarities?
 
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