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13 hours ago, DMAA said:

Gerrard was more frustrated at the players who aren’t performing for him in his press conferences than anyone on here tbh, questioned their dedication at the moment and said something along the lines of he’ll be going with the in-form boys at the weekend, so it’s not that he isn’t seeing what we are or agreeing with it. Some people do go too far (the worst normally in the stadium itself), but equally some don’t seem to be able to handle fans validly criticising some individual performances. 

Totally agree and it’s a very thin line , as for Gerard’s reaction , many great managers use the press conferences to their advantage , let’s wait and see how this plays out .

The great debate just now about what player is out of form etc etc , we as fans tend to go on game by game-basis when rating players , apart from that pair  of arseholes I had to sit beside last night who gave every player it right from the first whistle , where as managers and coaches tend to look at the bigger picture and how things tend to even themselves out over the course of a season .

we don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes or in training, we either trust our management team or we don’t , some fans seem to have reached def con 12 already .

Very close between Hagi and Bassey , but opted for Hagi as his desire and willingness not to hide was so so obvious , however Calvin ran him very close  

30 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

 

Last week we lost two goal against ten men in the space of 45 minutes.

 

The first half was painful to watch but not the worst.

I understand your point , however Malmo are a champions league regular and the Swedish league is 15 games in , yes it was very very disappointing , however this mob tonight were truly awful , and we weren’t much better , like I said , imho and it’s ony my opinion , that was the worst 45 mins in Europe under SG . How angry he was in the post match interview sort of backs that up , these players need to sort themselves out , I don’t know what’s happened to Ryan Kent , is it his brother that’s playing , god knows .

Can’t see us going for this guy , unless two or three are finished and or moving on , we have a plethora of midfielders , and we only play a 3 

8 minutes ago, craig said:

I watched their first half last night.  Kyogo looks very tidy. It AZ should have been 2 up in the first 5 minutes.

 

Theyre being built up as world beaters again… but they really aren’t that good !

Craig I agree , the silly thing is they haven’t actually played anyone decent yet , in any competition . Even Hearts ain’t very good .

That was absolute torture , topped of by my seat , sitting right beside 2 absolute bellends who berated every player from kick off , luckily one went to the Louden at half time , seriously why some people go to games is beyond me .

Now I am , or I like to think I am , a patient bear , however I just don’t see what John Lundstram brings to our midfield other than confusion and slowing the game down , maybe him and Davis just can’t play together , time  will tell .

That team we’re pissibly one of the worst football teams I’ve ever seen , that we didn’t batter them is cause for concern , in fact the first 45 mins has to go down as THE worst in Europe under SG , normally we are so controlled , we were all over the place .

2nd half , standouts , Scottie Wright , Ianis Hagi and Calvin Bassey , take a bow lads , outstanding , oh and Mr S Davis , the rest need to seriously up their games , especially Ryan Kent , who did a fantastic job of impersonating the invisible man , anyway onwards and upwards .

Does anyone know when the public sale  for  next thursdays European game is going to be .

I’m actually in a state of stunned shock at that 2nd half display , I thought we were excellent for the vast majority of the first half and absolutely abysmal 2 nd half , I have a feeling this just might be a rough old season .

We really need the midfield sorted out pronto .

We have played 4 times in lilac , scudded every time .

I’m not even going to post a picture of this monstrosity , and supposedly we are wearing it tonight , I don’t usually get too bothered by strips , I generally am supportive of all our strips , but who ever ok,d this should be sacked , what the board were thinking .

3 months later and it will be the best selling 3rd strip of all time and I will look like a tool ............again .

Candieas was a fantastic player for us , and still would have been , I wish he was still here . 

Panic over , got one at the 3 pm opening .

Any spares for tomorrow night , feel free to DM me , thank you in advance , though still hopeful of getting through on the public sale at 3pm .

One last small point , at no time in the game did Dun Utd cut us open or put our goalie under long spells of pressure , they scored from a deflected pass that fell luckily into their players path , and he finished well .

I keep reading about how our players never tracked runners etc , the guy was never the intended target , the goal was in many ways a fluke and we got beaten , very similar to Malmo , the second was a comedy of errors , we cut those out we will be fine , we don’t it will be a long season , but that’s the same for every team .

Was down at the superstore yesterday , with our old pal Brahimhemdani, who says hello to you all , as stated above everything is club related and all is sponsor branded , there is no leisure wear and no castore items at all .

I spoke to one of the girls that work there and she said that they are expecting more stuff in the next couple of weeks , which should increase choice , as fir the quality it certainly looks and feels much better than last year .

11 minutes ago, gisabeer said:

 Ill make no appologies for having an opinion sir but if is the best you can do i suggest you keep yours to yourself.

Of course your entitled to your opinion , I even said as much , but we have been playing 4-3-3 for years now , to great success .Tonight we were poor for 5 minutes and got punished for it , do I think you were way over the top , yes , it’s half time in a 2 legged tie , we have just had the greatest season in living  memory , yet you come out with that , maybe your the one that’s best keeping your opinions to yourself .

Honestly , some of the shite you read after a poor 10 minutes.

1 minute ago, gisabeer said:

Poor team selction from the off im afraid.  Arfield should have been subbed at half time as well.   Kent tripping over his own feet for 80 minutes wasnt pleasing on the eye either.   We crossed balls in all day into the box against a 10 man Livingston defence and won none.  Tonight exactly the same.   Then we sub the only guy who was getting pass marks.   Malmo changed their formation to 3 at the back and got instant results.  I wish our manager could maybe consider this option from time to time.  As for tav. ..how many more blunders is he going to make.   Get Paterson in for the next leg.   

And the award for season over reaction post of the year , has been won in the first week , we are all entitled to opinions , but seriously mate , get a grip .

Very comfortable first half , yet 3 sloppy minutes turned the tie on it’s head , 2 nil heavily flattered this Malmo team , whom after 70 minutes were dead on their feet .

SD ,s goal is priceless and no less than we deserved , we will win the 2nd leg , onwards and upwards troops , keep believing .

A bit like last season , could have given it to 3 or 4 imho , first games are notorious and especially against a team with no interest in attacking .

Very strong well balanced team , amazingly strong bench , this squad must be up with the strongest in our history , and best balanced .

Some fans haven’t been able to print off their codes , so have sent them to family or friends to print for them , usually older fans that don’t have smart phones or printers at home . Technology is fantastic but the club can’t expect everyone to have phones and printers to hand .

To be honest think we are all screwed , however moving forward this should help us all .