BlackSocksRedTops

After the previous 2 games it was good to see more desire and grit. Not perfect but far better than the "shit" we've endured this week.

Goldson dropped. Dio back in. God knows why but I have a good feeling about today. Hopefully a week full of self reflection, Dujons presser on a loop and Naismiths snidey comments tacked on a wall will help us re-energise. If we don't concede within 50 seconds, we're gonna win.

Tipping it down in Glasgow at the moment. Rain forecast for most of the afternoon so hopefully the pitch won't cut up too much (on top of yesterday's game).

Agree with all of that. Who would come in (youth player). Is it Robbie Fraser?

Even if it means bringing in our serial Croation shitbag, we need Sterling in the middle or wide right. He gives us energy.

I've got a feeling we might punt Butland to help finance any new signings. He's our biggest asset by a country mile.

I had the "pleasure" of listening to the game whilst driving and it was evident how bad we were playing by the amount of times Lundstram, Goldson and Souttar were mentioned.

Apologies for adding a stat to compound our current state of mind-fuckery. If you compare Clements first 25 league games to Beales, the latter comes out on top with 61 points to Clements 60 points. Considering Beale was up against a Celtic team that didn't drop many points under Ange, it somewhat dispels the idea that Clement has worked "miracles". Don't get me wrong, I like Clement but starting Silva, Lawrence and Goldson tonight baffles me.

They don't resemble them. That's exactly what they are.

Pretty gobsmacked to be honest. Had to endure the entire game via BBC Scotland as I was driving for 2 hours. Do you think there is more to this than bad form and few injuries? Soon as I heard Silva was playing I knew we wouldn't win. He offers nothing in a key area for us.

I get the fact that our recent record is rubbish but it's a one off game against a mediocre Celtic team. We are not playing Real Madrid for goodness sake. I think its definitely winnable.

Before the game yesterday the general consensus was that we had to win at Parkhead to lift the title. This is obviously based on us (and them) winning all the other games. In that regard, not much has changed after yesterday as we still probably need to win at their place to be champions. The only thing that has changed is that we don't have the safety net of a draw at Parkhead. That could be a good thing IMO. Once again, I'm basing this on us winning all the other fixtures but the idea of going into a big game with the notion of a draw in our heads fills me with dread.

Why resort back to the dreaded outswingers after getting some joy last week from dangerous inswingers?

Agreed but what do we do? We simply have to move on quickly. Go and beat Dundee and then take it from there. That leaves us 1 point behind going into the last 5 games. Anything can then happen.

Oh well. Before todays game, according to most observers we had to go to the pig sty and beat them. After today we still have to go and beat them. Getting maximum points in the other games might be the bigger ask IMO.