BlackSocksRedTops

Hagi's first touch was terrible yesterday. The ball just wasn't sticking to him at all.

What about we turn the question around? Can the support and encouragement of fans have an impact on players? IMO, yes. I've been to many games where this has happened. Surely then the opposite effect can happen if people are obviously choosing to leave in their droves while the result is not certain?

Hate to sound like a broken record but watching thousands of fans leave well before the final whistle, must be disheartening for the players. Especially when the game is on a knife edge.

Regardless of personnel, United are a tricky team to beat. Let's not forget they took points off Angeball at the midden. Aribo not starting definitely hindered us IMO, but I fully understand the reasons behind it. We move on to the next game. 3 games left before the break.

Is he not on yellow card knife edge? With the potential to miss the OF game?

As always, 3 pts is a must. Would like to see Hagi gets some rewards today (if played). He was all over the pitch and basically did everything but score on Wednesday. He must have been wearing his old man's tiny size 5 boots....

The idea that they are under strength should be belted out of the pitch with a straight bat. Their resolve will only be fortified IMO (case in point being, us v the Tims in last OF game). Let's just keep doing what we are doing and ensure we get the 3pts. Points first, goal tallies later.

I think we are reading too much into this. Gerrard was always leaving sooner than later. He hasn't been with his young family for over 3 years so he was always going to jump ship at the first and best option. Newcastle would have been pointless for him in terms of geography but Villa is manageable. I presume SG lives in the Chester area? If so, this is approximately 70/80 mile journey to work. Easy.

Good performance against a horrible team to play against. If we could reduce our attacks by 1 or 2 passes I think we would have scored more. I just feel we overplayed at times. Aribo was superb (what about the ball he took from the air?), Hagi worked tirelessly and Morelos was outstanding IMO. PS. Still disappointing to see so many fans leave so early. The stadium was nearly half full with about 5 minutes to play from what I could see. That must be quite disheartening for the players.

St. Johnstone are a total pain in the ass to play against. We always seem to struggle against their wonderfully adventurous 4-6-0 system at Ibrox.

I thought away goals were a thing of the past?

A repeat of 1982 will do for me.

Now that the dust has settled...it is utterly ridiculous that our "reward" for qualifying is a draw against a CL team. How many bites of the cherry to these rich clubs want?

Brilliant fixture. The Westfalen Stadium is immense. It's great experience whatever happens.

Randomly we have a good record V Dortmund. We have played them 8 times in Europe and have only lost once.

GVB Played 6 W5 D1 L0 F12 A2 I think the most eyecatching stats are the goals against and the fact that we have scored first in every game. That wasn't happening under SG this season.

I see the Muppets at the BBC are taking our win well. Not recognising the 7 pt gap before they kick off.

Let's not forget Livingston away was before that. We've always struggled there.

That feeling you have when The Rangers claim 3 pts in a tough away fixture, knowing that all the Tims were watching and they have yet to play...

Goals aside, I think we have been poor. Our decision making is piss poor and our passing has been sloppy.

Great start but we are giving away cheap possession. Hope it doesn't bite us on the arse.

Both usually play on the left so it will be interesting to see who shifts?

It's only Tynecastle...not Macho Grande...

One significant change under GVB has been the ability to get the first goal in all his games, unlike SG last cluster of matches. I've said on here before. We turn up. We win. We are the bloody champions. Simple.

Fashion usually comes in off the left, so is Kent on the right? Intriguing. Looks like we'll be set up to nullify Hearts and counter with the pace going forward? If not there won't be much room for Sakala and Kent to work with? Tynecastle is a tight pitch.