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They're on a par with USG, who were a very mediocre side.

It strikes me that the players aren't really buying into what Beale wants them to do. Either that or they don't understand it. We just look limp all over the park.

Well, that was a really disappointing first half. We look a bit clueless.

Thank fuck for Butland.

Souttar, Goldson and Tav all rubbish there.

It's this type of xenophobia we need to drive from the modern game. It's 2023, for crying out loud! Only joking, let's get intae these cheese and chocolate munching, perma-neutral continentals!

That was in relation to the Livi MOTM thread. The evidence shows Souttar, Balogun and Goldson will all make errors from time to time but Souttar has more time to improve on that side of his game than the other two.

Correct. Get through tonight and we guarantee ourselves £5m. Get through the play-off and we don't get the £5m but do get the millions the CL group brings.

Yes, if we go out tonight (or in the next round), we still go straight into the EL groups. If we get through to the play off though, we get an extra £5m, so it's imperative we get the job done this evening.

87% of statisticians are likely to bore you into a coma.

It wouldn't surprise me.

Souttar has looked good recently but he was largely responsible for the goal we conceded at Killie. Some of the praise for him (and Balogun) for a performance against Livingston seems a bit OTT (to me).

Imagine we get an Xg of 4.9 in Geneva but don't score.

Goldson didn't have a great season but he's still a good, reliable CB.

I think once the forwards have played more games together, we'll make more chances. I also think Beale plans to beat defensive set-ups with quick one two passing, triangles and the like.

There's no way Balogun will play if Goldson is fit.

I just worry that Beale will over-think it. Just play the best team and give Servette something to worry about.

Or just shoot more. The amount of times there's a shot on and we pass it wide instead does my nut in. I blame Arsene Wenger.

Rousseau struggling to get past Cammy's low block on this thread. It's just like Ibrox because the spectators and bored/frustrated and several are leaving early.

Aye, it's wishful thinking. The whole 55 squad needs moved on in the near future, if you ask me.

I'm hoping he can be replaced during the course of this season. As I said previously, we've seen the best of him, need to look to the future and focus on winning trophies.

I've not been impressed with Dowell but that was some strike.

The referee put in a rather outstanding performance - the type known as 'making it up as you go along'.

Can we not just call it defensive tactics instead of 'low block'? That sort of jargon reminds me of the pish I'm subjected to at work. If a team sets up defensively and is well organised, with fit players, it will nearly always be a struggle to get goals. Even the greatest sides often toil when the opposition play that way.