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Exactly what I said elsewhere. They would be absolutely crucified if they had said this. Just shows some players can't do/say anything right at the moment and others can do no wrong.

In order of weakest position to strongest, regardless of whether they happen to have been here for longer than a year.

The overriding narrative tonight is that the “old guard” are at fault. It is simplistic nonsense to pin a collapse like this on Tav, Goldson and Lundstram. Fans love a simple answer to a complex problem and that's what they've gone for. The sudden turn in our form since Hearts has been utterly mind boggling and I have no idea what has caused it, but I do know that the simplistic narrative being peddled tonight is not the answer.

He was in between the two men from the start, that was the problem. He was second to the ball because of the indecision over whether to go for the ball or accept the 2 on 1. A ridiculous position for him to be left in. If he had stuck with his man, the other Benfica player would have likely gone himself and it would still have been a 2 on 1. If we are apportioning blame for this goal, I’d blame the manager first, then Dessers, then Diomande. Yilmaz was arguably slow spotting the danger too.

Doesn’t really matter. He was right on this. We allowed ourselves to be done by one boot up the field.

Manager has to take some responsibility for last night’s goal. 1 punt up the field and we are left 2 on 1. There was no reason whatsoever to leave ourselves so exposed on 60 minutes when we were on top. McCoist was in shock and rightly so.

I was surprised he didn’t get much of a mention last night because I thought he was excellent and consistent throughout the game.

It’s just a sickener to lose due to a baffling tactic at corners. We had several warning shots and still didn’t act. McCoist was incandescent on comms. Lack of quality in the forward positions hurt us too of course but that is to be expected when none of our front 4 would start if not for injuries. I was crying out for subs from about 55 minutes and it felt like we waited till the game was gone before we made the changes. Roofe and Cantwell added quality. Raskin turned out to be a big upgrade over Dio. A sore one because we did a lot right but it feels like we brought the defeat on ourselves over the two legs. Having said that, an incorrect penalty decision hurt us too. At least our full focus is on domestic matters now.

I got a bad feeling when I saw the 11 today. Injuries have really taken their toll in the forward areas. It should have been enough but a major error and clinical finish changed the whole game early on. And Motherwell really did turn up today. The game was a reminder that Clement is largely working with the same players Beale had too.

The mistake was giving him the job in the first place. I was delighted but surprised when we did sack him. I thought it was to the board’s credit that they called it after 6 wins and 2 losses in the league (which was quicker than half the people who voted in this poll).

I think that’s debatable. 1 We both play Hearts, Celtic away. 2 We both play Hibs, Celtic away. 3 We both play Motherwell, Celtic away. 4 We both play St J, us away. 5 We both play Kilmarnock, us away. 6 We both play Dundee, us away. 7 We play RC at home, they play Livi away. I would prefer our set of fixtures.

Big relief. Showed character to get that winner. Cortes and especially Silva made a real difference. Silva needs to start from now on and I think Cortes will be a starter soon too.

I was very impressed with his goal at the weekend. Drove straight for goal and showed great technique.

“I’m a striker. I live for the goals.”

Feeling very optimistic at the moment. - Lawrence and Jack back in the team and getting game time. I’ve changed my mind on Jack getting a new contract because I owed him my ticket today via a family member. And Lawrence can be a key player when we are struggling to break teams down. Even today I felt he added creativity. - Fabio Silva, I’ll say it again, I believe will be very good for us over the next few months. A very good player. - Cantwell has now scored 4 in 6. Phil is getting him back to his best. - Great to get Cortes straight in. I’m positive he will score plenty goals once he settles. Great to strengthen that position (hopefully). - Diomande is still to come! Hopefully a very good player. Meanwhile Celtic are going in the opposite direction. That's 7 points more than us they have now dropped since Phil came in.

A goal every 99 minutes in the league since Clement joined mid October.

Fabio Silva is a striker so can rotate with Dessers. We could certainly do with another for depth, but I would say the wide forward positions need it even more. As things stand, Matondo and Scott Wright will play often in the second half of the season.

Possibly. It’s also possible we bring him in to give him an easy 6 months of settling in, ready to compete for a place next season when Barisic moves on. Rather than taking him in with weeks to go until qualifiers.

That’s a good point. 3 changes is very prohibitive. I think it is incredibly unlikely we sell and replace Dessers at this point in the window, even less likely when it weakens our Euro squad.

Yes, 13 last.

Non-pen goals per 90 is a far better barometer, and he's in line with Dessers in the league this season (who barely even got started with us until Clement came in). Shankland has scored 15 penalties over this season and last and that makes a huge difference to his numbers. He's clearly hit a great run of form recently but there is literally no indication at all we are interested. The Silva signing pretty much sealed it for me because he will not have been cheap, his wages will be high and there was probably a fee too, and I never believed we would bring in two expensive strikers in one window.

That was fan generated nonsense by the way.

It isn’t really. All through January there’s been a massive clamour for Shankland among Rangers fans and every single one of them don’t seem to think Silva is a striker. Clement has signed him to play and I think it’s very unlikely he’ll play him out of position. Maybe left forward if needed, but he confirmed himself he signed him to play CF.

The Shankland fan club will never accept it but Silva is a striker and will play a major part in the rest of the season. He’s not prolific but he will score goals and bring quality to our front line.

I think we looked increasingly well coached, even though the quality is lacking at times. And I’m very hopeful Silva will have a very good few months with us. I think he adds a lot to the team.