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Honestly if that’s not a dive then what is. A free pass to cheaters.

Looks really good from the videos. Israeli league seems good value.

My front three would be Roofe and Naismith behind Jelavic. All goalscorers.

Surprised at some comments. I think we are a better team today. Walter’s abilities played a large part in our success at that time. Naismith and Jelavic go straight into our starting lineup today imo, I wouldn’t swap anyone else.

That game was a lot like St Mirren, we just couldn’t control it. They pressed us relentlessly at times so we can’t complain that they didn’t come out. The surface is terrible but we didn’t have that excuse at St Mirren. Jack and Davis looked a big miss, though it is probably oversimplifying things to say starting them would have resulted in a different outcome. Going forward I thought Itten did well and was probably our best outfield performer bar Jack but he was feeding off scraps. Hagi struggled to make an impact but he shouldn’t have been hooked, his style of play is less impacted by the surface than Kent. Kent tried but his end product wasn’t there, another good chance missed. Roofe wasn’t on for long but still looked like he needs to recover some fitness. For the goal we conceded I actually thought my main man Helander was primarily responsible. Tavernier didn’t need to close a man down so far up the pitch, Davis should have spotted the danger sooner and got goal-side and Aribo should have been goalside of his man too (who scored) but I think Helander (and Barisic too) panicked a bit as he was caught ball watching and lost his man altogether for the cross. When the ball left the boy’s foot I think Goldson, Helander and Barisic were more or less within touching distance of each other and Hamilton’s player was in acres of space in the box. That wouldn’t have happened if it was earlier in the game, I think they panicked a bit and lost focus. There is obviously no reason to panic. Wright will be a good addition, Jack and Roofe are getting back up to speed and Arfield will be back soon too. But it is true that we haven’t recovered our form of Aug-Nov for whatever reason.

Between Aribo and Hagi for me. I thought Aribo was probably the most creative player and was very important in what we did well. I thought Jack was good throughout too. Ultimately it goes to Hagi though for an outstanding goal in a game that might have otherwise ended goalless.

Even when I have seen the full game I often watch the extended highlights as they show you where our actual chances in the game came from.

I agree. But I don’t think @der Berliner‘s comment was overly critical, just a comment that he wasn’t involved much and someone else should have been brought on earlier. I didn’t see the game, but from extended highlights on Sportscene it I just commented that it did seem he might have had a point in that regard. Kent’s best performances are in games where the game is a little bit more stretched. I made a point of praising his performances at Aberdeen and Hibs recently due to the fact I can be seen as being constantly critical of him which I amn’t. I would prefer more of a horses for courses approach at times, but we are cruising to the title so there really isn’t room for much criticism at the moment.

I’ve only got the highlights to go on but it seems that Aribo had a big impact and Hagi and Jack were very good too. That goal from Hagi has been coming, he is the only players who really provides a goal threat from distance. It seemed from the highlights that Roofe was a bit off the pace, he is still regaining fitness of course. I think Kent featured in the highlights once and it was a bad miss at the beginning so although I’ve no doubt he worked hard as always it seems @der Berlinerwasn’t far wrong regarding him not having done much. Deep lying defences at Ibrox do not suit his style of play imo. Another game ticked off and crucial game time for Jack and Roofe so a very good night.

Truly staggering stat

Hagi! ?

Aribo preferred to Kamara for this one. I would expect Kamara would step in for Hamilton away in a few days’ time. Good to see Hagi get a start though. Itten unlucky but hopefully he comes on early.

They need tested before joining the team and Simpson was later getting his test done.

Even the little things we have done there are impressive. Two very promising players signed on contracts despite interest from other clubs (both players proving wrong some fans who never seem to stop talking about their Celtic supporting backgrounds). Kai Kennedy taken away from a struggling ICT side where he wasn’t appreciated enough and sent to Raith Rovers who are challenging for promotion and where he has made a flying start and for the first time this season getting a full 90 minutes every game. Exactly the same with Josh McPake, taken away from a Morton side who aren’t doing well and didn’t fully appreciate him and sent to the Harrogate in the English League 2 where he is also getting a full 90 minutes for the first time this season and by all accounts getting rave reviews. Hopefully he shows there that he deserves to play at a much higher level than that. We are actively engaged in and managing the situation of our young players.

I honestly think we won a watch getting Helander for £3.5m. Even if we sold him for double that we would really struggle to find a player of his quality for that money. He’s a player I hope just stays here for a very long time.

Balogun is right footed? I expect the plan to be Goldson and Balogun for the right side and Helander and Simpson for the left side. It would be a huge ask to expect Katic to come in after a season out with an ACL injury and to expect him to perform at an elite level. I hope he will be loaned out somewhere where he will play every game and we can then assess how he is doing when Balogun’s deal is up at the end of next season. I do agree with @Rousseau though, I don’t think he will make it with us but if he did well on loan he could make us some money.

That window couldn’t have gone much better. Well done to Wilson and his team.

Both squad players but Barker and Jones are known entities whereas Wright possibly has more potential. I liked Edmundson to be honest and I hope he can prove himself at Derby.

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Barjonas, Barker, Jones, Middleton and Edmundson out with Simpson and Wright coming in would be a really good window in the circumstances.

How’re you doing @Rousseau?

They’ve now dropped the same number of points as we did last season, having played 5 fewer games.

Celtic end the day closer in the table to St Mirren than to Rangers. And St Mirren have a game in hand too.

The Shane Duffy thread on Kerrydale is hilarious. I just can’t believe how the mistakes have just kept coming.

7th game would be Parkhead, although people had been saying we could only win it at Parkhead if we both didn’t drop points till then. Not sure if I’m missing something.