match thread (image) [FT] Celtic 4 - 0 Rangers

[Gonzo79 13,736]

6am.  As usual, I'm up with the lark when this lot are the opposition.  

 

No Surrender!

[gisabeer 409]

11 hours ago, buster. said:

McLaughlin

Tav

Goldson

Sands

Barisic

Lundstram

Davis

Arfield

Kent

Colak

Wright

 

 

Only two OF virgins, Sands and Colak. I reckon the big Croat won't be phased.

 

I wouldn't start Tillman, big risk it would pass him by. Better as an option off the bench.

 

If we are chasing game, Morelos could come on and play just behind Colak.

 

A fully firing Ryan Jack will be badly missed. The guy who is impersonating him is running in treacle. Shame, but he looks done.

 

Not optimistic tbh. I think we have more chance of a decent result in Amsterdam but tomorrow is far more important.

 

Give it your best shot lads, don't leave anything out there. I honestly don't care about Ajax if we can get win tomorrow.

Lawrence is a big loss.  I would have Jack next to lundstram and arfield or morelos in place of him.  Theres goals in the both of them.  Exactly what we need today.

 

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,493]

34 minutes ago, gisabeer said:

Lawrence is a big loss.  I would have Jack next to lundstram and arfield or morelos in place of him.  Theres goals in the both of them.  Exactly what we need today.

 

Airfield has to start IMO. He's our biggest goal threat after Colak and Tav. Kent seems to have forgotten where the goals are. 

 

---------- McLaughlin---------

-----Goldson-------Sands-----

Tav---------------------Barasic

-------Davis---Lundstram------

-------------Arfield-------------

Wright----------------------Kent

---------------Colak------------

 

Tillman is still too slow IMO. Davis and Arfield are warriors who knows these games well. 

 

Edited September 3, 2022 by BlackSocksRedTops

[Gonzo79 13,736]

Tillman is a big goal threat and should definitely start.  

   

Edited September 3, 2022 by Gonzo79

[DMAA 3,603]

11 hours ago, buster. said:

3 League games (the only ones that really matter in these campaigns with CL automatic qualification at stake)

 

The two that mattered: 2 defeats

The draw was no good to us

 

Tomorrow will tell us a lot about both teams. 

 

 

 

I wasn’t suggesting that the last two games are proof, however they are worth something, they are a good indication that maybe he has learned from previous defeats. Today is the big test of that of course. 

[DMAA 3,603]

1 hour ago, Gonzo79 said:

Tillman is a big goal threat and should definitely start.  

   

Undroppable for this game after PSV away

[alexscottislegend 2,090]

17 hours ago, Scott7 said:

One and the same, are they not?

While a Panty Clapper might be the worst of the lot.....

[buster. 4,808]

2 hours ago, gisabeer said:

Lawrence is a big loss.  I would have Jack next to lundstram and arfield or morelos in place of him.  Theres goals in the both of them.  Exactly what we need today.

 

Jack and Morelos should be two experienced, relative giants for us in this type of match.

But they aren't. Morelos might do something off the bench but really he should be at a level where he is starting and winning these types of matches for us, he could be that good.

 

It is a reflection of our squad that what you see or perceive looking at some of the names, isn't (in the here and now) what you'll get.

 

Davis is another. I would be tempted into playing him but you have that nagging doubt about energy and running levels in what will be a high intensity match. I see Arfield as a starter (Gio might well not) but again he's used more as a substitute these days.

 

We have lots of experience and ability. Perhaps, it can come to the fore today.

 

I'd also note that leaving everything out there, emptying the tank, etc. may leave us a little exposed for Amsterdam......but then I'd be happy enough with that if we could do the business today.

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2022 by buster.

[buster. 4,808]

1 hour ago, DMAA said:

I wasn’t suggesting that the last two games are proof, however they are worth something, they are a good indication that maybe he has learned from previous defeats. Today is the big test of that of course. 

OF managers often take time to get a feel for this fixture and establish a way to win them. When they do, they often have a decent run of results in them. SG was a case in point.

 

The fat Aussie was lucky in that Gerrard left just after he came in and he'd already got over his domestic teething problems with what turned out to be excellent summer recruitment after the implosion that went before him. 

 

Simply put, Gio needs to find the players/solution to what they'll throw at us, put his stamp on affairs and take the wind out of their sails. I'd suggest this needs to happen today or at the latest, the following OF League fixture at Ibrox (providing we can consistently beat provincial clubs up until that game).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2022 by buster.

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,493]

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

Tillman is a big goal threat and should definitely start.  

   

I like Tillman a lot but feel he is still too slow on the ball and takes too many touches. That won't work in today's game IMO. If he plays, I hope he proves me wrong.