OrlandoDon

All season it’s been central defense. Agree angus for ruby. Earlier in the season our mistakes weren’t being punished, now they are.

Morris for McGrath at ht, don’t think Jamie has touched the ball.

All too familiar central defensive blunder ffs.

Nice to see us back to ‘normal,’ our strongest 11 with the exception of mitov. Duk and morris impact subs. Said before that I don’t think clarkson and McGrath like this is great but it’s the best we have until we sign a legit left winger. 3-1 us, clarkson sokler duk

I remember being impressed with mason hancock and was surprised we let him leave. Still at airdrie??

What’s the injuries to Milne and Vinny??

My Xmas list has a full back who can play both sides, a left winger, and a center forward. If Santa really cares he’ll get us a stud of a central defender too.

Sorry to hear man. Really surprised about the tattoo policy, didn’t know they could do that….but I don’t know much.

Bubble definitely has burst, another poor performance. That’s 5 games in two weeks and our lack of squad depth is apparent. I was worried we’d lose that at the end when we pulled Milne and they got chances. We have to remember that it’s still many of the same players from a failing team. While it’s on the team, another game where we get absolutely nothing from our center forward. Also thought McGrath was non existent, don’t want us to continue with both him and clarkson at the same time. Duk got his assist and morris has to come in second half to similar effect. That helps us and works. He isn’t effective as a starter.

Devlin gets the much needed rest, good game to see what Milne can actually do!

Same with me here in the states with MLS and I’ve been here since the beginning of MLS, zero interest!! haven’t looked too hard but any info on the young winger we were loosely linked with in the summer? Did he stay there or move to Europe??

Would love to see Vinny get the start on the left and duk on the bench, topi right w McGrath at 10. Nisbet at 9 but losing interest in him. need the win, will take anything but I say we play well and 3-1. Goals from McGrath nisbet and I’ll go with mcgarry getting one too!

Really curious to how this window plays out, both coming and going. Not a great window, summer is the more opportunistic window obviously. JT surely now has a good feel for the squad and knows needs/wants, and that he can keep/move on. devlin will run himself into the ground. Didnt see the celtic game but he certainly tired against hearts, think it would be great if we can pick up a squad player who can play right and left back. Obviously Mackenzie staying/going is a factor there too. we’re weak in central defense, do we bring in a loanee, sign now, or wait until the summer? I think summer will be the answer and incoming from Scandinavia, and we continue to develop ruby and Molloy for now. We’re weak at left mid, plus McGrath may not stay even though he’s played 10 of late. Would be nice to bring in there, maybe a loanee as we did hoilet for the latter part of last season. up top is a concern, I’d prefer we sent nisbet back and tried to get another player in. Sokler and duk can play there too, topi possibly, but would be nice to get someone else there. plenty of fringe players can go if we get offers, but I am certainly thinking we may look to cash in duk and McGrath as we have options to them. Losing Mackenzie now would be a blow and I expect him to be with us until summer.

Other than duk id say that’s the best we have. I just think duk is a bench guy who comes on second half, like Morris. I’d even prefer Vinny starting there. nor sure what to expect. Celtic are a class above, can afford to rest players, and are cruising. Surely they are due a hiccup, why not tonight when we are not at our best…?

Shame leighton isn’t still at the club…

Arguably the third hardest ground to go to and as I said before, I expected a loss so 1-1 isn’t bad. And bigger picture, still an excellent season and clear second. But definitely our wobble and some players look tired. Celtic will come up fresh, curious to what 11 we field. thought Mcgarry was really poor the first 15 mins and gave the ball away almost every time. He looked nervous but I do credit the guy, he didn’t hide. With a little more determination too could have had a goal. Certainly hope to god jack is fit for Wednesday. Thought McDonald and Malloy were decent, no real errors. Devlin looked gassed. First game I think we looked weak off the bench. Topi is off form and I don’t think he gave us a boost, whereas I do believe morris is a good sub to make and worries opponents. I don’t think we could bring on anyone who would significantly change the game. Duk is back to the duk I’m happy to see leave. i agree it really has to be clarkson or McGrath, I don’t think it ultimately works with both. With polvara coming back I think it allows us to play shinnie sivert and palaversa together too, with Dante the natural central midfield sub. While I think morris is better off the bench, if JT is going to start him, why not topi left? Seen a few highlights of him playing left before. But hopefully a position we recruit for. was a game where sokler got little, not sure miovski would have made a difference.

Pretty painful watch. Think we scored our only shot on goal. That’s three games in a row now we’ve been pretty shit, and it’s Celtic next. Expected to lose today, especially after seeing the line up, and we looked god awful first 5 mins. we looked tired for much of that, as did hearts, although they were still better and more energetic. thought duk was poor again, palaversa did little, and I agree, we need a left winger, that’s not McGrath. While the service was shite, another game we have no number 9. didnt hear half time, whats mitov’s injury? Also think devlin is pretty beat up and running himself into the ground.

OOft. Interesting line up. Obviously trust Jimmy but tough game to make these changes. On the positive side he’s placing a challenge on squad players, good for him to have faith, but we know what they are capable of…concerningly. time will tell….but I’m not a fan of this line up.

I know what I want but not sure it will happen. I think we need a win to get back on track, I’d start shinnie palaversa and sivert, McGrath left and topi right. Morris and duk make an impact coming on second half. Sokler starting up top. sadly, I think our bubble has burst, 2-2. Sokler and shinnie.

Any injury update??

That’s a good question. Did we ever play Jensen (for a run of games) in the middle left of a back 4? Molloy’s comfortable on the ball but weak in the air, rather inexperienced and gets caught out of position, ruby isn’t the quickest and loses the head at times, what does Jensen bring? I was a little surprised he went on loan without really getting to know and prove himself to JT. Would rather have a look at him than Macdonald.

Agreed, we stick with it and hope they develop, no point in bringing in Macdonald as he comes with his own flaws. Until we sign someone better it’s who we have, but it’s certainly a learning on the job experience for both which will have bumps in the road.

The last one I also look at ruby, comes up late to win the long ball and doesn’t get there - pretty sure ruby should have sat back and let sivert or other mids win it. I’m really concerned about high balls down the middle, Malloy isn’t good in the air and ruby ‘a decision making is shaky.

Big time. My dad is here visiting and we watched the game, we discussed that and I said all season it’s been pish. Man to man and do your job

That’s two shit games now, said it many times, teams haven’t punished our mistakes during our run, now they are. Arguably the two easiest of a tough four game run, on the last two performances could be 1 point from 12 after Celtic at home and very close to the Huns. central defense is a growing concern, plus another game nisbet is crap. Topi poor again too. Clarkson is off form. Mitov not looking so impressive now either. got to fight through this, hearts away will be tough but need a win! Obviously a great season to date, hope we can stop the wobble.