Tyrant Posted February 4, 2016 Report Posted February 4, 2016 Well well. Some ambition shown to win a game deservedly rewarded with 3 pts. I said that 10 of the 11 starters were "in stone" but I would never have guessed that he would have gone 4-4-2 and put Church on. I thought he would have gone for Consi, I was wondering Flood but Derek was more ambitious than that. Totally against the run of play, Hayes scored a belter. Craig Gordon was slow to react but nothing detracts from the quality of the strike. When Church followed up with a second, it was dreamland. Celtic were very poor but still managed to dominate possession in the first half. They were very poor in the final third though and Brown didn't have any tough saves to make. What was most telling about the "champions-elect" was how mentally weak they were. Having been delivered a body blow and being on the wrong end of a flattering scoreline, they didn't fight hard enough nor believed they could wrestle back something out of the game. Tremendous individual performances right throughout our team. Only downside for me was McGinn but we expect him to be shite against them as he always is. Church reminded us what good strong CF's should be in terms of holding position. Made Rooney look ordinary even though Rooney's excellent goals record this season-to-date is far from ordinary. Shinnie immense. Logan made some crucial stops. Too many positives to mention. Loved it. The bit about Celtic not fighting back is definitely a quality that they've lost since MoN left. Even if we went 2-0 up against that team I would fully expect them to fight back for at least a point. Although I think their team was a lot better in that era. But I think you're being harsh on McGinn. He was full of effort and hassled Celtic when they had the ball and always looked to hurt them when he had the ball. He also assisted twice last season when we beat them 2-1. Quote
ayrshire_don74 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Posted February 4, 2016 Mcginn wasnt at the races 1st half and shat a few challenges, I reckon he had a couple of gs of ching at HT to sort himself out Quote
Tyrant Posted February 5, 2016 Report Posted February 5, 2016 Wonder whose idea it was for that show of solidarity towards the huddle. (Still can't find a decent picture of it!) Not something I've seen us do before but if we back it up during play I'm all for it. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted February 5, 2016 Report Posted February 5, 2016 Wonder whose idea it was for that show of solidarity towards the huddle. (Still can't find a decent picture of it!) Not something I've seen us do before but if we back it up during play I'm all for it. Looks like it was DM's. Had recorded the game as I wanted to see what Hans Gillhaus had to say and watched a bit of it last night - when the boys were doing that he was just staring at them, almost imploring them not to break. There is a photo of it doing the rounds taken from the RDS, it looks like the guys are linked by arms around shoulders, then at the end Reynolds and Shinnie are holding hands, quite cute... Quote
Jute Posted February 5, 2016 Report Posted February 5, 2016 Looks like it was DM's. Had recorded the game as I wanted to see what Hans Gillhaus had to say and watched a bit of it last night - when the boys were doing that he was just staring at them, almost imploring them not to break. There is a photo of it doing the rounds taken from the RDS, it looks like the guys are linked by arms around shoulders, then at the end Reynolds and Shinnie are holding hands, quite cute... Hope you had time to watch Walkers breakdown. Best bit of sports television in a long time. Quote
flooter Posted February 5, 2016 Report Posted February 5, 2016 Sill not seen that yet Found a link. Quote
tlg1903 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Posted February 5, 2016 Found a link. Thanks edit. That's highly entertaining, things must be grim for him to be calling a penalty and a red card against his beloved Celtic. Gillhaus kept the fire stoked nicely with his 'I've not seen scottish football in quite a while but aye, celtic are a bit pish eh?' rhetoric. Quote
Tyrant Posted February 10, 2016 Report Posted February 10, 2016 Thoroughly enjoyed that. Cheer up, Walker. I'm sure if Celtic stumble much more they'll get help from the officials to ensure they manage to stumble over the finish line. I'd say Hans has got the makings of a very decent pundit about him. Quote
Stewart Posted February 10, 2016 Report Posted February 10, 2016 This time last week I assumed the season would be pretty much over in 9 hours. I'm not enjoying all this optimism. Quote
rocket_scientist Posted February 10, 2016 Report Posted February 10, 2016 I'd say Hans has got the makings of a very decent pundit about him. I dunno about him as a pundit but there were rumours he may have been a paederast. Probably a load of shite but that's what was rumoured back in the day. Quote
Tyrant Posted February 10, 2016 Report Posted February 10, 2016 I dunno about him as a pundit but there were rumours he may have been a paederast. Probably a load of shite but that's what was rumoured back in the day. Was that around the time of that pumping (no pun intended) down at McDairmid Park? Quote
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