wellfan

Premier Sports 1 at 17:45.

Gutted. That was a 1-1 at best, 1-2 at worst sort of game. They’re clearly streets ahead of us, but we didn’t deserve that final result. What can you do, though, when you’re up against a team like that, an appallingly biased referee and some utterly crazy VAR interventions?! Game over.

If AJ sets us up similarly to the Stenny game and the players perform as poorly as they did yesterday, we should expect to be embarrassed on Thursday. But if he sets us up as close to the Helsinki game as possible and those players reproduce that performance, I’d expect us to do well. No fear. Although I suspect yesterday’s embarrassment, coupled with the additional exertions of extra time on a plastic shithole, has taken the wind out of the sails of most of the players.

That’s on the manager and he needs to come out and own it.

Diabolical. The wrong starting XI and a disgraceful performance.

Nice assist from Fadinger.

The wrong starting XI, with several fringe players only playing themselves further towards the fringes. And it’s becoming increasingly apparent that we still need to sign a fit and functioning number 9. Lowry and Connelly the only real positives so far.

Some incredibly poor individual performances today. Except Connelly.

These pitches are absolutely garbage. That side, Stenny have turned up and we haven’t.

It is right. And Matty has plucked most of them out of the air.

We’re also a good side.

I see our referees continue to misapply the handball rule for Celtic.

It’s certainly starting to look like we’ve got another outstanding young manager and coach on our hands.

It has to be Said. Without a fit or effective number 9, he’s taken responsibility and done the business himself.

Yes, predominantly, although he can also play as a central or attacking midfielder. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-hodge/profil/spieler/503975

If only UEFA were as pedantic about the standard of pitches as they appear to be about stadium seating.

Moorman. An excellent signing.

Probably the worst performance I’ve seen at Fir Park in over a year, both from us and the ref. We look completely knackered, ponderous and with absolutely nothing up top. Maswanhise looks to be not only playing himself out of a big move but also onto the bench. We desperately need to sign a striker and a Slattery/Just replacement.

Paulsen. Credit where it’s due, especially in such an important game where he helped us come away with a much-needed draw at the very least.

I’ve got a feeling his sell-on clause could finally be the one that materially benefits us in a year or two.

I doubt Falkirk will be our ‘nemesis’ again this season. We should absolutely be giving them a doing tomorrow.

Job done. Time to hump them at Fir Park now.

Crap ref and an even worse pitch. We’re also struggling to get the ball up the park without Said. That said, Helsinki are pressing us well and making it much harder than we’ve faced in recent games.

We should fully expect more of the same this season from the SFA and its referees, if not worse. Even less accountability, more incompetence, and the same old arrogance. They’ve got away with it in front of the footballing world and simply doubled down. They’re beyond redemption now. It’s only a matter of time before one club, or a group of clubs, takes collective legal action against them.

Our settled midfield double pivot is Priestman and Fadinger. However, if we move to a 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1, then maybe Girdwood-Reich comes in to play that defensive midfield role.