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I agree. Willy Vogt.

That’s pretty much where I’m at. It’ll certainly remain that way without several more significant signings.

We should be selling, reinvesting in the future, growing sustainably, and playing entertaining football. Rinse and repeat.

I’m not judging him yet. I simply noted he was shite last night.

Willy Vogt was utter mince last night.

And last night confirmed it.

I prefer pragmatic honesty to pretending the sky is green. That said, it’s still far too early to tell with AJ.

That starting XI and bench suggests we’re massively short of first team players.

There’s no reason why the HB game shouldn’t be a sellout.

That’s a good move for Ox. He was never going to get a sniff here again, so I’m genuinely pleased for him.

I’ve previously accused the SFA of circling the wagons to protect their own whenever they’re faced with legitimate criticism. It’s a closed shop with zero accountability, so I expect nothing less. As for your bit weird comment, I’d say this: it’s not weird, it appears to be corruption.

That’s Watt away.

Presumably with Ronseal wood stain.

Utterly ridiculous. Presumably we'll now see almost every club, player and manager punished for what they say and do after matches. Unless, of course, they happen to be at Celtic.

I don’t need a dictionary. We’re discussing football, and I’m well aware of the difference between disappointment and disaster. I just happen to think an immediate UCL exit in these circumstances would be a disaster for our season. You’re free to disagree.

I suppose disaster is subjective here. For me, going out of the UCL at the first hurdle, given who we're playing and what this team achieved last season, would be a disaster. Especially as I think it would negatively colour the rest of the season before it's even begun.

Predictably, any hint of concern on this forum is dismissed with the usual pantwetting patter. I suppose that's easier for those with the self-awareness and critical faculties of a toddler than actually engaging with the points being made.

I’m afraid this season already has disaster written all over it for me.

True, but it feels different now because the bar has already been set so high for AJ after JBA and the team’s success last season.

Correct. But for some reason, it feels like we might be sleepwalking into them half-cocked.

I wasn’t thinking like this a week or two ago, but the negativity has started to creep in because of the lack of signings, the pre-season starting XIs, and reports of yet more injuries adding to our ever-increasing list of crocks and duds. If we go out of the UCL to HB without so much as a whimper, I’d say it’s game over for AJ before the league season has even started. It might not be entirely his fault, but the buck will stop with him. A defeat like that would be terminal, just as it was for Alexander after Sligo. That said, a busy week in the transfer market, both in and out, could quickly change the mood. The concern is that, even if it does, it’ll still leave little time for AJ to get his preferred XI ready for next Thursday.

McGhee, Hendry, Stama, and unfortunately McGinn should all be written off now, and replacements need to be identified quickly. We can’t be going into the HB game with the squad looking anything like it likely will in less than two weeks’ time.

I agree. We’ve set the mould in terms of style and approach. Top six and a cup run would be a success for Alfred.

With Ward and Welsh gone, McGinn injured, Watt, Just and JT all likely to leave, and Slattery already gone, that’s virtually the entire spine of JBA’s team dismantled. Anyone expecting Alfred to simply pick up where JBA left off is kidding themselves. That’s not to say he can’t be just as successful with the players who remain and whoever else comes in, but it won’t be the same. Last season may well prove to be an anomaly, although I hope I’m wrong.

Third season lucky, aye? Clearly it’s everyone and everything else’s fault that he’s been crap.