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Putting the lack of striking power aside for now, as that’s arguably been our hardest position to fill for a while, I agree entirely with your point about the midfield. I’d go as far as saying it’s a complete failure not to have had someone lined up and already in the building to replace at least one of those players. And don’t tell me that’s Willy Vogt. He’s more likely a Maswanhise replacement, but he looks pretty poor regardless.

It’s not the first time the club has got a stadium “upgrade” badly wrong in recent years.

Williams is a left-back and looks set to be first choice, given his experience and the fact we paid a fee for him. That suggests either Longelo is on his way out, or he’ll be pushed into a more advanced role on the left.

The order was decided by the draw, not by seeding. If we progress, the games will be: 6 August – Away at either HJK Helsinki or Coleraine 13 August – Home

The Well Society app has posted an injury update from the manager. My favourite part is Stama’s calf overuse injury. Quite impressive for someone who’s barely looked capable of overusing anything. We should be looking to cut our losses and pay St Mirren to take him off our hands.

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.