Shaka

I agree 100%

He wouldnt be anywhere near the starting 11 of any other premiership team, same with McGinlay and probably Grimshaw, tho to be fair Grimmy was decent tonite

THAT is the frustrating thing. We didnt get beat tonight, we threw that game away! We gave them 2 goals AND a red card out of nothing but stupidity. They are a better team than us, there is not 1 iota of doubt in that, however they were there for the taking! They werent superior in every aspect, they were streetwise and tidy on the ball with a couple decent players, they didnt have to try break us down, they sat there organized and we cut our own throats..... again!

Not sure who is worse, Lamie or McGinlay. Both are awful and will drag us down! Its made even worse that Gallagher has been utter shite this season. The way I see it, our signings have been terrible, we are a very poorly coached team and our "bigger" players (apart from Campbell) ie Gallagher, O'Donnell, Long seem to believe their own hype and need a shake.

We had nothing apart from a free header in the second half. The keppers only save was in the 93rd minute. We never pushed them at all. Dont get me wrong, we played ok in the first half, but they never broke sweat. Watt worked like fuck. Long can get to fuck tho, lazy moody waste of a jersey

You do realize none of the team you eulogize above are still there? They have got rid of all their best players. A chunk of their squad was apparently playing Israeli 2nd div in July! Yes they have SOME players better than ours and are overall a better team, but they are very ordinary, and never needed to get out of second gear tonight

McGinlay & Lamie are laughably bad. They are as poor as defenders get at our level. Gallagher was pathetic tonight and should be stripped of the captaincy. He's been poor all season but tonight was a new low. Its frightening how naive we are. Yet again we have opponents throwing themselves all over the place and yet we still push, pull and grapple. Never looked like scoring in a million years. Our tactics are that of a poor U15 team, pass the ball across the back 3, then one of them or the keeper launches a 50 yard diagonal at a wing back who is unable to win the ball. The 1 chance we do make and a so called international cant bury a free header from 5 yards. We are so badly coached its shocking. We cant defend crosses, defenders all over the shop, midfield movement non existant. Watt & Campbell are miles above the rest of our squad.

I think Declan is a fucking prick

And?

Lets face it. As of now, we are out! The likelihood of us scoring even one is practically zero the way we are playing just now. Unfortunately Hapoel do not have Joe Lewis in goal! With that being said, why dont we go for their throats from kick off? Get in their faces, get early attacking subs on and give them a fucking test. Id rather lose 4-0 doing that than 1-0 or 2-0 following the current gameplan

He did. Gallagher looked to be deeper acting as "cover"

For 42 mins we looked comfortable, without ever looking like scoring. Then Long with a stupid foul and our usual schoolboy defending kills us. We must score next to have any chance. Unfortunately I dont think we have it in us to do so, and we always run the risk of chucking a soft goal in at our end. Very frustrating

Watt hardly got "clattered" he left his body in to start with (nothing wrong wi that) then the lad tried to retaliate by running into him, but Watt stood his ground and had his elbow up. Both were at it there, yellow both is fine

That new contract MUST make him the best paid player in the club! Anything less is a piss take condidering his value to the team AND future transfer value

Aye ok

We will see soon enough, but I really rate him. He needs to go now, before he gets tainted by Robinsons garbage "methods"

Eh? I wanted him signed AND given a chance, then if he turned out good (which seemed the case in his short purple patch) our investment was protected. And how can you say Maguire, Semple or Cornelius "clearly arent good enough"? What basis do you have for this statement? Because the manager doesnt pick them? Remember this is a guy who gave his son a game in europe and he proceeded to make a cunt of it and throw away a penalty. A Manager who got rid of our 2 most influential players and leaders to replace them with nothing, who thinks Sherwin Seedorf is a fucking football player, and who had Liam Grimshaw as first name on his teamsheet for months! So forgive me if I dont fully trust his judgement With Crawford, he is 27 and has spent his career in the lower leagues. He got "his break" at Livvy last season in the top league, played less than half their games, got dumped and sent out on loan to us! Ive seen him play twice, he was ok but a bit anonymous at times in both games. Ive seen Maguire, Semple & Cornelius all play a few mins here and there and they have been ok/anonymous (although Maguire had a very good game v Celtic!, a higher calibre of team than Crawford has ever performed against) my point is that this looks like a panic signing and a slap in the face of our own players who have been waiting for a chance and are paid to be there in emergencies! What we need is a bit of quality. What we have signed is an average championship level midfielder on a panic loan.

Thats EXACTLY why we have Cornelius, Semple & Maguire in our squad, to provide backup. If we need to sign a player who cant cut it at SPL level (hense the reason he played half of Livvys games last season then got dumped from their first team squad and loaned out)to provide cover, then why are we wasting money paying the 3 players above? We'd be as well taking a grand and a half a week and burning it in the street outside Fir Park

That isnt the point tho. What is Barry Maguire doing at the club if the Manager has no intention of playing him? And how do You know that anyway? In most cameos he has looked pretty decent, but has never been given a chance. Its different if its a decent signing who can improve the team and build the club. But a panic loan for a Livingston reserve player is a slap in the face for guys who are actually contracted to our club and desperate for a chance to prove themselves

So a holding midfielder........ like Barry Maguire?

Really really poor signing. ANOTHER Livingston reserve? If I was Cornelius or Maguire Id be disgusted at that and be on the phone to my agent to engineer a move anywhere else. What a slap in the face for whats left of our Academy! Guess that also means Campbell is crocked?!

A remotely competent team would have a very good chance of beating that Israeli team. Unfortunately we are as far from Competent as you can be at the moment. Its bloody frustrating! Without doubt the best chance we will EVER have of progressing to a real glamour tie in Europe and we are doing all we can to completely fuck it

Both were 100% penalties, soft I agree but pens nowadays. Fucking amateurish that we have players who regularly get caught in those situations. The ref & pitch were poor excuses. That was a part time pub team who havent even started their season yet and our keeper has to pull off a huge save, then save 3 pens to get us through. They dominated us for 110 of the 120 minutes, yes it was agricultural football and yes they were cynical and diving all over the place, but we are so naive its scary! Our defending at set pieces is comical, our attacking threat at set pieces is non existant. Our defence is all over the place, midfield is an absolute shambles and attack so so poor. We have no shape or proper gameplan and some of the worst professional footballers Ive ever seen in our squad. It is a VERY poorly coached team and the squad looks to have a terrible attitude all round. Something needs to give, and soon

Eh?

Mugabe has been decent when long balls are fired at him and he can head it away, but to be wrong side of a fat part time pub striker and pull him down is unforgiveable. He is a decent backup option in a back 3, but like Lamie, never an SPL starter in a million years Maguire should start the next few games. There is no chance he can be any worse than the shite currently playing (and that includes our "Captain" who has been awful all season, as well as a terrible leader!)