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Not blaming tactics. Whatever tactics we pick we are just not good enough to compete with Celtic playing well. I’m

Banking a couple of postponed games??

Celtic home United away Aberdeen home and Rangers away. We will be doing very well if we are still in the top 6 after those games. Having said that we will then have 5 winnable games to get ourselves back into top 6 to fight for 4th spot. That’s not to say we won’t stay in top 6 thru these 4 games but it’s certainly a tough task. A point or 3 tomorrow would help.

I think the point is there are 5 teams breathing down our neck so probably a while before we seal anything.

Got the Luton game on but Campbell on the bench.

While it’s good that results are going our way and helping us stay in 4th it also means the league is compressing. I’d say, realistically that there are now 6 teams competing for 4th spot. Top 3 probably fixed and bottom 3 too far off. So middle 6 teams all in with a chance to end in 4th spot.

They are more skillful than us so we have to do what we can to reduce opportunities where they can use that skill. As some previous posts have mentioned i think that involves pressing high as a team, getting in their faces, being physical and pretty much getting stuck in about them like teams used to play in cup games back in the day. Attack their weakness at the back and see what we can get. The biggest risk I see with that approach is getting caught on the break. So no giving the ball away in midfield when we have most players ahead of the ball. Each player may be focused on the pressing, you can’t give them an easy out. When they do get out we need to delay any attacks. A game for 100% effort with all subs ready to go if/when players start to tire. I would also like to see us, at least on occasion, get all our players up the park quickly for a long ball after Kelly collects the ball. Normal is to saunter out but I’d like to see all the players sprint forward and Kelly clear the ball long. Should put us numbers up but if they actually get to ball first and play it back towards our goal then should result in offside. Can’t do that all the time but I’d like to see it now and again.

Love shortbread and quite partial to a wee glass or two of Aberlour

The sad thing is (for Scottish football) as shite as we are, nobody bar the old firm is really any better.

I assume Goss has been instructed to shoot from distance. Would have been nice if he practiced some beforehand.

Has Donnelly seen a ball before?

Pretty dreadful stuff from both teams so far

Probably playing a couple of players behind Shaw for when he gives the ball away

Lead the line?? There is no line.

He’s had a few chances of late and missed quite a few so hopefully things will start to even out and some of his chances will start ending up as goals.

Window ends midnight tonight?

I’m still undecided if it was deliberate pass back. At first I thought not but after seeing replays a few times I think it was deliberate. Kelly had plenty time to deal with it without picking it up. Unfortunately, We do need to be a bit more aware of the standard of referees and their inconsistency and try to avoid putting ourselves is situations where we fall victim to their inadequacies. I forget if it was last season or before but I recall our goalie getting penalized for 6 second rule. Haven’t seen one since. I do think it’s just a matter of time before a linesman calls handball on Kelly when he is distributing the ball from the box. Again, he doesn’t need to flirt with that issue. KVV needs to also grow a brain or he’s just going to pile up needless yellow cards.

Never pay much attention to pre and post match interviews. Are they really going to speak the truth? If they do they often get lambasted for that but if they spout the usual spiel they also get pelters. Fairly pointless exercise to my mind.

Oh, and Shaw looks slow even compared to the midfielders we already have.

I thought we played better than any of the previous 3 games but not making enough chances and so we need to take the ones we do make and somehow up our attacking threat. Still in 4th but obviously need to start picking up points to stay there

At least other results went our way

Terrible free kick

Not outplayed at all but once again self destruct

Yep.

KVV headed miss looks even worse from the angle looking up the pitch. Free header, really need to bury chances like that.