David Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 1:07 PM, MJC_mkII said: Sadly this. As a club we are scared of them both and this is something that has increased over the past twenty years and intensified since around 2010/2011. Far too often there seems to be this feeling around the club that we should just write these games off and if we escape with anything less than a three goal loss then it’s seen as some kind of moral victory. I honestly don’t believe we will see us beat either of them again for a long, long time, if ever. It's not about being scared, and more about the sheer gulf in finances, which leads to a severe gulf in quality. The increase you mention over the past twenty years coincides with both old firm sides, but mainly Celtic in recent years increasing the chasm between themselves and the other clubs financially. I'm sure there was a report or two in the media that highlighted that the gap between Celtic and most other premier league clubs is larger than the gap between Celtic and PSG. That should give us a little perspective. Funnily enough, when Celtic themselves have to play against a side such as PSG where the financial and quality gap is reversed they've been beaten by scores of 4-0, 7-1, and 5-0 in recent games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 4 3 3 with a makeshift defence, fear the worst but fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Our defence gives me the fears. Damage limitation today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Lamie is a big miss, hopefully we can keep it respectable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Any links? Hesgoal been dodgy for me lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkyred Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 1:28 PM, MJC_mkII said: Yes but the problem is that that mindset seeps from the stands into the club itself and thus many players and managers buy into it too. It is no coincidence, in my opinion, that our record against the Old Firm has gone downhill in the last two decades at the same time as the “punching above our weight” nonsense started coming out, in both forums like these and from figures closely linked to and who are now heavily involved with the running of the club. If you’ve got managers/players coming into the club then some of them are naturally going to pick up on such a mindset and I believe that’s why the likes of McGhee and McCall to name but two, saw us as this little tinpot outfit and had no problem with publicly disrespecting us, in McGhee’s case, and our capacity to bottle it in every ‘big’ game we played under McCall despite having a very good squad at the time. I don’t for one minute expect us to compete with either of them over the course of a season, but at the same time it is hugely frustrating seeing us frequently lose heavily to both of them, which is becoming more and more a regular occurrence. Finance is huge though and the gulf is only getting bigger. Look at our defence today and then their strength in midfield and attack. Outside of O’Donnell we’re looking at lower and none league players from down south. We can claim it’s about the attitude and mentality all we like but that back line does not possess a huge amount of quality in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Was Hart outside his box? I missed the replay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Are our players coached to mark the space? They're very good at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmac Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, GazzyB said: Was Hart outside his box? I missed the replay. Only half a yard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortonhallwell Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Kmac said: Only half a yard Need to be at least 3 yards before you'd get that type of decision at Parkhead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted December 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Kmac said: Only half a yard VAR would have seen it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZT_1886 Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Joe Hart boots Van Veen. Van Veen gets booked. Some things never change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 KVV with a stupid booking but if we had VAR that'd be a penalty on Watt. Every day of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Absolute nonsensical decision to book KvV for that. Yet again it’s a case of goalkeepers getting protection and the benefit of the doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 No chance guys, KVV has kicked the ball out the way intentionally while Hart is taking the free kick. KVV daft as usual and deserves the booking for intentionally stopping the free kick. It's moot coz it's a fuckin stonewall pen on Watt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, Mortonhallwell said: Need to be at least 3 yards before you'd get that type of decision at Parkhead. If they give those, Kelly would be conceding about 50% of his kicks from hand when he strays out his box. Glad to see we're not parking the bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZT_1886 Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 If it’s the other way around there’s no way Liam Kelly would’ve got away with taking a kick at one of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 What a save from Hart but we really should be ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretzel Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Great save by Kelly from a deflected Turnbull shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZT_1886 Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Turnbull showing all £3 million worth there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Fucking idiotic from Slattery there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretzel Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 1-0 Sellick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodo Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Slattery ffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Was hoping we'd get to half time on level terms, but it's not to be. How we come out in the next 15 minutes will determine how this goes, but I fear we'll do not too badly before losing another goal midway through the second half and possibly another late on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postiejim Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Predictable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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