Celtic away

[shedka]

If we're being honest here the 2 away games v Celtic could have been big scorelines. The 1st game Celtic hit the bar 3 times and missed countless sitters in the 6 yard box and even though they never created the same amount of chances yesterday we still had to count on luck and Benji keeping the score reasonable. We've done well v Huns though and really limited them chance wise compared to Celtic.

They have those chances every time they play at home against rest, we took the game to them in September and had chances, denied a pen and could have won it in the break at the end

Not only have we gone to Glasgow with gameplans and stuck to it abs been very organised, we have done so why weakened sides and been unlucky to lose the last two really

Can't remember when we have ever went to Glasgow to Ibrox or Celtic Park with makeshift sides and not been brushed aside even with better sides than now, under Levein and Houston we ish to go and draw regular but never when understrength and we were better then

That's credit to the coaches, manager and players, also shows they are committed and happy playing under him

[Chick A Saw]

We'd used all our subs, so taking Sporle off wasn't an option unfortunately.

Taking Sporle off or at least moving him away from a dangerous area and changing the shape was an option, just like earlier in the season. Really hate to think what further damage has been done to Sporle yesterday.

[tHeArAb]

Taking Sporle off or at least moving him away from a dangerous area and changing the shape was an option, just like earlier in the season. Really hate to think what further damage has been done to Sporle yesterday.

What would you have changed it to and with what personnel where?

[Chick A Saw]

What would you have changed it to and with what personnel where?

Sorry, no ma joab! But there didnt seem to be anything done to at least try and compensate for Nielsons cramp and Sporles injury.

Sporle off with an ice pack or him and Nielson out the danger zone and someone with fresh legs to try and match up to or at least hinder Doak.

[LSArab]

Words fail me at times! While its gutting that we lost that, it has to be accepted that the efforts that players put in come with their negatives, and im delighted to come away from Celtic Park with a 2-1 aggregate score from those 2 games.

3 things contributed to that goal.

McNulty and Pawlett not putting enough pressure on their defence and allowing Celtic 10 yards further up the park.
Sporle taking a knock and really should have been taken off.
Nielson taking a cramp in his leg and not being able to get off the ground.

The big point for me was lack of pressing at the goal. Pawlett is running away from the ball. Celtic players didn’t have anyone challenging them until they crossed the ball in

[arab777]

Anyone hazard a guess what Harkes was TRYING to achieve with that free kick outside the box?

Especially given Abada was lying horizontally under the wall to block any low shot.

[arab1970]

Especially given Abada was lying horizontally under the wall to block any low shot.

Harkes is just pish at striking a ball - end off. Yes he's scored a couple of goals but how many times have we seen him sclaff a shot ?

[shedka]

Definitely not pish at striking a ball, has had many a good strike in open play but definitely not a fk specialist, don't think Clark was on at the time though, Mulgrew obviously not there

[JUSTaway]

Definitely not pish at striking a ball, has had many a good strike in open play but definitely not a fk specialist, don't think Clark was on at the time though, Mulgrew obviously not there

When I saw the guys lined up at that free kick I was really hoping they would just blast it and hope for a deflection, no way Harkes was going to curl in round the wall from that close in, or from any distance for that matter.

[JUSTaway]

They have those chances every time they play at home against rest, we took the game to them in September and had chances, denied a pen and could have won it in the break at the end

Not only have we gone to Glasgow with gameplans and stuck to it abs been very organised, we have done so why weakened sides and been unlucky to lose the last two really

Can't remember when we have ever went to Glasgow to Ibrox or Celtic Park with makeshift sides and not been brushed aside even with better sides than now, under Levein and Houston we ish to go and draw regular but never when understrength and we were better then

That's credit to the coaches, manager and players, also shows they are committed and happy playing under him

Our defensive record in Glasgow has been really impressive this season, especially when you consider we've had defensive issues everytime we've been through there. Coaching team have had us really well set up, admittedly benefitted from some bad missed in the Celtic games. Big disappointment is if you said you would limit them to one goal each match, you would really be hoping for a better return than one point. With a some quality up front we definitely could have been nicking a win in these games.