Scottish Football Thread - 2022/23

[GunnerGer]

We show up and win. We show up every week and score more goals. You remind me of us in the 90’s, no matter how much you raise your game, and you do against us, your problem, and why we are so much better, is you can’t keep it up week in week out. That’s why we are much better. Your game plan was to stop us playing, when the day comes, if ever, when you take us on, without your main objective is to stop us, then we can talk.

We knew you would be fired up, desperate to prevent a humiliating year. You can play a bit, but we can play a bit more, a big bit more, for all your vim and vigour today, where was that all season? Any **** can turn up a few games and give it their all, we do that every week. You don’t. Hatate was a gamble and it didn’t work, I agreed we had to start him, so we were a man down, you couldn’t capitalise on that. You created less on target chances to us, again. But crack on with thst delusion you are nearly on a par with us. Again Morelos and Kent were a fucking joke.

Your season has once again ended in abject failure. Accept that and if you stop with the embarrassing excuses, you will progress. Even Laudraup is sick of hearing talk from your players about what you’re going to do, then doing fuck all.

We will strengthen in the summer too remember. All I’ve read is you connected with free agents and guys who can’t get a game at the clubs they are at.

We both know that will solve fuck all, apart from guaranteeing us another run that could mean another generation of Gers fans see fuck all, silver wise until they can vote.

I certainly hope so.

We show up and win. We show up every week and score more goals. You remind me of us in the 90’s, no matter how much you raise your game, and you do against us, your problem, and why we are so much better, is you can’t keep it up week in week out. That’s why we are much better. Your game plan was to stop us playing, when the day comes, if ever, when you take us on, without your main objective is to stop us, then we can talk.

We knew you would be fired up, desperate to prevent a humiliating year. You can play a bit, but we can play a bit more, a big bit more, for all your vim and vigour today, where was that all season? Any **** can turn up a few games and give it their all, we do that every week. You don’t. Hatate was a gamble and it didn’t work, I agreed we had to start him, so we were a man down, you couldn’t capitalise on that. You created less on target chances to us, again. But crack on with thst delusion you are nearly on a par with us. Again Morelos and Kent were a fucking joke.

Your season has once again ended in abject failure. Accept that and if you stop with the embarrassing excuses, you will progress. Even Laudraup is sick of hearing talk from your players about what you’re going to do, then doing fuck all.

We will strengthen in the summer too remember. All I’ve read is you connected with free agents and guys who can’t get a game at the clubs they are at.

We both know that will solve fuck all, apart from guaranteeing us another run that could mean another generation of Gers fans see fuck all, silver wise until they can vote.

I certainly hope so.

Your reading my post wrong. We're shite. We know we are shite. This is a transition team, changed managers mid season, players out of contract that look as if they don't want to be there. And yeah, we know Morelos and Kent were a joke, that's 2 of the players we are talking about.

And you are decent. You deserve to win everything, because you are better than us. No-one is denying this fact.

However, judging by your games against a shite, transitioning Rangers, you aren't as good as you think you are. That's my point.

And my other point about the glass ceiling, is that we know you'll strengthen in the summer. But there's always a glass ceiling in Scotland, with the players we can attract, and the improvements we can make to our teams. That's why, unless it's mental circumstances, 1 team struggles to really pull away from the other, and why, we tend to get pumped in Europe at the biggest stage.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Rumours are that Beale has drafted in a cow’s arse and a banjo for Sakala to practice with tomorrow at training.

 

[blue_paul]

Your reading my post wrong. We're shite. We know we are shite. This is a transition team, changed managers mid season, players out of contract that look as if they don't want to be there. And yeah, we know Morelos and Kent were a joke, that's 2 of the players we are talking about.

And you are decent. You deserve to win everything, because you are better than us. No-one is denying this fact.

However, judging by your games against a shite, transitioning Rangers, you aren't as good as you think you are. That's my point.

And my other point about the glass ceiling, is that we know you'll strengthen in the summer. But there's always a glass ceiling in Scotland, with the players we can attract, and the improvements we can make to our teams. That's why, unless it's mental circumstances, 1 team struggles to really pull away from the other, and why, we tend to get pumped in Europe at the biggest stage.

Im a Celtic man but agree with most of this, especially the glass ceiling point.

 

[Magicpole]

Your reading my post wrong. We're shite. We know we are shite. This is a transition team, changed managers mid season, players out of contract that look as if they don't want to be there. And yeah, we know Morelos and Kent were a joke, that's 2 of the players we are talking about.

And you are decent. You deserve to win everything, because you are better than us. No-one is denying this fact.

However, judging by your games against a shite, transitioning Rangers, you aren't as good as you think you are. That's my point.

And my other point about the glass ceiling, is that we know you'll strengthen in the summer. But there's always a glass ceiling in Scotland, with the players we can attract, and the improvements we can make to our teams. That's why, unless it's mental circumstances, 1 team struggles to really pull away from the other, and why, we tend to get pumped in Europe at the biggest stage.

Games between us are tight as you try to stop us playing. Look at yesterday it was operation crowd out. That’s absolute fine and I said before the game we haven’t been right on firm with anybody for about five games. It happens, the resilience kicks in a the defence stand up, which is new territory for me to take in as we are more often than not utter shite defensively, I am sure you noticed.

You will be back and you will improve, I have no doubt about that. There may be Celtic fans who think your level of threat is waning, they are fucking mugs. Because I know only too well that we take our boot off your neck thinking that’s it, we will be put back on our fucking arse. I have been in the end of that scenario too often and the same with you thinking we were done. It never ends well in my experience, and that's bitter experience.

What’s your feeling on Beale, will he last until Christmas if we are ahead in the league next season?

 

[GunnerGer]

Games between us are tight as you try to stop us playing. Look at yesterday it was operation crowd out. That’s absolute fine and I said before the game we haven’t been right on firm with anybody for about five games. It happens, the resilience kicks in a the defence stand up, which is new territory for me to take in as we are more often than not utter shite defensively, I am sure you noticed.

You will be back and you will improve, I have no doubt about that. There may be Celtic fans who think your level of threat is waning, they are fucking mugs. Because I know only too well that we take our boot off your neck thinking that’s it, we will be put back on our fucking arse. I have been in the end of that scenario too often and the same with you thinking we were done. It never ends well in my experience, and that's bitter experience.

What’s your feeling on Beale, will he last until Christmas if we are ahead in the league next season?

Yeah, your defence and CCV in particular seems pretty solid in these games just now. In saying that, I don't think being against an off form Kent and an unfit Morelos challenges them that much. Unfortunately we've not many alternatives just now.

For your question about Beale, I think it depends on circumstances around it. I was arguing with 1 mentalist on the pub yesterday that wanted him sacked after yesterday's game. Everything is Black & White to these people, must beat Celtic or must go.

I actually think he's done a good job in the circumstances. He's had to take over mid season when we were a bit of a shambles, had to get us organised and get us doing the basics again, and just get us winning games, which he has by in large.

He's always going to be pissing against the wind somewhat with what he's inherited, and we know we need to improve, and for me that's mainly a team that needs to be better in both boxes.

I think there needs to be a realisation of what you are up against. You are a very good team domestically. You can compare it to being up against City in a way. If you guys are losing or drawing every few weeks and we are doing likewise and we are behind then yeah, I'd moan. But if you are winning every game and we are within a couple of points and winning most games then that's not as bad.

Ultimately, you and I know that results in Old Firm games will likely dictate any managers job, as that usually dictates the trophies at the end of the day. So he needs to try and eek out a win or 2 there.

 

[Magicpole]

Yeah, your defence and CCV in particular seems pretty solid in these games just now. In saying that, I don't think being against an off form Kent and an unfit Morelos challenges them that much. Unfortunately we've not many alternatives just now.

For your question about Beale, I think it depends on circumstances around it. I was arguing with 1 mentalist on the pub yesterday that wanted him sacked after yesterday's game. Everything is Black & White to these people, must beat Celtic or must go.

I actually think he's done a good job in the circumstances. He's had to take over mid season when we were a bit of a shambles, had to get us organised and get us doing the basics again, and just get us winning games, which he has by in large.

He's always going to be pissing against the wind somewhat with what he's inherited, and we know we need to improve, and for me that's mainly a team that needs to be better in both boxes.

I think there needs to be a realisation of what you are up against. You are a very good team domestically. You can compare it to being up against City in a way. If you guys are losing or drawing every few weeks and we are doing likewise and we are behind then yeah, I'd moan. But if you are winning every game and we are within a couple of points and winning most games then that's not as bad.

Ultimately, you and I know that results in Old Firm games will likely dictate any managers job, as that usually dictates the trophies at the end of the day. So he needs to try and eek out a win or 2 there.

I agree it’s far too soon to be thinking about Beale going, but, as we both know, you lose the support, who always want stuff done yesterday, and it’s a cauldron of gripes. He needs a chance to bring in players and he will live or die on his choices and how they fare against us. It’s a cruel game and even more so with us as second is not good enough.

 

[bennyboy]

Watched the highlights last night.
How did that Rangers player miss that open goal.
Falkirk had one just as bad in the other semi final as well.

 

[GunnerGer]

Watched the highlights last night.
How did that Rangers player miss that open goal.
Falkirk had one just as bad in the other semi final as well.

An absolute sitter benny, that move itself typifies the enigma that is Sakala in a nutshell.

 

[bennyboy]

An absolute sitter benny, that move itself typifies the enigma that is Sakala in a nutshell.

From the highlights and I watched the last league game Rangers were just as good as Celtic but I do not know if that is because Celtic under performed twice.
Still a lot of work needed for both to get a couple of wins in the Champions league next season.
In fact apart from the money both would have a better chance of going on a run in the UEFA Cup as Rangers have shown in the past.

 

[GunnerGer]

From the highlights and I watched the last league game Rangers were just as good as Celtic but I do not know if that is because Celtic under performed twice.
Still a lot of work needed for both to get a couple of wins in the Champions league next season.
In fact apart from the money both would have a better chance of going on a run in the UEFA Cup as Rangers have shown in the past.

Yeah, Celtic are a better team currently, but the difference in the games are Celtic have someone with the sharpness of Kyogo up front, and have an in form Carter-Vickers in defence that hasn't switched off in the same way Rangers did for the goal yesterday. That was schoolboy defending to switch off like that.