MarbellaDEE Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Just now, Albertlegend said: Is there any point even playing these games anymore, if all the teams just took a 3-0 forfeit would they be any worse off??? Was thinking the same. The whole thing is so so stale. Celtic had 80% possession away from home when I turned it off. It’s not a competition, no matter how big the hilarious title celebrations are each year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 HT 0-2 Yeah grim stuff, probably end up 4 or 5. We aren’t at it, again. Keeper playing well thankfully, he’s saving us from an embarrassment, so far. Boring. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stressball Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Very comfortable so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Bo Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 The only positive from that is it's only 2 and not 5. Richard Taylor the only one that gets pass marks from me. I've said it before that Balcombe is really good in 1 on 1 situations. Jury's out on nearly everything else 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 1 minute ago, Albertlegend said: Is there any point even playing these games anymore, if all the teams just took a 3-0 forfeit would they be any worse off??? It's been discussed a million times, but @Monkey Tennis had it best when declaring that the 10 sacrificial lambs should all agree to play the youngest, most out of their depth XI each time they play the OF, thus rendering the matches unwatchable and highlighting the grotesque imbalance in resources. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 3 minutes ago, MarbellaDEE said: Was thinking the same. The whole thing is so so stale. Celtic had 80% possession away from home when I turned it off. It’s not a competition, no matter how big the hilarious title celebrations are each year. I was thinking the same tbh. This is not even remotely a contest, and it will be the same in 90% of their games this season. Why bother? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Just now, Ranaldo Bairn said: It's been discussed a million times, but @Monkey Tennis had it best when declaring that the 10 sacrificial lambs should all agree to play the youngest, most out of their depth XI each time they play the OF, thus rendering the matches unwatchable and highlighting the grotesque imbalance in resources. In fairness, we played our first team against them a couple of years back and still lost 9-0... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Just now, Sarto Mutiny said: In fairness, we played our first team against them a couple of years back and still lost 9-0... Imagine 8 to 12 goal wins every week. For both of them. Sky and the SPFL would be in their ear and they'd be around the table begging to discuss things within 6 weeks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stressball Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Reading a few of the comments, I don’t see what the keeper could have done about either of those goals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcginns Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 We're not doing ourselves any favours...awful when we get the ball, decision making all over the shop, giving the ball away at throw-ins etc. Sadly it's just a case of keeping the score line respectable now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Celtic losing their best player for £30m and then planning on poaching our best player and captain for around £1m to warm the bench for whomever replaces O'Riley and then complaining that they simply can't play U21s without the introduction of B teams at a higher level whilst teams like Dundee can and then having the audacity to blame the rest of the league for them not being competitive in Europe is f**king bold. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW saint Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Just now, stressball said: Reading a few of the comments, I don’t see what the keeper could have done about either of those goals. Spot on. He had no chance with either. His distribution on the other hand has been poor. Cant fault him overall as his team mates with the exception of Taylor have been worse 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 3 minutes ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: Imagine 8 to 12 goal wins every week. For both of them. Sky and the SPFL would be in their ear and they'd be around the table begging to discuss things within 6 weeks. I genuinely don't think the majority of OF fans would have even the slightest issue with this. They get off on watching their massively resourced teams duff up diddy teams. It's their raison d'etre. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 8 minutes ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: It's been discussed a million times, but @Monkey Tennis had it best when declaring that the 10 sacrificial lambs should all agree to play the youngest, most out of their depth XI each time they play the OF, thus rendering the matches unwatchable and highlighting the grotesque imbalance in resources. Weirdly we did that in the post-Covid season and got a 0-0 draw. Rangers fans had meltdown because we played kids: Celtic fans had meltdown because we got a point. Good times, tbh. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 3 minutes ago, Sarto Mutiny said: I genuinely don't think the majority of OF fans would have even the slightest issue with this. They get off on watching their massively resourced teams duff up diddy teams. It's their raison d'etre. 2 minutes ago, Coventry Saint said: Weirdly we did that in the post-Covid season and got a 0-0 draw. Rangers fans had meltdown because we played kids: Celtic fans had meltdown because we got a point. Good times, tbh. Oh well. Just carry on as we are then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tam the bud Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Surely the easiest way to earn loads of money in Scotland is to be the Celtic keeper when playing league games. Good to see the manager doing the sensible thing with Goric. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 In fairness, I do recall a St Mirren v Celtic game in 1986 that was significantly less competitive than this 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Mohawk ballboy at it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Keep thinking there's kids shouting in the street outside and it's some wee bams yelling in the stands, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie67 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Taylor has been outstanding for St.Mirren 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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