[Matchday] Dundee United Vs Celtic. Sat 22nd Aug, 17.30 KO, Live On Sky Sports Football

That wee * should be nowhere near our games. Yesterday was a joke.

 

Elhamed should be a regular starter. Defensively as good if not better than anyone else at the club and better going forward than he is given credit for. I like Frimpong but Elhamed is a better all-round player.

 

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We were a lot better 2nd half which, to be fair, wasn't hard, but why not start the game with that drive and urgency? We basically wasted a half of football walking about, being sloppy and displaying a total lack of desire. Ntcham had a real chance to cement himself a place in the team yet, as is usually the case with him, he doesn't do it when we really need him to. He did little of note, especially 1st half. The team at the minute is far too sluggish and predictable, we really need someone who can create something in the centre of the field so we don't just end up going side-to-side, side-to-side like we have the last few matches. What we have seen from the opposition in our last 2 league games is basically going to be the blueprint for nearly every domestic game we play for the foreseeable future, we need to mix things up a bit and, more importantly, play with a good quick tempo and high intensity otherwise tight, tense matches are going to become commonplace.

 

Although it was a late and scrappy winner I wasn't worried that it was going to come yesterday. I thought we were playing decently enough and creating opportunities but they just weren't going in.

In the game against Killlie I felt completely different. I never thought we looked like scoring late on that day.

 

Got the 3 points at least. Hopefully lenny will stop * about now.

 

We are going to have many days like yesterday throughout this long arduous season.

We can’t crush everyone 5-1 and the pressure, thanks to Bolingoli’s Spanish * Sojourn, is enormous and the team know they can’t slip up again. We still have to get up to speed as we are two weeks behind. We will get better.

As for that pig snouted daddy‘s boy * * Dallas? He looks as though he is permanently smelling his mums farts with the sound effects in his microphone. He’s a biased wee *.

Another pathetic refereeing display. To take one for the team I’d two foot lunge the * at a corner and cripple him. That would keep him out for a while.

 

Thats exactly why he was , I imagine him and cheating Beaton will get the majority of our games this season

 

352 lenny please for * sake.HH

 

Agree with this, I think we look like how we were playing last December where we were getting results but looked sluggish.

I don’t know if this is due to the lay off when the boys are used to playing regularly with a strange preseason set up.

Agree with the point on Ntcham, he wasn’t the worst yesterday but didn’t do much of note, CalMac is another who I feel this formation and personnel is not suiting him. He is virtually anonymous for long spells of the game except for some square passing, we either need to get him further forward with a bit more freedom or drop Brown and give him the role of dictating the game from deep. He is one of our most talented players but I feel is wasted at the moment. Both he and Ntcham are better in a 3-5-2.

We can criticise Christie but he was one of the few that looked like making something happen. This time last year all those shots and passes that are just missing their target or being saved were going in, I think it is fine margins at the moment for him. He does need to take a bit better care in possession right enough.

Also although Ajeti is not fully fit you can see when he got on that it freed up some space for Eddy while having someone still in the box. Two up top has to be the way forward. I also wouldn’t mind bringing in a Toney or another first team ready striker, to allow variety and keep teams guessing.

At the moment there is something missing from our play Ely, has been pretty poor with the exception of the Game during the week and I wonder if he is perhaps best kept for home games where there is more space.

Alternatively I think he suffers from the lack of a good overlapping left back. I said to my dad yesterday, the way he comes in reminds me of early Commons where we had Izzy to bomb beyond him. We need someone who can play like that outside Ely. It will also be good to get MJ back as he has that ability to beat players with pace and trickery.

If Rogic is to go, getting someone in who has that bit of magic and can create would give us a different option in games like Killie and yesterday. Not sure who right enough it might even be a veteran player, that doesn’t play or start all the time but has that bit of class to come on and change a game.

Ultimately I think we have a squad with a lot of good players but between some being out of favour and others being similar or unproven and not getting a chance we need a few additions to keep teams guessing and give them something more to think about.

 

100%. The two games were and felt totally different.

We could've played another 90mins and not scored against Killie. Yesterday just felt like a question of 'when', not 'if'.

People complaining about yesterday clearly didn't watch the Killie game.

 

There were 2 blatant as * decisions totally air brushed over , 1 being a clear and blatant foul on cal mac from a 2 player challenge am sure , and pulling back a free kick deep in our area ,taken quickly and put us in a good attacking position ,along wae all the other stuff mentioned .

 

3 points but the team look rusty still due to the 2 week break.
I think du were a good challenge for us, pressed from the front well enough, they will do well this season.

A win and a clean sheet onwards and upwards HH

 

How many corners did we get?
And all were pathetic. From delivery, starting positions to attacking the ball-and this has been an issue for years.

 

I actually thought Dundee United were pretty decent. They sat back, but they posed a threat when going forward.

However, what stood out was the corners. Corner after corner was wasted. For a team that will naturally get the most corners in this division, that needs sorting.

 

You can hear Broony shouting "Odsonne! ODSONNE! * PASS IT YOU!" Just before Ajeti scores

 

I’ve said it before on here, I don’t understand why we don’t employ a “play” coach. Similar to what is done in American football and basketball where specific, choreographed routines are planned out and executed. Ok not all set pieces would result in a goal but at least it’s better than punting the ball in hoping fir the best.
A carefully organised block, run or diversion is something we should be utilising.
Could be the difference in stuffy games and in Europe.


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That's hilarious hahahaha.