Champions League Celtic v Kairat Almaty Wednesday August 20th kick off 8PM TNT Sports 1

442 it would be for me also. Let them worry about us next Tuesday. We better atone for that * show last night

 

That's good then, last thing id want is any "by" because stuff like.

 

Given our away form in Europe that is mental mental price.

I genuinely despise how I feel personally because that makes me want to get on the opposite, seems like the easiest money you could make betting on a Celtic game

 

Genuinely frustrated last night and was angry waking us this morning lol. The things Celtic do to you. I feel our opposition is similar to Scottish sides set up a low block and frustrate us. Are they any better than typical dross in our league. With their best player being injured and keeper possibly out I'm reserved but cautiously optimistic. Obviously we need a new game plan going over there. If we overrun Livingston early days hook our better players off and get ready for the long flight to Kazakhstan.

 

Our problem isn’t much to do with the opposition it’s ourselves we have such a lack of attacking threat. If we aren’t scoring goals it’s hard to see us going through as I can’t see us keep a clean sheet.

 

Not in Kazakhstan though.

 

There are similarities, mate. But I also speak German.

 

Even more reassuring, we can look to our stellar history of winning CL playoffs to settle the nerves.

I’m too depressed to actually check it but is it 2/3 we’ve * from the last ones we’ve had to play?

It’s that familiar feeling to me just now, I’ll not even be surprised if somehow Bitton’s at CB next week

 

Now my kill every * and burn the club down feelings are settling, I think we'll do these *. They'll come out to play a bit more, leaving us a little bit more space. Think we'll manage it tbh. Will be tight but they offered very little coming forward. Pressure doubles for everyone in this last game. No striker, * keeper. Let's do it. Ralston 97th minute header incoming again.

 

Read somewhere that this mobs first team keeper will be out for the return leg … Which might be a good thing if Idah doesn’t start

 

Their wonder kid is suspended as well. Just a pity we have no threat going forward.

 

To be fair we scored 4 goals away to Dortmund, Bayern and Aston Villa and kept clean sheets away to Atalanta and Dinamo Zagreb last season.

This team are utter pish compared to any of them. To put it into perspective Dinamo Zagreb have played Astana 4 times in Europe in the last 2 years and won by a 13-1 aggregate score. They won all 4 games, the two home games 5-1 and 4-0 and two away games 2-0.

Theres a good chance we could play this team 6 times and they might not score a goal against us. Our problem will be scoring goals though but we shouldn't be conceding to them.

 

It says a lot when I think Yang should probably start ahead of Idah and put Maeda through the middle …. Idahs just a man down now tbh.

 

I am level headed & always give a player time but I've lost patience with Idah weeks ago. Just don't see how he can improve, his weaknesses should be his strengths in terms of physicality & he has no technical ability at all.

 

Hes very good as a last 10 minutes, throw everything at it so he doesn't need to think type of player. Thats when he's always scored his goals. Hes not a starter, he's no football IQ.

 

Aye I agree sadly … the most worst part for me really is that I feel there’s a total lack of effort from the guy at times … the other night he made 1 run down the channel to stretch the game and that was it.

And if the argument is that he’s a target man type of striker, he’s 6ft 3 with questionable aerial ability, a total inability to link the game or hold the ball up too. Maeda was through the middle for 2mins and done all of those things more than Idah had in the entire season so far.

 

It's frustrating as he has all the attributes to be a top striker in terms of physicality (Suites the Premier League module for a striker). He just seems to have no confidence for whatever reasons.