14 Aug 2019 18:24:00
Well not commented for a while and to be honest most of what of what I have to say has been commented widely already. I think the loss was a culmination of what everyone is saying, which has created a perfect storm as you will. Poor tactics. Poor team selection. Poor signings. Poor board management. Poor scouting. The Romanians were no mugs but to me they were just average and there for the taking. We are so weak at full back it is unreal. We have a creaking captain who has lost a yard and to me echoes Roy Keane's last year at Man United. So talismanic for many years I fear he is going to decline rapidly over the next season. I honestly do not know what he was thinking handling it in the box. Bain was poor. The penality was pretty weak and his jelly hands just let it through him. Fine he can play a pass but if you can't keep the ball out the net effectively what is the point. Most technical player at the club in McGregor at left back? Come on. 10 million quid of signings benched. Really? Even sticking on Bayo at the end chasing the goal. What? Boy is probably one of the least match fit players in the team. Piss poor. I watched Lennon with his hands saying to settle. Fair enough but surely he should have been shouting and making tactical adjustments when we got our nose in front. Sitting a bit deeper, playing 4 at the back and hitting on the counter as the Romanians became more desperate for a goal. Can't always be swashbuckling hitting teams for 6 especially at champions League level. We have some good players but we also have positions overloaded with rubbish and positions that are as skeleton like as the hanging up in a biology class. We need a balanced squad that is flexible and can play a few formations, a starter and good back up for each position and a philosophy. At the moment I don't think Lennon has this and knows he wants to play. The danger men for the Romanians were on the wings so why we never played 4 at the back is beyond me. We played into their hands and got mugged off for it.

1.) 14 Aug 2019
14 Aug 2019 19:04:22
That cluj side were no better than a hearts or Aberdeen tbh.

2.) 14 Aug 2019
14 Aug 2019 20:44:04
Well said Amigo. Marco that's nonsense. They were a good side but ae should have qualified after taking a one all away draw to Parkhead.