Neilson

[Zizou]

I'm getting a bit sick of this clown to be honest. Thinks he is far, Far better than he is. Clear game plan to sit behind the ball for 90 minutes and hope for the best.

How is king getting back in the team out of nowhere??? How is bauben anywhere near it?!! Juanma

Patience is honestly running out because we are better than this pish.

[Drederick Shanktum]

Love a partridge meltdown, needed more papish bastards but a solid 5.5/10

[Zizou]

Not a meltdown at all. Fucking sick of him chopping and changing and approaching games like we are playing against Real Madrid.

There's next to no football being playe either which seems to go unnoticed. Basically a shite Levein team.

[Hank Scorpio]

The constant changes are frustrating, especially when he changing the wrong players. Prince should be behind Gomis, Pallardo and, from what I've seen of him, Djoum. He has stated that he has a battle keeping his midfielders happy, but he should always play his strongest XI, and Jamie Walker should always be a part of that. Undoubtedly, Juanma has the ability to rip defences apart, but he is completely off the boil right now - leaving him on the bench could be the boot up the arse he needs.

Considering the last two full-time managers we have had, I'm not complaining at having Neilson at the helm, and our league position isn't too bad at all. He definitely needs to cut out the bullshit though.

[Dexter]

His tactics and style are pretty basic when you look at it - we're playing better teams, with better resources, so he's getting found out.  

My biggest gripe is his inability to actively manage tactics during a game and his insistence to persevere with something even when clearly, it's not working.

Oh, and his constant picking of pish players even though there are better ones left sitting on the bench.

We've fluked third place IMO, and it won't be long before the bubbles bursts.

[Sterling Archer]

It's more frustrating with Neilson because you know he should know better. He's not some goon like Locke without two brain cells to rub together.

Why he insists on this negativity in big games is beyond me. I wasn't expecting us to win but it's continuing a pattern. Think I saw last night that was his 13th game against Celtic, Aberdeen, Hibs or Rangers, how many good performances have we seen in those?

[Billy Butcher]

Last year he got a lot of praise for the 'horses for courses' outlook. The problem is that 1. You could put any mix of our squad out last season and we'd win because we were going up against pish teams. 2. His core was strong enough.

He is trying it again this season but the team needs more consistency and needs picked better. Also need to stop being shitebag against teams 'better' than us.

His core this season is some of worst performers - Alexander, Buaben and Juanma FFS.

[Shteve]

I said numerous times on KB last season and before this season that Alexander should have been phased out and a first team goalkeeper brought in, only to be met by 'he's the best keeper in Scotland behind Gordon' is he fuck, he's pish and a liability, i was watching through cracks in my fingers every time a ball was played back to him last night, think someone else mentioned on another thread that they haven't seen him save a shot this season, neither have i.

[Billy Butcher]

I said numerous times on KB last season and before this season that Alexander should have been phased out and a first team goalkeeper brought in, only to be met by 'he's the best keeper in Scotland behind Gordon' is he fuck, he's pish and a liability, i was watching through cracks in my fingers every time a ball was played back to him last night, think someone else mentioned on another thread that they haven't seen him save a shot this season, neither have i.

Made a very good save at the weekend there near the end of the game.

Isn't nearly dominant enough though.

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[Mr A]

Made a very good save at the weekend there near the end of the game.

Isn't nearly dominant enough though.

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He doesn't seem to know what he's doing with goal kicks either - think I counted 4 at the weekend going straight out of play. Tried his best to get caught in possession in the box a few times last night too.

He makes some decent saves but he is nowhere near being the complete package.

[Zizou]

I still think he'll do for this season but Hamilton needs some game time soon. Defence is looking solid now overall.

[beats]

I still think he'll do for this season but Hamilton needs some game time soon. Defence is looking solid now overall.

That's the one positive, we look solid at the back now. Just wish he would change the midfield and get Juanma to fuck as well.

[Hank Scorpio]

I'm not convinced by Hamilton from what I've seen of him. I'm hoping Neilson or Levein have something lined up for next season, as I can't see Alexander playing on after the summer.

[Walter Sobchak]

Defence is solid, and I include Alexander in that after a shaky few games a month ago, midfield 2 are exposed because we play with two, albeit hardworking, wingers, and 2 up top. It's really not as bad as it's being made out.

If we had played a bank of three, that might have worked, but would have sacrificed a winger. Folk are having a pop at King starting, then others having a go he was taken off as he was just getting into the swing of it. Seems like we are pushing celtic quite close, we can say oh but they could have scored a few in the first half at Parkhead, but then they didnt because we forced them into shots from distance and into offside positions. Definitely think we can take them at Christmas if we can look at last night and work on that performance.

Juanma, for a big guy who comes across as confident, seems like a confidence player. Neilson needs to start getting the best out of him, how he does that I'm not sure.

[Walter Sobchak]

^Sorry for the word salad but a few points to get across and really should go and do some work.

[Charlie Kelly]

It's quite clear Walker is carrying a knock, so that's why he's been bumped from the starting line up. I actually thought the game plan worked last night, it might have been a bit negative but without Griffiths scoring a great goal they had nothing. We created the best openings, we just failed to make anything of them.

Juanma's performances are an issue, but we seem to be lacking anyone else to play there with Sow. Reilly is definitely not the answer.

[Zizou]

How can a game plan work when you get beat?

In reality, it was only ever a matter of time before they took the lead. Due to the game plan.

[Charlie Kelly]

Well it worked up to a point, they'd had no shots on target up until their goal and we made the best chances. A moment of individual brilliance has killed us unfortunately.

I'm as disappointed as the next person but I saw positives last night in comparison with some of our other performances against Celtic recently. Really don't see the need for all the seethe.

[Walter Sobchak]

Aye, you can't legislate for the thumb skinning our defence sideways then rolling a ball past the keeper.

[audioslave]

I can't remember one time that Celtic passed their way through us/cut is open. It certainly wasn't backs to the wall for 90 minutes either.

King and Nicholson on those wings didn't work, obviously thought we'd get more change out of Sam running at Izzaguire. Was a night to forget for Billy. Pretty much nothing came off for him, couldn't get past a man and have possession away an awful lot.

The problem for me is that it looks more and more like Sow and Juanma starting together doesn't really work, or at least leaves us angling long balls to them which isn't a strong point for either of them. It also means inevitably one ends up drifting wide and isn't able to come back in to play off the shoulder of the other.

Need everyone back fit and to start being more ruthless with our starting 11.