Gallowgate Toon

Playground shit for him today.

Class. To be fair, he'd absolutely take the piss out of that league.

60 good minutes out of Bruno, Gordon, and Isak should put this game to bed, like.

Christ, that actually feels very sad to watch now. He obviously wasn't as good in the games after (although, he still had some good moments) but I had no doubts that he'd have been well adjusted by now and delivering that type of performance on a regular basis.

I thought we were the ones that sold our soul?

Word on the street is that Silverstone is a bit frustrated at the team he has at his disposal currently but we are incrementally improving that side of the club. On the flipside, the club (and industry) doesn't pay that well compared to alternatives so it's kind of their own fault

I'm pretty concerned about injury recurrence in a few of those players, like Some have also missed big stretches of gametime and will take a good few games to get up-to-speed too.

He is feeling more & more like a no-brainer at the minute, like. Used to having to play midfield on his own as well

Aye, as much as I'm desperate for us to make some signings, I can't help but feel the reward for it this season is paltry and the board would rather keep the powder dry. Winning the FA Cup and/or qualifying for one of the lesser European competitions isn't very lucrative. On the more optimistic flipside, similar to Gordon, they might view this window as a headstart for next season and will take a few punts.

He's not played for months & is likely conscious of his knee still, it's going to take him a few more games imo.

I care very little for the derby itself, mainly due to the fact that I seemingly never have to deal with mackems. I'll be much more pissed off to be out of a cup that we could actually win if conditions are right.

Said himself that he'd have ideally had a few more weeks to recover. He's never been mobile but he looked very, very immobile second half. I thought the shouts to play Tino LB were good but he was absolutely dreadful tonight on the right.

Not sure if there's a post on here or Tweet that already covers this but what's our supposed current FFP position? Feels like we've got the additional CL revenue coming in this season + new commercial avenues. Are we expected to have any additional wiggle room from that?

Not a dig but what can he actually do differently at the minute? We don't seem to be willingly sitting deep, it just seems to be happening naturally with the flow of games. Any tactical approach takes energy, teams press so well now that it's hard to just keep possession. The earlier away performances were much more controlled than we're seeing now.

He was class today but a lot were right at him

We know he can coach an excellent defensive unit, there are evidently other factors at play. Again, the club needs to back him quickly and get some positive momentum around the place.

Dubs

What a ball from Gordon.

Fucking hell

All over the shop from our own attack. Again.

Much better second half to that, tbf.

Bizarre decision

Getting undone by simple balls, offering very little going forward. Great.

Fucking maddening that it was such a simple pass after that great work.

Wilson is a massive problem now because there's just no respite in sight to the 'he gets injured/Isak gets injured' scenario. Now we're at a stage again where nobody can be subbed on for Isak. It's ridiculous. The club need to rectify this in January, not the summer. We're at real risk of doing longer term damage to Isak this way, imo.