IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

Lennon or Adams - what a feckin choice ?!!

Messi and Nessie ?

Rolled his ankle ma erse - on the box he was holding his knee and the latter hobble was clearly a knee injury. And to think that I got slated fer the comment. But at the end of the day this is as much, if not more, the responsibility of Warren as he must have declared himself fit. If he declared himself less than 100% then that is TB's fault. Cellic was always going to be a no win situation and the bottom line - and hindsight - is that he should not have been risked.

To play A.Shinnie or not is a big call and only TB can figure that out - it is all down to how he is training and what his attitude is - he can be the exact player that you need if your tactics are to defend and hit on the break.

Regularly Raven. Meekings Warren/Devine. G.Shinnie Ross. Draper. OTJ. Doran Foran. McKay

I think you mean Harris from Hilton on cocaine ?

Now that is what ya call intelligent debate. I concur with the Warren comments but raised concerns as to why he started or was not taken off earlier to save him for the last four games. Of course that decision would have been as much Warrens as TB'S but Ihope that it doesn't backfire as Warrens presence is a big plus factor. Good point about Meekings and a great tackle. I just felt that OTJ's head went down in the second half and not fer the first time this season. I also fel that Draper and OTJ is the better combination and if I was going to replace A.Shinnie I would throw Foran up front as McKay suffers without someone being more of the target man and only Foran provides that. Ross and Doran gives us more width and allows for interchange. If Doran went in to the hole then we would suffer out wide unless Pepper comes back in to consideration. And that was not the time for experimentation. Why not take on Ross and put him rite, Draper central and Foran up front. Our defence had two fledglings in it and it lost all shape. Rousing last paragraph which any ICT supporter, irrespective of their standards, would agree with but there will be an everlasting disappointment if we blow the last four games as we did the League Cup.

That is going to be an interesting dilemma for TB and you couldn't blame him for either sticking with him or benching him - For once that is in the realms of Terry and Mo only as they are in the best position to judge his psyche. The lad can be a match winner and then he can be as irritating as Bughtmaster.

Don't argue ya softie - debate. Stop being personal and give a rationale to challenge my criticism. You are not upsetting me and you never will - you are irritating me with your churlish avoidance. As Mao Tse Tung once said to me as we waited for a Chinese Takeaway - "Johndo, It is better to have high standards than low expectations" and then Ding Ling added "It is better to be feckin crazy with high standards than being boring Mr Average with low standards

I am going to take my flares,down some shots,make an ass of myself and conga across the beach at full time.

This isn't debating it is pure and utter whingeing and tedious personalised slagging. I have to agree that there have been many posters who have harboured overly high expectations and have criticised with no rationale. They bug me as much as the righteous who can only see just above average as their goals and are too scared to criticise AND who always look for the negativity in posts rather than taking in the whole picture. We have well exceeded the expectation levels held and aimed for at the start of the season. This season will end up being our best ever and successful. Perhaps that will suffice for some but I will always conclude that we blew a big opportunity to pick up silverware and I am nervy that we could blow the chance of an unbelievable place in Europe. My opinions are mine and probably bring about a reaction because they are thought out and rational in content - probably a happy clappers nightmare. This season is our most successful ever but it could still be an historical, unthought of and almost unbelievable - it could have been classed as sensational. Forgive me and some others for holding higher standards than others and having the temerity of passing opinion on a discussion forum. At least argue against the points and criticisms proffered rather than being a child throwing their rattle out of the pram.

I will be taking my flares and I will partake of a few shots.

We are still well in the driving seat and the number of draws witnessed this season has certainly been to our benefit - I suspect that as most teams are in a must not lose situation that there will be a few more draws yet - and we again can only benefit. The team that may pick up points is the Arabs as they can more or less relax and go fer it - hopefully starting next week !! "Our guys are honest pros and we dont exactly have a lot of reinforcements waiting in the wings to freshen things up. Again a personal opinion, but I for one want us all to get behind the guys in our final 4 matches and hopefully history will be made" - wholeheartedly agree and honest pros will hold their hands up to making mistakes and having a below average performance - and can take criticism when it is "deserved" - that is what makes them better players. "Do think you see the game differently on tv" - Yes it is a bit more appreciating from the head rather than the heart. You can evidently analyse more as coaches will do in retrospect and I suspect that a few bollickings were given yesterday. I have to concede, as I have alluded to before, that it was difficult passing judgement when we are playing at Parkdread in front of a full house baying fer a party. I thought that we were VERY solid and structured in the first half. But what I saw raised concerns over some issues that I have been worried about for a few games now. Reguero sometimes gives me the jips with his Continental punching - I really do think that Draper and Foran should interchange. Foran and McKay is a better combination. Andy Shinnie needs to give us a couple of performances to show why he is stepping up in class. I also think that OTJ and Draper is a better pairing. And the two "decisions" that worried me yesterday was 1) the decision to let Warren carry on when (seen on TV) he was practically asking to be hooked early doors on two separate occasions. 2) Don't understand why Ross never came on instead of Taylor. Alas I cannot see TB changing his system at this late stage and hopefully we will keep the main players intact, our defence remains as solid as it has been and we get BIG individual performances out of "bigger" individuals and wee Billy finds his shooting boots again.

Getting beat 4-1 on a ****** Tuesday night !!

OTJ did well enuff in the first half but I thought that his head went down when they scored. Foran simply does not have the stamina to play a whole game in central midfield. Draper is simply wasted out wide. This ain't slamming as this was always going to be a damage limitation affair - but why not feckin criticise as there are holes that need filling. Lets not all get into the lets be nothing but positive crap - cos if we do we will not be making more history this season.

I am taking my flares.

Lets just hope that the game was a feckin slap I the face - first half was as good as ya get but we feckin fell apart fer 15 minutes. That Doran goal may be SO important at the death. We never thought that we would get much out of a trip to Parkdread when they have a title party at stake but TB made some errors and it was a lot worse than it should have been. Still we now have a European place to fight for against at least three clubs that we should beat. Off to the chapel to pray.

That was ridiculous - what the feck are we playing at - tactics simply at their feckin worst - and we still go feckin forward !!

Not share why we are still going fer it as this is the time to try and shut up shop and stop any more goal damage.

And now we have Doran up front with McKay and no width. Great flick by Hooper but Taylor got skinned. May not be that important a game but that second half was a tactical disaster. Lets hope the adrenaline slows up and they start coasting.

Damage limitation - the goal difference is significant - this is a time when we don't want untried, inexperienced youngsters on the pitch and I am afraid that the introduction of Samaras ain't going to help.

Through Shinnie's legs but he never got tight snuff - losing Warren was a biggie and I cannot understand putting Taylor on fer Andy Shinnie !,

Losing Warren is a biggie plus our passing game has become a tad ragged. Unfortunately Cellic are being urged on by a mob who want to celebrate a title with a win - I would let them have the draw rite now !! Jesus ma tattoo is itchy !!

So what the feck has that got to do with the loyal fan core ?