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That would be a loss IMO. Waghorn should be in the starting XI. I know posters are saying Garner put in a good shift but I still dont see him doing the business week in week out.

Agree, I thought we were due to give someone a cuffing weeks ago but it just hasn't happened. As such Im happy with just getting 3 points in a game. Hearts will be interesting now they have lost Neilson, a good chance to give them a doing over.

Looking at his time at Liverpool with hindsight he is probably right that its the equivalent of Man Utd now. He went there after their domination period and couldn't win but a FA cup. You just wonder how long its going to take Man Utd to get over Ferguson. Cant see them waiting 26 years like Liverpool for a title but they didn't win a league for 26 years before Ferguson went there.

Nice win and its sweet to get one over Aberdeen. I just hope it wasn't a one off performance following Wednesday. Same again against Hearts please.

6 results out of 7, not to bad at all. Won 360 bucks out of it.

Why would you put Miller in midfield and that formation? Its nothing like how we should line up

Chelsea exposed Man Citys non defence. What a win for them. On to Arsenal....

How depressing is that. Halliday, Holt and Garner.

Come one the Teddys.......A reaction is a must today. Surely got to batter someone

John Brown is still embarrassing.

Well done Super Ally, what he does outside is up to him. Still a hero...but laudrup out done him in that stake.....

Agreed Steve but who else in the holding role??

Ok swap with McKay:thup:

Here's my tips for the weekend. Considering ive had a few decent returns lately of 650 and 580 bucks Im going to be putting a bet on a few games. Man City 1-1 Chelsea Palace 1-0 Southampton Stoke 2-0 Burnley Sunderland 1-0 Leicester Tottenham 4-0 Swansea West Brom 2-1 Watford West Ham 0-3 Arsenal Bournemouth 0-1 Liverpool Everton 1-1 Man Utd Middlesbrough 1-0 Hull

Big game today. The players owe the fans a performance. Good preview. Considering I went to school in Aberdeen I know the hatred is vile. I remember being spat on and kicked as a 15 year old coming out of Pittodrie after Rangers won there by grown ups...mind you I was giving it the full Gers songs in the wrong end if you like - A lot of Gers fans used to sit in Section F of the main stand. I would like to see this but no chance MW will pick it: Foderingham Hodson Senderos Hill Wallace Halliday Waghorn Forrester Windass O'Hallaran Miller

I want the players to do their talking on the pitch this Saturday. We are due a good performance with 3 points.

Wind up or not in the OP it may be a bit valid. (Although I think saying we could still win the league would have been a more obvious wind up merchant). Expectations this season were based on last seasons good football and a semi final where we played extremely well. Assumptions kicked in that because we had a bit of a cash injection and 50000 sell outs every week that we could straight away be top 2. But after a mass overhaul of the squad just 3-4 months ago it doesn't quite work like that. Now for me we could be easily sitting second place if we changed tactics - this IMO is the reason we aren't sitting 2nd, its our own issues which have been discussed this week i.e. the formation isn't right. There is no doubt that when every team in this league play us its their cup final and re-union with the Ex wife that they love to hate - therefore they up there game 20%. So yes we are going to find games more challenging, but I still think overall there isn't much between half the teams in the top flight compared to the Championship. We seemed to have a better relationship with the teams outwith the SPL and was welcomed all over the country expect for when Hibs and Hearts dropped in and possible St Mirren. I said at the start of the season while Europa League would have been financially welcomed this season it would have hampered our league position. Can you imagine the current performances in Europe then going from Thursday to Sunday? It would possibly have cost us a league position or two. So for me this season is about solidarity and improvements - something the management and players have to get right starting on Saturday against Aberdeen who haven't won at Ibrox in a quart of a century. Judgement will be at the end of the season. If we was sitting around 7th right now then alarm bells should be ringing, but two good wins in the next 8 days puts us in a nice position. Second should be the target now with 3rd probably acceptable should there not be a big gap between 3rd and 2nd. If we ever get the Ashley issue sorted then further funds would flood in and then you could start talking about budgets.

Agree with much of that. The best centre half pairing has to be Hill and Senderos. The latters confidence is shot after his debut but he has done much more in his career that Kiernan and Wilson who are going backwards. Senderos just needs a run of games and he can adapt just like Hill did who started poorly first few games but started to come good. Hodson, Senderos, Hill and Wallace may be what is required for a few games at the back.

No. I said promoting within worked when its from a winning team (i.e. Smith) but I agreed with the post that it wouldn't work from a failing side.

It can be different and set up like a 4-1-4-1 rather then 4-3-3 plus the personnel get shifted into positions that are more natural to them.

Walter Smith worked with a winning team but agree with when its failing.

Agree fully RE the change of system but Waghorn upfront for me. In a 4-5-1 Id like to see MOH on the right with McKay on the left then Forrester and Windass in the creative central roles. Alternatively MOH on the left and Waghorn on the right with Miller or Dodoo upfront. 3-5-2 isn't possible at the moment as I don't think we have 3 centre halves fit enough. You'd have to put Wallace in the 3 which takes him out of being the wing back.

You may have a point. He has done the opposite of what almost everyone in football does - have a challenging lifestyle and career first then the luxury of football after. As for Waghorn, Im baffled on this one and want to see him back in the team.

Well with Aberdeen and Hearts being the next 2 games that could be decisive. I think every Bear expects a huge reaction and performance on Saturday.

Its too early to be calling for the manager to go as he deserves a bit more time but I cant understand why he doesn't see the tactics need to change, that's concerning. He has to scrap this 4-3-3. Its to easy to play against when we don't have the right personnel. We have to switch to 4-1-4-1 or 4-4-2 (4-1-3-2). Even 3-5-2 would suit our squad better but this 4-3-3 doesn't work with square pegs round holes. He also has to let Tavernier off the leash going forward again.