We have our best opportunity yet to make a decent amount of progress on the field this year, and were WELL on the way to taking a point yesterday. Langfield let his team-mates down AND all the supporters. Did no one else notice that at the final whistle NONE of his team mates even approached him?? The club asked us to back them after the Rangers fiasco which we've done in huge numbers, but how long will it be before the long suffering support again say enough's enough when Clangers constantly gets the nod even when we know that inevitably, he's going to cost us points/ games?? I appreciate that everyone makes mistakes, but I have to say that despite having given Langfield the benefit of the doubt many times, his mistakes are far too frequent for the level he is playing at, and I'd have to say I agree with some of the posts on here asking why we'd let someone who was so blase about losing 9 goals to Celtic previously, back in goals yesterday?! Admittedly Jamie pulled off a couple of crackers yesterday also, however, when it came to it, he couldn't make the most basic of blocks.
One of the things that angered me have been the comments about the Defence yesterday. The defence yesterday was the most solid I have seen it at Celtic Park for many a year, yet we still see fit to criticise them?? What's that about?? I agree that their handling of the short corner that led to the goal was questionable, BUT the bottom line is that the goalkeeper forms the LAST line of defence, so in the event that the defence do fall short, then the goalie is there to finish the job. Definitely think that Brown has to be given the nod ahead of Clangers for the County game though. Longer term though, we need to be bringing someone in who can be moulded. My preference would be Michal Kula, he's the Polish keeper that was at Peterhead a few seasons ago and is currently playing in Cyprus. He's one who I think, under the influence of Leighton, be a solid keeper for us.
Overall though, a great deal of positives to take from yesterday I thought. Thought Naismith looked solid, and credit to him for coming through as much of the match as he did. He's one I feel who, once up to full match fitness is going to do well for us. Was fantastic to see Russell lead the team out yesterday too, and by no coincidence, Considine looked far more settled and much more solid in his role. Credit to Ryan Jack - 3 positions within the 90 mns yesterday and embraced every single one. His work rate was phenomenal. Thought also that Stephen Hughes played well yesterday. I still have some reservations about him but thought yesterday was def one of his better performances.