jez1971

The damage this man is doing cannot be understated. Please leave now.

Never a free kick in the first place.

Sshh, you better not say it too loudly or the Clarke lovers will be after you. One of the best squads we've had in a long time and it's all going to go to dust with him at the helm.

I'm not disputing that he's at a so called top club. The point I'm making is that in my view he's pish.

How anyone thinks McTominay and Hanley are international footballers is beyond me. Yet another tactical masterclass from Clarke.

Good point and I think he underestimated them tbh. Just so frustrating when you think about how well we played against Denmark. At least the bulk of the squad are young enough to go again.

Agreed but the main point is that he started with the formation then it was too late. Much as I don't like McKenna he deserved to start that game. This playing people out of position mentality, particularly in such an important game created unnecessary additional pressure on the players in what was a no-win situation, given the opposition and heightened emotions involved.

Another tactical masterclass from Stevie. A poor man's Callum. At least wee Max will be chuffed. Never mind we can look to the Euros campaign so we can give more game time to the younger players like Marshalll. We should be getting rid of Clarke now; to get your tactics so wrong in a game of that magnitude reeks of tactical naievety as well as arrogance. He clearly bought into his own hype that Ukraine would be rusty, when actually we looked the jaded side throughout.

Gutted I'll be on holiday for this and the second leg is on my birthday so please Saints don't make it a birthday to forget!

Something's rotten in the state of McDiarmid. Only we could turn the joy and kudos of double cup winners into a team of desparate, joyless, and shambolic band of shitebags. The team has no soul or identity and quite frankly the fans deserve better. It's time to take a stand against the eye-bleeding, tactic-less shambles that we're witnessing. Callum and McLean will rightly take their place in the Saints hall of fame but please do the right thing and walk away while we still have some dignity.

Correct. Not buying into this "point gained" nonsense. They were there for the taking second half and Callum shat the bed and told them to go defensive when we could have pushed on to win that game. Ironic that the manager says the players showed courage, when the exact opposite came from him

Absolutely shocking, some players just going through the motions. Clueless in possession, pissing around at the back then resorting to the aimless long ball.

Utterly disgraceful performance.

What a lacklustre performance. No fight whatsoever although Celtic are so dangerous going forward. Midfield are passengers and all over the place at the back. Booth must have Giakoumakis on his Christmas card list as that's twice this season he's gifted him a goal. Awful.

Thought Mahon looked good when he came on, won't miss McCart if he's out, particularly these long balls to no-one. Can somebody tell me what Ciftci brings to the party? It's saying something when someone who comes on as a sub looks more knackered than the players who are being replaced. Fair play to the Hibs for their £5 initiative although it feels even paying that we were robbed.