I know Ange was great but it’s a pity we missed out on Howe as we would have got a Director Football structure with Howe. We need a complete clear out of football operations. Maybe losing the league will wake DD up and he will get real and recognise that the whole operation needs upgraded.

Knutsen success has been built on back of a long-term strategy and team collective with a director of football. Not sure how successful he would be under the autocratic Dermot Desmond who controls the amount we bid for any player above £3 million and insists Kennedy/Strachan have a coaching role.

Just when you thought the Dermot and Nicholson show couldn’t embarrass our club anymore in this transfer window.

Well run is subjective and depends on who you are benchmarking yourself against. If your benchmark is Sevco then pretty much every club is well-run. However, if we benchmark ourselves against comparable clubs in Europe we are not good.

If Brendan wants him then they should get this done. It would allow Inamura to go out on loan and play. Doesn’t feel like Brendan will give Inamura much time and he needs to play.

Depends. What analytical framework do they have to determine value? If it’s just Dermot/CEO’s view that is amateur hour. If the CEO can’t invest the money we have any better than depositing it in the bank he should be fired. We have wasted millions in £1 to 3m project players that never contribute.

The lack of creativity in the team was shocking. Shows how bad we will be if Reo goes as we are constantly going to be up against a low block. Cost us not getting a replacement for Kyogo as Idah and Kenny are both not good enough.

Agreed. This has been brutal. Bernardo and Cowan not good enough. Subbing Engels and leaving on Bernardo was baffling

Agreed. Not convinced McGregor would have made a difference, he didn’t at Ibrox. We should have expected their tactics and been able to deal with those tactics in first half but that’s the last two games against them when we have been outplayed.

We have money just not willing to pay current prices. Biggest games will be start of next season to qualify for Champions League as Europa is huge drop in cash. Getting striker now would have increased our chances. If Kvistgaarden was the target should have paid the price, hope it doesn’t cost us.

Contributed a lot more than Idah.

Agree. Class player and if numbers work sign him up. We only have a chance of getting him because he wants to come home. Will improve first team and he will add to team leadership.

Agreed. We didn’t learn from Fraser Foster league cup final and disaster followed a year later. Two terrible games against them suggests we got tactics wrong. Expect Young Boys coaches will have been watching..
Scales needs dropped.

Palma needs to be sold. Yang needs to be sold or go out on loan. Both of our strikers are out of form.

Yang showing why he is not in the team most weeks. All the time in the world to pick out a Celtic player and smashes it across so no one can get to it. Compare and contrast with Engels cut back in the cup.

Yes, know it off by heart

To a point I agree, however recent performances have been poor. We were lucky against Club Brugge and gave up gilt-edged chances against Hibs. Performance levels have dropped significantly since Leipzig.