The Cynic Weekly – 05.03.2026

0:00Hello and welcome to the Sinek Weekly, I am your host, Chris Fagalhar, it's the 5th of March 2026, we are hot and we are in the trenches as Celtic, I keep on rolling in the leak at least, yeah lots to talk about, lots to discuss, Barry, Barry Gallals here, hello Barry, how are you sir? Pretty well, thanks, yeah it's an action packed, rundown you've got for us tonight, so looking forward to getting out about it. Lovely, bow these also here, the B-man, B-Master General, B-ington Steel, bow the Saurish

1:00Rex, sorry, I'll stop, the B team, the B team, fill in in, we're back in, fill a few things in me don't you worry about it, how are you bowed what's happening? I am good, I'm good, Celtic, I'd like to say we're doing well, we're getting results, that's what we're doing, and this is a thing we've been talking about this for the last couple of weeks, right, so see if Celtic win, see the actual experience of watching the game, it's stressful and you question everything and we'll talk about some of the players and some of the performances, and there's a lot of stuff I've said about the fact that we're not necessarily performing, how you don't want to be, but just fucking win, Barry and I guess we, as I say, we're kind of in the trenches with that, it's results that matter. Yeah, I think, as you say, we've been making the point for the last couple of months

2:01anyway, that the short-termism of those in power at the club have got us to this place, but we have to kind of adapt that to supporters because we know so many things are wrong, we know that half a squad, probably more than half a squad as we make them onto later, won't be here next season, but we just have to buy hooker, buy crook, get the results on the board, and buying lads, we're doing that, you can look into the punches, that's sustainable probably not, but until we can find a better form, and I think with the results we've had since Bill Ash recorded, that that should build confidence, and you would just hope that we can put some sort of run together, but if we can, we just need to win. Really, as a rollercoaster about that, because you know, you're watching the game and you're being pulled in all these directions, but as soon as the final whistle goes, if Celtic I've got the points, you just, you park that emotion and you just move on in the next one. Yeah, yeah, that's ultimately what it's all about, but as, you know, we've talked about

3:03it all season, as we've been, you know, early on the season, we were getting results, we were putting in the performances, it's not sustainable, and we're getting to... But it keeps saying it's no sustainable, but it looks like sustainable. What's sustainable in that in a certain place though, so that's not good enough. It was third place last week, so we kept on. Keep on, we keep on up the rankings. You've kept on dropping. Like, if you have. Well, well, well. Well, but I guess the point is, people keep saying, let's see the hymn scheme, I'm looking back at the hymn scheme and I'm like, actually we probably played better in the hymn and then we may be played yesterday. And so it's kind of, everything's kind of on its head. So when people say it's unsustainable, I don't necessarily disagree, but people have been saying that since Martin and he came back. And again, I don't necessarily disagree, but might this just be an anomaly where we just kind of get over the line by today, like might this just make the stars a line? It could happen, it could happen.

4:03And I suppose what's making that possible is as we've talked about, and I think it was talked about in the reaction with Sermani. Last night, I suppose. It was last night, yeah. Yeah. Whilst they're Celtic aren't as good this season as they have been in previous seasons. Hearts and Rangers haven't really got up to that level. Obviously, hearts are consistently better than any of the non-class go team since they're still in that race. But neither of those are at the level that Celtic have been at over the last decade. Yeah, I mean, I saw a stat yesterday that basically said that Celtic have got the same points this season that Hearts had this time last season. And Hearts where did they finish the Premiership last season? Let's just quickly check. The bottom half, yeah, they didn't make the top six. So like it's kind of bad, as we say,

5:04but let me just see. Hearts finished, league table, seventh. Yeah. So it's just quite odd overall. Yeah, definitely. It's crazy when you look looking at the table earlier and the fact that we've had those seven defeats, which is more than we've had in a long time. Even the COVID year, I think we'll lose five in total. There might be a goals we've considered. I think we're considering more goals than we've played games. Yeah. There's one heard of, yeah. But yeah, it's funny, because if you look at results, obviously psychologically getting the point on Sunday was huge, but you could argue even if we hadn't won, we probably still weren't really out of it because of the way that twist and turns can happen. So it is a really strange season. I think Hearts have obviously been really consistent, but they've been consistent when they haven't been able to pull really that far away

6:05from us, touch wood. So yeah, it's one of those ones that I think from a support point of view, if we get over the line, it could be one of the sweetest in recent times, on recent memory, because of all the turmoil that we've been through. But I don't think anyone's under any illusions that it's going to be like a vintage sales each championship whenever they do it. So when I hear the sweetest on Sunday, the sweetest thing, I always think of coming out of the stadium, maybe it ranges five, one. Oh, the sweetest thing, just like boner, or whatever you call them. Um, it's the best fun, I know it's fun. I know it's fun. Just being in this respect. You've been a coffer a long time, are you okay? No, I'm over here. What exactly? Could you go to the doctors? It's not really in my business, going to the doctors. All they'll do. You're fine, son, you go. Dops there, there we go. No, you could end up like Mr Buns and have like every disease in the world and just the fact that it's perfect. Like yeah, that's probably it.

7:06Which is fine, combination. So I've never been accused of being overly masculine but when it comes to visiting the doctor on your sick, that's when I'm a real man. Let's encourage everyone to go to the doctors when the men's health just don't bother. I would encourage everyone about having a bit of fun. I'd encourage everyone to go to the, I mean, I would make your list. But what like, what will it all do? Well, just, it's just a laugh. It just, the cynic says go to the doctor. The cynic says, it's Charlie. It's a wonderful ball. Right, opening question. We're going to talk about the, the dangers game that we can briefly because we have covered that this week on the cynic. If you want to get more podcasts, if you want to get more Celtic content, sign up for the cynic. If you go to the cynic.co, you can sign up for a monthly subscription, a yearly subscription. You can cancel it anytime if you sign up when it's not for you. We've got any of those waste time memberships, like David Loisling. 25,000 pounds and it's podcast. Tell me the day you cook it.

8:06That's it. All right, we'll get there. But yeah, we've got an app. We've got an RSS feed, we've got a website, we've got articles going up. The cynic.co, if you also search for the cynic on Patreon, you can get us there. Opening question, what can be done to solve the striker situation at Celtic? There's obviously not going to be a definitive answer, but I just want to get your thoughts and feelings about it. You first, Barry, let's go like, what can be done to solve the striker situation at Celtic? It's a little difficult one because, I think we've been some of the stats today, like the top scorer for this season, in terms of a striker is Johnny Kenny, who's obviously not here just now because of him alone. Dyson, there's next in line, who hasn't really played much as a striker this season, and then any actual, as next in line. So it's a really bleak picture. But having said all that and,

9:08you know, if you're straight to me last night, Dyson, when he went through the middle of that one, where he kind of screwed right with his left foot. And then the thing, like, at the goal, at the Green's goal, like, what is Dyson doing? He's like, a mile off side, there's a word on what he was wanting to achieve. But I think he creates chaos. And I think he saw that in a second half. And Sunday, he saw it again last night. And while I don't think that solves the striker issue, necessarily, it frees up space for the lights and he's going to run into. So I think that might be our best option. We were talking just before we came on air there about Tebanchera and I think we all like the idea of him. We like the look of him, but last night it was really anonymous. He didn't get on in Sunday, which I think tells its own story. And I keep thinking to that, Jansley had the Hibbs game itself at the park, where they're short. He just kind of, I don't even have no power on it. It was going well-wide. It's terrible. So I think he does kind of ruffle feathers. And at the time, even though, as I said,

10:09I was happy with the kind of chaos that Dyson was causing the second half at Ibrook's, I couldn't help but think that the two headers, the one that led to the penalty, and the other one that Tebanchera had been there, he might have scored them. So I personally would go with Dyson and have Teneck K&Yang, probably a side of him, or my kind of variations of that off the bench. But just kind of baffles me that we all knew, we all knew even before Nancy was sad that we needed a striker ready to go on the first of January to play in the Darby game. We brought in two one players. I haven't seen enough of Adano, but from what I have seen, I don't hold out much hope there. So personally, I think in terms of a profile, I think Ian actually would have been that bit, I just don't think we're real contrasting with this. And I can't really remember did he use him much first time around? Yeah, not really. I think he was injured the first time around. Yeah, right there.

11:10You could argue probably his best performance for us was in the cup final until we went off, because I thought he was a best player that day. Agreed, yeah. I think we said before, Galen, like one of the chats. For me, it seems like the type of player I only would love first time around, like back in the early 2000s. That kind of striker who needs polished up a bit and we these egos and get them going. So there's something strange there. But I think we just need to go with Dyson because of the chaos and also the space it creates for the lights and the green to run on to and kind of get our goals that way. But it's not ideal at all. But we talked a couple of weeks ago about, I think you mentioned a barrier about going for four, two. Now we're not going to do it. So I think we're going to finish. Like I'm sure everyone's having chats with their pals and all that and their family about how we can get the best out of these players. And people will put three, five, two, go back to three, five, two, three at the back, you know, better midfield and all that stuff. He's just not going to change it. It's going to be four, three, three to the end of the season. But what does that say? Does it feel like all these players maybe need a partner

12:13to play off? That's how it feels to me, what's your thoughts? Could be true. They're definitely struggling. Sorry, I'll definitely get good, good, good. Just to be contrarian a little bit. And I'm all right, I'm just going to preface it with I don't believe any of the world is what I'm saying. It's nonsense, they're all garbage. Shen Yaman would have been Kenny Dalish in defense of Adamu and Chinchara. Chinchara? That's a new one, sure. That's how you, that's the actual pronunciation. Chinchara? He's just not wanting to be rooted in correct people. Big time. I don't like either of really, obviously, not seen very much of them, but they've just not got any level of service when they've been playing. So if you wanted to defend them and say, they'll know actually not bad, that might be how you do it. However, they're just not good enough. And Barry's probably right. The problem with my a that is he looks like he's genuinely

13:15intentionally missing chances because he doesn't want to be here anymore. And you're as big as genuinely Chris Bouders and I that stand to all of my, the stands. But like that, when it see when he was through yesterday and he dragged a short-wide, it's not even that he dragged a short-wide because we've seen him do that in the past, right? It was just the sort of, oh, well, eh. It maybe deep down he was really frustrated, whatever. But just, I don't know. It just seemed like a sort of, even if you've played football in a level, even if it's like five of sides, and you have a shoot, you're through, and you have a shot, and it doesn't go in, you go in, you go, you can go, ah, another chance will come. Just, ah, I won't want to punch the fucking tele yesterday. We need to do that. See the thing that was even more frustrating that came just after that was when he was asked. So that actually played the ball through, he slipped, and then we got the ball back. And he's just meandering back. Like, okay, fucking back on set. Up. Up. Is that like the, what am I like?

14:16Remember the old F Ambrose? Means, this is a little like, cadazzone, ah, what am I like? What if you're knowing about the grass? Eh. Just looking at some kind of stats, right? Just in terms of goals to games, nothing deeper than that. But, ah, Adamu, right, three games, one goal. Eh, she found her goal, no. Oh, damn. To be honest, it's, eh. This is, eh, nine games, one goal. So these are, this isn't just a league. This is all competition. In actual 14 games, three goals, eh, osmond. Oh, hmm. So these are all for, for Adamu, Shvanshra and Ian, actually, that's for this season. This is osmond's career. He has played three games, one goal. And it was in a semi-final against Rangers. A game. Eh, that is a my, that 42 games, nine goals, eh, again, as we say, it's all, all competitions. Johnny KNA, 22 games, six goals.

15:17Shin Yamada, 12 games, no goals. Eh, I just kind of did a bit of calculation. Our strikers, all those players, goals to games, 21 goals and 93 games, basically, they've scored in 22% of the games they've played. It's a really, really low hit rate. So I went back and I looked at some of the other kind of low hit rates that we've had. So again, all competitions, this isn't just a league. What's the worst one that's a really bad? There's a really good one. Right, see, 20, 10, 20, 11. Gary Hoopar, Anthony Stokes, George Salmanas. Hoopar 22, Stokes 20, Salmanas 10. Over. Right. The season that shall not be named. Edward 22, 18, 9, Klamala 6. You can't take Klamala out now. But see, I'm looking at all these.

16:18So 2006, 2007, which was the lowest our strikers had scored in terms of the league. But you still have been a good Hessling weighting. So I ask you to be 10, Kenny Miller with 8, and BET with 3. It's just you had one or two guys. You two guys doing something. And 14, 15, Griffiths 20, Guaditi 15, Stokes 8, skip of each six. 9, 2019, McDonald, McDonald 19, Salmanas 12. It just feels like we do not have barriers. Like you want someone you can hang your hat on in terms of a striker. This is how legends are made at Celtic. And it just doesn't feel like any of these guys have that in them. With exception of Osmond who's three play three games in his career and looks quite handy. Yeah, and I think we all knew the amount of chances we missed all season from the qualifiers to league games. We thought to ourselves surely to God we will get a striker in January and we haven't, and the lone players don't look anywhere up to it.

17:22And I know we'll come on to talk about them slightly later, but we would be with our niegrin. Those goals are exceptional. And it seems to have been the right place at the right time, but I don't know what you mean, it doesn't. That's not to take away from him, because obviously it's probably going to be a goal-school in midfielder, but all your heroes going up are strikers. Lawson, cadet. Yeah, who get two, three, four, five, start-up. Mark Viduka, you know. And I just think like a team of the strikers firing also, and it's just a boost because you know that they're hungry for goals. They're everyone's delighted for them, because they maybe have... You often hear them talk about personal targets, like you want to get 25. Yeah. Before the split, however. And I think John Hartsnow has said that Kenny's self-extricer worth the soul should begin at least 25 a season, and I tend to agree with that, with the amount of chances we create. So while we mentioned earlier, I mentioned earlier how put a defensive record has been this season.

18:23I think a large part of that is because we can't finish teams off. And then the more teams are still in the game, like last night, as opposed to the growing confidence, where as if you have a striker, you can get a couple of goals higher aside than a half. It kind of puts more games to bed. So it's a real problem area for us. And it feels quite unusual for us, because even as you said, there has been some kind of seasons where it hasn't been great free-throwing, but you've still had strikers getting sort of higher teams early 20s. And we're no wonder on that. Yeah, exactly. Yesterday at CLT, would you know what? We'll talk about Rangers game first, right? About a... CLT were two and a half down at half time. CLT were out of it. Rangers had pressed the living shit out of CLT, but CLT completely capitulated, played through a couple of times. Oxley Chamberlain showed flashes of quality, but was kind of overrun by the experience. Defensively, Dane Murray makes a huge mistake in that first half. Does recover well.

19:24What's your overall feeling about the Ranger? We'll get to the Aberdeen game, but the Rangers game, your thoughts and feelings on it? That was wild, as well. As you say, first half was genuinely one of the worst Celtic performances I've seen. Rangers two goals. I don't like to give them much, but they were all right. LAUGHTER Decent. But I, as you say, they pressed us and we fell apart. We didn't know what to do. We were just like, you know, afraid to take the ball. Oxley Chamberlain, as you said, there were moments of quality, but he was just kind of deli-dallying in the ball. He was kind of feeling the other time. He had more time. And again, that's going to be helped if the rest of the team are performing, but there's an element that he's got to take some responsibility and just realise that he's not going to have harness of space and harness of time in Scotland in general, but definitely in these big games in the Darby's. But God bless Saint Martin.

20:25He makes the right changes at the right time. And Rio Hattati rises through the dead. And sorry, Barry, that's OK. Sorry, OK. I forget you. Yeah. Well, I mean, we are in the period for that, of course. But Rio Hattati called for Rio Hattati, and he came on and he changed the game, Barry, that. Like, I think, as I say, we've covered this extensively on his cynics, so we did the reaction to the Rangers game afterwards, which went on for a bit and on a half. And we talked a bit on the agenda and stuff. But Hattati changed the game. Also, Sinisalo, give me your thoughts on those two players, specifically. Yeah, I think almost straightaway, Rio's first couple of touches, he was just putting his foot in the ball and he wasn't rushing things. I think the big difference for me was, I thought the first half we were trying to do everything a hundred miles or never. And it wasn't coming off. And I think McGregor made a good point, which is kind of encouraged me going into Sunday coming. And I said, like, the game plan was really to kind of go out there

21:28and impose our dominance on Rangers, but he said, actually went the other way because we're trying to play too much football. And I think that came from the first goal when he was in the corner, me and myself. And he said, sometimes that can go against you. But I think we were trying to go too long in the first half. And then Rio comes on and tries to pick passes. I thought he's passed. That went to McGregor to need him for a tear in the school was exceptional because most people I think Rangers defenders were expecting across there. So yeah, it was great to see his bowd says it was back to his old self. And I thought it was all good last night as well. So, and I thought, can we actually, I thought his distribution was pretty good on Sunday last night, not so much. But I think he's growing in confidence. I think the shot is definitely his now. You think? Yeah, I have to say so. I hope so. Yeah. I think that saved last night. Oh, I've done them. They were all the good. So nice. But in terms of Sunday's well, I think all the subs had an impact across from James A. It was great. And for all the kind of praise that Rangers got for the first half,

22:31I think their performance was in the second half was better than theirs well as in the first half. And I think it would maybe had another 10, 15 minutes where they're going on to win the game as well. So hopefully, as I said, McGregor's comments were really encouraging. I hope for that's kind of the message starting the game in Sunday because we can't have another half like that as well. So you come out of that feeling really good. It almost felt like a win in a way. But yeah, I think if Celtic play football, I think we're going right with the comments. I know there was a lot of comments on the comments comments, but I think if we come out and play football, then they couldn't handle that. They wanted to turn it into a battle, which doesn't suit us, but we're the better football team. I think if we can kind of do that earlier on Sunday, then we'll have a great chance. Do you know what? I talked to his performance in that second half reminded me of and I was thinking about this today. And I'm not comparing them as players at all because you can't compare them. But see, McStay the night five, night six season, where he would receive the ball deep and he'd look for a pass

23:32and he would make things happen. And I think about Celtic need that playmaker. Callum McGregor's putting fires out all over the place. And that's just his job and that's the nature of what he does. But we need someone to be that playmaker in the midfield. Leo Tatti's got a lot of criticism this season and rightly so. But when he's on form, he's one of the best players in the country. When he's untouchable, it's just unfortunate that for the vast majority of this season, he hasn't been untouchable. He's been very untouchable touching him. That's been a lot inappropriate if he asked me, but there's been a lot of them. I was helping him in the X-Fan on that, but I know he was fantastic. And as Barry said again last night, he was great as well. But Barry also mentioned James Forest, which I think he's been huge last two games because again, last, it's going to say three seasons, probably longer than that.

24:32A lot of fans have been saying James Forest shouldn't be here. He's passed it, he's over the hill. And I think to be honest this season, I was, I've always disagreed with that with this season as like, do we really need James Forest? It comes on against Rangers and wins a penalty. It gets an assist against Aberdeen when you need them, he's there. When they come on, get a penalty. She puts the cross in for the penalty. Sorry, yeah, I okay for enough. The way he said that just had done. The cross was exceptional. The cross was exceptional and it was so pinpoint accurate. All the pressure about whether it should have been a penalty or not, personally, what I do is I just kind of take a step back from that. I don't really care. I think it's funny when people go online and start arguing with Rangers fans and all that. Like good for them, like, you know, fighting the good fighting all that. But you saw it from one angle and I was a bit, oh God, I don't know. And then you saw it from the angle above me, like, oh my God, that's, and today's modern rules, that's a penalty. I don't think that's even modern rules. I know.

25:32And again, you're right, when you first see it, I didn't see a penalty. What's going on? But yeah, when you see the replay, his hand moves blocks the ball and passes on it. The keeper, it stops the goal happening. It's not just that it was hands naturally there. He's moving his hand in a, it's a penalty all day long. Yeah, because if it doesn't, sorry. No, no, no. When he says, he says, if the way it hits the arm goes up and it hits butlin' in the face, isn't it? But the way that butlin' was spread, I think, with a gunshot under his body. So, yeah, there's no arguing for me that it was a penalty. Yeah, about you, we're going to say something. Just on the penalty shout from the Aberdeen game that didn't happen. I think that one is one that shouldn't be a penalty at all. But the rules of the game. The cross with the next one. The cross with the hand comes up. Oh, yeah. So I think rules of the game, that's a penalty. As in what we've seen all season and all last season. But just shouldn't it really be a penalty because, come on, get real.

26:35However, the range of penalties are penalty all day long. Yeah, I agree. Obviously, there's going to be a lot of changes coming over the next couple of years. They're talking about, obviously, they're doing this offside, you know, there's daylight back to the daylight thing. But it's going to be, you know, favoring the attacker. But they're still going to have, Barry, they're still going to have like the lines drawn. So it's like, instead of being one behind, it's going to be one forward. So it doesn't change anything. No, it doesn't. And I think the other rule they're going to bring in as well is they're going to check corners to see if they actually are corners as far as well. But just on the lines, they're not working on jumping ahead. But I loved that that Peter Leven was saying lies without two lines when it's been clear for ages that if there's one line, it's because they're both touched. You remember the fucking, the mother will win from a couple of years ago when, like, you know, it was like a fucking drone from Ukraine. The picture of the fucking picture was taken from Ravens Crave. Yeah, that was it. Fucking right. The game yesterday, Celtic,

27:36came into your name with a really good goal from a set piece. Scales did fantastically well. Scales did really well for it. It makes an ass of it later on. But we'll talk about that. And then that man, Negren, just can he stop scoring? He has scored. Was it 19 goals this season? It's pretty incredible. The performance wasn't sparkling. There was, I think there was probably better passages of play overall than, you know, you may be remember, but Barry, what was your take on the game? I thought we started really well. Up until the goal, I thought that this is enjoyable. This is what we've been crying out for. I goaled everything early in the game. And I was watching that a couple of hours last night and I was like, this is good. And just as I said that, you know, passed the ball straight out of the park. Yeah. And I was like, good, I hope I've not cursed it. And then we can have lost our way a wee bit. And yeah, I think if you were to watch it back, it probably wouldn't be as nervous. But I think when you're living that game and you know what's at stake,

28:37and the longer it goes without the second goal coming, you're worried. But I think there was real positives last night. I thought it's an asshole. That save was great. Excellent. I thought it had had to. As I mentioned, it's good McGregor looked back to his best. I thought Arthur did really well for being thrown in. There's not much preparation. We were talking the other guy like, I think he's running style and it was funny because I remember Van Dyck's debut. I'm sure he can manage a sub at Bithodry, but there was a lot of similarities there. And it's not to say that Arthur is Van Dyck. That's what I heard. Yes, he's a new one. I thought he would do a good apart from those. Maybe that one, one he could have brought it down. He studs in the ball get away from him. But yeah, it's given us another option there. I thought the subs worked well. It's about said for us to come on dead well. I thought it was a shame for T&R. I hope that the numbers aren't true that he's going to get a broken bone in his foot. Because I thought he was exceptional last night. And on the back of these performance in the second half of Iberix, he looked back to his best.

29:38So fingers crossed that... Did you think it was a red card? Yeah, I think we see it. At the time, I wasn't sure. But when you saw the slowed down footage, we've seen red cards for less than that this season. I mean, the rumour is that, as you mentioned, he's kind of broken a bone in his foot, which would be absolutely devastating. By the way, did you make the game overall? Yeah, I could even... What we've said so far, the performance... There was definitely elements of it. Would it look good? But... I... We... We... You're hoping after that second half again, Strangels, that we're going to blow a body in a way. Didn't quite come to fruition. But a lot of positives, as you say, I think Sinace Allo continues. Not perfect, but... Great save. I don't think any of the goals he's considered, he's particularly at fault for. I think distribution, I think there's been a few shaky moments, but I would still... I'm still more confident in his distribution than I am in Caspar's. I think Arthur was excellent.

30:38I couldn't have asked for more. As you say, especially considering he's just getting thrown in. I mean, two bad touches. One bad touch and one bad pass. And for a guy who essentially is making his... Essentially, is... Yeah, well, that one... ...is debut. Yeah, well, like... Even with what he's played downstairs, as well. Exactly, yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm very... I'm very comfortable. We get man of the match and sky. We should mention that Dane Murray... Dane Murray has pulled up. He was going to start. Here's a quote from Martin and Neil on Dane Murray. Let me just get up for you. Martin and Neil said, Dane felt his thigh. I'd have to think that he would be a doubt for the Rangers game. He's come in, been cheated, and we'll see tomorrow. I'm hoping it's not doom and gloom, but I'm concerned about it. He then went on to say about Benjamin Arthur. I thought he did fine. Half an hour beforehand, he might have been one now. If he was going to get on, then he comes into the game.

31:38I thought he did really fine. Martin and Neil, I love how he praises players. It's like he puts a rock up people's ass by being like, I refine everyone's, because everyone's giving them a fursive with their praise. I think that's a really good management. Dane Murray, the best ability is availability. I know that's a cliche and it's lame and all that. But this would have been his third game in a row. I don't think he's played three games in a row for Celtic. It's just again, what can you do if he always gets injured, essentially? It's unfair. It's harsh as well, because again, I think he's been in for a lot of criticism and there's been a lot of, you know, he's made mistakes. But personally, I'm of the opinion he's a young centre back. He should be making mistakes. Our current first choice pair of centre backs make mistakes all the time. Yeah. So I think it would have been really good to see Murray get that run in games. One of us in our backs that are young and on regularly playing.

32:38So, yeah, I definitely shame for him. He probably has us up them now. Yeah. Because he'll probably play what we can talk about the Rangers game on Sunday, but he'll more than likely play against a mother well. If that goes well, trust him, I can back in, who knows? Again, there's up those conversations. But I've just thinking there about, you know, with the mother will game be a game, a huge game that will kind of come to trust. He's obviously not going to be available because he's suspended. Dan Murray might not be available still at that point. You're actually then looking at Tierney. If Tierney's not available, he's one that you could be like, he could play centre back worse comes to worse. But if he's available, if he's not available, you're struggling for centre backs, Barry. All of a sudden. That's maybe one thing that we haven't covered too much. This season are certainly mainstreaming to haven't covered. There's the amount of injuries that we've had. But then it comes back to recruitment.

33:39You've got to plan for injuries. And you've got to have a strong enough squad. But again, not to jump too far ahead to Sunday, but it's kind of caught into a mindset that you continue to play. Arthur, knowing that he'll more than likely play for the mother well game, or the treat Sundays at one-off game and bring trusted back in because he's by hooker by hooker. You just want to be in the next round. Well, that's... I think that's the ultimate question. In fact, you know what, he just will take that just now because we're talking about centre halves, because I will talk about scales in a minute as well. But Barry, we'll come to you in a minute, right? You've laid the question down. Boud, the mother well game is the most important of the two. You could argue, but the Rangers game, you want to knock them out of the cup. I don't think anyone has a clue. I like them out on the news. Yesterday, we can't take anyone like that. We're just not good enough to take anyone like that. But you're into the next round at least. Yeah. What do you do? Do you play trust here? Do you play Arthur on Sunday? So, my first instinct was you just give Arthur a game

34:44because you need him for more royal. He needs minutes and a leg, so that. However, I am very confident that if we did start Arthur, he would get injured. So, trust me, he's probably the safest choice. Sure. My take on it. I can add me thinking about the kiss. Sorry, just. Okay, good. Arthur, trust me. Maybe that's the combo. Oh. Never even thought of that. Yeah. And then you keep scales in. Protect scales. I've got to wrap them in cotton wool. We don't want to play there the season lame scales getting injured. That's interesting. Yeah. Good to know. Yeah. If you had to choose between trustee and Arthur, the guys played one game of football really in his career. And I think I'm worried that like Oxley Chamberlain, the trustee knows exactly what he's coming into. Right. So, I think Arthur will be quite suited to motherwells,

35:46sort of technical, slowed down, methodical way of playing football. Maybe better. Just at this case, just at the stage than the chaos. I was going to make a point there. I don't know. You may be able to check it for his girl, but I'm pretty sure trustee hasn't played the Irish, because. Remember, I just don't know if I answer him. You might have. Then they get pulled at half time, wouldn't we? And the cup finger that was. Yes. Maybe wrong there. But I think you might not have played. I was obviously suspended there. And I see pointed this out this season, but. I'm pretty sure he went up. Maybe not. Let me, let me have a think. But you, you tell me what you'd do. I think I was thinking logically, I probably would go with Arthur, but. I think when he will make sure that. It's almost a bonus to get trustee back for this game. And I think. I think when he likes trustee, I think he brought him back in for the.

36:47You know, when he was out in the wilderness under Rogers. Yeah. And he was really good that game. He was pinging those diagonal balls out to. And it came stuff for that. And obviously he's had the performance in ball. And yet, et cetera. So I think when you. More often than not goes with the tried and tried and trusted. So I think you'll come back in. Yeah, I'm just looking at the, the no no game at the start of the season, which was her end. Is it was cut or records and skills? And then last season, I'm pretty sure it was cut. And then last season, I'm pretty sure it was cut. I think that probably makes sense. So yeah. But he has played, as you see, those. So. So cool. Yeah. I would probably say. Yeah, I would probably. Yeah, I'd probably go. Scales and trustee. I don't want to. I want to go. Arthur. But I just think if he's played one full game in his career to throw him into that. And it is chaos. It's fast. And it's. It's. It's. It's. And it is chaos. It's fast. And it's. You know. And all that.

37:47Extra experience is going to help. But as that one game, going to make a huge difference to him going into. In fact, there's a possibly going to. Then it's confidence. Well, that's it. You don't want it. No, actually, Chamberlain yesterday, didn't come off the bench. That's a prize about. And to degree, I mean, after, as I say, after his performance again, strangers. It's not a huge surprise. I think that McCown came in. And. But. Yeah. I mean, I. I think what we've. We've seen from locks. He does that. He's definitely. He's got. He's got something. You know, there's some passes. He's pulling off. That I'll just absolutely ridiculous. And you would hope. That again, just as he gets a bit of steam behind him. And he's getting more games. And he's getting more match fit. And it will. We'll see some more from him. And he might be able to change a few games. But. I, I suppose you're coming off that game that the. It wasn't just an improvement in the second half.

38:47Again, strangers. It was night and day. It was. Yeah. Utterly, utterly terrible to. Incredible. Some of the best football team. I just checked. You never played last season. I would say this. So. In terms of Oxley Chamberlain, if you look at, obviously, do you think they'll. Jank Martin. And he will have in his head. And how. Kind of overall. Oxley Chamberlain was. Not overall. But just couldn't get up to speed with it. The speed of the. Because there was two moments. There was a moment where. Simpson a little bit of bottom. And he dropped a shoulder twice. And he beat three players. And put it out to my. That. And that's my. That's a big stupid. Fucking gross. And over day. And then there was another chance where he. Did really well to get on the edge of the area. Well, come. Someone just takes a bit too long. But do you think that will affect Martin. The nails. At least start and line up. In terms of Oxley. Kate Chamberlain. Because he's been very again. If you said in his praise for him. For Sunday. Yeah. I'd be very surprised if he starts. And. Again, there we are. As you say, encouraging touches he had.

39:47I thought his corners were absolutely dreadful. They did it three in a row. They did the same thing every time. And I think he's the kind of guy that might be good to bring on. 25 minutes to go. If you want to see out the game or hopefully the game's already done. And you just want someone to get on the ball. So. I don't think. I think better players than him. I've heard worse. Darby's. I guess. Absolutely. Yeah. And I think all the kind of. Pundits on both sides recognize that. That you could be best playing the world in this games like no other. So. That probably comes into what you were saying about. The fact that we've got that as a sort of. Case study. Um, to maybe not play. Arthur as well because of how. Overall, and it can be for players. But I'm not. I don't think it's kind of any slight on. Um, what's with him when I still think he'll have his part to play. As the season goes on because of his experience. So. Yeah. I think that. Well, I'm interested in one of the midfield. Um, on Sunday because. The way things are played out. But I'd be very surprised if it's not.

40:48Um, McGregor, Hattati and one other. I think it will be negrin because I think he even. First game. Or the first half. I thought the game passed him by and he couldn't get on to the ball. But I thought a second half. We made more of the ball. He's the way of protecting the ball. He's decision making which I think is maybe one of the weakest parts of his game. I thought he's decision making the second half as exceptional. Um, he wanted to get on the ball and second half. Yeah. I don't think anyone did in the first and he started to drive in that final thought. Um, I think I started to see a wee bit of a different setting because I think we all thought at the start. He was a wee bit arrogant for one of a bit of a word. But I think he's channeling that better now because he knows he's the main man. And you can see that and he's wanting to respond to me. So I'm not even like the way he's celebrating last night. It kind of is a wee bit more mature than it has been. So yeah, I'm really into his rhythm. Um, but I just wish there was a way that we could, um, kind of get someone else in the midfield to help out the others and maybe have him. I think someone mentioned on the Kirin agenda said about kind of putting them as a false nine or something.

41:50So maybe that's the way to solve this record situation. But he just needs to be on the part because the way picks up spaces. I can't even remember too many of those fielders that we've had like that. I mean, you're looking at Roggage. Really? How much greater output? Exactly. Nineteen goals and incredible. Um, just looking at the league table. Um, yeah. Um, I mean, they're the kind of point from the Arthur's debut. Make it man of the match. Sanisalo, Exxonceve, Kirin Tierney was outstanding. Um, yeah, I'm Martin the new says it was a tough evening, which I expected anyway. And we certainly got that. And it was nice to come through and win the game. We scored early on in the proceedings. I felt as though we could we should have just asserted a bit more superiority. Well, I would have been into the game. They get a penalty and then you're forced in the second half to try to conjure something which we did. We could have scored a couple of towards the end as well. It would have been nice if that was the case. It wasn't though. We showed resilience to fight out.

42:51Um, the penalty, uh, Boud was it a penalty? Uh, Liam Scales kicks the Aberdeen striker in the back of the leg. Aye. Oh, he's got a theory. It's just not. It's not. I'll tell for a start, there's a lot of it's really like contact. It's really harsh. I don't think there's confirmation of this contact yet. I've seen two, I've seen two angles. One from in front, one from behind. There must have been a camera at the side of that pitch that could choose, literally if he kicks them in the back of the calf. We didn't see the footage. Why is that? Ask, ask questions. Who, who, who profits? Followed the money. That's what I'm saying. Sorry. Um, I, so it's this. It's overly harsh. You can see off the daily contact in the pit. Come on. He kicks them in the back of the knee. He kind of moves his foot towards him and he gets a nice appearance. I would have been screaming for it.

43:51I was thinking right. Just, just on that part I heard on the radio and I was coming over. They had 13 cameras last night. Um, in Gordon Duncan. I'm glad we're saying that normally there were six games that aren't televised. So the fact that people were complaining about the camera angles last night, I think that's as good as it gets. Essentially. Aye. We need to draw lanes. Sorry, aye. I think he's a f**k. I like when folks stand up at the TV with a roller and stuff. I feel like. Have you, have that swather up to go outside and put some grass? Some grass, man. In terms of the, where it leaves us like, so Celtic. Um, it's a top to an end games blade. Um, 63 points. Celtic are second. 29 games played 58 points. So five points behind. Ranges a third. We're a point ahead. The Rangers at Motherwell are, um. Four points behind the Angels with a game in hand. Four points behind Ranges by game in hand. Um, it would mean that if they won their game in hand, they'd be two points behind us going into that game at the Celtic Park.

44:53It's. It's kind of all. It's like every game is just terrifyingly close. Yeah. I think. I'll be interested. I think that'll be one of the most yearly anticipated. For every supporter. They're game on Saturday watching. Yeah. That's gold coming. Um, and you've been better guest them going out there and kind of running over the top. And like they did this month, a couple of weeks ago. Motherwell. So. Yeah, part of me wants them to keep. Keep it up there. Like keep. I would be delighted if Ranges ended up in fourth. And Celtic won the league in motherwell. I don't. Second. I said. Can you. Yeah. Can you get. If heart slows every game in motherwell, wherever game in Celtic, whenever game. Well, we said to come in every game and motherwell and every game. That sounds good to me. Just looking at the looking at the games that we've got coming up. So Celtic, the next league game. So these are the games we've got motherwell. Rangers and Rangers have got sent me in a way. And hearts have got come on a way.

45:54And then the week after that, we've got done the United away. Who that worries me. Hearts have got done the home. Rangers have got Aberdeen at home. Motherwell of get heads at home. So we've only team away. The third game is Celtic are away to Dundee. Hearts are away to Livingston. Rangers have got done the United at home. And at Motherwell of get Falkirk at home. And the final game before the split. Celtic are at home to sit mirin. Hearts are at home to motherwell, which is obviously a fucking huge game. And Rangers are away to Falkirk. So Celtic, we've got two home games, two away games. Motherwell at home, which is just box office in terms of how the league's been this season. Dundee and I did Dundee away two weeks in a row. And then sit mirin at home. So I play four bouts. It's exciting. It just feels like I would like it if it was good. It feels like we've been dragged down as opposed to everyone coming up. Yeah, yeah, 100%. And that's no this obviously. I think Motherwell are doing fantastically well.

46:56I think they're the exception because they've been really, really good. And you know, hearts, again, we're going to give hearts credit. But they have them. They've not fell away like Aberdeen have in previous years. A book where they give them credit. And then fucking gives them credit. The best team the league in the New Zealand. No, Jesus Christ. They're at me. What a fucking talk. Did it even hit that midfield or the other day? No, no, what was she thinking? It's a fucking plowing. That's after the one. I know. Permanently raging. Permanently raging. He will be the next Rangers manager though, which I'm delighted to see. Exactly. That's why he's good. And then Captain Baldur will head off. As he bald. Yeah. What's your serious? Hi. And not good bald like us. Bad bald? Bad bald. Don't need that. The B team probably. In terms of the last week during the Stuttgart game. Willie Hohe came out, launching the Celtic season ticket alliance scheme.

47:58Quite odd. How it was announced on. Well, during the game. Yeah, during the game. It was on Go Radio. He obviously owns Go Radio. So I'll just read it. I'm not going to do it. We talked about this in the agenda. I'll go into. Yeah. I'll just give you the kind of headlines. What I'm offering is for every 10,000 fans that join us. I'll put two million pounds into buy shares for this trust. If we take all the shares of the people who joined through the trust. If everyone joins, that's 10 million. They will be gifted to the trust. It won't be owned by me. I think we have to get something that all the fans can get behind. Let's get harmony. Let's get the game to get back in the stadium. Let's get everyone saying from the same him sheet. So 54,000 season ticket holders. If they put their name into the alliance, which is free of charge. The total investment would be 10 million pound. These shares would be gifted to the trust instead of being owned by Willie Hohe himself. The scheme is opened to all season ticket holders regardless of location. With each individual having equal rights within the alliance. Based on current valuations, a 10 million investment would represent around 5.26% share holdings in Celtic.

49:03While this does not grant control, it is intended to provide a seat at the table for organised fan dialogue. And it should be able to give the option to call EGMs and to try and get accountability. It's been covered quite a lot. As I say, we covered the agenda. I just want to get your thoughts on it and then I want a pro and a con from each of you, Barry. I think it's certainly interesting that I think anything that tries to chip away at the status quo of what we have. Because we know it's not working and it hasn't been working for a long period of time. I think that's positive. I think it's interesting I'd like to know more about it. And I believe he said there would be more information coming soon. He mentioned our legends going to sort of champion it or run with it, however. I think the pros are giving fans more of a voice. Because sometimes it feels like we don't have one at all. The cons are...

50:03I know that Hohi's kind of cosy with some of the current board. And he mentioned that he keeps in the hood there and it was... He's a winner, yeah. And I was taught recently that he's kind of fancying himself as the new chairman or whatever. So I don't believe people who get that rich are doing it out of the goodness of their heart. There must be something in it for him, so that would be the con for me. But the pro would be that it's some sort of change and it could be the building box to force and real change. Great, well put, bow yourself your thoughts pro icon. Yeah, I am... Sorry I don't want you to get used to it, girl. I think it does, it sounds potty. Well, if you're 10 million pounds of his own money in, also if you're gathering the shares of the season ticket, oh, there's a bit like the sale ticket trust. They're trying to do, maybe that then gives you even more than 5%,

51:03and you can actually, you know, have some change. It's a practical thing that might be able to help us stop going in the right direction. The cons, whenever I listen to Willie Holy. Willie Holy. Willie Holy. I say listen, I don't listen to go radio, but whenever I see clips of it, it seems to me like he hates the poor. So, that's just that. That comes across. It comes across from bow the pinion, but all of his policies seem to be, why don't we help the rich and the trickle down will help all the rich. Trickle down economics, it's been proved to work as consistently. I think that's my concern as well. Is there an ulterior motive? And again, we don't know this. The sum, the stuff he said, I think we covered it when, whether it was on the agenda or the weekly, he was talking about people with his country paid too much tax,

52:03and we should pay less tax. Yeah, so there's a lot of stuff, I mean, yeah, from a political point of view. But my positive would be he's mentioned the Green Brigade. He's looking to, he's worked with the Celty Collective. He looks like he's trying to go about it the right way. I would argue. I would, but then again, if I'm going to be cynical. If you have seen other concepts like this, can I fall down a little bit and you're thinking, how can I get the fans on board with my takeover of the club? Those are easy things to say. Hi, yeah. The other sort of positive is that as a genuine Celty family, I don't doubt that at all. I feel like he cares more about the club than anyone else that's kind of there just now. That's true. Yeah, it's a kind of wait and see. I suppose you answered this as well, but I was saying, and I thought it would be season ticket holders, but then phase two would be Celty supporters across the world that don't have season tickets.

53:04So that was interesting as well, I think. There is no one without, with the exception of like the fan owned clubs, like your motherwells or the well society, there is no one who owns a football club or who has the means to own a football club who essentially you're going to go, Hi, good guy. Hi, good guy. So, if the guy, well, he has a genuine Celtic fan, which is Holly. Well, Holly. Holly Valance. I'm Tiscus. But you know, it might be the best of a bad bunch, is what I'm trying to say. I don't know. Like, I don't know personally anything. It'll be interesting to see how it comes. There's a lot of question marks and cynical kind of thoughts about it. We'll see what happens when we get more information about it. But I think it's important we talked about it. Barry got some interesting news on Al Sir Johnson and young Kalamazmond. So Martin Neil mentioned comments. When I came in, we were thinking they would be around the end of March.

54:07So it's this particular month, but sometimes updates vary a little bit. Both he and little Kalamazmond have a couple of setbacks. I know. It's brilliant. It's my thinking. Like Christmas Carol. Oh, it's a little Kalamazmond. It's crutch. I think he's still, we say like little Janine or someone. There was someone used to. There's Maru's pretend himself. I know, that's it. And both he and little Kalamazmond have a couple of little setbacks, just in terms of their recuperation. It's nothing major or nothing. But just like setbacks, they take you back another 10 days or so, something like that. So I'd be hoping that if we are still in contention, that Johnson would be there for maybe the split or something like that. So it feels like Al Sir Johnson might actually be viable to get involved for the split, the start of the games. Maybe Osmond might get a couple of games to get him up to speed towards the end of the season or at least be available. How important is it that we get either of both of them back?

55:10I think it's massive, I think. We take Johnson kind of an isolation. First of all, I think his influence around the team would be greater. I think that it was apparent to all of us the last couple of seasons that he could potentially be capped in the material, I think, which is. Yeah, yeah. I think he's falling in love with the club. I think he's performances. I know some people weren't maybe sold on him initially, but I think he's desire. And I always think of those kind of underlappin' nuns he did last season to kind of let him go on the inside and back on the outside, but it's exceptional. I think he's tough. I think he could potentially see a situation where he can move in one and be a right side of the centre half. Maybe we're needed, I've called upon. And it'll be interesting to see how we play it with Araho when he comes back if you try and fit them both in the team or it gives you a competition to see who can get the best out of each other. But I think just having him fit and available

56:11would give everyone such a boost because you can see, to him's personality, I think, the squad love him. I think all the managers that have had him have loved them as well. So yeah, he'd be great to have back. And I think for all the for Osmond coming back, I know he's always played three games as you mentioned, but his performance in that semi-final again, he's got a lot of changes, but his infecisity, I know he had the header as well, then he always scored and that desire to go in the end, to hear his cross for the goal. And it was just typical of a season that would have placed CCB with him in the squad and then that very next game. So when he gets injured. But yeah, I think he could be a breath after every year because he's pace and he's infectiousness to get in the box could be the difference in a couple of those games towards the end of the season. So yeah, getting those two back would be very robust. About yourself, AJ Osmond? 100% agree with that, Osmond. So exciting, I think he looked outstanding. And again, we've not seen enough of him,

57:13but I've decided he is that striker. He is that boy, he is that guy. It's a low bar, but. And AJ, it's a kind of funny one because I always are best player. I don't think there's really any doubt about that right now, just inform consistently. I know he only came in and started a January, but there was nothing done before that. Good. Put anyone ahead and shoulders above them. So it's a funny one when AJ comes back, but irrespective of whether they are fighting for minutes or whether you're shutting the team about we've seen with Tilly. And juice can happen very easily. All right, handside is so shout that. Fuck it, stick. I don't know. It's going to be the right wing and put AJ right back. I mean, obviously they're not going to do that, but. It's going to be scenario in my head where AJ comes back. And I also exam the pan now. Like, refill. Well, great pool. Here's a question, sorry, jump in.

58:14But who's going to hire? So when do you think out the tournament? Well, I kind of made a comment that I don't know who's being in England. And I don't really go particularly well. Obviously, he was a Barcelona as well. He probably is just looking for somewhere to go to. Build something to get the kind of build himself back up. AJ, he's going to be the world cup. Well, I know who might be at the world cup. I don't think he will be at the world cup, but AJ definitely will be the world cup. And I think that he is someone that would really suit the English game. Yeah. Yeah, I'd like to remember. I was like, with Inter at one point last season as well. That's right. Yeah. I think in terms of just where they are in their careers. Obviously, Alison Johnson is coming back from that injury. So we did injury dependent as well. But I think there would be lots of suitors. If you turn around to me now and you said next season, you're both your right backs. Well, our whole is going to go back to Bournemouth

59:15and your right backs are going to be Alison Johnson and Donovan. Donovan, I wouldn't be too disappointed with that. Like I would be, I like Donovan. I think there's a lot to work with there. If Alison Johnson can play, you know, 60% of the game, 70% of the games. And Donovan can play 3040. You know, I'd be fine with that. If you had a version of that on the left-hand side with Tierney being the guy and then someone young coming in. I know. For example. There we go. Okay. Also, Chamberlain said that you might be making his way. Yeah. Do you think so? I think he wants to move back to Glasgow from what I'm led to believe, but there you go. There's only two clubs that could sign them. You know, I think, see the fact that that came out on Celtics, a official podcast, whatever. You could easily take that out. So that might be that there's nothing in it, because they're happy for it to be out there. Or it could be putting the fuels out. Or the fuels are already being out there. But would we not just face the same issue that Scotland faced

1:00:18where you had two fantastic, like, left-backs, but you play a back four? Yeah. Because the way Scotland turned out was to play a back three. It just depends. We have... I've got some actually as well. I'd like to see a mid-permanent back-end on his sister's foot. See those passes. See those passes. He does when he's breaking up the wing. And he passes into the box. He passes inside. He did it against Rangers. He did it yesterday. What a fucking boy. Is anyone good for a baller for a... I know that's kind of... That's what I like. Yeah. Like sort of... What's it? I think, praise. But he's got a really good technique. And I know there was one at Ibroxbury. I was custom because he played it right in the middle of the park. But it is the way it's weird to... It's like it's with so much purpose. So I think you'd probably get him for two or three million. So I think if he was keen to stay, I would be happy to do that. He's a... He's a children arts and all wishes as well. So... He did it nicely. There'll be members of the board throughout your stay.

1:01:20In terms of... There was another link that came out today. So the link... Which was... We're not going to have a time to do the squad contract thing. We might just leave that for next week. Because it's a good week kind of exercise. But we'll leave that for next week. But... Celtic are partly interested in Elijah Just and Miguel Chihuah. Chihuah? Chihuah? Look at this one last time. Chihuah. Chihuah. Hebs, who was excellent for Hebs versus Celtic last week. But was he excellent because Celtic the Windfield doesn't ideal? Or, you know, I've not seen him a lot this season. But Celtic are preparing an overall... This is from Stephen McGuin. Well, the identity of... This is what he's made it slightly. Well, the identity of the next manager is yet to be established. John Maloney has begun work with their equipment staff on a down to five potential targets ahead of our reconstruction of the first team. That says to me that nothing's going to change. Yeah. And they show Maloney's basically just going to be the director of football.

1:02:20Yeah. But do we think the fact that we're going for Elijah Just is... Related to the manager. But I'll ask you. Yeah. I think he's looked an exceptional player. Yeah. He's been really impressed. We carry the ball. I think he's really sort of incisive with his passing. And he carries the ball well through it too. So, yeah, I'd be happy with that. And as you say, those links were with Chaiwa towards the end of the window. I hadn't seen enough of them. But then, when you see him in the flesh... Of course he's gay. ...in the black who was bossing us about. So, yeah. But I'll be interesting. And I think that phrase reconstruction of the squad is probably an understatement. He's 25 years old. He's a New Zealand international 25 matches in the Scottish Premiership 6 goals, 6 assists. And he's got great stats about... The concern I would have with these two players specifically is... Is this Celtic instead of looking around the wheel in terms of actually who do we need?

1:03:25Is it just all those guys are right there and they've played well against us? Is this a standard dropping or are they good enough to actually play for his? No, no, I would... It both, maybe. Hi, I was going to say... It sounds more to me like Celtic choosing the wrong path but getting the right man. Much in the same way we got Ang and we've got many other players and managers throughout our time. It's not because the process works. We just can stumble into it. And I think they both bring something to the team. Right now, I think the squad, as you said, is my concern that right now anyone's going to improve? It's no that. You know, in the same way, you can... As much as you don't think Adam and Big Tom have done well enough, they're better than not having strikers. I don't think it's that. Is that... Well, maybe not. We're going to be playing with Maida for the rest of the season. Yeah, pretty much. For a turret. Yeah, for a turret. No, that's... I don't know. I think we should be looking at those.

1:04:25We'll always be looking at the best players in the Scottish league. Now, some years there might not be players good enough to improve our squad. This isn't one of those years. I'm not... Again, I'm not saying that... I'm not saying it's because we're that poor, we should just do whatever. I just don't trust anything in the club, so... You're right to... You're right to this trust the club. Yeah. I probably will have a deal right to itself. Just... Just going to get it off the pitch. Very good. As long as it's not ready ahead. In terms of the... Yeah, so we'll come back to that. As I say, that line... Well, the attentive of the next manager is yet to be established. Sean Muloney has begun work with the recruitment staff on identifying potential targets. So, we're already identifying... We're working on that before the window's opened. That's wild. But it just says that nothing's going to change. Why should we trust this recruitment staff? And we'll get back again. Sean Muloney, if he's going to be in that role, should be looking for the recruitment staff. Rather than... Yeah. Absolutely.

1:05:25Absolutely. And people will be like, well, you can't even have it both ways. You can't even moan, because there's no doing stuff. And then you can... Where can I move out? I can! I'm bloody egg. Just finishing up, right? Barry, you're going to Ibrook's on Sunday. Your thoughts, your expectations on it? Just... What do we need to do from this game that's not going to affect that it's taken to the Mother World game? I can't feel like we have to take it. Not as a free hit, because it's never a free hit when we're indoors. But take it in isolation that this is a cup game. It's different, as we mentioned, this sort of... This sort of weird circumstances that trust taking command for us. And I think you can almost just take this in isolation. Take the positives from the previous Sunday. Try and start the first half that you started the second half. Yes. The players who did play who hadn't experienced it before will be stronger for it, because now it's not new to them.

1:06:25They've seen what they can do. And I think you need to sort of play on the fact that their supporters turned very quickly on them, and it became toxic for their own players, I would say. Yeah. So, yeah, I think the alternative was, if it continued to be what it was in the first half, you'd be dreading this game, because you just think it's going to happen all over again. That's not to say we're guaranteed to play better than when. But I think we just need to kind of impose our game on, keep it tight early, because almost feels it every time we go out, but we can see the goal. And we're up against it from the first ten minutes. So we could get beyond that. Find a solution that works. It's difficult this election, because I thought when Tenecky came on, it was really good. The last night I thought. It doesn't see the pass, or it doesn't see the overlap from the fillback.

1:07:25So, the election's going to be really important. And I think the fact that it might go the distance, it might go into extra time or whatever. You need to be mindful of that when you're making subs, and when you're selecting the start lineup. So, yeah, I think we need to go for it early doors. Keep it tight as well, which is easier said than done. But one thing that's one positive that we've got is if it does go long, we do have a week of recovery before the mobile game, there's no midweek game yet. So we can, as Barry said, we can leave it all out in the pitch there, and still have a recovery time. What's your kind of thoughts? Definitely. Yeah, and I think Barry's bang on. You would hope that psychologically, after the game at the weekend, they're going to be in a bad place, which we haven't mentioned today, but I took great pleasure in obviously that first half was awful. But the fact that they were ahead, and they thought they had it, and they were all,

1:08:25yes! Smash! Done! There's your hope! Destroyed! There's your dreams! Ripped apart! Bump down to the ground, you dirty, dirty. Sorry. So that was great. But I hopefully, mentally, they're done. As Barry said, the fans turned against them. It became toxic. So you'd hope we can take advantage of that, and if we are actually ready and switched on from the start, maybe we can get a wee sucker bunch in that. Do you know what I think is going to affect them? See the fact that they were two now up, and I think they thought there's no way in. I think anyone's thought we'd come back. See the fact that we did come back? I think that will be on their mind. So even if they go one now up, I think that's going to psychologically affect them. I think what was kind of apparent for them is they put, I suppose that's what I'm going to say this into it, they put like 75 minutes worth of effort into the first half, and they were just burnt out. And then they didn't know what to do because they didn't have the energy. We were passing rings around them. Yeah.

1:09:25It's almost like they get too hyped up to try and be out of sight in the first half, and then if it doesn't happen, the doubt starts to keep in because they've had so many failures in recent times. So I think that's something we have to be mindful of, even if we do concede. It's still been the back of their mind that we have the We're With All To Come Back, so that might help us. I love the word We're With All. I think so. You should think of a We're With. We're With All. And on that bombshell, listen, in terms of the cynic, you can check it out, as I mentioned, the cynic.co podcast 36, 3536 podcast or a month. So, you know, check it out almost daily podcast. And on Monday, we have the agenda. Tuesday, we have the debrief where we debrief and break down every game from the weekend. Wednesday, we have the Saturday, we have football show. We also have, if there's a game on, we have a reaction. Thursday, with the cynic weekly, Friday, we have the weekend update, and then we have reactions to the games. We also have previews. We have features.

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