Is anybody, and I mean everybody who is not suffering from delusion really surprised and shocked at what happened on Tuesday night. I know I would be a liar if I said that during the game I thought to myself, same old same old and was not in the least surprised we were getting ran ragged.
The truth of the matter is that we subconsciously expect it, we expect it subconsciously because deep down we don't really think we are as good as we sometimes claim. I know we are a good team, but we are not good enough, and I am thankful that at last that realization has come to the fore of my mind and I at least can accept it and not drive myself nuts. I like us all had mistaken our dominance in the SPL for genuine class, I had overlooked my deep seated conviction that the defence is weak, that there are links in the team that cannot withstand CL pressure, but I ignored it and proclaimed on here that we would win. What utter gash.
WGS has made a mistake in refusing to buy better defenders, bluffing himself and us that what he has is good enough, it is clearly not. We have an opportunity in the January window to buy players, but it may be too late by then, the old Celtic story. I am disappointed, but not down beaten at least now we know what we are up against, what is missing and hopefully the penny has dropped with WGS and the coaching staf as to what needs doing.
Rangers got a great result last night, this will increase their confidence both in the SPL and the CL. We play them at the end of October, I hope we do not have a reaction to what was basically a night against a better team. They say pride comes before a fall, lets hope its not too deep. We all underestimated them and overestimated ourselves, a classic mistake and boy did we pay. My pal said to me after five minutes, its looks as if they are a bunch of weans playing a professional team, he was right. We are top of the league, the best in the country but as for the European arena, we have had a doing and a reality check, let's see how they react. I think they will do so, they question is do they?