Sevco may have spent a King’s ransom on players this summer but they haven’t done anything to bridge the gap, if anything it has widened.
There was real optimism about Mark Warburton’s team this time last year.
Compare that to Paddy Power paying out before a ball was kicked this season.
The bookies seldom get it wrong.
I have never seen Celtic string so many passes together in a match at Ibrox, we played keep ball for about 30 minutes.
Every time they got the ball they turned it over within 3 passes.
Wes Foderingham is Sevco’s equivalent of Rab Douglas, a decent keeper with mental scars on derby day.
He has pulled the ball out of his own net so many times vs Celtic that his confidence is shot to pieces, he is in our pocket.
What was telling in the match was how Gordon kept playing the ball out to his defenders when the ball was in play or from a goal kick.
Wes punted the ball to Jozo and Dedryck time and again, our Centre Halves are monstrous and tower over their players, surely someone has pointed this out to the coaching team?
Their Buffalo is a one-dimensional goal poacher who has never dribbled a ball or beaten a man in his life.
Compare Morelos shoot on sight policy to Scott Sinclair’s masterclass of dribbling, passing and shooting.
Negri stated midweek that he would be worth 15 million quid, what valuation then for a complete player like Sinclair?
Whilst not rewarded with a goal, watching him take on 3 and 4 defenders taking the ball to the byline in the 18 yard box was a highlight.
On the other side Griffiths, Roberts, Forrest, Rogic and Dembele had a field day, we could have scored plenty more.
The gulf hasn’t narrowed if anything it has widened.
Candeias and Windass aren’t half as dangerous as Halliday or Mckay.
Cardoso is lazy, Alves when fit is old, Pena is slow and fat and has done nothing to suggest he was worth the money they spent on him.
Dorrans and Jack look like decent players without being good ones.
Their squad is worth more but of less value, worryingly for Sevco things are set to get worse.
Winter and Latinos don’t mix, if they have injury concerns now wait until Christmas and see the state of their bench.
When their squad thins out further, they will wish that players like Michael O’Halloran were in the manager’s plans.
They will need to go shopping in January not to have a crack at the title but to give themselves a shot at a European place.
After 7 games they are 5th on the table, a reverse on Friday against Hamilton and you would think there will be a new manager in place after the International break.
Hopefully, he stays, it is a safe bet they won’t win anything while he is there.