So in my mind we did not go to Parkhead today with a raft of injuries to contend with, so no threadbare squad. Who came back from the close season in bad shape? We laid on a pre-season camp in Spain and I don't recall any talk of fitness issues.
Brown ( a very bit part player) has been replaced with a Welsh internationalist. Rooney and Van Veen were positive signings for the club, but did we conduct the correct due diligence on them both. Rooney, according to many supporters after his contract termination, was known to be a bit of a rocket off the field, so why take the risk? Van Veen only made a couple of brief appearances for us before his troubles broke into the media. Again did the club carry out their due diligence correctly?
We do we have a back up keeper, he has recently been rewarded with a new contract!
We got beat at Parkhead today, because we were nowhere need good enough, not because of a threadbare squad.