John Guidetti has put himself out there by letting us know he’ll score a hat-trick in next month’s League Cup semi-final. I’m not normally an advocate of showing confidence, if not contempt, for opponents prior to a game, but Guidetti’s comments come against a rich canvas.
The player is in a rut and will be feeling the weight of disappointment with each passing chance. He is a goal-scorer, he’ll score again, but he needs to find the spark to fire-up the second part of his season.
You will remember Kenny Miller ran his guts out in his early months as a Celtic player but it was not until a game against oldco Rangers in September that his landmark first Celtic goal arrived. Kris Commons has been a scoring sensation throughout his time at the club apart from his second season, when he took until April before scoring, a delightful chip over the oldco keeper.
Ahead of both of those games I knew it was all going to come together for Miller and Commons. John Guidetti has set himself a target. He will probably score before that game but he knows how important it is to perform at Hampden. He is good enough to deliver on this one, don’t bet against him.
Contrast John’s comments to those last week from newco defender, Steven Smith, who said, “The fans will probably be dreading [the Celtic game]because in the big games this season, we haven’t done well. Everybody has got their opinions and are entitled to them.
“But with the results we have been having and the way we have been playing, I don’t think we can think about it too much.”
You will be hard pushed to find a clearer example of the language of failure: “dreading”, “haven’t done well” and “the way we’ve been playing”. You normally need to work a bit to find a player’s insecurities. It’s good of John Guidetti to mark his card on what to expect. Give me a confident striker over a scared defender any day.
The Second Annual Celtic Supporter’s Féile is on the weekend of Friday 30 January 30 – Sunday 1 February in Philadelphia. The events include live music each day, the US premier of The Asterisk Years, with a Q&A with Paul Larkin and Graham Wilson of Beyond the Waves podcast, as well as live coverage of our first ever meeting with newco Rangers in the League Cup semi-final.
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….pfayr supports weeoscar
20:17 on 12 January, 2015
Turned the Accies game off…rubbish!!!!….
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I’m quite enjoying it …….Hamilton have got good pace in their midfield …. Or maybe it’s wind assisted…. :)
My combined bet of ‘Dundee Utd to win, over 2.5 goals, Ciftci to score at any time’ not looking too promising. Yet.
As Armstrong bullets one in…
Utd 1-0,,,,,,,,Armstrong
Good goal Armstrong
TET, your self and your good lady are in my thoughts tonight.
I wish her a speedy recovery.
Take care.
Sign him
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Imagine trying to do that on CQN..;-)
Summa
TET,
Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery with your better half.
Hail Hail
TET
Very best wishes to your better half !!
Thoughts and prayers are with you both.
The Exiled Tim
Hope Mrs Exiled Tim makes a full and speedy recovery .!
TET
Best wishes to mrs TET, get well soon
HH
Regards the advert in the Herald.
What does it matter if it is anonymous or carries people’s names, I’m confused.
Are the zombies going to see sense if we put our names on it?
Anyway from personal experience of Thems whether we publish an advert or not is irrelevant.
The very fact that we are Celtic supporters make us fair game.
It’s their very DNA
Lucky hit :-)
Great goal Armstrong! 1-0 to United. deserved on the balance of play.
so currently;
Aberdeen 46
Celtic 42
Dun Utd 41
ICT 41
Hamilton 39
Don’t look much like armagedon to me!
Ps meant to say…. We are publishing the advert for us. Our club ain’t doing it so we need to.
It is a moral obligation
TET
Best wishes to the other half
Love
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How many games do we Play in The SPFL This Year..?
33..?
TIA..
Summa
Best wishes to Mrs Tet, here’s to a speedy recovery.
P
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HamiltonTim..
Methinks Armstrong was Aiming for You in the Hamilton End..;-)
Summa
Thoughts and prayers for The Exiled Tim’s wife tonight for a full and speedy recovery.
38 – 33 +5 after split
Hearing Sevco have been asked for Semi Final ticket money up front,seems they are chasing Challs for some money too…….good luck with that one
#publeaguecommittee
Re. Henderson or Armstrong. Why not both?
Thoughts and prayers for Mrs TET.
PS I contributed to the Herald page.
Not sure that Armstrong is too much different,or that much better than what we have in MF,he has done very little in games against us,same goes for GMS IMO
Inter .
Monday AM Press Conference – Mancini.
” Good first half , not so good second half. We appear to lack mental strength..When we start to tire we start to make mistakes.”
TET
Your wife and you are in my thoughts
U
Bada bing
My thoughts too
Gary67
20:43
Who would you leave out to accommodate Armstrong? £2m – £3m could be better spent elsewhere.
TET thoughts and prayers for the speedy recovery of your good lady.
HH
KTF
UTLR
Game over I think
McKay Stephen goal
GMS scores now
Wonder who else I should traduce …then back them to score
One again reaffirms my thoughts …..that a ken nuthin
Couple of confident lads in tangerine there in Armstrong and Mackey-Steven.
shocking challenge by Telfer
jonnyrambo67
20:46 on 12 January, 2015
It’s a squad game and we lack depth of quality. If we play 4-2-3-1 formation we need players for the 3 positions, Armstrong can play across the park and is more attacking than any of our current midfielders.
Hope Mrs TET recovers well – think I noticed TET saying on Fri / Sat that weather near his abode was shocking, and that he and his lady had retired indoors – must have happened fairly soon after he was posting. Fingers crossed she gets better soon.
PS I contributed a tiny wee bit to the Herald statement too, but I’m not telling those nutjob, evil scumbags where I stay. Don’t think the statement will rile them any more than their usual perma-rage status in any case.
HH
BGFC