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.
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Hi lads,
Anything happening? If not and just in case you missed it…..
http://gingerparrot.co.uk/2015/01/happy-kiss-a-ginger-day-monday-12th-january-2015/
Hail Hail
Estadio
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Canamalar..
13:11 on
12 January, 2015
Winning Captains,
Have you considered a contingency if the herald bottle it ?
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It will be Banned before it goes to Print..
And if it save ONE Celtic supporter being Stabbed or Similar rightly So..
Summa
Hamiltontim I smell a rat with this quote from the response you got….
“The interview I gave to the BBC was not intended to give a personal view, nor a view on behalf of member clubs. Rather it was an attempt to explain SPFL rules in this area in response to a question from a BBC journalist.”
So its not a personal view and its not a view of the member clubs. But it is the rules that the member clubs signed up to (thought I think we would be hard pushed to find this nonsense in any rulebook).
This is absolutely cringeworthy both from Doncaster and from Celtic. Celtic have signed off on all of this and they are now hiding from it. Pathetic.
Summa of Sammi – so we should all be scared of sevco fans and therefore let them make up any lies they like? Is that modern scotland is it?
John guidetti has already corrected his misquote from smsm earlier..he said “just to make this clear i they asked me how many i WANT to score against rangers not how many IAM going to score”#dreambig
Typical shit stirring from the incompetent meeja hh
hun skelper
13:28 on 12 January, 2015
Fed up reading idiots going on about the semi final game,
Calm down its all about opinions
hun skelper
13:28 on 12 January, 2015
Ah, good ……you’ve corrected your earlier abject nonsense that those who refuse to go are not true Celtic Supporters ….and just for the record, I re-iterate my contention that any Celtic Supporter who attends that farce / pantomime at Hampden is simply endorsing the myth …. HH …..and we’ll agree to differ now ….
hun skelper
13:28 on 12 January, 2015
Been watching Celtic for 40 years week in week out …found out in the last few years that I wasn’t paranoid enough but still attend but hey I guess I’m just an idiot because I dont care much for tribute acts . Maybe I should stick to WWF its not as rigged.
frannyb67 – :) (thumbsup)
estadio – it’s like the feckin’ Weasleys at Casa Philvis. C’mere and gizz a kiss. (thumbsup)
JFH 12.52
Bang on .
Guidetti’s statement is wrong on so many levels.
I would have it nailed on The Ayebrokes dressing room wall .
It also shows a lack of respect for those Celtic players competing with him for a place in the team.
His current form doesn’t justify any better than a place on the bench .
I prefer my players to do their talking on the pitch.
Be confident and yet humble at the same time.
Henrick against Blackburn springs to mind.
He stuffed their Men against Boys comment right down their throats.
Summa of Sammi @ 13.46hrs.
Apologies for butting in.
Why would the article be banned ?
Tragic events over the last few days have reinforced and endorsed the right to free speech. Even controversial free speech.
Je suis Charlie.
HH.
mic1888 – Been watching Celtic for 40 years week in week out
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UN_YE0HeeYg/UqRIG0SMo3I/AAAAAAAAPS8/WThZmMydqy4/s1600/spagett.gif
(thumbsup)
mickbhoy1888
13:02 on
12 January, 2015
John Guidetti setting himself up for a sore one in the first 10 minutes which will no doubt go unpunished
Dae yer talking on the park John
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Aye, he complained for at lease 2mins when he got a wee bump from the PSV boy, greetin’ face on him like Forrest has, he’ll be in for worse v Sevco, as you say set himself up for one. Should’ve kept his trap shut, as if he is not under enough pressure to score as it is, if he keeps this form up he might not even get picked!
Hamiltontim,
Re Doncaster saying it was in response to a question from a BBC journalist, if I recall correctly, he wasn’t asked it in the interview, he just offered it up ‘out of the blue’. Why?
Re The Herald not printing. After what happened “je suis charlie”. Would they really wish to deny freedom of speech because of the threat of intimidation?
Greenpinata – Charlie?
http://files.stv.tv/imagebase/194/623×349/194062-frank-mcavennie-at-cliftonville-v-celtic-july-2013.jpg
(thumbsup)
Aye very good Philvis…How did you know it was me?
Just seen Greenpinata post above. I think you sir are my doppelgänger.
hehehe – stupid huns.
John Gs reponse to SMSM lies
John Guidetti@superguidetti · 51m 51 minutes ago
Just to Make one thing clear ! They asked me how many I WANT to score against rangers ! Not how many I AM going to score . #dreambig
gearoid1998
:-)
Sad to see so many getting hooked media fishing with the guidetti ‘statement’
They asked him how many he’d like to score in the game (over 3 weeks away, the media circus has begun), now they spin it like an unprompted statement
Anyone having a pop at John on the back of it wisen up, they’re playing you like a fiddle
Neg
Did you substantiate your allegation yesterday?
Well when asked John Guidetti should have said the whole team want to score as many as possible
JIMTIM
The nearest thing to steel in our midfield is Brown.
Guaranteed red card,IMO.
One slightly dodgy altercation or tackle,there’s yer dinner.
Meanwhile,open season on The Hoops.
I genuinely believe this game will surpass the Mowbray games for violence against our players. The SPFA won’t complain about violence against their members,or lack of protection by a highly-paid hun in charge of proceedings.
Why would they? They never have done before when the violence is from a certain club.
I would like-in all seriousness-a Celtic player to point out to the SPFA the dangers that they are likely to face that day,and tell them that unless they apply their rules about representing EVERY member,they are going to approach the HSE.
Everyone has a right to do their job without fear of injury,subject to HSE regulations. And everyone should know that,should injury occur,the reasons for it will be investigated.
The SPFA must be the only union in the country that throws a deafie to its members. Personally,I’d sue them,then the SFPL, if I was injured playing that lot.
Then I’d go looking for everyone who legitimised them,and gave them that opportunity.
We shouldnae be playing them,and we shouldnae be putting our players in the firing line. If you thought Healey’s assault on James Forrest was bad,you ain’t seen nothing yet.
mic1888 – Roy Keane spotted you and wrote a whole chapter about it in his latest tell-all autobiography, Roy Keane: I’m Basically Jim Carrey’s Character From “Liar Liar” When He Was Going Around Telling Everybody Everything (thumbsup)
The media misquoting john re the game v the sevs added to his treatment from them for collum’s mistake, could this be an attempt by them to think it would be a hasslev
neganon2
13:47 on 12 January, 2015
“I think we would be hard pushed to find this nonsense in any rulebook”
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Correct …. however, I’m assuming our Board are confident sevco are for the knackers yard and, like all the other Club Boards, are focussing on maximising the attraction of the SPFL ….and…….slowly but surely we are all moving in the right direction, whilst sevco approach the precipice…..and we will need an advert soon to thank the media for their assistance in advancing the liquidation of sevco also …. ‘The Silence Of The Bams’ would be my suggested title for the advert, and we should submit it to the dr
67heaven … i am neil lennon ….the angels are with wee oscar in heaven.. ibrox belongs to the creditors
13:52 on 12 January, 2015
21000 Tims if not more can’t all be wrong
To finish my above post re john g
Could this be an attempt by the media to think it would be a hassle playing for us.
Maybe i’m being to paranoid.
mic1888
13:52 on 12 Jan 2015
Read it again mate, there’s people talking shite about how the guys who go are going because they miss them, want to give them money, want to live the lie and so on, there the idiots not the guys who just don’t want to go
I tweeted yesterday about the Herald advert, seems the Huns think it’s me who has written and paid for it. I think it’s hit a nerve though going by the amount of abuse I’m getting from them.
I can’t believe guidetti is claiming we’ll win the workd cup and the movie made about the triumph will win 15 academy awards.
Icameheretogetawayfromfansreactingtomadeupmediapish. Csc
Pauline Cafferkey is no longer critically ill with Ebola.
May her recovery continue.
Back to work.
And then the world cup :)
I am not for this advert/article for far more reasons than I have time or inclination to document here.
But I do agree with the actual content and therefore I believe that that all those supporting it should put their real names and location down.
Matt Stewart
Gorbals
Glasgow
Currently in India but returning back end of March.
If anyone wants to take umbrage at being caused offence, then take it out on me (I should be easy enough to trace) and not some innocent kid who happens to be wearing Celtic colours.
Hail hail
Estadio
EDDIEINKIRKMICHAEL
I’m so glad that you spent the time,the effort,and most importantly the money,to get this message across.
All off your own back,too.
I’m proud,so proud,to have shared a drunken Sannataxi with you,bud.
I just wish I’d realised how much of a legend you were-well,I ken noo!
geordie munro
14:11 on 12 January, 2015
I can’t believe guidetti is claiming we’ll win the workd cup and the movie made about the triumph will win 15 academy awards.
Icameheretogetawayfromfansreactingtomadeupmediapish. Csc
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You must have some width of fleg for your bus!
HH jamesgang