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“Every goal is a great goal”, as Tommy Gemmell memorably once told me, but some are greater than others.  This was never more evident than yesterday.  Kyogo is a penalty box finisher.  He comes alive between the posts, an area he can find space like no other in Scotland.  Like no other has been able to in 20 years.

Our Talisman from Japan rarely deviates from this modus operandi.  When he does, Jack Butland is his victim of choice.  There are reasons why yesterday’s goal was better than the two from a similar distance he buried behind Butland within the last year.

At Ibrox, one year ago tomorrow, Kyogo latched onto a Matt O’Riley header and hit a first time shot which found the net.  The key phrase here is “found the net”, this was a goal from an opportunist striker who knew to hit early.  At Celtic Park in December, his left foot shot found the top corner, but benefited from a glance against a defender’s boot.

If you have played football at any level, you will know that when you are in possession and running towards goal, your every instinct is to get rid of the ball, either by shooting or finding a teammate.  Adrenaline pumps through your veins and your field of vision narrows.  The greats can overcome this and remain calm enough to take in all the opportunities.  It is a rare sight to see this in action.

Try saying, “He scored with a [insert adjective]from 25 yards” without the inserted word being something like “screamer”.  “He scored with a placed shot from 25 yards” just doesn’t roll.  Were it not for video evidence, you would not believe it.

But it happened.  What Kyogo’s three goals from outside the box against Butland in the last year all have in common, is that they were executed before the goalkeeper was able set himself.  Butland is slow to get his feet into the right position; Kyogo knows this and takes advantage.

With the keeper ambling left in a pedestrian manner, Kyogo placed a shot with the inside of his foot along the ground and half a yard inside the post.  The pedestrian Butland looked like he was still waiting on the green man before moving.

It was not a screamer; it was much better than any screamer could be.  It was a moment of calm, by a rare and precious talent.  Cherish what we have in Kyogo.

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  1. jackiemac on

    I think they’ve now levelled out into the mediocrity which paul67 said, a couple of years ago, they would end up at.

     

    Several players like davis and mcgregor, who were once good, have now gone and there is no stand out quality in their squad. They obviously were papering over the cracks and now there are some players, in their squad, who may be decent if they were surrounded by quality players. There are several players who are poor.

     

     

    We have not levelled out. We have a BR style which will improve and we have a handful of new players who could very well improve the first team.

  4. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Celtic Mac @ 2:51pm – cheers.

     

     

    Perfectly reasonable riposte.

     

     

    Noted on reference to “process” – I did see it in your original message but, admittedly from an uinformed position, didn’t consider the process much beyond …

     

     

    “Two guys who worked in Japan knew Japanese stuff including players and culture”.

     

     

    In my head, rightly or wrongly, it was a new layer of knowledge (and therefore value)on top of existing recruitment approach.

  5. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

    Madra Rua

     

     

    Listened to every minute of the music you posted from Cyril.

     

     

    The Michael Smith song Spoon River is one of my favourites. I’ve heard the covers by Steve Goodman and our own Anna Massie Band (I have that in my collection) but Cyril sang a fine version there.

     

     

    May his music sustain those that knew him.

  7. bigbhoy on

    Darwin

     

     

    My memory of the short term CEO Mckay is the same as you stated but, you should point out that his firing was down to Desmond having lost confidence in him. Dermot calls the shots on all key men appointments including the manager

     

     

    Perhaps McKay wouldn’t kiss his ring,

  9. An Tearmann on

    Big bhoy

     

     

    Our multimonikered troll disnae miss any ring!!

     

    Sycophantic attention seeking nowt else

     

     

    HH

  10. Fassreifen on

    Watch the SPFL highlights on Youtube and you’ll see how good Schmeichel’s two saves were. Just a detail of an all-round wonderful team performance. And our first goal was onside.

  11. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

    Superbru Round 4 Update

     

     

    On a week when the “I can never back Sevco to win” punters were on an even footing with the rest of us for once, we might have seen a few of them make the podium positions. But, whether or not they did, we saw a high bar of successful predictions made and a new clear leader in the Best Weekly Points Total Category. The Round 4 winners were:-

     

     

    The Token Tim- 17 points (current weekly winning total till someone betters it)

     

    2= Gaz & Cosy Corner Bhoy- 14 pts

     

    4= hairlikespaghetti & sannabhoy- 12.5 pts

     

     

    There were still a significant amount of posters who struggled to shoot any fish in this week’s barrel. No Buckeye Salmon for the Buckie-eyed predictors.

     

     

    63rd= A thing of beauty, Aipple, One Malloy, Slick71, Drew67, Big Jimmy, rebuswad- all on 3 pts

     

    70th- Tirconnel- with a magnificent 2.5 pts and this week’s wooden spoon

     

     

    As with many leaderboards this weekend, clear frontrunners with potential stamina are emerging clear of the pack. We have:-

     

     

    Cosy Corner Bhoy- 38 pts

     

    Gaz- 37.5 pts

     

    celtic Mac- 36 pts

     

     

    While those running the course the wrong way round include:-

     

     

    70th- Big Jimmy- 12.5 pts – this week’s Champion Chump

     

    69th- Belmont Brian63- 14 pts- His jokes are better than his forecasts (just)

     

    68th- maccargo- 16 pts (and that’s with him moving up 2 places this week)

     

     

    We have a week free of achievement and/or humiliation next weekend, unless you are a Scotland fan or Steve Clarke. Real football returns on Sat 14th September with 5 kick offs at 3 pm including our game versus the minis. On Sunday 15th, the Belgian Beale, Winless Warburton & Pedro Pantomimist gets a shot of redemption with a 12 o clock game in Dundee versus United. The City of Jam, Jute, and Journalism could see him get his Jotters.

     

     

    Tx for playing- Next update in a fortnight

  12. Burnley78 on

    Torn between watching a full rerun of the game with Tom and Peter on Rangers TV or listening to Radio Clyde or watching a great Tennis effort by Draper in the US open.

     

     

    All 3 are lovely prospect. But seeing the game through Tom’s lens is maybe the best.

  13. Turkeybhoy on

    My only concern on Sunday was a a good bit of sloppy play went unmentioned by most.The first 10 mins we struggled to string passes together against a team,who’s high press consisted of 4 or 5 of their players running about like headless chickens.A CL team,won’t be so lenient.Poor start from us.Also,in the second half,we eased up,no idea why.Slack passing misplaced passes,being the result,and they COULD have scored at 2-0.We had slowed our running and teamwork down.As I said,no idea why.Their first shot on target was the 70 something minute,and until the whistle,they had 3 more,and a couple shots blocked..just to continue on the negative side,we can’t miss chances like Reo’s and Kyogos in the CL.Got that off my chest,apart from all that,marvelous day,3 stunners,and just WTF do those VAR lines prove.He looks on to me.Like the King with no clothes,you will believe what we say.

     

    G

  14. Turkeybhoy on

    Sterling tried to do Kyogos shoulder in the first half.Deliberate smash into him from the back,and sent him crashing to the ground,whilst we were on the attack just outside their box.Clear as day his intentions.

  15. BelmontBrian on

    Evening all.

     

     

    Turkeybhoy on 2nd September 2024 7:18 pm

     

    Sterling tried to do Kyogos shoulder in the first half.Deliberate smash into him from the back,and sent him crashing to the ground,whilst we were on the attack just outside their box.Clear as day his intentions.

     

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    Totally agree

  18. Turkeybhoy on

    Hope everybody feeling a bit down with illness ,Big Jimmy,David 66,etc,Sundays result gave you a lift.

     

    HH.

  23. Prestonpans bhoys on

    TURKEYBHOY

     

     

    Our turnstiles were hammered and got in on the 6th minute. I looked at their high press and said to my daughter, been here before they run around at 100mph like headless chickens. We will pass through it or they will run out of stamina.

     

     

    But agree too many unforced errors with missed placed passes. All stopped after disallowed goal, can’t understand the foot of the pedal in the second half either.

  24. bigrailroadblues on

    Prestonpans

     

    Is that moaning git still standing near you at Celtic Park. He drove me to drink last time I had your sb. Dearie me. 🙄

  25. Celtic Mac on

    back to basics @ 5.56

     

     

    Let me give you some advice on using inverted commas…..

     

    When you are the guy who is making the statement…..

     

    You don’t need them……

  26. Prestonpans bhoys on

    BRRB

     

     

    Yip he would moan if we beat the huns 7:1 and monster munch has reappeared in the row in front, turning my sstanding space into a restricted view 😅😂

  30. Darwin on

    bigbhoy on 2nd September 2024 6:13 pm

     

    Darwin

     

    My memory of the short term CEO Mckay is the same as you stated but, you should point out that his firing was down to Desmond having lost confidence in him. Dermot calls the shots on all key men appointments including the manager.

     

     

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    Cheers for this – I am not aware that DD fired him but of course it may have happened as you say. I agree that DD is the boss – he may not always be right, but he’s always the boss! HH

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Perhaps McKay wouldn’t kiss his ring,

  34. GFTB on

    Belmont Brian 7.36pm

     

     

    Think TB is more Vambo than Kangaroo … more whiflett than Kirkwood

     

     

    Y-Lee ya bam :-)

  35. GFTB on

    Marvin Bartley on SSB tonight saying the Celtic players are happy doing the ugly stuff, they never stop working from wee Kyogo all the way back …

     

     

    Thought Scakes & Taylor were excellent yesterday, not one failure in the hoops & Kasper in yellow

  38. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    I’m very fond of the adage ‘when the future looks bleak, glorify the past’.

     

     

    It’s always very relevant when listening to politicians, particularly Tories.

     

     

    I also like my schadenfreude, so tuned in to the Radio Clyde phone-in.

     

     

    The huns are so depressed they are now harking back to ‘the Steven Gerrard ERA’ 😂😂

  40. hankray on

    I have to admit I wasn’t really nervous about the game on Sunday which was unusual for me, perhaps knowing there was still about 50 or 60 more games to be played before the end of season. However, it was still important to set down a marker and victory in yet another derby match.

     

     

    I always felt that once we got the ball forward to our attack we always had the beating of Rangers as in previous derbies. Once we settled after the opening minutes and that lightening strike by Kyogo even though the score was possibly wrongly disallowed the Rangers rookies were in shock, quickly followed by a couple of brilliant scores by our Japanese stars Daizen and that man again Kyogo. A baptism of fire for the new cohort of Rangers players, it could have been four or five by half time.

     

     

    With the departure oif Matt we were all focused on young Paulo Bernardo and boy did he rise to the challenge, he looked the complete player and little wonder he was captain of Portugal’s under 21’s, superb performance.

     

    It was a perfect team display and I think special mention has to go to Calmac, our back four with Liam Scales definitely the Wicklowman’s greatest display in the Hoops, Daizen and Kyogo, our opponents just couldn’t cope with their mesmerising pace.

     

     

    Great show by the Green Brigade with that massive canvas of St Patrick keeping a watchful eye on the proceedings and adding a nice dash of colour to the occasion.

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