With Logan Bailly out injured, Celtic are down to two keepers, Craig Gordon (33) and Leo Fasan (22). That’s insufficient for the months ahead, which will see the club play eight European games, the visit of our perennial league rivals, Aberdeen later this month, as well as seeing the League Cup come to a conclusion.
So the reasoning behind Dorus de Vries (35) pitching up for a medial at Ross Hall this morning is clear. What remains to be seen, is whether Brendan Rodgers reckons the Dutchman, whom he won promotion with at Swansea, is a safer pair of hands than Craig Gordon.
de Vries won Notting Forest supporters’ Player of the Year last season, a significant accolade for a keeper, so Stevie Woods can look forward to working with a genuine contender for first choice.
As we witnessed even against an outclassed Motherwell on Wednesday, defending corner kicks remains a problem for Celtic, which will again cost us dearly in Europe if the issue is not resolved. How Dorus matches up in this area may well determine who gets the nod.
A word on Darnell Fisher. He has the talent to perform more than adequately for Alan Stubbs at Rotherham, but he was judged not to have sufficient enthusiasm for getting back to do his day job, after venturing forward to assist attacks, which finished him at Celtic.
In this respect he didn’t fit the Ronny model, but the next generation of young full backs have come through having learned a lesson.
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Some refs are incompetent and some are cheats…something tells me Thomson is a cheat…
This game is awful. Dundee are terrible.
Watching two mid table Spfl teams. Both going to ship points due to dreadful defending. Neither have much up front or in midfield.
One sold its two best players.
The other apparently improved their squad.
Ho hum
The ba’ is gonna have a sore face fae gettin’ scudded back an’ forut.
just saw the forester incidents.
Cheating barsteward.
Absolute disgrace.
Not long until the return of ‘honest mistakes’ YouTube channel
Hundreburds – it’s gonna be retired after the game and put in to care.
I think Thomson actually enjoys a good cheat…
Winning ugly is the mark of champions eh?
It’s also the mark of mediocrity.
Good job for the huns that Dundee are useless…
Thomshun continues the honest mistakes. Hun player should have had a red for the second tackle. Sutton says he bottled it, no he simply cheated. The good news is that they are a poor side and their supporters think they aren’t.
Weebobby- just looking at their next fixture – Kilmarnock, arguably the worst team in the league. Celtic, Aberdeen and hearts all have difficult fixtures in the first month.
It’s an interesting ruse to give the appearance that they are ‘back’ and in with a shout. Might even give them confidence if they are top three come September.
But they have to play at tynecastle, pittodrie, paradise and face better teams than Hamilton, Dundee and killie.
From what I’ve seen Barton is done.
Kranjcar is too.
Hill never was but is still past it.
Refs can help them to keep 10 men on the field but they can’t make them better players.
Good victory for Thomson…
Listened to Rob McLean’s post match summary, didn’t mention it…
They will be found out, let’s see where they are in the league come December.
Roberttressell…
Everyone will try their best to help out but they are just not good enough…
Pundits talk about our shaky defence…theirs was quivering like jelly on a jitterbug…
I wonder if Thomshun will view the incident and tell Paul Hartley he made an honest mistake…
Top referee ma bahooky…
Warburton delusional.
Good.
Love watching big suttys reaction to craigans drivel!
Add oot!
Let’s see how many times this season we are talking about ref decisions given in games involving the huns and ourselves…Last week it was our game–this week their game…
And as usual, it’s a negative for us and a positive for them…
I read some posters slate Chris Sutton on here last season for just being more than honest about RD’s tactics, to be honest I agreed with most of his observations.
By feck, it’s good to see the big mhan call a hun spade a hun spade today.
As the Clumpany and many on here have said, what a difference from listening to the hun a**e kissing on sky sports compared to BT.
Need to tape the game tonight as I’m going to a 21st!…oops record…that’s for you Tony D ;)))
Hey you Rutherglen bhoys…what about this poltergeist in Stonelaw Road?…
Cops pooing their pants and hiding behind a priest… :-)
Ach Ive not seen the tackle that has preoccupied a few folk this afternoon, surely there are better things to do on a Saturday afternoon than subjecting yourself too watching that mob on the telly and spend the rest of your day trying to get your blood pressure back to normal.
Anyway I have it on very good authority that Craigy was ushered straight into the too see the referees supervisor at the end of the game and has been assured that he has cemented his place to take charge of next months Celtic and Rangers game
ps Alloa getting getting a doing at Stranraer so nothing to fear on the league cup front either