They come and go, some kiss the badge, they all talk about how great the fans are. Of all those who played with Celtic in recent years, it was Christopher Jullien, in a private moment, who asked, “Why would anyone want to leave Celtic?” At the age of 26, he found his paradise.
We rated him not for what he said in private, but for his performances on the field. He was the most dominant central defender Celtic had since Virgil van Dijk departed four years earlier. It was his head, chest, leg, on the ball, when we were under pressure. He could then pass the ball out of defence with both feet.
Of all the glories during our second nine-in-a-row years and the Quadruple Treble, the 2019 League Cup Final holds a special place. Celtic were on the rack throughout; with an inspired keeper, Christopher holding the defensive line and scoring the winning goal, the win felt so much sweeter.
His 89th minute winner against Lazio was a perfect example of his aerial dominance. Celtic were a shambles a year later, when he collided with a post at an empty Celtic Park, but they were not yet out of touch. Had he remained fit, who knows? As it was, the shambles continued.
Chirstopher’s exclusion from action on return from injury was down to team tactics. Ange wants his central defenders wide, leaving them plenty of ground to cover, in the event of a breakaway attack. This is not Chris’ forte, it wouldn’t work.
Best of luck, Chris, don’t be a stranger.
Ignore it all you like, but the most important game of the season in Scottish football takes place tonight. It will determine the competitive balance, perhaps beyond even this season. Football in Glasgow is a zero-sum game.
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Was so tempted to put a load of cash on the Huns today and so wish for once I had. Theo’s shower of wasters could play all night and not score.
Utter dross. Zero heart or belief.
Maybe the new guy
Like Romario before him can make it work
Possibly the most chicken hearted attempt ever to qualify for CL.
Pathetic performance.
Did they get Sangare on a free from Albion Rovers?
This level of display by PSV would certainly not be acceptable in a Celtic team .
Cmon psv give us a goal
This mob are dreadful.
Absolute 💞
how poor is sangare
Seeing better effort then this in the fife amateur league every week.
Praying for extra time now and hoping by that time Sevco’s half time substances have worn off .
No shape, no tactics, no motivation. Rudd is no Rinus Michela.
40 million for Gapko. No thanks
add veerman to the poor list
I’m supporting them tonight but thank god I don’t support them full time .
Did the SFA extend the transfer window to enable the Huns to make signings in case they went through to CL groups?
PSV honestly a mid-Scottish Premiership level team. Abysmal.
PSV remind me of guys who turn up for fives but are actually athletucs, basketball or rugby guys.
Run around a lot and boot the ball forward with first touch
Comes off sometimes but generally get schooled by a team of ballers
Huns totally deserve to win, way better technically
Could be a short managerial career for Ruud. Can’t see any identity or ideas in this PSV side.
Commentary saying well matched sides, but it has taken two defensive blunders to give the Huns the advantage
Hearts are better than PSV
Huns are a good example of system over talent. Sands, Wright, Arfield etc qualifying for the CL is just crazy.
looking like 2 extremely expensive blunders from psv has gifted it to the huns .
Awe naw you know this means a whole night of backing coaches into tight spaces
Should be a red for the Dutch player.
Wee goalkeeper sold first game and culpable tonight as well. Cheers dickhead
You normally see teams throwing everything at this,but still pedestrian passing about.
One shot one goal. Two poor teams
Yep , 2 blunders plus an attitude that looks like they are playing a qualifying round for the Petrofac cup .
PSV got nothing. They’re time wasting from their own throw in FFs.
Keeper is totally to blame.
For once we agree Peterlatchfordbelly
I said two weeks ago I hope Ruud has done his homework. He just needed to watch a video of Angeball destroying the hvns. No he has not done his homework. Absolutely useless.
Poor; Sub-standard; Vankers….Made the cb’s look better than they are. Baaaaaaaaah!
All focus now on the draw and on Sunday.
Two league wins in the next week or so will have us all feeling much better.
Absolute garbage. They have got nothing. At all.
thems have a system that works , they deserve to be winning , no urgency in the PSV ranks
If you think this is bad,wait till they get the easiest draw possible tomorrow.
The Hun could go off and they would struggle to score