James Forrest’s injury in September happened three days before Jeremie Frimpong’s best performance of the season, in the home win against Hibs. I remember using the MVP acronym for Jeremie at the time. Team form until that point was patchy: wins with alarming defensive performances and an unmitigated disaster against Ferencvaros. The team shape was clearly wrong and pushing Jeremie forward in James absence seemed logical.
It was the first of many changes I wanted to see, each followed by a realisation that we were groping around in the darkness, until Ismaila Soro and David Turnbull became the central points of a midfield diamond. Having (hopefully) fixed the fundamental tactical problem, James return to full training offers Neil Lennon the flexibility he is denied on the right and enhances his option in the middle.
Ryan Christie is well short of his best form in a Celtic shirt but all of those best performances came when he played through the middle. He can cover for James and offer options on the right while giving the manager a different option when he wants to swap out David Turnbull in the 10 position.
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DAVID66
Would’ve been nice to have got him back in his previous condition and fitness when he first started to play for us
David 66 , sorry for you’re loss RIP Andrea!
All this talk about defenders and WGS got us to the ET against the winners, AC Milan, in the last 16 of the CL with a back 4 of
Telfer, Caldwell, McManus and Naylor with Evander Sno protecting them.
Really amazing, looking at that now.
Boruc was in the form of his life, then, though – makes a big difference.
Wednesday 23 January 1957 1945 KO
FRIENDLY AWAY DUMBARTON SCOTLAND W 5-2
Ref – W Syme
Scorers – McPhail 2 (12, 19), Mochan 2 (16, 17), Tully (?)
Attendance 7000
Sequence – 1-0, 1-1 (15), 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2 (44), HT, 5-2
“Floodlights Inauguration. On-loan Bertie Auld played for Dumbarton.
CELTIC :- Beattie, Haughney, Fallon, Evans, Jack, Peacock, Ryan, Fernie, McPhail, Mochan, Tully.
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Ghod Andy Carroll is such a big ‘tumpshie’
Was Benkovic no a bit of a sicknote anyway??
Fourstone
Best centre half Newcastle have
KT playing well – benefiting from not been kicked by a bunch of hammer throwers
GENE on 9TH JANUARY 2021 6:13 PM
Aye Kieran is a fine player……my Arsenal mates love him!
nil nil
Guy says KT is Arsenal’s best player, wonder if Liam Brady still thinks he’s only worth half his transfer fee😕
FOURSTONECOPPI on 9TH JANUARY 2021 6:12 PM
Was Benkovic no a bit of a sicknote anyway??
I thought he was similar to VVD in that he never seemed flustered , after the injury has he ever recovered fully .
What a machine Messi is.
Happy Birthday to Corkcelt and ACGR
Condolences to the friends and family of Andrea
Dubai trip still getting spoken about??… Jeezo
We have known how long Jullien was going to be out for over a week.
I take it that the coaching staff, going by Kennnedy’s comments, were very keen on Benkovic.
Any forward thinking CEO would have had Benkovic already signed on loan and at the club.
Our problem is that the cancer at the heart of the club does the negotiating in his role as unofficial general manager.
Root out the cancer and the club can move on.
Keeping the cancer means never achieving our potential.
Looks like Dembele going to Atletico Madrid
Story Benkovic going to Belgium
i know nothing about facebook twitter etc, i’ve been told you can keep your name secret
so is it possible a supporter from another team could have posted about Bitton and his
family
I see Jack Hendry is attracting attention from Aston Villa and another Premiership team ,Give him another crack at Centre Half ,can’t be any worse than Duffy ,and Bitton,I felt for Jack I think that a lot of Celtic fans were never of his back,and like plenty of others his confidence went ,So forget about Gallagher at Motherwell and Bencovic at Leicester who never got really tested when he played for us ,and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to bring all the loaness back ,I don’t trust Lennon being given money in this transfer window to buy players
!!BADA BING!!
Any idea of Moussa’s transfer fee?
GERRY123 on 9TH JANUARY 2021 6:52 PM
Yes.
Could have been a pig ignorant Celtic fan, could have been a hun or could have been someone offended by a section of the Celtic support being critical of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.
What a loss KT is.
💚🍀
KT having a great game!
Seems to play wide left in a midfield 5.
His off the ball movement is amazing.
£25m, wiz that a’?
D66- no info mate
How much is Andy Carroll earning ? Ffs
Chilwell to Chelsea for £50 million, or Tierney for £25 million….mmmm
Paul Lambert will be available soon….
Davd66
Really sorry to hear about the loss
May Perpetual Light Shine Upon “Andrea”
Thoughts and Prayers to all the family
Benkovic allegedly going to Leuven in Belgium
Maybe Ryan Porteus after he Hibs amen on Mon 🤔
Benkovic allegedly going to Leuven in Belgium
good
FOURSTONECOPPI on 9TH JANUARY 2021 6:12 PM
Was Benkovic no a bit of a sicknote ?
A squirrel i think-,lol keeps the pitch forks busy:-)
https://twitter.com/CelticBlog2018/status/1347972120517750788?s=19
HH
We will probably be chasing that big plank Andy Carroll in a couple of seasons going by our scouting system
Carroll may be a big plank in a couple of seasons, but he’s doing fine tonight.
FB to Belgium yes please
think we have dodged a bullet
Carroll may be a big plank in a couple of seasons, but he’s doing fine tonight.
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apart from missing 2 sitters and elbowing a boy in the napper
Paddy to stoke,hull,Preston.You get the picture 😉