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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Sleekit stuff from Celtic FC…..
Celtic are now officially a laughing stock
A pure Riddy.
Peter Lawwell you have taken us here.
!!BADA BING!! on 11TH JANUARY 2021 11:55 AM
Lawwell must resign
agreed buddy
I’ve just seen on the box … Arnie Schwarzenegger call out PL ,it goes ” Peter Lawwell is a failed leader … he will go down in history as the worst Celtic CEO ever “:)
PL should have resigned long before this debacle , but alas he wont :(
No complaints if thems the rules and precedents have been set.
How do the DR know?
An absolute disgrace
D :)
Lawwell is more likely to get a pay rise than resign.
Absolutely shocking….the board/CEO & entire first team management must resign over this farce.
Philbhoy,
Its also on Glasgow Live.
HH.
https://www.celticfc.com/news/2021/january/Celtic-Football-Club-Statement/
The worst mistake ever – self-inflicted
Not too many people laughing about it anywhere. one of the most stupid and ill -judged decisions made by the club ever.heads will roll i think
Pathetic statement from Celtic twitter account up now.
Never mind all the controversy!
Have we signed the French Super Kid for £7,200,000 yet?
You know, the one we were eyeing?
It on the club website
Onenightinwherever…you have a fondness for the word sleekit. I wonder why.
Celtic Football Club confirmed today that Christopher Jullien has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating at home. We wish Christopher a speedy recovery.
While all of the other members of the squad and backroom team have tested negative, we have been informed by the authorities that, having been deemed ‘close contacts’, Celtic manager Neil Lennon, assistant John Kennedy and 13 first-team players will be required to self-isolate on a precautionary basis as required by the current regulations.
The Club would like to thank the Scottish FA, JRG and the Scottish Government for their assistance in managing this case. Celtic will, of course, fulfill its fixture against Hibernian this evening.
Clearly we are hugely disappointed, as we know our supporters will be. The contacts were identified during the period from Wednesday last week, primarily around flight and team coach travel, during which time Celtic applied the same rigorous protocols used for pre-season training camps, UEFA match travel and for all domestic match arrangements in Scotland.
These protocols have served us well in the past, as the Club has not had one positive case in our own ‘bubble’ until now. As we have already stated, Celtic’s decision to travel to Dubai for a training camp was for performance reasons. Whilst we were in Dubai, the announcements made on January 4 significantly changed the COVID landscape.
The reality is that a case could well have occurred had the team remained in Scotland, as other cases have done in Scottish football and across UK sport in the past week.
Celtic has done everything it can to ensure we have in place the very best procedures and protocols. From the outset of the pandemic, Celtic has worked closely with the Scottish Government and Scottish football and we will continue to do so.
What an absolute shit show.
The self harm this season has been shocking to behold.
Complacency and incompetence from Board Room to Boot Room.
Dreadful.
So Jullien is the positive case, but he has ruptured knee ligaments, do not tell me he went to Dubai with this injury and if he did for what reason, he cannot train so what was he doing out there?
dont feed the squirrel
it is fat enough
LOL – you have to laugh or else ye’d greet:
“Celtic’s decision to travel to Dubai for a training camp was for performance reasons.”
Aye, what a performance indeed.
Seriously good opp to see how good our development and recruitment has been. Hope our subs smash the Hibees!
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 11TH JANUARY 2021 12:07 PM
I just get pissed off that when anyone dares criticise the board or manager on here the accusation from some is that they are sleekit or a hun.
Maybe you are happy with the direction we are going at the moment, even if that were the case I maybe would not agree but not resort to that…
Absolute f*** up – well done Celtic on making the Bolingoli affairs look like absolutely nothing.
Where was the leadership to say things are getting worse, cancel the trip?
Lawwell out.
OMG
DESSYBHOY on 11TH JANUARY 2021 12:09 PM
The Celtic physio and medical staff will have gone out there. If they’d have been at home he would have been coming in to see them.
He couldn’t start his rehab on his own
Trying to defend it…
Thank goodness it’s an out of form Hibs we are playing tonight.
C’MON THE CELTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LAWWELL OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
absolute shambles on and off the field.
Why was Julien there.
He’s going to be out for 4 months.
You couldn’t make it up
I take it we won’t know who the affected players are until the team gets announced tonight?
Don’t want to increase any advantage Hibs might already have.
PL & P67 quickly comparing notes 😂😂
This is not the fault of the government, of masonic refs, the SPFL or anyone else you care to bring up. This is self inflicted and those responsible for it should be sacked, end of. But hey, the huns are going bust!
Celtic40me
So we had no ther physios based at Lennoxtown who could have treated him for a week ? I’m sure his case notes treatment plan would have been available instead we take him on a 7000mile round .
Words fail at this stage. Really what is the effing point ?
Lennon and Lawwell, quite simply, gtf.
Julienne probably picked up Covid while in hospital for his injury
But lets blame Lawwell
We’ve already blown the league – so why is everybody getting so worked up about this?
Shortie having a phone in to discuss whether Celtic should be quarantined post Dubai,
all the tabloids have us front and back page Desert Storm etc,
do you ever get the feeling that nobody likes you?
and thats just reading back on here
Morning all from a freezing Louisville where too many feckers still ignore mask mandate.
Thank the lord we got 2020 behind us and into a normal 2021.. no… wait.
HH all and here’s to the young bhoys to put on a show tonight and cheer us up.
9 days left of the orange fascist. If you click on the Twitter link on this site you should get a wee chuckle.
https://www.trumphotels.com/macleod-house
ROCK TREE BHOY
Nothing has changed in my 60years regarding everyone hating us.
But we have given them plenty of ammunition