Just days after The Beating of Barca in 2004 the youthful Celtic chief executive, Peter Lawwell presented teenage sensation, David Marshall, with a new contract, reward for his incredible goalkeeping performances against the Catalans. Having made only a single first team appearance, in a cup game against (then) lower league opponents, David played the second half of the first leg against Ronaldinho & Co, then all of the second leg, without conceding a goal.
It Camp Nou performance was the most remarkable I’ve seen from a keeper. After years looking for a solid performer to make the position his own, it looked like we had a new star.
A year later David had, if anything, regressed. He remained first choice until after the start of season 2005-06 but Artur Boruc, for a while the genuine article, soon replaced him. David was shipped out to Norwich before eventually settling at Cardiff City, where he has built a solid career, but his star never shone as brightly as we expected it to. His Scottish contemporaries, Allan McGregor and Craig Gordon, both overtook him.
It is incredibly hard for a youth player to break into a team like Celtic in a position like goalkeeper, or striker, the pressure to deliver – every time – is so high, we are a whole lot more likely to introduce wingers. The parallels between David Marshall and Tony Watt are remarkable, so far.
From the outside it’s hard to guess what went wrong for David at Celtic. He lost his place at Celtic when he was just 20 and the trajectory of his career was never the same but 20 is still remarkably young for a keeper working at Champions League level. Tony Watt is two years younger than David and he is in the considerably better position of being able to come on as substitute for sections of games, or to drop away for a few weeks, if necessary.
We should expect more fantastic splurges of form from the player but there will be frustrations and dips in form too. He has the skill, speed and strength to make it. With hard work and patience he stands an excellent chance.
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ASonOfDan Yorkston is the key to our deteriorating relationship.
He didn’t have a minutes silence for Bobby Murdoch because nobody had told him or the match referee (Hugh Dallas).
He wanted Chris Sutton banned from East End Park for his comments.
He was at the helm when the Pars match programme stated that they wished the Celtic support could be torn up like their plastic pitch!
How different he was when he sat opposite the Rangers board before a cup tie knowing that they weren’t going to get weighed in with their half of the gate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFum_GCj2pU
Vmhan …. Sorry to hear of your dads passing.
YNWA
An Embarassment of Sevconians
greenjedi
16:16 on 16 November, 2012
I think the club is being slightly disingenuous when they suggest, as the Chairman did today, that any sponsor is free to sponsor us and any other club should they so wish.
That is not where the concern lies.
The concern is that a joint sponsorship might be “actively” pursued by the club.
Tennents for example, and PL has confirmed this, would not sponsor us unless it was a joint deal with the club in liquidation.
This is the type of deal we should walk away from.
Apologies if I’m coming at this from the wrong angle, not read back much but I don’t think for a minute that anyone is suggesting we could stop our sponsor from sponsoring anyone else.
Ernie
Straight up ?
Vman
Sorry, just realised. My sincere condolences.
Weefra HH
Gotta Go
See U Guys!
Kojo
Still.. Laughin’
An intrusion (Cockroaches) of Sevconians.
winning captains
Thanks for the additional info on that subject – very interesting.
It’s worth remembering where we were about a year ago – thanks goodness that Antony Stokes dargged us back into that match vs Killie.
The context was indeed different early last season.
I get the impression NOW is the moment for us to do big things again.
CARPE DIEM>/b>
I hope we do.
PS
Need to get my hands on the annual…
,o)
petec
Hail Hail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH09MP0DnvM
Welcome to Aberdeen bhoys!
HH!!
a sphincter of Sevconians
Kojo,
We rested on our laurels before.
We are striving to be the best we can be. Who is gonnae stop us now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w5s6V8rQH4
An obsession of sevconians
ah! collective nouns
a skulk of sevconians
sorry to have been so bold…
gardez la foi
Sorry to see Celtic have missed out on signing Noe Baba from Castlebar Celtic this young lad has the potential to go a long way in the game.I wonder why he decided to join Fulham,hard to believe its for football reasons.
A RIOT of sevconihuns
bournesouprecipe
18:37 on
16 November, 2012
a sphincter of Sevconians
ha ha……
fanadpatriot-His brother Ali is no too bad :}
One more then off out….
A shambles of Sevconians.
An inconsequence of Sevconians
A Rectal Mass of Sevconians.
ouch.
bournesouprecipe
;)
Get that team out there that is incredible both in Europe and in Scotland and the Stadium will fill again my Man, it was the thing that I felt pain in your voice about. It may take a season or two but it will happen if we get things right, let’s face it honestly and ask what have we done wrong since Fergus arrived?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3nROFIF5ek
We are constantly building an incredible Club. When we lost Titles to cheaters this site led the way in giving to others and…………….
A Rectal Mass of Sevconians?
Whit?
You’ll never see any of them at mass, rectal or otherwise.
a cheat of sevconians
Charles believes his ragged band of Sevcovians are bigger than Arsenal !
He is a funny fellow.
Maybe a liquid mass of sevconians?
Keevings just stated on snyde chealsea paid 2 million for feruz.
My understanding was it was 250,000. Anyone clear that up for me.
Whoever sacntioned the Tennets deal wants the bullet, it’s an embarressment, regardless of the pittence it brings to the club.
bada bing
tut tut.
Tennents even…
Gaunfurapintcsc.
A shovel of sevconians
a delusion of sevconians
An Armagemmon of Sevcoinians.
An excrementia of servconians !
A cess pit of sevcovians sounds about right to me.
is there anyone who seriously thinks our suits a gonna knock back sponsership with sevco? regardless of what we think in their percieved wisdom this is business and keeps their cushy
number going and they will not harm that mark my words.