Amid the hapless defending and general sense of frustration, we were at least able to console ourselves that Celtic were again creating chances, most effectively through the intervention of Tom Rogic.
Seven-year-olds know there is a right side and a wrong side to tackle from, some 24-year-olds, apparently, remain in the dark. Aberdeen’s first penalty was inevitable from the moment Olivier Ntcham decide to pursue Lewis Ferguson from behind. The Aberdeen player applied the brakes and Olivier obliged to knock him off his feet. A team that had created nothing until that moment had a lead to defend.
This was not the season Shane Duffy dreamed of when signing on loan for Celtic. He was in complete control of the football when he demonstrated that his decision-making skills were not up to the rigors of the Scottish Premiership. A moment later, Aberdeen restored their temporarily-denied lead. Like me, you subsequently no doubt researched Christopher Jullien’s likely return date. There isn’t one, so as you were for a while yet. And yes, I see you pining for the return of Nir Bitton.
Celtic of last season would have controlled the ball through the closing minutes with a narrow lead to deny opponents the ability to charge unhindered into the penalty box. Aberdeen, to their credit, were not up for lying down. There is work to do on the training field.
Leigh Griffiths continues to provide evidence that his fitness, attitude and ability are exactly where they need to be to score important goals. A credit to the work he has done. Despite his limited minutes, this season would look a lot bleaker without him. Tom Rogic also falls into this category. Competition for the creative central mid role is fierce, on this form, Tom will retain the jersey.
Mohamed Elyounoussi had an afternoon full of incomplete passes. This did not deter him and he supported the impressive Kristopher Ajer run to force Hoban to foul inside the penalty area. Like champions, Celtic were in front, despite of the costly mistakes.
Callum McGregor and Neil Lennon both attempted to put boundaries on hysteria in their after-match comments. In summary: it’s been a difficult week, Aberdeen are a decent side, a point is sometimes important, so let’s keep our eye on the prize. Both know this playbook, so do you and I.
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GEEBEE1978 on 26TH OCTOBER 2020 6:37 PM
SAINT STIVS on 26TH OCTOBER 2020 6:32 PM
I didnt think DT was a Broony successor but others did, commenting he would be like the young Broony, a player who attached from midfield, I worry a wee bit that Motherwells best player comes here with really only one first team season in him, and cant make the breakthrough.
I cant help but compare to the impact Phil made when he came, 2 goals on his debut and right in the team.
Difficult to get it right all the time, so I think, maybe like Ryan, it is going to take the misfortune of others, more injuries or such for CT to get a run.
Your in good form tonight St, Stivs.
Feeling a bit happier myself tonight.
Glad we don’t have a League game this week, I know it gives the uglies a chance to put points on the Board but when the chase down begins we are either good enough to hunt them down or not.
Looking forward to the Cup game, would love to see us clinch the QuadroFenian.
The Maginot line mob are out in force trying to understand this season from what has happened in the past — I’m sure I am not alone in spotting the flaw in that argument.
And then you have the jibes aimed at their coach just because he shares a surname with an Eastenders character — who is laughing now as they pick up points and plaudits in Europe while we find new ways to look lost on a football pitch.
Talking about Europe — the accounts show how the failure to make the CL group stages are going to gut the club — but I am sure PL will still mange to wheelbarrow out his bonus just as he has done over the past two years with carnage all around.
And then comes the recruitment policy that is a byword for lazy / indulgent recruiting with no plan and very little insight.
Spending millions on players who will struggle to make the bench every week never mind start.
At some point questions will be asked — but at the moment it looks as if it will only start after the wailing has stopped.
If we fail this season Netflix will have a hit on their hands if they have their cameras in place at CP.
Lennon has proved over the season so far that he has taken us as far as he can. Hibernian scenario looking likely – do something now before the ten is lost.
My (temporary ?) return to these hallowed pages is possibly the last thing you require at this juncture but I have some time on my hands these days ….with probably egg on my chin to follow.
Let the immature post begin…… for I can construct no others….
We have been dealt a dodgy hand so far this term – sevCovid, injuries, Griffitis and the Europa League draw from Hell (did top seeding ruin this year’s crop ?) threw us together with teams who are on the….UP….on the continent whilst the darnel is flourishing in our domestic field. You may remember the punchline…..let them grow then weed them out at harvest time.
They, on the other hand, believe they can make points hay while we are in pursuit of another boring, fourth successive Treble. Here is the crux. Scotland and Britain is bored with our success – “we are sick of this unsatisfying food” – if we win the Scottish Cup/Treble attention will be diverted elsewhere, our achievement wont be diminished it will be ignored. They are all in agreement – change will be good/is necessary for Scottish football. The smaller clubs are hacked off by our Monopoly and the English think it’s Tiddlywinks – they are only interested in Gerrard and the rise of of a new unionist/loyalist/royalist footballing entity/symbol in a country which seems to be at odds with England in every other sphere.
The Scottish media scent blood and believe this time it might not be a false trail – plenty foxes abroad as the clocks……..change. They have been disappointed often enough and the real sore one was Hibs. They are desperate for us to fail and have been for some time. Anyone who could/can thwart us would and will do and in the first half of The Nine they had some joy (honest mistakery……) but of late…. eyewiz the bridesmaid…. This will not do. For a while Aberdeen were a softish threat but McInnes could never get it together when it mattered. Their hope has long been invested in a Strong Sevco and here we have it…… salivating and lip-licking at the prospect of our long-awaited demise led by the usual cheerleaders and traitors…….better for them if they had never been born He said.
I’ve seen most of it before but never such raw desire verging on lust, stoked on a fire of hatred, bigotry and envy.
We should be motivated as never before.
WG, ML2
SFTB,
Leaving aside the fact that he’s a horrible hun, Beale is a pretty well-respected character in the game unfortunately. He has worked under some great regimes (Klopp notably) where the use of analytics and tactics are 2nd to none. We laughed at Gerrard but he did bring with him a modern philosophy from Anfield. We, on the other hand, can be charged with pulling apart the Rodgers era to the point where we are hiring our old boss’s son to replace Damien Duff or the highly respected Davies who left with Rodgers.
Their reliance on Morelos and his drop off in performance has been checked by them during the window, they use Davis sparingly and have bulked up in personnel and player profile (eff knows where they get the money).
I can laugh as much as the next but they’ve improved exponentially whilst we regress. I take no comfort in that.
HH
Neil Francis Lennon to you.
Our manager, Celtics 5th all time medal winner.
We failed on many seasons Mitch, This total success is a relatively recent phenomenon.
Celtic Fans will rally round their team next year and for years after you and I are gone to our eternal reward,, regardless of how this year goes.
In fact the general rule is that fans react better in adversity,
The Huns are an example, they have won eff all for years but they are still packing their place out.
Welcome back WG!
There is a new blog up and running with 20+ comments. (Topic is the financials though)
I might even try a cheecky jibe at another Sevco Man and risk upsetting some of our more sclerotic contributors
MM
OFFS
GTF CSC
Big Wavy
Brendan Rodgers celtic lost to Stevie Gee’s Rangers too.
Seems it’s not just dinosaurs who can lose to them
Some interesting takes on the team’s performance yesterday.
However some things seem to be missing in most.
The most basic point is that didn’t play with a proper DM.
SB is not a proper DM although at times he has done enough to get by.
CMcG definitely is not a DM — can’t tackle and is not direct enough when the going gets tough.
Last 10 minutes had him trying too hard — result two dangerous free kicks and a penalty given away.
Surely never again.
However he was not the biggest disappointment — RC step right up for your wasteful / lazy / self indulgent / sloppy nonsense where you suited yourself and passed the ball in the general direction of a team member.
Some of his final balls were in the couldn’t care less category.
No focus / no drive / no desire — just on the look out for the odd Hollywood moment and hide when you are really needed to get things moving.
On the other hand ON did try and put in a shift but he is wasting away at CP — neither trusting the coaching staff or mature enough to keep his desire and focus. His play was at times very good but at other times he was very sloppy.
A good coach will get him back on track — unfortunately we don’t have any at CP at the moment.
Finally the memory of CMcG telling DT what to do when he came on is the defining image of the game.
Everywhere else the player coming on carries instructions from the sidelines regarding what he has been told to do and how it will affect the others on the park.
If we lose the league this year — we still have time to save it — this will be the season in an instant.
Yawn..
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 26TH OCTOBER 2020 7:02 PM
Big Wavy
Brendan Rodgers celtic lost to Stevie Gee’s Rangers too.
Seems it’s not just dinosaurs who can lose to them
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Sadly not with such obvious regularity as we have become accustomed to lately. We have been schooled and the last game, based on 10 months of analysis, was the worst of the lot.
It’s a ‘pattern’ we should ask whether Neil and his coaching team are capable of redressing. Not sure I see it myself.
HH
SFTB
Wish you would understand last season is last season, the evidence is mounting that they have improved and we have regressed, forget about last season, it has zero relevance, other than give you a counter argument.
Seen as you asked my view of last season’s collapse was that Gerrard made a monumental mistake by throwing his players under a bus with just one bad defeat at Tynecastle. The first defeat in nearly 5 months since we defeated them early September, the players rebelled. I posted at the time and asked the question did any other poster see this as a massive mistake. I got a few saying it was no biggie, not one agreed with me, 10 days later they drew at home to Aberdeen then beaten at Killie.
Their muted celebrations after defeating us was a worry they are learning, they are improving, their squad has real depth now.
After Ferencvaros I wanted action , I wanted minimum a good European coach sourced, I think NFL is a good man manager but his shortcomings as a coach are frightening.
Big Wavy and myself views are so aligned, I have 40 years experience in this game, growing up in Junior dressing rooms, I like to think I’ve learned something, a 4yr old brain soaks up information. I’ve made around 20 predictions on here with 19 correct
I’m prepared to put my experiences on the line to be ridiculed.
I’m convinced without immediate action in the management and coaching staff that Sevco will prevail, you can quote me on that.
I wanted action last week, it was so bad, the situation has worsened now, my genuine Hope’s now are to win a quadruple treble. Would love it but its definitely the second prize.
Any other season I could see the argument of allowing Neil to fail but my hope is our directors take the action necessary, even if for financial reasons to give us a chance of success. I don’t believe 10 in a row is possible under the current setup.
Lennie’s job not in trouble for now – but he’s only one bad run left – like calmac’s early yellow
Winning Gemmell
good to see you post.hope all well
hh
I often wondered is it good players or good managers that make a team successful.
Brendan Rodgers proved that management was key.
He looked professional, organised , focussed and so did our team and club.
Compare with Neil ‘s dishevelled appearance and ramblings ….says it all for me .
we can’t get any worse than this
nigh night
andrena.
welcome.you a hun?
hh
ONENIGHTINLISBON on 26TH OCTOBER 2020 7:02 PM
Yawn…
me too.reading back is one big girn
i asked you earlier to name 5 things you want to change.no reply.thats what happens when your feasting on negativity.its self perpetuating.
hh
Winning Gemmell
Welcome back.
Great post.
Am with you 100% on your last point.
Radio Clyde, ET, DR, Hootsman, Herald, Rahman the eejit, BBC Sports Scotland, Sky
Plus countless assorted bigots and Sevco lovers currently without a gig.
They’re all lining up against us.
Bring it on.
Hail hail
Keep The Faith
BHOYS AND GHIRLS, THERE’S BEEN A NEW ARTICLE UP SINCE 17:55!!! ;-)
I know Jobo – but it’s the financials.
Yawn
:)