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A makeshift Celtic midfield took no more than 15 minutes to get into its stride at Fir Park yesterday, before overwhelming Motherwell in every department.  That opening period promised a competitive event, with the home side’s Lennon Miller (18) twice hitting the woodwork from outside the box, but soon thereafter, Celtic’s midfield three of Paulo Bernardo, Luke McCowan and Reo Hatate found their rhythm.

Bernardo played in the deep position, vacated by the injured Callum McGregor, although Celtic pressed the game so far forward, ‘deep’ is not an apt description.  This left Hatate and McCowan free to roam across the front of the Motherwell defensive line, which had dug its trench 20 yards from goal.

Persistence paid off midway through the opening half when Luke McCowan found space among a pool of defenders to craft a shot into the corner of the net.  The Dundee deadline day signing is making the most of his time at Celtic.

Daizen Maeda then timed a run perfectly to get behind the defence, but was barged in the back by Motherwell’s Stephen O’Donnell. The ball struck Maeda’s arm and bizarrely, dribbled into the net.  It looked all day like a penalty and a red card, as O’Donnell made no attempt to play the ball, but VAR chose a different outcome, and awarded a free kick against Daizen for the handball.

The hosts remained in the contest, by proximity of the scoreline only, until 57 minutes, when Celtic’s fullbacks combined.  After a sustained period of passing inside the Motherwell half, Alex Valle pitched a cross towards the back post.  Alistair Johnston was already on his way to that area and met the ball perfectly with his head to double Celtic’s lead.

Substitutes Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah combined on 88 minutes for the latter to complete the scoring.  Motherwell’s Liam Gordon received a deserved red card in stoppage time for a dangerous foul on Idah.

Cameron Carter-Vickers made his first appearance in six weeks midway through the second half.  Greg Taylor was on the bench, his first appearance on the team sheet in four weeks.  Reinforcements are welcome as Celtic compete on three fronts over the next 8 days.

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  1. Aipple on

    Monday so soon and a taxi for ETH.

     

     

    Happy with most of that display yesterday.

     

     

    Hopefully back to podium chasing duties when our clocks go back next week.

     

     

    HH!

  4. quadrophenian on

    Are we waving a manilla envelope with the Turnbull Cardiff transfer fee to entice young Lennon Miller’s agent provocateur into nod and a wink tap-up talks ?

     

     

    Great potential in the kid.

     

     

    PS: Smashing to see a real Celtic bhoy like Luke find his shooting range.

  7. An Dún on

    A bad weekend for VAR – it worked against us in not getting a pen and subsequent red card for Motherwell. While it worked out for Sevco with no red card and no pen awarded against them.

     

     

    Strange that.

  8. Timbhoy163 on

    Lenton Miller had two shots that hit the post .he was never involved in the whole game ,no Celtic don’t buy ,he will probably end up at Sevco

  9. Burnley78 on

    Huge 2 weeks ahead.

     

     

    4 big games but we don’t have to leave the west of Scotland.

     

     

    Dundee Aberdeen and Leipzig have some travelling to do. The latter 2 with really tough domestic ties 72 hours prior to playing us and have to travel.

     

     

    Killie won’t be easy on their plastic to round it all off after a euro tie for us. Hopefully Tuesday to Sunday allows us a bit of rest and recovery.

     

     

    For me if we could win all 3 domestic games. Aberdeen beat the rangers in a ‘bloodbath’. Motherwell take advantage next Sunday and then we sneak a point v Leipzig then that really would be as close to perfect as I dare hope for.

     

     

    Young boys and Zagreb both lost again domestically this weekend and Villa drew. Leipzig and Brugge won.

  13. Darwin on

    I know this might be seen as heretical on my part by some, but I wished we had sourced and signed Cerny in the summer.

     

     

    Not just on the back of his latest scoring burst but because he looks to have the type of game that would fit right in with us. He is intelligent and reads the game well. He will deliver a double-figure tally of goals this season for the mis-firing Ibrox outfit.

     

     

    Taking nothing away from Luke McCowan who looks like a ‘snip’ – you can sense his love of playing in the hoops.

     

     

    Just a thought!!! HH

  14. quadrophenian on

    No-one said get interested in Miller on the strength of one game only.

     

    He’s consistently made an impression with the footballerati over the last few yrs.

     

    So only two shots; but it’s the casual gallusness with which he takes them that could turn his raw potential into something – dare I say – O’Riley ish.

  15. An Dún on

    Cerny was awful at Celtic Park. I don’t think he’d be making our bench most days. He certainly would not be getting a regular starting place ahead of Kuhn.

     

     

    He’s their Sima this year.

  18. scullybhoy on

    Antony’s ETV was £32m prior to him signing for £85m. His value is now £24m, reflective of just how much of a disaster that deal has been.

     

    Hojlund’s ETV was £33m prior to signing for £63m. His value has actually stayed quite high – £53m – as he is still young and the potential for him to succeed, as far as our algorithm goes, is still very much there, even if they did overpay in the first place.

     

    Casemiro: The £60m United spent was just slightly above what his ETV was, but that has now spiralled downwards to £13m, and it’s probably never going to rise again. Age and performances are huge factors there.

     

    Mason Mount: United paid almost exactly his ETV to get him (£55m). But injuries and poor form have taken his value down, and he’s now rated at £30m.

  19. scullybhoy on

    Here is the win ratio for each boss:

     

     

    David Moyes – 52.9%

     

    Louis van Gaal – 52.4%

     

    Jose Mourinho – 58.3%

     

    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – 54.2%

     

    Erik ten Hag – 54.7%

     

     

    Spot the elite coach.

  20. scullybhoy on

    David Moyes

     

     

    2013-14 £60.7m

     

    Total: £60.7m

     

     

    Louis Van Gaal

     

     

    2014-15 £110m

     

    2015-16 £41.3m

     

    Total: £151.3m

     

     

    Jose Mourinho

     

     

    2016-17 £104m

     

    2017-18 £135m

     

    2018-19 £49m *sacked in Dec 2018

     

    Total: £288m

     

     

    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

     

     

    2019-20 £143m

     

    2020-21 £66.5m

     

    2021-22 £97.4m *sacked in Nov 2021

     

    Total: £306.9m

     

     

    Erik ten Hag

     

     

    2022-23 £187.8m

     

    2023-24 £118.20m

     

    2024-25 £95m *sacked in Oct 2024

     

    Total: £401m

  27. Darwin on

    BIG JIMMY @ 1:09

     

    Gareth Southgate for Man Utd ?

     

     

    I couldnt care less, its maybe a possibility ?

     

     

    HH.

     

    —————-

     

     

    Very much the front-runner I should think – he would bring a bit of sanity after years (since Fergie) of vanity.

     

     

    I’d say Fergie himself would approve. HH

  29. Saint Stivs on

    i happenden to overhear two big berz in my local shop last night talking about trouble in the copland stand and that the ub banners started the trouble.

     

     

    and they havnt reopened the toilets.

     

     

    never rains but it pours.

  30. Aipple on

    TexasTim re: stuff

     

     

    Glad the KO was 3pm Celtic Park time. Been caught out by the time change before when early morning KO.

  35. David17 on

    SAINT STIVS on 28TH OCTOBER 2024 12:55 PM

     

    brendan for united

     

     

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    Chris Davies unavailable?

  40. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Alan Muir the man they couldn’t hang,from all those years ago at Hampden, to yesterday, needs called out,Beaton and Dallas will be drafted into the huns squad for Pittodrie

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