Many reasons not to play Carter-Vickers on Sunday

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Cameron Carter-Vickers was rested for the second half against Hibs due to a tight hamstring.  Were we not two goals ahead, he might well have played on, but there was no point taking chances.  The same argument holds for Kilmarnock on Sunday.

Nat Phillips is more than capable of stepping into the defensive leadership role.  He is a competent and experienced professional who has played at levels none of the Kilmarnock side will ever reach.  Brendan Rodgers comments last week about Gustaf Lagerbielke and Maik Nawrocki were more nuanced that the reported headlines.  The manager made the point that neither player have had an opening with Cameron and Liam Scales having established a solid pairing.  We have five fit central defenders; our top man has a tightness which could turn into an injury, but four are in pristine condition.

Whatever the perceived levels of Gustaf and Maik, they are is not a reason to leave them in the stands.  Celtic are a club which needs to take promising players from other environments and develops them into great talents.  This is the path we must follow, we cannot turn into a club which wastes players.

No risks with Cameron on Sunday, please.  There is lots for him to do before the bells toll.

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  1. GERRYBHOY on 9TH DECEMBER 2023 5:38 PM

     

     

    John McGinn what a player! We did our usual mess up there.

     

     

    *Oh give it a rest he was NEVER coming tae us no after WGS had acquired Bronnie for us fae them, they just kept raising the var, they are NOT our friends and are a disgrace tae their name and colours and do NOT ever forget who John’s grampa is, aye a former Celtic chairman and Scottish Football Association president and he would know the score and advise him tae go down south

  2. whatever is happening in the backend (lol) of the site with regards advertising has fecked the site for people with no adblockers and also people with “some” adblockers

     

     

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  3. Evening all.

     

     

    If the blog does not mind.

     

     

    A wee trio of tunes from, IMHO, the magnificent Nick Drake.

     

     

    Nick Drake – Pink Moon

     

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    Nite y’all

     

     

    Stay classy.

     

     

    Tell your friends, they’ll like it.

     

     

    It’s good to be a Tim.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    Brian.

  4. TONTINE TIM on 9TH DECEMBER 2023 8:07 PM

     

    GERRYBHOY on 9TH DECEMBER 2023 5:38 PM

     

     

     

     

     

     

    John McGinn what a player! We did our usual mess up there.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    *Oh give it a rest he was NEVER coming tae us no after WGS had acquired Bronnie for us fae them, they just kept raising the var, they are NOT our friends and are a disgrace tae their name and colours and do NOT ever forget who John’s grampa is, aye a former Celtic chairman and Scottish Football Association president and he would know the score and advise him tae go down south

     

     

     

    Biscuit tin mentality – nothing more ….. or less than that.

     

    Great player. we missed out yet again.

     

    We have paid millions for several losers since then but couldn’t come up with a few

     

    100k and missed out on a really top player. As we can clearly see.

     

    So, not “giving it a rest”. Crap investment policy as usual.

  5. Does anyone seriously thing McGinn would have become the player he has playing in the SPL ?

     

     

    My company sponsored Hibs when he was there. Lovely guy and lovely family. I honestly don’t think he would have got close to his currently level playing in our shithole of a league against 10 men defending most weeks.

  6. Still no sign of St Stivs or Petec or Tom McLaughlin.

     

    What a sad loss for the blog.

     

     

    I didn’t always agree with them but the added a lot and mostly about Celtic.

  7. Prestonpans bhoys on

    BURNLEY78 on 9TH DECEMBER 2023 10:22 PM

     

    Still no sign of St Stivs or Petec or Tom McLaughlin.

     

    What a sad loss for the blog

     

     

    Totally agree B78 👍

  8. Turkeybhoy …,,after the latest exhibition of WATP refereeing …do you honestly believe Aberdeen have a snowballs chance in Hell of getting a result next week ?🤔….pathetic as it is …the dark arts will be fully deployed ….and we all know one particular decision that will almost certainly occur ?🤔

  9. The real pathetic part of it is the Huns actually now actively joke about it to each other …absolute shameless cheating cretins 🤔

  10. glendalystonsils on

    BURNLEY78 on 9TH DECEMBER 2023 10:18 PM

     

     

    McGinn would have been a huge success at Celtic . A captain and a leader . A natural successor to Broonie who would have added much needed bite domestically and in Europe . No doubt he is playing with and against better players in a better league but he would have added hugely to our team . The reasons for his choice to move to Villa have been well debated on here but what I don’t think is up for debate is the value he would have given us .

  11. McGinn made the right choice

     

     

    For him

     

     

    Not for us

     

     

    Glad he did as he is killing it in the epl

  12. Clunks

     

     

    No need. Really no need.

     

     

    I would hope common sense might prevail this time in the interests of the blog.

  13. Glendalystonsils

     

     

    I think we are not disagreeing.

     

     

    Of course he would have done well for us.

     

     

    He’s would not have become the player he has though if he had stayed with us.

     

     

    Kinda like Kenny D.

  14. glendalystonsils on

    BURNLEY78 on 9TH DECEMBER 2023 11:29 PM

     

     

    Sadly true , which is why players of McGinn’s quality will always head south . Even if he had come to Celtic it would have been a stopover on the way , just as it was with Crerand , Dalglish and Tierney . Either by their own wishes or by the club’s .

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  16. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Tontine Tim @ 8:07pm.

     

     

    A noble effort but you’re wasting your breath.

     

     

    We had more than ten years of bleating on here about Steven Fletcher.

     

     

    I’ve no doubt that will be matched with John McGinn.

     

     

    I bear no I’ll will to either gentleman.

     

     

    Football is a short career.

     

     

    They both made the moves they thought best.

     

     

    Steven Fletcher – List of honours since leaving Hibs.

     

     

    End of list.

     

     

    John McGinn – List of honours since leaving Hibs

     

     

    End of list.

  17. It’s one of those things that years of service get you

     

     

    When Larsson played at BArcelona and Man Utd

     

     

    Even when he scored against us with Barca

     

     

    I fooking beamed with pride

     

     

    As much as I cried in his last game with us

     

     

    Am I cried a lot

     

     

    He served us and deserved his time there

     

     

    And did he shine in the leagues with talent we could never have provided him with

     

     

    Then I think of Paul McStay

     

     

    And love him

     

     

    And all he did for us

     

     

    Know what I mean??

     

     

    That’s why I can’t complain when talents like Tierney move down south

     

     

    And why talents like John McGinn choose not to sign with us

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