Few Celtic players have glided through four seasons with scarcely a critical comment directed his way but Adam Matthews can make this claim. I didn’t expect him to make it as a first team player as a 19-year-old when he arrived from Cardiff City, but he so comprehensively made the position his own, you’ll struggle to name the two right backs at the club when Adam arrived………….?
The limiting factor in his Celtic career arrived in the form of a tall Swede. Mikael Lustig has had plenty of injury problems but when fit, he’s first choice, with Adam playing backup.
Adam’s most memorable performance came against Barcelona in that game. With Lustig at right back and Emilio Izaguirre unavailable, Adam was asked to play left back. Tony Watt and Victor grabbed the headlines that night but Adam’s performance was remarkable.
He didn’t miss an angle all night, no matter how fast Barca pinged the ball, Adam was there. We faced so many balls on the wing that night but the discipline in defence was remarkable. He was clearly asked to give the Barca players space outside the box and drop to the 18 yard line, I remember yelling “Close him down” all night, but Neil Lennon had done his homework, the tactics were sound. That game is recalled so often, for so many great reasons, but while the tactical discipline deployed was not as sexy as the goals or the atmosphere, it was genuinely world class. We analyse games through different perspectives: when Celtic win like that all you hear about is the atmosphere, but if a German team had won that way, UK pundits would wax lyrical about their discipline. Adam was a big part of that success, and if he goes to Sunderland, he’ll flourish.
Those two right backs were Mark Wilson and shampoo hero Cha Du-Ri, b.t.w. But you knew that anyway, didn’t you? If you can remember the left back we signed that summer you’re doing very well. So many miss the target for every Adam Matthews.
Well done to Celtic, who have improved the look of two stadiums this week.
1,000 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- ...
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- »
bankiebhoy1
09:07 on 4 July, 2015
Here’s to CQN……
……an’ all its posters……….
Here’s to the roastirs………an’ the
….boasters,
The fraudsters and impostors.
Here’s to the cuddies an’ the caddies,
The maddies an’ the baddies.
Here’s to CQN
The “NO-Hopers” , the name-droppers an’ the No-Popers.
An’……the mawkit rockets
wi’ the boattle –in-the –back –poackits.
Here’s to CQN.
Here’s to…the stoatirs, and the topers….
The toasters ,
the Toppers,
…………………an’ the toakers……
…..the DOB’rs,
the …gie-ye-the-boakers……
…. And the ones-you love – the-mosters
Here’s to the guid guys an’ the wise guys……
even the sleekit “surprise” guys.
Here’s to CQN….
Here’s to CQN..
…..the runners,
the fun-ners……
…the big rid-heidit-stunnahs.
Here’s to CQN…
To the scrollers an’ the hi-rollers
The Jungle Jims an’ the Boardroom Dims….
Here’s to The Thinkers, the huv-a-wee-drinkers
an’ even…………
The wee stinkers…….
Here’s to CQN
An’ all the
“You’ll-Never-Walk–Aloners”
HH.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Superb.
Didn’t thon Paisley Tim, Gerard Butler, give us the lead as Leonidas??
TAL
Ps new season cards landed today.
That’s me & Danny Bhoy set!!
Would you get the jail for singing about the Jacobites another terrorist organisation ?
Canamalar,
Reluctant to say, but why no mention of the Russian Army in your new list?
HH,
If Spartan songs are banned where does that leave Spartans FC?
shropshirejambo
Welcome
There are plenty of songs sung about thon leader of the ole Jacobites, Bonny Prince Charlie. Why don’t we sing a couple of them along with ditties we used to sing, like the Wild Rover.
beatbhoy,
that was very good.
Bankie
Always had the impression I rub you up the wrong way but I have to say your poem is one of the best things I’ve read on here.
HH
Looking for a bit of assistance, my dad has a pension with the Halifax which is now defunct.
I’ve been trying to get a contact number for my dad to give him peace of mind, when I Google it nothing comes up.
Any help would be appreciated as my da is an old worrier.
greenpinta,
If you can identify any prover recent activity I’ll gladly add them.
The Ukraine still can’t get any solid proof or corroborated evidence of the 200000 claim made last week.
Just had a wee thought, was that me staring a list, awe ffs naw help
SIPSINI
It is now part of Lloyds. Try customer assistance in branch.
God bless the pope add-ons are offensive in Scotland
Sipsini
Halifax is now part of Lloyds Banking group.
The Pension/Investment arm is Scottish Widows now.
Would give them a call.
prover = proven even
Just caught up with overnight hun kryptonite requests and was overjoyed to get an email from JC the Lurker.
JC the Lurker, do you know Allison the Lurker? Maybe you sit together in the Broomloan stand….eh, eh?
I replied to your mail. I am who you think I am and you can pass my love to yer wee bro. We lived, loved and fought together for many years, and I miss him.
Get posting and stop sneakin around wi yon Allison, she’s a bit of a stalker that wan, keeps pestering me for sex so she diz. So far, I’m resisting though.
HH JC the Lurker and his wee bro.
P.S. sent you a ZTP ringtone. That will go down well at mordor:_)
borgo67
09:11 on 4 July, 2015
Absolutely chucking it down in the east end of Glasgow
———–
Me in my garden at 5am :))))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=380Mh4jqs14
Till later all
Leftclick…,
I see you shop in primark natty treads mhan
BOBM / AOW, trying to fulfil your ztp request but I need AOW#s email addy.
Mon tae, get it sorted ya pair of muppets.
acgr@hotmail.co.uk has free hunner foosand free zadoc ringtones to get right up the snoot of that annoying hun in your life.
It’s only an email away, get them hot off the digipress
ACGR
I included it,but I’ll resend it.
AGCR,
I got one last year and still can’t get it to install as a ringtone, are you sending instruction with it this year ?
burghbhoy…
Cheers mate,I was trying the BOS, I should have known seen as they killed the huns:)
The auld yin has been doing my nut in about it. HH
Saint stivs
Cheers, mate.
Just looked up the BBC weather forecast for the next 5 days. Rain, mixed with lightning. That’s it. Why???????????
There are so many lists, we need a list of lists :-))))
Good luck adam.good player.enjoy the premiership. But i think he missed a trick as he could have been playing in the champions league for a mob in the south side of the city in 3 years (?).dillusional zombies get even better. Whilst down there pull advocats hair as it really is a wig.
Is it raining in Scotland and Ireland,if it is,is it on for the day?
Hope so,made a decision years ago that I would never have a drink on this day and haven’t done for years,apart from their cacophony of embarrassing din and their anachronistic idea of culture,the fact I can’t have a pint is another reason I wake up on this morning and pray for rain.
July is always excellent for lightening, the same as we always get a wee summer sucker punch around Easter, usually the week before. Auld poachers keep an eye on the weather.
Spartans? ?jacobites?
Why about my favourite the Sans Culottes
And it’s no’ even the 12th yet!
stillhalfasleepcsc
greenyin
09:45 on 4 July, 2015
Lanarkshires turn next Saturday with the main “orange fest” in Motherwell, only reason I know this as we are away this weekend thinking we’d miss their hatred, anyway you should be ok as far as being ok in Hamilton goes
wits,
I feel another list coming on, maybe we could do a list send it to the PF’s office for them to tell us which terrorist organisations we are allowed to sing about, framing the question like that would help keep things positive, no ?
Artofwar, you got hail hail mal bud.
Mr WP, thanks for helping fulfil this order. Another satisfied hunskelper is a happier man for your efforts.
Enjoy the game today all you lucky ones who are going.
The clique of list keepers.
Nearly walked into the scum between Queen St and central
GREENPINATA
The Keeper of the Lists sounds Masonic to me…
Canamalar
Yes good idea
The fenians, the invicibles there are 2 more