Benjamin Nygren was an unused substitute two weeks ago as Celtic fell to St Mirren at Hampden. He opened Celtic’s scoring account in the two subsequent games, against Aberdeen then yesterday at Livingston. That moves him onto 8 league goals for the season, second in the Premiership scorer’s table behind Lawrence Shankland. No one in the league comes anywhere near Nygren in terms of goals per 90 minutes.
For a player who is not a striker, that is a heady position, made all the more impressive considering it is his first season in Scotland and he has been in and out of favour with three managers. Benjamin has become Celtic’s most valuable player.
No matter how many Nygren and his team-mates score, Celtic will struggle in every game if they remain as open to counter-attacks as they currently are. The calamitous defending during the opening minutes at Livingston would prove more costly against better teams. Defending corner kicks also remains a case for concern.
The most hopeful I can be is that Wilfried Nancy is still learning what this squad can give him. If the League Cup Final was played again, Nygren would be first name on the team-sheet. Wilfried is hampered by injuries to Cameron Carter-Vickers, Marcelo Saracchi and Alistair Johnston, but I expect he will make changes before we visit Motherwell on Tuesday.
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I have an image in my mind on near continuous loop this week of Gassama running at Trusty from wide to centre while Ralston, Yang and Engels watch on from a safe distance on the other half of the pitch.
Bro Wilf is very up on creating overloads when we’re attacking but seems oblivious or otherwise unconcerned that our shape invites the opposition to do the same.
I think it was Guy Roux who compared football to a naked woman with a small towel – she can choose to cover either the top half or the bottom half, not both. Bro Wilf seems to play with the towel on her head.
TBB – 😂
Dermot Gallagher continues his gatekeeping on Sky Sports Ref Watch.
They are gaslighting us.
I can see why the ref didn’t give Motherwell a penalty. The Well player deliberately moved his left foot to collide with the Gers man’s extended left leg. In other words, he took a dive. The referee was right behind him and had a clear view of his cheating.
It’s not just an Anthony Ralston problem , it’s a Ralston/ Yang problem. Getting in each other’s way , not knowing which attacking player to go to or frozen with indecision . Yang’s defending is actually an impediment to Ralston a lot of the time .
TOM
Why did the ref not back that up with a yellow card for the Motherwell player then ?
the battered bunnett
Guy Roux? Surprised you never gave Brigitte Bardot a mention there…..
TOM
It should have been a penalty awarded to Motherwell.
If the situation were reversed, the referee would have pointed to the spot.
GLENDALYSTONSILS
Why did the ref not back that up with a yellow card for the Motherwell player then ?
Because there was contact. Players are booked for diving when there’s no contact and therefore no doubt it’s a dive.
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