Could someone remind me the last time we heard rumours that Ronny Deila had players rebelling against him? I heard it often, and put it to the club, but was told the players had bought-into the changes, then underway and largely unproductive. I think we got our answer after the full-time whistle yesterday. This is a group of players and manager with a common purpose.
Celtic are now top of the league, a point away from qualifying from the Europa League knock-out stages, and are beginning to look like a team, but the results are largely secondary to the transformation. Even if Virgil’s 90th minute winner hadn’t arrived at Pittodrie, progress is evident. The fragility and lack of cohesion which marked so many of our performances until early last month has gone.
Success has many fathers so it’s difficult to know exactly what’s behind the improvement. Scott Brown’s return from injury helped enormously, as did the return of Mikael Lustig and Adam Matthews (although I thought Adam had a torrid time with Niall McGinn yesterday).
The blossoming of Stefan Johansen has to be the most striking element. He has without doubt been the most improved player this season and an early contender for end of season awards. By any measure, he had no right to score his goal yesterday.
The return of James Forrest, who yesterday played his fourth game in eight months, will give the squad an extra boost before the final two Europa League group games. If he has fully recuperated from the problems which blighted him throughout this year, he’ll give fresh impetus to the pacey product Ronny is trying to hone.
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weefrathetim
on a lighter note
how is the young stud ( naw no Ht ) am talking aboot the the big bhoy whitseezface , you know ….the woolywan ?? is it time for him tae start puttin it aboot onan the ferm ?
tell D i’ll be up for my steak pie Christmas dinner ,
whit time huv a tae be up fur ?
the tupp thats the bhoy a wiz meanin!!
catchye later , am oaf before a insult sumdae ;)))))
jamesgang.
You do realise youre nuts, don’t you…:))
Goodnight friends.
WeefratheTim
21:01 on
10 November, 2014
That kind of mirrors my situation.
In Oz.,they call it the tyranny of distance.
Keep well yersel.
there = their
Hell mend me for slagging off THEIR IQ!!!
HH jamesgang
WeefratheTim
condolences…
Good tash Bhoy!
HH jamesgang
WeefratheTim
7 days…….. hoop hoop hurra
keep it going
HH
sipsini
I’ve noticed that by a country mile…..you bring out the worst in me more than anyone else on here.
As Nietzsche said, ‘the mirror of insanity is sharpest when most fully apparent.’
I just made that shoite up by the way!!!
HH jamesgang
Sipsini
I used me swear box money and took a look
Tell me you didnt laugh when fear was mentioned.i was howling.They are ill.
They are a symbol of failure.
;-)
HH
Evening all, just read the posts from the Dark Side, is the comic value deliberate?
Are they just parodying themselves?
Just to give us a wee laugh?
weefrathetim
7 days , is that how long its been since D last hit you with her stick ?
nae wundur yir rejoycin ,)))
twentyfirstofmaynineteenseventynine,
Nice tae make yer cyber acquaintance and thanks for the welcome.
I think Scott gives us some steel in the midfield but I think the modern game has moved on from aw blood an snotters stuff. Cannae help thinking when he is running with the ball that we, the crowd, have as much of a clue as he has of whats coming next….
A combination of broonie and SJ would make a great midfielder – Im auld school, we have never replaced the ultimate box tae box midfielder – take a bow stan petrov….
Hx2
CHCaves
an tearmann
Symbol of failure.
Love that phrase
According to good old google translate that’s ‘defectus symbolum’
You guys need to work that phrase into their deliberations!
Sips can be a high fallutin lawyer and start quoting it as some kind of legal jargon for endemic tax dodging orange faced bassas!!!
Right. Away to watch Homeland from last night. TOSB. Don’t date tell me what happens!!! ;-)
HH jamesgang
Cheers all of you for support, my cousins and myself are all looking forward to meeting up again. That is probably one of the positive things about a death in the family. Still sad.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
ger57,
Tried to c&p it, probably my I pad or a hun with a brain has blocked it.
Jamesgang,
It was always there, just needed tweeked ;))
centre_halves_calves
Welcome.
Broonie’s deficiencies and limitations are glaring.
But so too is his huge influence and effect in his absence.
MoreThanSumOfPartsCSC
HH jamesgang
bognorbhoy/marspapa
Thanks so much for your support. As far as “Ds” stick goes, I tried to smoke that last night. Hahaha. 7 and counting. :-)
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
jamesgang
How are you wee mhan?
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Sipsini wtf ;))
big billy ( cesaer)
a pussy (cesaer )
whit oan earth pizzessed yae ?
the 22 nd can’t come quick enough , the shadow thinks shes dragging me out and about for a drink wae yooz scallywags eftur the game , ah don’t think so ;))
WeeFra, condolences to you and yours.
Centre_Halves_Calves, welcome, I would miss Skoosh, his personality shines on the pitch.
He is the difference between a defeat and a draw, or a draw and a win.
Daft as a brush too.
Every team needs a nutter.
doc
Cheers buddy, see you on the 22nd v Dundee. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
doc
I concur with that evaluation of Broonie. :-)
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Evening Timland from a cold hun free mountain valley
Canman
I got barred from there when it was the RTC blog, RTC himself barred me, cos I said that they would get off with the BTC, I was asked for my reasoning, I told them the powers that be would see to it, I was told I was paranoid, they were banged to rights and I was trolling.
I was also barred from TSFM site for having the audacity to question the impartiality of scottish referees, seems like refereeing has nothing to do with scottish football and they are doing a grand job.
HH
HH
centre halves calves
what would we give for a Stan Petrov just now ? Cant see us get another one but what a privilege to have watched his whole career with the Hoops
HH
Doc
21:23 on
10 November, 2014
WeeFra, condolences to you and yours.
Every team needs a nutter.
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And a hatchet man.
Perhaps a dual role?
Barry Robson was ours,as he proved yesterday.
Broony is great….. If we had another 6 or 7 like him, we wudn’t going far wrong.
For me it’s our wide left, and wide right positions that need addressed…. Hope Forrest will come good with a run of games under his belt.
Wide left, Stokes does much the same as he done up top… 1 good game in 4.
an tearmann,
How is that site allowed?
Seriously, we have supporters getting dragged out of their beds and arrested, met at airports on the return from their holidays and jailed.
Wtf is going on?
I do realise we have an element that drag our name down, as most football teams have.
Surely, the web police are turning a blind eye on that site….
Rant over, hope you are keeping well big chap.HH
Broonie…
“Celtic shirt won’t shrink to fit inferior players”.
SB found a way to grown into his – respect.
WeeFra, will do.
MacJay1, Robson did well for us when he was with us.
He is a very decent player, and a professional, he gives his all for the club that pays him.
Not so keen on hatchet men mind.
Very keen on players who won’t be bullied do will stand up to hatchet men.
Think he’s on the slide now….but Robson was definately one we let go of too soon..
jamesgang / Doc,
Hx2 ghuys…
I hear ya – we def miss him when he aint there but I think it says more about our wider saft midfield than anything else.
Wouldnt like to see him go (coming from Fife, I know how much crap he has put up with fae the goat worshipers) but Im not sure we could turn £5M down (if true!) and getting £25k p/w aff the wage bill. I’m far from being a balance sheet watcher, just wondering if the lhads body will hold up into his 30s….
Wi £5M in the bank and 25k aff the wage bill, we could no sign Finbogason (or the like) at the next window…. :)
Cheers,
CHCalves
Very keen on players who won’t be bullied “who” will stand up to hatchet men.
Weefra
I’m grand pal. Can’t wait for the Dundee game. I’m a wee tic junkie soamur!
Decided nae house bevvying till Christmas cos I was getting to be the size of the hoose I was bevvying in!!
First weekend there. Friday was murder. Saturday was fine. Love my beer at the weekends. Tonight would be a wee glass of vino. Less of a hardship!!!
HH jamesgang
marspapa,
Yer missus’s nose will be bothering her, does your good lady have any tidy mates? :))
ruggygman
21:32 on 10 November, 2014
Think he’s on the slide now….but Robson was definately one we let go of too soon..
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Completely. :-(
HH jamesgang
CHC(hope you don’t mind the abbreviation) fair point, but without a replacement I’d hold on to him, I also think he would want to stay. Time will tell.