Alfredo Morelos apologised to Newco fans for his red card on Sunday. The incident, which marked the troubled striker as the player sent off more times in a single season than anyone in the history of European football, may yet do him good. The Mea Culpa moment and the weeks suspended from action will provide an opportunity to the player to get some help.
You and me have previously discussed how clever you need to be to be a footballer these days. Now, it is not all about having brains in your feet, as it was in Charlie Nicholas’ days. Footballers need to make hundreds of decisions in line with tactical plans each game. They also need emotional intelligence to make the most of their talent. Managers will only invest time in players who cannot learn for so long. Gordon Strachan’s limit was telling a player something three times, after that, he moved on.
Of immediate concern is what the SFA Review Panel will do to Ryan Kent, Newco’s best player on Sunday, who delivered an upper cut to Scott Brown in the aftermath of James Forrest’s winning goal. Punching off the ball is rare in the game. Bilel Mohsni’s punch on Motherwell’s Lee Erwin in 2015 resulted in an additional three-match ban for “excessive misconduct” on top of a one game ban for the red card, and another three for totting up. Kent is 22-years-old, a guiding ban at this stage of a fruitless season would not be the worst thing for the player. The rate card indicates he should spend four games contemplating his violence.
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new article posted.
Gerrard’s post match comments sit well with their thousand years of dignity…
GREENPINATA on 3RD APRIL 2019 8:27 AM
I was one of the posters who said I’m learning to scrol by some others. Clearly you’re one of them… ???
Just to clarify… if I was to read every single post on CQN, every day and reply to all that I wanted… I would have to give up my job and most of my other hobbies! It’s a time consuming enough hobby as it is…
All I meant is that there are several posters who continue to be negative regarding our club and seem to never have a decent comment to make and to me, help drive the level 5 agenda against our club.
I don’t buy papers for a reason. It’s the same reason I scroll by some posters, I don’t want to read that guff and choose to be a little discerning with my time.
3 points tonight please Celtic.
Hail Hail ??☘️??
WEEROCH1
Yep, amazing what a fresh set of eyes will do.
Maybe Stevie should try emotionally sobering up as well?? HH