You seldom hear football people speak as unguardedly as Peter Grant did to The Herald yesterday about Scott Brown. “If somebody had offered us £4m (in 2010)? I would have driven him down the road myself”. The tone of Peter’s piece was supportive, though. Our former assistant manager affirms Scott is a vastly improved performer since. I agree.
You never really know what is going on inside a squad. Footballers play with injuries, many find the distractions of wealth all-consuming and some are simply deployed incorrectly. At the #19 game last week I recalled the form of Stiliyan Petrov under John Barnes, he was lost, especially when playing right back. Bobby Petta also looked out of sorts under Barnes but within weeks of playing for Martin O’Neill both were among the most valuable assets at the club.
Neil Lennon told us last week that Scott Brown was unfit during last season’s Champions League campaign. It’s clear that he is an incredibly more effective player when fit, but Peter Grant suggests Brown has also learned positional discipline, a subject he has previously been criticised here for.
A lot of Scott’s contribution is off the ball. He closes space, filling the park with a presence, which is defensively important, especially on Champions League duty. I’ve never seen Celtic’s yardage stats on players but you have to think he’ll top the list most weeks, he is the Great Scottish Runner, but all that energy needed to be harnessed correctly, which is perhaps what Scott is learning from former midfielder, Neil Lennon.
The next achievement to look out for from Scott is a marquee performance on a European stage………
Which leads us onto the Great Scottish Run. You can still sign up for the run, and if you’ve registered already, or are still to register, you can participate in the 1254125 campaign.
The heart and soul of our community is something we cannot take for granted. It has flourished because you, and countless thousands before you, have decided to improve the lives of those around you by getting involved in the name of Celtic.
On Sunday 6 October there is a 10k and Half Marathon. If that is beyond you. There are family events taking place the day before.
The first thing you need to do is sign up for the Great Scottish Run, or here for one of the family events.
Once you’ve done that, you can register for the 1254125 campaign here.
Then you can create a donations page here. Click Start Fundraising, search for Celtic Charity, setup your My Donate account).
Email me and let me know if you are having trouble signing up or need any more help, celticquicknews@gmail.com.
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Cheers Masty- John Comisky doesnt have 3 sons/ grandsons including Dom and Peter does he?
you can’t clean rust!-thanks will ask Voguepunter at the weekend about them HH
Jobo,
Mines is looking a bit better since I returned from ma soak.
Psg the tightest One at the mo.
….pfayr supports weeoscar
A major doubt and probably won’t play.
Hrvatski Jim
20.48
I moved to Dunblane a few years back. When young Mr Murray came back after winning the US Open we stood for hours getting soaked waiting for him to arrive from Stirling. Then we stood for another hour + as the kid walked through town signing EVERYTHING that was put in front of him.
Class act that boy.
Kayal played for Israel last week….
Pfayr,
The manager said earlier he has a bit of a groin strain.
Jobo
Need a Piro double – the others @-1’s all 2+ goals up.
That is how to counter attack 4_1
4-1
Excellent goal …counter attack real pace..precision passing …good finish
Valencia
GM
Thanks
Bada,
And played well according to some reports despite the result.
Juve laying siege to Copenhagen goal. Lichtsteiner playing a blinder.
Emdae hear smudgerr getting slaptt down by Andy Walker on SSB tonight? I nearly felt sorry for him.
Aye right!!
Ledley has a groin problem, was a doubt for Saturday, presume Charlie was even worse if Joe started.
QOS down to ten…..and denied a stonewall pen
Sevco will be booking the open top bus soon. lol!
Bada bing
Thought he was injured …
QotS man sent of, quel supris, Calum Murray
BT n Starry
Thank you.
If yeez want (wi a hard a) tae come ower tae ra Mearns I’ll buy both of you a pint…….. Nane ae that cyber rubbij
Rooney borrow that headband off Eric Young …
Palacecsc
Arrrgh
Livescores.com get a new effing server ffs
They think a P45’s a gun over there!
Pfayr-so did i till heard his name on SSN last week,too many injuries move him on and give Rogic and Biton a chance
Stairheedrammy says cmon Oscar
21:18 on
17 September, 2013
Cheers Masty- John Comisky doesnt have 3 sons/ grandsons including Dom and Peter does he?
——————————naw mate they are cominsky,,,hener(henry) was in ma class at school
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
21:24 on 17 September, 2013
They think a P45′s a gun over there!
:-)))
….PFayr
Thought Rooney had borrowed it off Mark Knopfler!
Money for nothing (in the EPL).
http://www.ianfraser.org/gavin-masterton-and-the-riddle-of-charlotte-18/
From FaceKmt twitter.
4th Penalty Claim Denied by cheat ref. Murray.Billy Dodds again raises no objection to this bent decision.
More poor keeping..
How bad are Man u defending.
RVP can only score from behind.
Peter Grant made over 500 appearances for Celtic and his credentials as a Tim are not in question but I saw a lot of his games and they were journeyman to say the least.
I doubt if he would even make the bench in any modern Celtic team, certainly from the MON era moving forward.
Scott Brown?……..A very good athlete with a great engine and a classic example of a player who is more than the sum of his parts due to his application. I always thought we bought him thinking we could turn him into a Steven Gerrard type asset but he never gave us the end product and is what he is…….a very expensive defensive midfielder. Put 15+ goals per season on him and he becomes box office but its not/never been there IMO. 4M was the going rate then. He would be about 1M in the current climate.
If he delivers for us tomorrow night like Gatusso has delivered for AC Milan in the past then he’s worth it all LOL
Cometh the hour, cometh the man.
In York for a few days. Just found out that the hotel has SS1 and SS3 but not SS2, the channel
the Bhoys are on tomorrow.
Anyone know a good pub in York to watch the game?
Watching the Man U game, 6 goals and still manages to be boring to watch!
Goan psg 0-3
Champion league keepers – you are having a laugh!
C’mon FF show them how it’s done. #Fingerscrossedcsc
!!bada bing!! @ 21:18 on 17 September, 2013
VP can probably vouch for this from wikipedia
“Prehistory
Some horsecarts found in Celtic graves show hints that their platforms were suspended elastically”
Masty= those bloody Russians are confusing me
Copenhagen hanging on against Rubentus.