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I know you have heard a lot about Scott Sinclair’s form not matching his Player of the Year level of last season, but with 8 goals in the league (joint top) and 15 overall (top in Scottish football), you would be hard pushed to suggest this is anything other than a right good season for the winger.

What you have heard less about is the reaction from the player to his slower start to the season. He stayed behind on a programme of work to improve his game; doing exercises designed to improve fleet-of-foot, and perhaps confidence.

Celtic players are not machines (they just look like that when they are winning). Performances are a consequence of hundreds of preparatory hours, sacrifice and denial. Even those will little to prove, like Scott, feel like they have everything to prove as they train for the next game. When they are struggling for the form they want, it is at the forefront of their minds when they wake in the morning, no matter how good results are.

The big moment in Scott’s season came three minutes from the end of what, for him, was a very hostile game at Fir Park, when he told Leigh Griffiths he would be hitting the penalty. Miss, the unbeaten record stops and you put yourself in the hole. Score, and you are the Pope of Fir Park.  Others would have stepped aside.

No one has worked harder to get to the top of the scoring charts.  He’s going to be a big player for the remainder of this month.

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  1. VFR800 is now a Monster 821 on

    EC67 – best of luck today!

     

     

    Re the January sales: McGinn disnae impress me that much. Good player at Hibs and looks good in their team. Would he displace Brown, McGregor, Armstrong, Ntcham, Kouassi, Rogic? Not in my opinion. I don’t think he would be any better than Henderson either; then there’s Bitton and Ajer after they finish their secondment/apprenticeship at CH. A raft of young players in the wings as well and Scot Allan out on loan.

     

     

    So will we pay £2.5M for an 8th or 9th choice midfielder? Don’t think so.

     

     

    Charly Mussonda would add a bit in terms of “mercurial skill” going forward, particularly with Roberts out and probably off ski in June.

     

     

    CH – we need 1 if we keep Erik, Jozo and Derrick and 2 (or more) if any of them go.

     

     

    Striker – probably OK if we don’t sell in January but maybe another right and/or left back is needed going forward but these could most likely wait till summer.

     

     

    Out? No-one till summer IMHO.

     

     

     

    KTF

  2. VFR800 is now a Monster 821 on

    I see JPT has taken to Twitter to defuse the row over the letter sent to Season Ticket holders:

     

    So, the letter was intended to offer clarity on the use of ST’s we’ve recently seen a few examples of season books being used incorrectly, leading to problems for supporters on a match days, it was designed to avoid further problems, apologies for any confusion/upset caused

     

     

    Seems it was “inappropriate” use of concessions that kick dit off.

     

     

     

    KTF

  3. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Celterella is really Margaret McGill?

     

     

    Must be pantomime season. Oh no he isn’t.

     

     

    Oh yes he is.

     

     

    And then there’s the androgyny thingy.

     

     

    Hmmm,I reckon I need a PhD in Nuclear Physix to figure this out.

     

     

    I’ll get back to yeez!!!

  4. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    VFR

     

     

    Sledgehammer to crack a nut. Over the top way to deal with this. It has caused some people a lot of grief.

  5. mickbhoy1888 on

    Dear oh bloody dear

     

     

    Having read back let me divulge my cunning plan to get your ticketless mates into Celtic Park for the forthcoming games against the huns on 30 December

     

    ok here goes

     

    Season ticket and necessary identification document in pockets on day of game,attend at ticket office and explain you have mistakenly left your season card in the house apologise profusely and produce necessary identification oh and maybe a big bag of sweeties or Lidl’s finest prosecco.

     

    Ticket office diligently check your identification and issue you with a paper e-ticket.

     

    Now you and mate have a ticket each attend at CQN corner and pass on the news of your good fortune thereafter synchronise your watches to the exact millisecond. Now attend at gates and make sure that both the season card and and paper ticket are inserted into separate bar code readers at the exact same millisecond. After you gain entry enquire with your mate wether he wants to sit on your left or right knee post obligatory selfie on facebook sharing you good fortune

     

     

    Either above or the alternative is for both of you to diet down to about 4 stone then double up going through the turnstile.

     

     

    You now have Celtic Fc regretting that they did not investigate the concept of an intergrated ticketing system on match days.

  7. gene on

    If it was related to misuse of concessions then the letter should have been drafted as such and been sent out to holders of those tickets – scatter gun approach doesn’t work

  8. Tontine Tim on

    HEBCELT on 15TH DECEMBER 2017 8:45 AM

     

     

    I have info that Celtic will not move for John Mcginn of Hibs, afraid I cannot elaborate

     

     

    *mibbees he’s got the touch of the Kevin Gallachers

  10. VFR800 is now a Monster 821 on

    BMCUWP – I totally agree!

     

     

    GENE – absolutely agree!

     

     

    MICKBHOY – it was badly worded as it was; sticking in fraudulently would have led to a total meltdown!

     

     

     

    KTF

  11. Tontine Tim on

    In the same vein as Divvers or Dyevers, was it Gallacher or Gallagher, same family BTW.

     

     

    Woke up thinking about this song.

     

     

    “They come from Crieff and Kilmacolm

     

    They come from Derry and Tyrone

     

    to see the Celtic win their tie

     

    to see the green flag flying high

     

     

    see the famous Celtic team

     

    see again the boys in green

     

    shades of Johnny Thomson name

     

    Divers and McGrory”

     

     

    I can sing like Calum Kennedy pronounces it Dyevers.

  15. mickbhoy1888 on

    Ok just to pour petrol on the flames.

     

    Considering that the letter arrived through the door yesterday morning for my son who is seated in the north east lower corner I eagerly anticipated my letter through the door this morning. Nada Zilch Zero. Ach maybe corporate season ticket clients will be issued with a personal leather bound copy of Season ticket terms and conditions and Ground Regulations.

  26. Eurochamps67 on

    Really competitive racing today.

     

    Don’t actually fancy anything but will go for a blast from the past,

     

     

    Sire De Grugy 10/1 ew @ Cheltenham 1.20

     

     

    Eurochamps67

  31. Gerryfaethebrig on

    Fleagle cheers for all of your efforts really enjoy the naps competition

     

     

    8.15 Wolverhampton – Andok

     

     

    Best of luck to all

     

     

    Cheers GFTB

  32. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    TROPICS 715 Wolverhampton.

     

     

    Apologies to anyone who has already backed it.

     

     

    HH

  40. Fred Colon on

    Robert Tressell

     

     

    Got up at 6 am this morning to watch the cricket .

     

     

    Steve Smith is something else .

     

     

    Eyes like a bird and a mass of ticks and twitches .

     

     

    Got to be an alien .

     

     

    PS I heard Graham Murty asked Joe Root to switch gigs .

     

     

    Joe told him to feck off .

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