Scoring minutes after making your debut doesn’t guarantee a great career at a club, but Scott Sinclair gave himself an excellent start with his winning goal at Tynecastle. Leigh Griffiths lead-up work was magnificent. The Hearts defence had no answer.
Scott’s transfer took weeks (and a lot of money) to complete but it was the player’s tenacity to come to Celtic which decided the matter. I hear Celtic met Aston Villa’s initial target price early in the negotiations, but Villa decided to hold their cards for a few weeks in an attempt to induce other bidders. Scott was clear from the off that there was only one place he was going, but while Villa sat tight, there was a worry that another club would come in with a seriously large wage offer. The deal happened when the player continued with the mantra, “I’m going to Celtic or nowhere”. This is a guy who really wants to play for Celtic.
Apart from Tony Watt’s excellent chance yesterday, which should have brought Hearts level, the home side didn’t have a chance worthy of the name. A policy of throwing yourself to the ground inside the box doesn’t count, so we can be happy with how our defence is performing with Kolo Toure in the team. There’s still a long way to go, but the direction of travel is clear. Watt and Conon Sammon will cause a lot of damage in the Premiership this season, but on the evidence so far, Celtic should outperform their 15 point winning margin last term.
So disappointed to hear Dave King’s £30m – £50m overinvestment isn’t going to happen until January. This guy has been so transparent. Honestly, they get what they deserve, there’s no helping or telling them. They backed a hostile takeover with a fantasy manifesto, while putting the thumbscrews on their club, to the extent it had to go cap in hand to its only source of funding, and hawk their commercial rights in the process.
As we’ve said here for years, the only people who can really damage a football club are its own supporters, in this case, with their inability to consider the consequences of the next action.
Running a football club is hard (serious understatement alert). You’re going to enjoy how Dave King finds this out.
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The hootenanny kind
Hi Paul67,
Well done Brendan and the bhoys
… A fine start to the Season
“Scoring minutes after making your debut doesn’t guarantee a great career at a club…”
I think he will… I’m prepared to stand guarantor;)
As for Mr King…
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the Clumpany can shield the people from the economic and sporting consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the Clumpany to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the Clumpany.”
Aff Oot…
Hail Hail
Lot of pleasing things from Sinclair’s signing.
The goal showed counter-attacking at its best. Something we haven’t been good at and will need to be if we are to be successful in Europe.
I think he also gives us an attack that can be fluid. The goal came from Griffiths being wide left and Sinclair central – the opposite of what their nominal positions would normally be.
I like to see that – wide players coming inside, strikers going wide, wingers switching to the other wing.
Makes you less predictable and gives defenders more to think about.
Delighted with yesterday’s win because if ever there was an attempt to do us, it was yesterday. Very easy to apologise for a blatant awful decision after the fact. Celtic winning despite the cheating was very satisfactory.
Meanwhile the Sevco got handed a gimme start to the season and still fooked it up. No doubt they’ll finish strong once the over investing beings in January.
GlassTwoThirdsFull
I like to see that – wide players coming inside, strikers going wide, wingers switching to the other wing.
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A lot of managers favour right footed players on the left cutting in or other way round. Ronny and Brendan both use it. I think we know though, that Armstrong and Forrest (Forrest is far more comfortable wide right) aren’t the best at this so hopefully Sinclair will be the answer. In speaking about Sinclair, Brendan talks about moving from up front to wide left as a 16 yo. So I trust Brendan completely with his signing of this player.
Walker must get several games of a ban no excuse for his cheating or his age he knew what he was doing and taunted the Celtic support when he scored the penalty , reptile
Re Walker the cheat – sadly Id say he is the norm for footballer’s at top
Level- almost without exception they cheat. … Claim every throw in, corner, free kick…
Many dive…
Players like Tierney are honest exceptions.
That’s really good to hear about Sinclair’s determination to come to Celtic. What a great result yesterday. Battling to some hard-earned points with some good play and goals, and Brendan making timely effective changes. More please!
Meanwhile, here is my brand new piece. About someone trying to trash the entire game as pretty worthless without ‘a’ Rangers…
The Pish Tsunami
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/the-pish-tsunami/
Like reading that Scott Sinclair wanted to sign for us, bhoy probably has more money than he will ever spend so I love the fact he wants to play for the hoops with Brendan being a major factor in this, his sky interview yesterday was excellent he is pretty hypnotic and is “cute” enough for McCann & Spanner n co
Any word about Patrick’s injury..?
GERRYFAETHEBRIG
Apols for the language in my earlier reply. My only excuse is that it’s an issue I still feel strongly about.
Hence my comment on it to WINNINGCAPTAINS at the bottom of the first page.
Good away result yesterday given the mix & match run up to the first league fixture – pre-season, assessing the squad and getting through 4 CL Qualifying matches.
Still feel we need to a bit more clinical in front of goal – probably should have won the game 1st half – their pen/dive let Hearts back into it.
Broonie had a very good game (despite lightweight support from his fellow midfielders) – Kolo looks an organiser and wee James surprised me! We weathered the storm and enjoyed a classic breakaway winner and for the first time in years – we appear to have a manager in BR who knows the meaning of game management!
Looking forward to continuous progress – hopefully we add some bulk/muscle – still think that the squad overall is far too physically lightweight. H!H!
PRAECEPTA
Spot on ..
In game management but also player Msnagement , team management, media management and most importantly at Celtic managing the CEO..
BR showing all the signs of a great appointment.
I’m surprised the whole stadium is open on Wednesday. We’ve played European matches with just the lower tier, and Hearts in the diddy cup.
Motherwell in the Betfred at a time just after season ticket sales, when CL qualifier is on sale and folk have paid for Leicester, travelled to Dublin and are off to Limerick is a bridge too far for many. Looking at the availability it’ll be a sea of green on Wednesday. Seats. Pity.
With Griffiths suspended on Wednesday, who moves up beside Dembele? Do we move to a 4-3-3 with Sinclair and Forrest either side of Dembele?
Gordon
Janko/Lustig Toure O’Connell Izzy
Brown McGregor Rogic
Forrest Dembele Sinclair
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Is Christie still injured?
PRAECEPTA
Lightweight?
Good point. You look at our back four and only Kolo is carrying much bulk.
Eoghan and Kieran might grow a bit,Mikael never will
Broonie goes without saying,Armstring is a whippet and Callum a mystery
Up front,Moussa will terrify defenders with pace. Not a guy to land a corner on though. And neither is our superstar Griff.
Do we put them in the gym and ruin their natural athleticism? I dunno. Some could improve from it,others might regress.
Run faster run longer think better. It’s not a bad mantra,but not so easy to implement
67heaven
2/3 weeks for Patrick, think it was a slight strain not a tear
BMCUWP… You’ve lost me, I very rarely read back just like jumping into the current conversations (if about Celtic) but I can assure you no apologies needed ever :-)
cultsbhoy
Congratulations, three posts in a row without the word Lawwell.
LetItGo CSC
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Do we put them in the gym and ruin their natural athleticism? I dunno. Some could improve from it,others might regress.
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I was listening to Talk Sport the other week (I know, the shame). They had an Ozzie sport scientiest guy on, he had worked in Cricket, Rugby, Football and now in American Football conditioning athletes for their sport. He was talking about how the shape of footballers has changed over the last 15 years. In the past footballers had muscly powerful legs which helped with striking the ball and standing up to tussles for the ball. Now the best players are built like middle distance runners, which means they can run faster, run longer as you say, but then…do it again 3 days later…then again….
You seem to be correct that it ain’t so easy to implement – if it was anyone could produce a Paul Pogba or Yaya Toure. I think it is down to the brain game aspect of play. Does your average footballer have the speed of thought to match the speed of the modern game? No. This is what sets apart the average footballer and the top footballer – their brain…ok and a heck of a lot of skill/technique.
For these reasons I haven’t shared the same enthusiasm as others about watching Kris Commons haul himself about the park the past two years. Kris Commons was a steal of a buy and contributed hugely. Unfortunately that sentence is in the past tense.
Charlie Mulgrew would be like a new signing?
Sorry a sentence missing at start of the last paragraph:
Celtic need to get the type of superfit players with a bit of skill and a footballing brain to go to the next level.
FFS that Linker has now got his wains in the Walker’s ads too now. Next they’ll have jobs on the BBC, feckin gravy train so it is. Rips ma knitting.
IratelicensepayerCSC.
Pr and Ss on the same pitch with a fit SB – that alone will make us a different team to last year
BOURNESOUPRECIPE
For Hibs???
BSR
I did mention CEO – does that count?
BMCUWP
Said it before when RD’s teams lined up at pre-match handshakes – it was like looking at the line-up for a 5000M race.
By comparison – look at the bulk/muscle build on 200/400M athletes.
Watched the W.Ham v Juve game yesterday – check out the build on their smallest player Dybala. Pocket-size but can put it about – decked a few of the W.Ham defence.
A V67/ Kante built midfielder wouldn’t go amiss – Erik???
Barney67
Sounds like Salt and Venality flavour!
BMCUWP
Just read back, shocking language :-)
I worked beside Brian O’Neills cousin when Bernadette was ill, the family were and still are close to TM but as a Celtic manager he came across as clueless, maybe too emotional attachment as you have mentioned but he cost a lot of money to get and his biggest outlay was on a striker who didn’t score goals…..that “goal” that Marc-Antione scored was a total joke, cheating bams, cheats then, cheats now and will cheat in the future, glad we have a manger cute enough for their cheating, and Paul Hartley will be leading the Spl before we play in the league again
Big year for Christie GMS and Armstrong
I think any 1 of them could thrive not sure all 3 can given competition for pitch time..
There are other examples of this in the team – Biton Rogic .. Untold hopeless centre halves…
BR has to get on to this quickly to release talent of those he retains and in fairness to guys he doesn’t fancy release players to have a chance elsewhere.
I think Christie could be a dark horse in this race
DAVIDOPOULOS on 8TH AUGUST 2016 2:25 PM
Barney67
Sounds like Salt and Venality flavour!
Hud to google that. But aye.:-)
Starry
Local hero available before the deadline
BMCUW
Gooooooooooooooood afternoon:)))))
tell our wee pal i send my regards when ye chat to him.
Sean P pulled me up anaw for changing my moniker so I,m stuck with it .
BOURNESOUPRECIPE
Not for me, time to get rid of the NL team:))
Bet Linker is wan of them on mer than Maggie May at No 10.
Barney67
Let’s be honest it was a crap crisp pun but it was the only one i could come up with.
with thanks to TET
Brendan Rogers Post Match Interview Hearts 2-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ8ezP4pJSY
I don’t really read the annoying adverts on Cqn ( total night blight IMO) …
I wouldn’t know whether to check my post Brexit pension position , check out massive mamories of foreign politicians or consider taking drugs to become ( more of) a beast..
Seriously if we must have adverts couldn’t we get football .. Even Celtic related sponsors?