I was surprised Ronny Deila thought immediately after the game that Dedryck Boyata’s red card was valid, from the angle behind the goal it looked a well-time tackle, but let’s deal with the manager’s complaint against the player, who put a challenge in when wrong side of the attacker.
We’ve see three Celtic central defenders in this position in recent weeks: Efe against Ross County, Erik against Inverness and Dedryck last night. Erik was outpaced by Jordan Roberts but instead of risking a challenge from behind his opponent, he stayed on his feet and forced Roberts to shoot under pressure. Efe clumsily barged into his opponent and Dedryck went to ground.
All three got their starting positions wrong, which could have cost a goal, but Ambrose and Boyata compounded the problem by attempting a recovery, also from a wrong position. Sviatchenko chose to put pressure on the player and leave matters up to his goalkeeper. Erik made the right decision, Efe and Dedryck made wrong decisions.
And before Erik relaxes in the glow of praise, it was his unnecessary barge into an opponent which conceded the foul which led to the corner kick Accies equalised through. Don’t give away stupid fouls and you don’t allow opponents to fire the ball into your box.
And yes, the goal we lost came from a corner kick (I’m assuming those who were animated earlier in the season about zonal marking somehow overlook the same lack of ball-winning skills from the same players now we’re marking man-for-man). I’ve never known a team to lose so many goals from corners. We have a collection of players who cannot follow the flight of a football when launched into their box from a corner.
I know there’s a belief that you cannot practice penalty kicks, as the pressure of hitting them during a match changes everything. This is nonsense. Our poor penalty conversion rate over the last five or six years has cost us trophies. Ironically, John Collins has the best penalty conversion rate of any player in Celtic history (who’s taken more than 5). You would think he’d be able to sort this.
Poor technique is a consequence of poor preparation.
When Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring from the penalty spot it came as a great relief, as until then we were unable to create a genuine chance. A big part of the job at Celtic is breaking down packed defences away from home. There are largely two ways to achieve this:
1. Master the act of quick and precise passing
2. Have target men and wide players who are excellent at crossing the ball.
If we don’t have either play in our locker we’re going to drop a lot of points.
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BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 28TH FEBRUARY 2016 4:33 PM
Indeed mate, painful and being tortured.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
79CAPS on 28TH FEBRUARY 2016 4:42 PM
Can’t disagree with the eleven men behind the ball, does my head in no end. However, in my opinion we should be able to get round this with the Players at our disposal and by changing tactics to adopt accordingly. All about opinions mate and if think that the opposition are to blame for not being entertained I respect that view.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
If certain unhappy players are deliberately holding back the team by not giving 100% because they don’t like the tactics/ training/ diet/fitness regime/ manager/ coach(as) (underline those applicable), I would rather those individuals were not at Celtic Park because they are cheating me and my fellow supporters.
In my workplace, if you did not want to work the way you were instructed, the bosses would replace you with someone who would.
Get rid of the spoiled brats and let the guys who are doing their best for celtic get on with it.
Aguero hits post . . .keeper got a touch on it, good save.
Ya Ya’s big bro on now.
Last time 2 brothers played against each other in a league cup final was never before.
Beefy bhoy, and you are the ex plod who misses helping suspects drop rapidly down the stairs so much that you come on here just to wind Tims up. Good luck to you, I’m sure that you are proud of what you have achieved so far.
I want to Celtic to win every single game that they play and I want them to do it with some style. I accept that on occasions we have to win ugly with the performance secondary but for me that should be the exception which is now sadly becoming the norm under Ronny.
I also judge Celtic teams on how they react to adversity, some not all of our past teams had a strong mentality about them and you knew they would fight their way back. This team sadly is one of the weakest mentally and physically I have witnessed in my 50 years of watching this very special club , I wouldn’t bet a penny on this current team coming back against anyone if they went behind. Belief and motivation is instilled by the coaching staff to ensure players can handle setbacks and IMHO they have failed miserably in that regard.
GREENPINATA on 28TH FEBRUARY 2016 4:42 PM
Thanks for your response and well reasoned at that.
I am not one of those that subscribes to the sense of entitlement, especially having been there during the lean and good years.
If Ronny is on a five year project, he will be given that time unless I suspect if he were not to win the League in 2017, 2018 or 2019.
I like you never want any Celtic Manager to be sacked, I hope and Pray that in three years hence we will be enjoying watching Ronny’s five year project come to fruition. I do have my doubts though and to have to be honest and admit that.
As with you, just my opinion and like you I respect other people views’.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Good early evening friends. Liverpool for the cup.
I Think we should forget about Brendan Rogers,whom I would like to see as the next manager at Celtic ,also Michael O’Neil I don’t think would come.I think we need ex Celtic players ,and in my opinion Scottish ones at that,which ones,well I will say Roy Aitken for one.anyone willing to add other ex players
Jobo
Well done with Tottenham in LMS, we live to get beat another day !
Gerry – Was out all afternoon and heard they had lost. You’ve cheered me up!
Another ref who thinks the laws of the game shouldn’t be applied properly, as Lucas escapes a yellow for a lunge on Aguero. A harmless wee tug, or knocking the ball away a couple of yards and it’ll be out in a flash, no doubt.
Jobo
Glad to give somebody good news, I panicked yesterday with Leicester only because Mrs GFTB was already winning with Hearts….. I just need to stand longer than the good lady that’s where my focus is
1-0 Citeh. Fernandinho.
Shocking goalkeeping from Mignolet.
Mingin’ from Mignolet.
Brutal goalkeeping from the Pool
Sitter from Sterling, should be game over
Stonewall penalty and the ref doesn’t give it. It’s not only Scottish refs who are crap
Oliver could ref up here no bother, he’s that bad. Clear penalty, stupid tackle from defender facing the wrong way yet sticks a leg out.
Sterling’s miss as bad as Mignolet’s howler. Giving a goal away.
Aye the refs are crapright enough, at least they are no bias as well
Just back from a fantastic wee night in St Andrews, what a really lovely place. Unfortunately, for the bank balance, I discovered two independent book shops!
Now, I don’t think Ronny is good enough for Celtic and I think our progress under him will be measured against opposition that we should be beating in a league of 38 games. Personally, I think that’s short sighted.
Have we progressed as a football team since he took over?
No, we haven’t and I think Aberdeen away was a turning point for many of the support.
Despite this, some of the posts I’ve read are really poor and lack any sense of perspective. I even saw a couple that hinted that the posters were disappointed that Aberdeen didn’t win yesterday as a win would have hastened Ronny’s departure!
Sorry, but anyone that I’ve personally ever met who wants Celtic to lose, wasn’t a Tim. Even in ’93-’94 the banners proclaimed ‘Back the Team, Sack the Board’.
Still think Liverpool could win this. City missing so many chances.
What a steal by Liverpool, City will be kicking themselves if they lose this
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 28th February 2016 4:40 pm –
We have only lost 3 games in the league and we’ve drawn 5 so for me that suggests we tend to win most weeks.
On 14 occasions this season we have scored 3 goals or more in the league yet that isn’t good enough for some among our support.
In 2012/13 we managed to do that on 15 occasions over the whole season. We got beat 7 times in the league and drew 7 times, no one was calling for Lenny’s head or saying he had no plan B and he played his players in their correct position.
Proudbhoy
If you see this can you mail me about the Thistle away tickets mate.
hamiltontim88@yahoo.co.uk
Mullet & Co – Lawwells son?
Once again where is the evidence in what you say – it is here-say, urban-myth and mischief-making without hard facts to back it up.
Mignolet redeemed himself with that save a few minutes ago.
Can Sterling? ‘cos between him and the ref we’ve got extra-time.
Eddieinkirkmichael…. Stop letting facts get in the way
HT
Pittodrie, I thought for the first 30mins we were pretty good, then the last 30mins dominated, but you have said before you think the fans (who go everywhere) are going against RD which is fair enough, but again who is the replacement or do we change for changes sake …….
HAMILTONTIM on 28TH FEBRUARY 2016 6:01 PM
Have you mastered the selfie yet…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Gerryfaethebrig
I’m only judging the mood Gerry, there’s no statistical evidence.
I wouldn’t get rid of Ronny just now, that would be ridiculous in my opinion. However, I don’t think we’re progressing under him.
If he’s available in the summer I’d go for Moyes.
Lennybhoy
She’s not allowed control of the phone again! :-)
Mr Pastry
I admire your support of Pedro, cos from what I can see it’s not blind faith, you unlike many of the happy clappers can formulate a reasoned argument.
You have said on many occasions that Ronny and the players are~were wanting when it comes to CL and certain crunch games, and I agree, but surely the person who appointed him must take some of the blame ?
RD wasn’t intended to be the coach, that is a FACT, but Pedro gambled and gave him the job, and foisted his assistant and def coach on him, another FACT, so now we have three coaches who were Pedros choice but they are the ones to blame, can’t see it masel.
What if Pedro decides to get rid and appoints another coaching team who fail. will they be again to blame ?
When and where does the buck stop ?
IMO, the most important person at a football club is the manager, and he should be paid accordingly, you only get what you pay for.
HH
H.T Glad you enjoyed St Andrews. Good post. I posted this one this morning. This is one of the things lacking in the management team and players.I agree about the treatment of K.T. other teams are allowed to foul him with impunity. The bhoy has a heart of a lion, he looks them in the eye and picks himself up and gets on with it. Why do we allow this to happen, his teammates should be given the aggressors a hard time. Think back to the Martin O’Neill era, if one of them received a bad tackle, the rest were around the aggressor threatening retribution. Just now, as a team, we accept this we really need to man up and support each other. I would like any of the management team to show solidarity with K.T. also, they should be given the aggressors dogs abuse and in general kicking up a fuss. We seem to just accept it as a given. If it continues K.T. Will take a sore one. – See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/some-reasons-why-celtic-will-drop-a-lot-of-points/comment-page-12/#comment-2785428
If we can put aside all the Lawwell/Board political ‘tittle-tattle’ – I believe that if we accepted that Ronny will eventually get it right, we will win the title each season and the odd cup, that it all could be 3/4 years in the making, things would not be as frenetic on here – however I think we all want to see some progress along the way – not seeing it and witnessing some pretty inept performances means we are all getting restless.