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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HT
If, and it’s a very big if, Moyes ever manages us hopefully he is a better manager than a centre half, anyways, been on the blog far too much this weekend, fellow Celtic fans good night and God bless will be back sometime in March, as for the LMS’ers who are no longer standing get your buy backs in
Hail Hail
JNP
Hola. Quite recently a few of us watched a DVD of the games against the monkeys during the season we beat 5 times in the one season. Obviously, we had players of far greater quality but it wasn’t just ability that we commented on.
I know they were derby games but the contrast in commitment, application and team spirit was stark. Many of our current squad won’t stand up for themselves never mind their team mates.
People do realise Moyes was being paid £5m a year at Old Trafford.
id be surprised if the current manager is on any more than £250k
NOTTHEBUS on 28TH FEBRUARY 2016 6:56 PM
A fair point. However, he’s currently out of work and has an obvious affinity with Celtic.
EXILED TIM – Peter Lawwell has, like us all, makes mistakes – however he is a Celtic man and no one sets out to make mistakes.
No matter how he was appointed, Ronny has come within a couple of goals of two CL qualifications – a couple of red cards may have robbed him of back to back trebles.
In that situation, although I am not completely sold on Ronny, he deserves the two years that he is going to get.
Our failures in CL and the cups have been ‘on the day’ failures, defeats snatched from winnable positions – that is not in my view directly attributable to ‘upstairs’ – yes the buck stops at the executives and CEO – but in all cases we lost ‘on the day’ – “you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink’ – the resources at our disposal when we failed, were the very same resources that had enabled us to get to within ninety-minutes of glory.
HT
What would Moyes or any other candidates remit be for the job?
If its success in Europe then almost all of our Managers in our History have failed miserably.
Ronnie, with a few exceptions has been imperious domestically,hes taken 19 points from 24 this year in arguabley the weakest period in his resign to date.
H.T.
Incidentally I know you and Minx were probably holed up in some plush 5 star establishment in St Andrews,but last year we took a notion on the Friday and booked into the University itself. It was tremendous value with a full help yourself buffet breakfast. Seriously though 15 members of Special Branch were there on some course. I don’t know why but they kept looking at me. You can book it on line anytime during thesummer break.
That’s 3 universities I’ve been in now. St Andrews for a holiday. Heriot Watt for a pop quiz final and Glasgow University for a bite to eat. Went to the Hunterian Museum on a Mon last year but it doesn’t open on a Monday so just went into the Uni for a bite to eat. Hasn’t made me any cleverer though going to these universities.
notthebus…
£250,000 is better than nothing, maybe a springboard for him! As we are becoming nothing more, the way the club is being run. HH
Liverpool Man City to be decided by penalties.
Liverpool dink (literally) the first one in
Of the team that started on friday, if we take it Ronny scouts and signs the players, which he doesn’t, but just for arguments sake we will say he does, these are the players RD has signed out of a supposed 24 he has signed that started.
Bailly
Svetchenko
GMS
Boyata
Allan
Less than half a team, but more than normally starts, Bailly wouldn’t have started on a grass pitch, and I doubt Allan would have started unless the coaches weren’t under pressure.
Point is, I have said since the start I would judge RD when he got his team on the park, and I know that will never happen cos he is given them as opposed to scouting them himself, so there really is no point anymore.
Feck it.
Man City’s 1st hits the post
Keeper saves Liverpool’s second.
Man City score – 1 each after 2 pens
Liverpool mess up their 3rd. Wee stutter run didnie work. Saved.
Aguero puts City ahead 2-1 after 3 pens each
Liverpool miss again – great save by the keeper. Man City can win it with their next
Big Yaya….
City win. 3-1 on pens. don’t mentio it ;-)
Mr Pastry
Problem with your argument is it’s a results business and it’s no happening on a euro level, never mind the treble rubbish cos that’s all it is imo.
Results in the crunch games, they, { the coaches and players } are not delivering, so someone has to pay, and yes it’s normally the manager, but I ask again when and where does the buck stop ?
Will it always be ok for them who appoint the failed coaches ?
When will they man up and accept responsibility ?
HH
Citeh the better side for most of the match, and on the receiving end of some clugging, with little protection, and a poor refereeing decision at a vital time of the game.
Sterling a relieved young man, I’d imagine.
NotTheBus
It’s all about opinions. I think the football under Ronny has generally been poor. I watch us continue to play a system that leaves is hopelessly exposed (see Friday night). I don’t see enough being done on the park that would suggest that we’re addressing these failings in training. I see a team that lacks fight and a desire to win.
I’d be happy with progress, I honestly would, I just don’t see it.
Mr Pastry on 28th February 2016 7:03 pm
Within ninety minutes of glory, is precisely that.
Second prize stuff.
The best dive of the day.
https://streamable.com/3w6u
Exiled Tim – when a team is not performing e.g. Chelsea, Man Utd and Celtic – usually it’s the players who are badly underperforming, however as we know the squad cannot be sacked, more’s the pity some would say.
Therefore the axe always falls on the manager.
Now surely you cannot be serious in wanting the whole executive to be fired?
Apart from the chaos it would bring – the problem in finding people of probity, professionalism and business savvy to replace them – the kickback from sponsors and commercial partners and not least the money involved in severance payments – it would take years to get the club back on an even keel.
The budget, infrastructure and platform are in place, subject to our financial constraints, we need the right manager and players combination – just like all other clubs, 95% of whom win nothing and qualify for nothing.
Ronny pushed Dedryck under the bus in a cowardly attempt to hide his own inadequacies. An excuse for not winning.
I’ve tried to back the manager, but Friday nights Judas act pissed me right off.
Go now Ronny.
And take the board with you.
So over the weekend we witnessed a pretty poor pemalty conversion rate … 1 scored 1 missed on Friday night … pens missed by hearts yesterday but also scored at Pittodrie
Then when we have 2 off the most expensive teams in the world going to a shoot out. .. 4 scored and 4 missed .
Whoda thunk it
Why all the updates on Man City/Liverpool. Celtic blog who cares about them. Strange people.
TBJ…..
Yes but the pressure on the Celtic player is much more!
PHILBHOY
You wee rebel:)
Sack the board.
TD67 will be right on your case.
Malcontent:)
HH
Mr Pastry on 28th February 2016 7:32 pm
Now surely you cannot be serious in wanting the whole executive to be fired? Apart from the chaos it would bring – the problem in finding people of probity, professionalism and business savvy to replace them – the kickback from sponsors and commercial partners and not least the money involved in severance payments – it would take years to get the club back on an even keel.
Problem is that we have an executive full of business savvy in running a plc. Unfortunately this savvy does not extend to running a football club. business of running a football club.- See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/some-reasons-why-celtic-will-drop-a-lot-of-points/comment-page-18/#comment-2785681
Lennons Passion
Were Liverpool playing Man City today?
JNP
My da used to always disagree with me when I said that I’d never been to St Andrews because he claimed that he’d taken me several times as a wean. A guy in work has a flat up there that he rents out and he loves the place.
We were lucky, it was a cracking hotel and it was a cold but sunny weekend. Today we walked along the beach amongst hundreds of others, it was mobbed. I’d go back in a second.
I walked by many of the university buildings, didn’t make me feel anymore intelligent either! :-)
THE GREEN MAN
Al be ready fer him or her!
Hope you are well buddy!
Few weeks ago I asked Paul about the possibility of getting PL on here to answer puters questions.
Philbhoy,
Well said. Maybe Ronnys comments were to line himself up for a position at the SFA.
He certainly turned his back on a young Celtic player and the support in general by aligning with Craig Thomson.
Lennon’s passion –
sincere apologies if my posts offended you.
Hamiltontim on 28th February 2016 7:41 pm
I walked by many of the university buildings, didn’t make me feel anymore intelligent either! :-)
That’s nothing.
Many on here have been to Paradise often and don’t seem any happier.
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