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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Clunks
I thought the same, I Loved Lenny but not for me, he had his shot and decided to leave it all behind, not a criticism of him he more than anyone had reason to ups sticks and go.
HT
Sorry just been catching up
I should know if my contact here in Derry has come through in the next day or 2, I will let you know asap.
Cheers
Marty
He said that 4 years was a good go at it and time to leave.
He mentioned downsizing etc etc etc.
I just dont think his inner Tim can let thems come up and not have a man in charge
Clunks, whether it was fair or not matters not a jot. Boyata gave the ref an excuse to send off a Celtic player. He should have been smarter and let the keeper earn his salery
Regards ronnie
Was a fan and really hoped he would bring something different to the club but during the game on Friday I had myself thinking are the players really playing at their 100% ?
To me the support is split and the players seem split
But of course we will do nothing until the summer and then if we do change manager he will be expected to perform miracles and get us into the champions league.
Ronnie wanted to change things from the bottom up.. Sadly I think things need changed from the top down.
MARTYBHOY59 on 28TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:04 PM
Sftb
“Weakest in 50 years sounds like hyperbole to me.”
I never actually said that, you missed a crucial word, i did say “ONE of the weakest” and in the context of mental and physical toughness of this current team I stand by that opinion.
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Noticed that glaring omission as well.
Crucial indeed.
Maybe it was simply a genuine error though???
You get a lot of that crafty bs on here -Thon Ernie Lynch individual is a master at those tactics as well.
For example – ye could type a three page essay, yet he’ll lift a single sentence from it, ignore the other thousand words, repost the sentence, then attempt to put an entirety different slant on what one is trying to say.
Diversionary tactics? Is that the correct term.
Some fly bassas.
HH.
EDDIEINKIRKMICHAEL on 28TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:39 PM
Clunks, whether it was fair or not matters not a jot. Boyata gave the ref an excuse to send off a Celtic player. He should have been smarter and let the keeper earn his salery
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Whether it was fair or not is the only thing that matters.
That is why we are so angry.
He got sent off for a fair tackle. And his boss bottled it when asked about it.
Why is that hard to understand?
Yes he got sent off. Yes we will always get sent off for that tackle.
Was the tackle right?
yes.
Fight it……
get sent off………………..
…………..fight it more…………….
……………..get sent off………..
……………….fight it more.
Dont lie back and take it.
That is not where we came from.
Well, its not where I came from…….
Fight it Eddie dont lie down and tell me that, thats just how the refs are in scotland.
Thats bollocks.
!!BADA BING!! on 28TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:31 PM
Auldheid-Duffield’s posts at Hampden and Ibrox in very quick succession is well worth a look at too IMO
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Do you have them?
He gave the ref an excuse
Thats hundom mate!
We gave the ref an excuse by not standing up for us the 2 or 3 hundred time he done it before!
Did Mcinnes lie down and take it when the ref got it wrong for him??
No did he bollocks, he stood up for himself
Eddie
Are you saying that last man should never tackle a forward ?
I watched the old guy at centre half with sevco put his shoulder into the back of Josh mcginnis at ibrox the other week . LaSt man but not even a foul given … no yellow .. no red .
I posted a video clip today of dan mastorovic red card against ict … clearly played the ball … McLean red cards him .
I remember Tony Mowbray wouldn’t stand up against the cheats …. lennon did and was hung out to dry for it . I have no respect for anyone who watches cheating and doesn’t challenge it …. our manager has lost most of the support now imho
16 roads – Celtic über alles…
The excellent rascar capac is a visionary and he influences how I post on a blog, especially a fast moving blog like CQN.
He stated to seperate sentences. Genius Rudi Vata.
Anyway, I found out the music my Bhoy listens to before playing his fitba.
D O G G and D R E
You gotta roll with it .CSC
Anyone here remember this interview
“It seems every time we mention Ambrose it’s in connection with a defensive mistake usually causing a goal”.
He spat the dummy and I was so proud as he got it in that moment.
Everytime there is a mistake get in the media and highlight it
Dont lie down and take it.
Get banned repeatedly and stand up for ourselves.
Its just common sense.
Stand up to the bully
Auldheid-Chief Executive of SFA ,and of Sevco I believe,which I heard him complain a couple of times that he wasn’t ‘rewarded’ by Craig Whyte….
Or just lie down and get erm pumped.
And let us shout about the injustice of it in the pub with our mates at the weekend.
What we are doing makes no sense,
Countless bad tackles
Countless bad decisions.
A team makes a mockery of the rules and gets DEMOTED (as that is the common spin) to the bottom league.
Ghuys does this, any of the last 5 years make sense?
Not that I agree with them but, I think we are in danger of over-inflating the impact of RD’s remarks on Boyata. If Dedryk thinks differently, I would reconsider but I don’t think the dressing room will be lost because of that. Ronny faced a similar situation when Izzy was sent off against Ajax for diving in.
And, I believe managers calling out players for stupid actions is not at all unheard of:-
Lennon : Izzaguire
Hamiltontim don’t call me names on here I see you can’t take a joke,
SFTB
That got feck all to do with it.
Boyata put in a great last gasp tackle, connected with the ball and got sent off.
Wrongly.
Then the manager comes out and takes leave of his vision and says actually he did not contact the ball and it was a sending off.
Did boyata catch the ball?
If its a yes (and the replays clearly show he did) then RD is erm, talking testicles. (b~ll@£k$)
He needs to go.
He does not have the b~ll@£k$ to stand up for him or his players.
Get someone in who can
clunks, if you actually think that by calling out cheats in the Scottish game actually achieves anything can you give me any examples when it’s worked in the past?
BTW I wont hold my breath waiting on your reply with all the links mate.
clunks on 29th February 2016 12:05 am you’re talking brown stuff mate, seriously.
“Without Celtic or Rangers, Scottish football would sink to the level of Ireland – part-time players playing for part-time clubs before part-time spectators.
We are the people who can draw crowds.
Without Celtic and Rangers, Scottish football would be nothing.”
Jock Stein, 1974.
That was and still is a great record Petec.
This is the now :
https://youtu.be/d7M-68XbLe8
HH.
Eddie
Hold yer breath mate. Please whilst yer at it punch yourself in the face, hard.
What you said makes no sense at all.
Things were not right in the past…….
We pointed it out…..
It never changed……………
(this is the part that doesnt make sense)
Lets not talk about it again coz when we did in the past it never worked!!!!
You see!
Lets shout about it louder and harder, Eddie you lie down and take it mate.
Coz thats what makes sense. IDIOT
My big concern, with this board, is what disaster will it take to get rid of RD?
Think about that?
Barnes was an unknown, lower league, ICT.
With Mowbray it was St. Mirren 4-0.
What will Ronny’s going away present be?
“You don’t want to wake up at times after losing. You just lie there.
Sometimes you don’t sleep, you just lie there thinking.
But that’s why I am here.
Because I really care and want to turn things around.
The hardest part in life is when you don’t know what the answer is.
But when you know the way forward, you can do that.
For me, it takes 48 hours to get the disappointment and reflection out of the body.
Ronny Deila, 2016
TBJ says Wee Oscar Knox is in heaven with the angels on 28th February 2016 11:50 pm –
You say Neil Lennon stood up to the cheats, can you show me where it made a blind bit of difference?
If Deila was a man he would chuck it after shafting Boyata. His cowardly actions are not befitting the role of a Celtic Manager and he should walk. If not , he has to be told to pack his bags and head back to the fjords.
I’ll bet many of the Ronny critics also boo’ed Wee Fergus. Fergus got it right, I suspect Ronny will too.
Don’t panic.
HitchhikersCSC
GP Wu :
https://youtu.be/ktGsgYuXpPk
HH.
clunks on 29th February 2016 12:17 am –
Prove your point, stop bumping your gums and prove your point. You obviously can can’t you?
VALE BHOY on 29TH FEBRUARY 2016 12:17 AM
My big concern, with this board, is what disaster will it take to get rid of RD?
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My concern is, why are Celtic supporters looking for a disaster?
Paranoid?
Neil Lennon & McCartney
rd talks a very good game.
But follows thru very little. The more I hear him speak the more he sounds like a politician.
He makes very potent sound bytes about what he is gona do and why………….
………………..6 months down the line its all bollocks and he is talking about other stuff to deflect about the previous statements.
*pressing game
*improve players
*improve players decisions
*improve fitness
* boyata was wrong
see how it goes?
Eddie
Prove what point?
Some ppl just love spouting rubbish but can’t back it up, a few on here tonight again.
Eddie
Take a deep breath and punch yerself in the coupon again!
What point do you want me to prove?
16 roads – Celtic über alles… on 29th February 2016 12:14 am
That was and still is a great record Petec.
This is the now :
https://youtu.be/d7M-68XbLe8
HH.
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Banging tune.
I will get him to add it to his Must listen to before going out to Win a game of fitba.
The Great thing about Lenny’s teams was that they had very low bookings, despite the most ridiculous provocation.
Ronny has came into this side of things blind and needs Support.
Eddie
Hold yer breath mate. Please whilst yer at it punch yourself in the face, hard.
What you said makes no sense at all.
Things were not right in the past…….
We pointed it out…..
It never changed……………
(this is the part that doesnt make sense)
Lets not talk about it again coz when we did in the past it never worked!!!!
You see!
Lets shout about it louder and harder, Eddie you lie down and take it mate.
Coz thats what makes sense. IDIOT
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CLUNKS,
Politicians lie ~ all of them.
Ronny is asked about a sending-off, and gives an honest reply.
Many on CQN say they think he should have lied.
Not me.