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Taylor and Johnston’s importance to Celtic

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Celtic’s defence had to cope with another injury on Saturday: Liam Scales missed out with Maik Nawrocki stepping in, but as a unit, they are solid with Greg Taylor, Alistair Johnston and Cameron Carter-Vickers in place.

It was fitting that Johnston got an assist for Reo Hatate and Kyogo’s goals, the second a particularly satisfying cross.  He is back on the form we saw when he first arrived in January last year.  Decision making, energy levels and end product have all ticked up since the winter break.

Both fullbacks were missing in February, then returned to build up match fitness in a team in a mini crisis.  It was a lesson on how fragile form can be when players are even 10% short of sharpness.

The injury to Daizen Maeda poses a different challenge.  Luis Palma returned to action after six weeks out and, for my money, looked like he has work to do and perhaps a few pounds to shift.  Yang didn’t look comfortable on the left on Saturday, so until Daizen recovers or Luis gets miles under his belt, I expect Greg Taylor has a lot of running to do, especially on the big open spaces of Hampden.

The two fullbacks are among Celtic’s most important players.

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  7. scullybhoy on

    Inscription

     

     

    (The Celtic Football Club

     

    1888 (badge logo insert to the left top of stone)).

     

     

    Buried in this Marist Cemetery is

     

    Brother Walfrid (Andrew Kerins Irish: Aindreas O Ceirin;

     

    18 May 1840 – 17 April 1915)

     

     

    Brother Walfrid, was an Irish Marist Brother

     

    and the founder of Celtic Football Club,

     

    established in 1888 as a means of raising funds

     

    for the poor in the East End of Glasgow.

     

     

    The charity established by Brother Walfrid in Glasgow

     

    was named The Poor Children’s Dinner Table.

     

     

    In 1892 Brother Walfrid was sent to London’s East End.

     

    Here he continued his work, organising football matches for

     

    and showing great kindness to the barefoot children

     

    in the districts of Bethnal Green and Bow.

     

     

    Here he lies in peace alongside those with whom he served,

     

    providing spiritual support, alleviating poverty

     

    and providing learning and education

     

    to the communities in which they worked.

  18. Melvin Udall on

    PARKHEADCUMSALFORD on 17TH APRIL 2024 10:00 AM

     

    Let’s hope Dundee do the business this evening.

     

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    Forgot they were even playing tonight.

     

     

    Mont the Dundee!

     

     

    Fancy them to take at least a point. They will attack the Huns and cause them problems. Just as the mighty Ross County did. 😂👍

  19. Melvin Udall on

    Here’s the guy that does Footy Adventures at their game on Sunday.

     

     

    When they get their penalty, he says here are the three words we’ve used so often “penalty to Rangers!”

     

     

    Surprised the hordes haven’t hounded him on the comments. Maybe they have. As I’ve not been through them all.

     

     

    Listen for yourselves:

     

     

    https://youtu.be/58mywU66UCw?feature=shared

     

     

    😂👍⚽️

  20. An Dún on

    Last night showed the seismic change a red card can have on a game. We knew that from Tynecastle but last night it really hit home.

     

     

    Don’t give these officials any excuse.

  22. Melvin Udall on

    AN DÚN on 17TH APRIL 2024 10:14 AM

     

    Last night showed the seismic change a red card can have on a game. We knew that from Tynecastle but last night it really hit home.

     

     

    Don’t give these officials any excuse.

     

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    The data guy Allan Morrison has also highlighted that the best two ways to affect the outcome of a game are for an early red card for your opponent and/or an early penalty for your team.

     

     

    Guess whose stats in both are way out in front of every other team’s?

     

     

    Yup. Der Hun.

     

    So blatant, yet our club doing nothing and Crawford Allan has a free hit from now until the end of the season. Why we didn’t insist he went right away is madness!

  24. QuadBhoy on

    MELVIN UDALL on 17TH APRIL 2024 10:28 AM

     

    “So blatant, yet our club doing nothing and Crawford Allan has a free hit from now until the end of the season. Why we didn’t insist he went right away is madness!”

     

     

    I think getting CA shipped out and a hun ref or two (McLean?) retiring is a result to be fair – did our club “do nothing” or did the chats with the SFA pre-BR hearing with alleged dossier of Ref/VAR issues + legal reps play a part in this? Hard to know either way. Few more to clean out still but with a new (hopefully impartial) head of refs things may yet improve regardless of the personnel if the match appraisals/culture shifts.

     

     

    Also hard to “insist” on something you have no control over / right to do. I know the huns do it all the time but we’re better than that surely. We could have made it known that we wont be shy in suing for lost earnings if a failure to follow VAR protocols for example results in a material loss of earnings etc. Perhaps we have? Again hard to know.

     

     

    QB

  25. Melvin Udall on

    QUADBHOY on 17TH APRIL 2024 11:08 AM

     

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    Agree with some of your points QB, like Celtic might be doing things behind the scenes. However, I don’t think for a second the SFA will bring in a fresh face, who will be impartial. Is all too much of a closed shop for that sort of carry on.

     

     

    I also don’t think Celtic will take the SFA to court for loss of earnings. When they had a slam dunk opportunity with the Res 12 stuff and the SFA being all over the EBTs (Sandy Bryson etc) and did nothing.

     

     

    No title stripping of the old club and no recompense for loss of potential earnings. When it was clear they helped the old Rangers into Europe, when they clearly shouldn’t have been permitted.

     

     

    Loads of “we do things behind the scenes” chat from the club, but not much changes. Crawford

     

     

    Allan getting the boot is a result, but has given him a licence to cheat until the end of this season, as we’ve all witnessed. He’s also sticking his fingers up at Celtic by appointing the very officials we’ve questioned before the hearings were heard.

     

     

    And, he will likely be replaced by another “Brother” from within the SFA ranks.

     

     

    Not sure what the club can do tbh, but better communications with the fans to say what’s going on might help.

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