So how do you feel about playing a couple of teenagers, Filip Twardzik and debutant Jackson Irvine, in central midfield, but dropping a couple of SPL points? Good, I hope. Welcome to the world of player development.
For a decade or more Celtic produced prodigious youth teams but watched as Dundee United, Hibs, Hearts even Hamilton Accies graduated more effective adult players. Key to this is perhaps ensuring that players are tested at a higher level at key times in their development. In short, if you have not played regular first team football by the time you are 22 there is a good chance you will not fulfil your potential.
There is cost to this development, you’re not going to win all the time, especially when the two teenage central midfielders are surrounded by other young players: Adam Matthews, 20, Tony Watt, 18 and James Forrest, 21. Half time substitute, Victor Wanyama, is still only 21.
I’m looking forward to seeing more teenage kicks in the coming months.
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2-1 s’ton!
2-1 Southampton
Who is the MIB at Ibrox?
Hope Bent F.C. NEVER get to the spl…..why would anyone want them there. In fact, I hope they implode by Christmas under the weight of their sleekit corrupt practices carried over from their progenitor Scum F.C.
Doc Well done!!!
Cheers Jude, loved it, signing up for next year.
Parkhead
A wee baldy guy. Not one of the regulars tho, Mcleod of sevco shld have got a straight red according to burley never even got booked.
JJ
I really enjoyed the game on wed, score and qualifying apart.
Just knowing that if your players were fouled, in the main we got a foul, and knowing that there was no agenda against your team.
The only time I have felt the same when we have played a scottish game, was the day we drew against Inverness ,I think, with a referee from Luxemburg.
We has a good goal wrongly chocked off that day as well, but it really didn’t seem to matter.
TeT
you going up to Barca?
Elgin being beat.
3-1 huns at halftime
It will always be the same with referees.Nothing will ever change it.The terrible defending yesterday cost us 2 points.
TET
I know. When a foreign ref makes mistake which disadvantages us, I see it as just thatand those mistakes really do even out over a game/competition. That most certainly cannot be said of Scottish referees and is the main, maybe only, reason I do not blame James Forrest at all for showing his disgust at refs who blatantly ignore fouls against him.
JJ
big hooiveld gives away a
pen
Hooiveld shows why we sold him.
RVP misses the pen , with one of those cute dinked chips.
Hooiveld shows why Lenny let him go
RVP with dreadful penalty. Misses
Doc is Neil Lennon
Half marathon pffffft
I have cut the hedge and the front grass ,don’t get me boasting about it.
RVP tries a pirlo and misses
voguepunter
17:29 on
2 September, 2012
I am impressed, tried to grow a hedge once, killed it!
Doc
Good on you mate, quite an achievement.
I thought about going for a walk earlier but decided against it :-)
BT
I am
Right, which one of you Ayrshire Bhoys has been out amending pub signs today!! Passed three separate chalk boards outside pubs in Ayr that had advertised this afternoons game and all three had the home team scored out and changed to Sevco!!
Doc is Neil Lennon
Doc ,cheers obviously it grew itself otherwise it would be stunted like
Tommy McLean.
Enjoy your beer mate.
Right where am I ?
Two contrasting highlights of Glasgow’s fair streets
where
Hail Hail
Estadio
TeT
will be good to catch up again..
maccargo
Love it,kept calling thems servco all week to my wee hun sidekick in office,
he wisny happy but he was grumpy.
HT, cheers.
VP, stunted growth? do you know me?;-)
Estadio
Did you manage to catch a drink yesterday? Was worried aboot ye.
Been at St. Mary’s for the le Tissier testimonial…..a good stadium for an intense football experience. S/ton well holding their own agin Manure.
Doc is Neil Lennon
Doc,Tims are in proportion,huns are stunted.
somewhat concerned by the news re Brown`s hip problems
have we left ourselves short in midfield?
selling Ki was good business , but, depleting your midfiled when you know that Brown is really struggling is foolish imo ….
We have Kayal.Ledley & Vic , however ,Kayal `s fitness record is questionable ..
if Brown is out longterm we may have created difficulties by redusing our squad so considerably
Watching Moscow derby, Locomotive v. Spartak. Spartak 1 up after 7 minutes, Kombarov.
Estadio:
Is one Glasgow Uni?
The other looks downright sinister.
“C’mon In”? Nah…..no way.
HH!
BT
Sure will, will mail you, haven’t booked a hotel yet, get into Barca early afternoon, leave the back of 10 in the morning.
Auldheid is going up as well.
Haven’t sorted a ticket yet, but shouldn’t be a problem, won’t be anything like full, and being a resident not a problem.
Brian McNally @McNallyMirror
Claims Rangers will have biggest crowd in UK wide of mark like the world record. 46,015 at Ibrox more than 2,000 less than Newcastle.#NUFC
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79 Euro’s Moscow -))) what’s not to like ? Direct from Sofia.
TeT
going over Sunday with oldtim, staying till Thursday..
Pfayr
I thought we needed an old head. Losing our oldest ??? player makes no sense
We should still try and get one
HH