Certainly not three times.<\/p>\n
The manager has said he wants his defence to play the ball out, whereas perhaps it would be better to first teach them how to keep the ball out.<\/p>\n
PSG don’t score seven against everyone. They probably won’t score seven again in this campaign.<\/p>\n
And they shouldn’t have scored seven last night.<\/p>\n
The Celtic defence, and the so called supporting midfield did not function again. and because it was PSG and all their money, that seems to be acceptable to a section of the support.<\/p>\n
Yet somehow Celtic achieved two draws against the very wealthy Manchester City last season, simply by rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in.<\/p>\n
Last night was a shambles. Again.<\/p>\n
The team were beaten as soon as they left the dressing room, despite the early goal from Dembele.<\/p>\n
He’s the only player to score against PSG in this seasons campaign, and he came through their Academy, unlike any of the PSG players…not that that matters.<\/p>\n
What matters is that nobody played well, largely because nobody had any belief in themselves or their colleagues.<\/p>\n
This ratings picture from L’Equipe demonstrates exactly how poor Celtic were, and it is this we should concentrate on putting right, without excuses about how good PSG were.<\/p>\n
They are only as good as we allowed them to be.<\/p>\n
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As for the defence, they got the basics wrong, and thats down to the coaching as much as the players.<\/p>\n
Maybe it was a mistake to include Simunovic, who has been out if action for so long.<\/p>\n
Last night had me pining for Efe Ambrose, who at least it could be said actually tried to defend.<\/p>\n
And who was part of an organised back line along with Adam Matthews and Kelvin Wilson which kept out Barcelona five years ago.<\/p>\n
Where are they now ?<\/p>\n
To make a point about organisation, this is a\u00a0 snapshot of our defence in action.<\/p>\n
Sorry, our defence inaction.<\/p>\n
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That is unacceptable. If we defend like that on Sunday, who will we blame ?<\/p>\n
That’s right, the defenders and the coaches.<\/p>\n
So why aren’t we blaming them for making us look like a second rate Sunday league side last night ?<\/p>\n
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When the draw for this group was made, we all stated we would be happy with qualification for the Europa League, which barring a 3-0 defeat to Anderlecht next month, will have been achieved.<\/p>\n
However, Anderlecht will have gained a little bit of hope from watching Celtic collapse last night, and will be fully aware that our defenders will not hoof the ball away, and will therefore put them under pressure when they are in possession.<\/p>\n
Even if Celtic do progress, other, more capable sides in the Europa will have spotted that weakness.<\/p>\n
In fact Motherwell will have spotted it as well. They just need the confidence to act upon it.<\/p>\n
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Confidence.<\/p>\n
Again, it seems like the players and management have accepted that they are not at the level of PSG and Bayern, and have pinned their hopes on beating Anderlecht to the Europa, showing a pragmatism off the pitch that is missing on it.<\/p>\n
This may well succeed, and we’ll all be happy to be in the draw for the Europa league, but what we have done in reaching that phase is shown all our prospective opponents that the defence is weak and cannot effectively play the system it is being asked to, and no matter who we play, or where we play them, home or away, this Celtic side is vulnerable and will not do anything to alter that.<\/p>\n
In short, a decent side will tear us apart.<\/p>\n
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We’re not learning anything at this level, from Rodgers to the coaches to the players, and last night should be the last time this is allowed to happen.<\/p>\n
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The art of management is to manage, to manage people and to manage situations in order to get the best possible result.<\/p>\n
Sadly, so far , Rodgers isn’t doing that.<\/p>\n
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And whilst this ditty provided a little light relief post match..<\/p>\n