Celtic beat Hamilton 2-1. And thats about all we can take from yesterdays game, although it was what the side set out to do.<\/p>\n
Another game where Celtic did well until they reached the final third, whereupon the predictable sidieways football kicked in, and yet again a defence was allowed to regroup and get in the way.<\/p>\n
The style was epitomised when Charley Musonda, an adventurous attacking sort, made a few yards, and then passed backwards. Chelsea will be delighted. He’s having the football coached out of him.<\/p>\n
Celtic have had 93 shots on goal in our last 4 games and scored only 5 goals. Thats not great, and whatever reason is offered for such a poor return, something isn’t working.<\/p>\n
But do we change a system that has the club on the verge of a historic back to back treble ?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday, Celtic were 2-1 ahead when Musonda took to the field, he was following instructions,\u00a0 as the three points were there to be lost. Had he gone forward and lost possession, and Hamilton scored from the breakaway, then we’d have been a little fraught about it.<\/p>\n
He did what he was asked, and we won.<\/p>\n
Celtic were facing ten men after Hamilton lost their Lyon, who had roared around for a bit with the eye of the tiger before finally accumulating so many fouls that even Andrew Dallas felt obliged to send him off. That can create, and probably did create, a siege mentality among the home players. Which is why it finished only 2-1.<\/p>\n
Anyhoo, Celtic won,\u00a0 and we move on, despite the usual grumbles about style and content.<\/p>\n
| #<\/th>\n | Team<\/th>\n | Pl<\/th>\n | W<\/th>\n | D<\/th>\n | L<\/th>\n | F<\/th>\n | A<\/th>\n | GD<\/th>\n | Pts<\/th>\n | Last 6<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1<\/td>\n | Celtic<\/a><\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 22<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n | 64<\/td>\n | 21<\/td>\n | 43<\/td>\n | 75<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2<\/td>\n | Rangers<\/a><\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 19<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | 67<\/td>\n | 38<\/td>\n | 29<\/td>\n | 62<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 3<\/td>\n | Aberdeen<\/a><\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 19<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | 50<\/td>\n | 36<\/td>\n | 14<\/td>\n | 62<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 4<\/td>\n | Hibernian<\/a><\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 16<\/td>\n | 11<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 49<\/td>\n | 35<\/td>\n | 14<\/td>\n | 59<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 5<\/td>\n | Kilmarnock<\/a><\/td>\n | 32<\/td>\n | 14<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 43<\/td>\n | 38<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 52<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 6<\/td>\n | Hearts<\/a><\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 11<\/td>\n | 13<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | 35<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 46<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 7<\/td>\n | Motherwell<\/a><\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 15<\/td>\n | 36<\/td>\n | 43<\/td>\n | -7<\/td>\n | 38<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8<\/td>\n | St Johnstone<\/a><\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 15<\/td>\n | 32<\/td>\n | 47<\/td>\n | -15<\/td>\n | 38<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 9<\/td>\n | Hamilton Academical<\/a><\/td>\n | 32<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 18<\/td>\n | 42<\/td>\n | 58<\/td>\n | -16<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10<\/td>\n | Dundee<\/a><\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 19<\/td>\n | 31<\/td>\n | 53<\/td>\n | -22<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11<\/td>\n | Ross County<\/a><\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 19<\/td>\n | 38<\/td>\n | 57<\/td>\n | -19<\/td>\n | 26<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12<\/td>\n | Partick Thistle<\/a><\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n | 26<\/td>\n | 57<\/td>\n | -31<\/td>\n | 25<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n |