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- 01 Forster<\/span><\/li>\n
- 23 Lustig\u00a0<\/span>(Fisher – 73′ )<\/li>\n
- 03 Izaguirre<\/span><\/li>\n
- 06 Biton<\/span><\/li>\n
- 04 Ambrose<\/span><\/li>\n
- 05 van Dijk<\/span><\/li>\n
- 08 Brown<\/span><\/li>\n
- 16 Ledley<\/span><\/li>\n
- 10 Stokes<\/span><\/li>\n
- 15 Commons\u00a0<\/span>(Boerrigter – 77′ )<\/li>\n
- 21 Mulgrew\u00a0<\/span>Booked<\/span>\u00a0(Pukki – 59′ )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Commons scored three, Brown two and Ledley and Lustig got one apiece. But the game is remembered for the diamond midfield and the speed and accuracy Celtic moved the ball about with.<\/p>\n
Of course, Fraser Forster and Joe Ledley have moved to foreign climes ( what are foreign climes ? A packet of foreign climes please, and twenty Bensons ), and for tonights game Charlie Mulgrew and Mikael Lustig are injured, but why not go with this, in a 4-4-2 diamond ?<\/p>\n
Gordon, Ambrose, van Dijk, Denayer, Izaguerre, Bitton, Brown, Johansen, Commons , Griffiths \u00a0, Guidetti.<\/p>\n
( Griffiths hates Hearts. He’ll bag a hat trick at least. ) Forget this idea of playing the ball wide all the time. Play straight into them, releasing the ball wide only if there is no other option. Its not like the crosses end up where they are wanted anyway.<\/p>\n
However, Deila has added one thing to the match day experience, and thats the fun and excitement of trying to second guess his line up.<\/p>\n
In the comments section, have a go yourself. It’s unlikely anyone will get it right.<\/p>\n
Ahead of tonights game, John Collins told us where we are all going wrong. Taking time out from his own rigourous training schedule to talk about everyone elses, he outlined the problem, as he sees it;<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want the most from your career, it\u2019s about eating, sleeping and training.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
I’d like to think it’s pretty important that you do well in games really, I eat , sleep and train, but am completely useless at heading the ball. And kicking it. Does that mean I should get my boots ready and wait for the phone to ring ?<\/p>\n
And as management, they should be encouraging, cajoling, bullying even, if neccessary, the players. That’s how to get results.<\/p>\n
Not this;<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nPut the notebooks down, and deal with the game in front of you while its happening. Not in the dressing room after wards. Act while you can actually change things.<\/p>\n
Collins and Deila are , based on that observation,and the body language in that picture, \u00a0spending too much time worrying about the fitness and habits of players, and not enough on whats happening during matches.<\/p>\n
And thats ultimately where they will be judged, possibly as early as tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n
They are supposed to be football managers. How about managing the football ?<\/p>\n
Collins continued;<\/p>\n
‘When a new manager and new players come in it takes time for them to gel and to get to know each other.<\/em><\/p>\n
‘But when you are a big club, of course, you have to try to win the majority of matches and we know that.<\/em><\/p>\n
‘When you are Celtic manager or assistant manager you are always judged. That is the reality of the job. But obviously it takes time.<\/em><\/p>\n
‘A lot of new players have come in, a lot on loan and they have to adapt to Scottish football and the surroundings.<\/em><\/p>\n
‘They are working hard on the training pitch. It takes time, it is not going to be perfect right away but we see progress.’\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\u00a0Really ? Where is he looking ? Because its certainly not in the same place as I am .<\/p>\n
‘We can all get better and learn from other countries.<\/em><\/p>\n
‘You look round the world and the top teams are all fit and go for 90 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n
‘We all watch the Champions League, World Cups, teams like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, the top players, and they are all super-fit nowadays.<\/em><\/p>\n
Perhaps he’d be better watching the dross he and his co-hort are serving up for the paying customer on a twice weekly basis.<\/p>\n
‘Look at the top nations who are winning. You just have to watch their performances and look at them and see that they are doing something right.’<\/em><\/p>\n
Yeah. Winning.<\/p>\n
I’m very worried about this statement as well, showing that we are going to play with one striker as the norm, when its clearly not working;<\/p>\n
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\u00a0How about looking at our own side, which was the top one in Scotland just a few months ago, and conversley, you should be able to see what they are doing wrong.<\/p>\n
\u00a0His job, and Ronnys’, is to manage Celtic. To get the best they can out of the players he has. So far, all we have heard is that they eat wrong, don’t sleep enough and aren’t fit enough.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Look, if we’d wanted a lifestyle change we’d have hired one of those cooks off the telly, with Leaping Lizzie or whatever she was called to do a few jumps and press ups in the morning.<\/p>\n
\u00a0We needed a football manager. It said on their cvs thats what they were. So far all we have seen is a couple of rabbits in the headlights happy enough to blame everyone and anyone else.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Get it sorted. Starting tonight.<\/p>\n
\u00a0None of us want to hear Pat Bloody Nevin telling the BBC audience tonight how Ronny and Jonny got it wrong. Especially if he somehow ends up being right, because if that happens, he will be in danger of his little twiddly pen marking \u00a0a whole new beginning in the science of rectal surgery.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The Celtic View today is offering the chance to win two tickets for the upcoming Europa League tie with Dinamo Zagreb. Second prize is four tickets, and third prize is a full package for the home qualifiers.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Come on , Ronny, sort it out. All eyes will be on you tonight, and lets see what you can do.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Hard to believe its come to this. Panicking about a League cup game against a first division side.<\/p>\n
\u00a0On form, with Celtic playing to their strengths, it should be no contest. All of a sudden its become a tense, nervy affair.<\/p>\n
\u00a0And thats when players make mistakes, and not because they had a can of irn bru on the bus.<\/p>\n
Or a fag at the side of the pitch…<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nThats Dutch international Rene van der Kerkhoff, during a game with his club side PSV Eindhoven in 1975.<\/p>\n
Alright, maybe I’ve taken that too far, but footballing ability and training comes first. If fitness is an issue they can run home and save the bus fare.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Because money is tight these days, and not all of the Celtic Park employees are earning thousands a week. Some are on the minimum wage, a policy adopted to encourage a rise in living standards, which backfired spectacularly when employers decided to stick to that instead of offering more to entice a better standard of staff, simply because everyone paid the same anyway, and there was no need to \u00a0waste a couple of quid a week to make people take a pride in their work. Far better to scare them shitless about losing the job, and remind them that there are plenty of others out there who would gladly fill their role.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Thats why the Celtic Trust are backing the living wage-as opposed to one you can’t live on-for employees at Celtic Football Club, which made an enormous profit last year. And so far hasn’t fucking spent any of it.<\/p>\n
\u00a0You can get involved here, by signing this petition;<\/p>\n
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