There’s only one John Guidetti, His physical presecene leads to a defender accidently putting the ball in the netty.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n End of Diary.<\/p>\n Alright, maybe not. The Swedish striker forced one and finished another sublimely to give Celtic a 2-1 win in Paisley yesterday, when it looked as though the referee would cal a halt to the game at half time on the grounds it would cause drowsiness and prevent people in the crowd from being allowed to drive home.<\/p>\n As usual, manager Ronny Deila surprised us with his line up, but not the formation-if indeed there is a formation out there somewhere-, with Wakaso Mubarak becoming the twenty eighth Celt to start a Premier League game this season. No one has started all seven.<\/p>\n Its not even October yet, but the squad rotation policy is in full swing, and it doesn’t seem to be working. Players don’t come out of a tunnel at Celtic Park anymore, its a revolving door.<\/p>\n Eoghan O’Connell started in place of Jason Denayer, and Kris Commons was left out, having picked up a little injury.<\/p>\n Which meant there was no creativity. Players were huffing and puffing, but , in the words of Arthur Montford and Archie MacPherson from yesteryear, no-one was prepared to put their foot on the ball and dictate play.<\/p>\n But, in Guidetti, it looks like we have found a goalscorer. And should the team finally settle, and advance in the Europa League, he could be the difference between a memorable season and a forgettable one. Make a note of the date. I’m not kidding.<\/p>\n However, theres the job of keeping pace in the title race at home first.<\/p>\n For a brief moment, around the sixty minute mark, Deila realised he was knee deep in poopy kaka and switched to two up front. Two minutes later, Celts were 2-1 up.<\/p>\n Stokes and Guidetti combined to split the St. Mirren defence, and Celtic were ahead. Then , minutes later, Deila removed those two-granted, Guidetti had tweaked his hamstring, which is probably more serious than it sounds .<\/p>\n (“please excuse Johnny from PE today as he has tweaked his hamstring” \u00a0” Piss off, it’s cross country running \u00a0in your pants son ” Maybe that was just my school.)<\/p>\n He \u00a0replaced them with Stefan Scepovic and Jo Inge Berget, and you kind of knew the scoring was finished. Scepovic has that look of someone who wishes he’d never heard of Glasgow, and would rather be anywhere else, while Berget isn’t quite sure where he has landed up, and is waiting for someone to tell him.<\/p>\n The win keeps Celtic in touch at the top of the League, with Hamilton thrashing Motherwell and Dundee Utd beating St. Johnstone.<\/p>\n Give me a shout when these teams start dropping points, which doesn’t seem like anytime soon. Looks like we got our competitive league, but I’m already fed up of it.<\/p>\n Celtic have regressed, while others have improved.<\/p>\n Of course, the headlines will speak of our regression, and not give any credit to any other side who have stepped up to the plate now that Rangers have exited stage left, and they , too, will be light years ahead of the new club when it finally arrives at the top level, should, of course, they get their finances sorted.<\/p>\n St. Mirren, though, have some way to go to reach that level, and they knew it yesterday, with the likes of Jim Goodwin doing his best to rival the likes of Keith Lasley in the “hired Goons ” stakes. Their boss Tommy Craig claims they only need a goalscorer to make an impression, whilst general opinion would say they have a long way to go to be a top football team, but would have more than a shot at the Rugby title.<\/p>\n As you can see, when Guidetti got his first-referee Craig Thomson told him it was his- both St. Mirren defenders were clearly going for the ball.<\/p>\n Guidetti confirmed it was his goal after the game;<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cI had EVERYTHING to do with the first goal.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe referee\u2019s come to me before the start of the second half and said, \u2018John, I\u2019ve given you the goal and you know what they say, don\u2019t argue with the referee\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSo that\u2019s good enough for me. I don\u2019t argue, I just say thank you very much. To be fair, I was just going to tap it in and then I got absolutely smashed for the third time by the No.6. I didn\u2019t know which planet I was on for a brief moment. Then I said to the ref, \u2018Red card surely or something?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThen I saw the ball in the back of the net. The referee\u2019s given me the goal. I\u2019m very happy, I\u2019m a striker.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe tackle before, even the No.6 came to me right after and said it should\u2019ve been a penalty.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHe said it was a stone cold penalty, 100 per cent. I don\u2019t think he would say it if it wasn\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Unless the referee asked him…..<\/p>\n No doubt Guidetti’s the next one up on a charge of bringing the game into disrepute-remember the controversy when Neil Lennon commented on Goodwins ging ho attitude and the telly mics picked it up ?<\/p>\n \u00a0Speaking of charges, Aleksandr Tonevs charge of racial abuse has been put on hold. Until they find some evidence, presumably.<\/p>\n \u00a0Meanwhile , Ronny Deila wasn’t happy with the players yesterday, but he blamed their lethargy on playing three games within a week.<\/p>\n \u00a0We’re doomed .<\/p>\n “I feel a bit irritated inside but it’s tough to play three games in such a short time and you need to be strong to win on a day like this,” the Norwegian said.<\/em><\/p>\n “We got the win, that’s the most important thing of course, and it was good to come back after losing a stupid goal so that’s the positives.<\/em><\/p>\n “But I think we looked tired and heavy in our legs. We were always one metre behind in the second balls and we didn’t get compact enough.<\/em><\/p>\n “On the ball we were taking too many touches and didn’t get up the tempo we wanted. We didn’t create as many chances as we wanted.<\/em><\/p>\n “It was a hard game and St Mirren were pressing hard and had a lot of enthusiasm so in the end I’m happy to win but the performance could be better.<\/em><\/p>\n “We have now played three matches in six days which is hard. We haven’t changed very much in the team so you get a lot more heavy legs and the players need to get used to it.<\/em><\/p>\n “We work hard in training every day and we have to look at everything we do to get as best as possible energy into the games.”<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0The players were used to it, until he upped the training schedule to eighteen hours a day. No wonder they are knackered.<\/p>\n \u00a0However, with Dinamo Zagreb the visitors on Thursday as the Europa League campaign returns to the fore, Deila reckons a good result and performance will silence his critics.<\/p>\n \u00a0Well, it would. 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