\u201cWith so much possession we need to create more and that\u2019s what\u2019s disappointing today.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s about learning to deal with teams like this but it\u2019s not the last time we\u2019re going to meet a side that will sit in. They did it well and we have to give them credit for that but we needed to create more than we did and that was disappointing.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIf you can get an early goal against these teams it\u2019s important because they have to attack and then there\u2019s more space but in the end it was a lack of creativity and tempo,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe had a lot of crosses that we need to get more in front of the players to create chances.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe played with two strikers because we wanted more crosses and more players on the pitch that can score goals.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe have to work in training now every day and really go through what we can do to get that going.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe know John Guidetti can score goals, he has done it before and has played good games. He hasn\u2019t become a bad player in a month. It\u2019s just small details we need to turn around.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHe has been out for a long time and came in with a lot of energy, now it\u2019s dipping a bit but he will turn it around. My challenge is to get that back as quick as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHis ambition is very high and he is more disappointed than everyone else.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Er, I wouldn’t say than everyone else.<\/p>\n At times it was like watching last years team. Side to side, back to front, and then falling apart near the box. Which, of course , begs the question…<\/p>\n Have Celtic progressed in the six months or so under Ronny ?<\/p>\n Statistically, yes, of course.<\/p>\n Still in both domestic cups, top of the league, and a place in the last 32 of the Europa League.<\/p>\n But that hides a few things, most notably the fact that teams know how to play against us. And the fact that if you mark Guidetti out of the game, you pretty much guarantee that Celtic will only at best score once or twice.<\/p>\n The Swede is buckling under the pressure of his lonesome role up front. It might even be the reason he’s wavering over staying in Glasgow. He needs someone alongside him to allow him a wee bit of freedom and space.<\/p>\n Anthony Stokes was forced to leave the proceedings early doors yesterday, and he was replaced by Calum MacGregor, who in turn, after about an hour or so, was replaced by Kris Commons. We missed Stokes. We also missed MacGregor and Commons while they were on, but coming into a game is always harder than starting one.<\/p>\n In fact, the whole day was summed up when MacGregor finally managed to hold onto the ball for a second or two, and fired a shot which rebounded off the bar-to John guidetti who actually managed to head wide when in front of an empty net. A clearance which matched an earlier interception from a Leigh Griffiths shot, which although not exactly goalbound, didn’t need the Swede to make sure it didn’t go in.<\/p>\n Lack of cohesion, lack of passion lack of creativity and imagination. Thats a lot of lacks, and Ronny needs to do something about it next month. The way we are just now isn’t good enough.<\/p>\n So far, Ronny Deila has been lucky. Now he needs to make things happen, rather than watch them happen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Transfer news-well, news in the loosest possible meaning of the word. The Sunday Star claims Arsene Wenger is ready to blow all the competition out of the water and bid \u00a320m for defender Virgil van Dijk. Etims are considering legal action as we thought we held the monopoly on ridiculous transfer stories. Still, in the English league they pay more than that for diddies, so it might not be that far fetched.<\/p>\n Martin Odegaard might still end up at Celtic, and its a bit much to expect a fifteen year old to change our season, but you never know.<\/p>\n Oh, wait, yes we do.<\/p>\n Still, Deila is confident of getting his man, which would be a massive coup for him.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what is happening with him but we will see.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHe knows me, he knows how I work with young players.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHe got his debut from me when he was 15 years old, so he knows he would get his chance here also.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think he would get that at Barcelona. You have to take the right steps<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0Elsewhere, things went from bad to worse for the stricken new club plying its trade out of Ibrox.<\/p>\n Is it so wrong, especially during this period of peace and goodwill to all men, to mock them ceaselessly ?<\/p>\n \u00a0Frankly, no.<\/p>\n \u00a0Second Rangers were hilariously destroyed 4-0 by Hibernian in Edinburgh yesterday, which combined with Hearts winning 1-0 in Livingston means that they are now fifteen points off the pace in the First Division.<\/p>\n Manager Kenny MacDowall seemed a little shellshocked by what he has inherited;<\/p>\n \u00a0Still, the support were defiant;<\/p>\n \u00a0Bless him.<\/p>\n The ruthless dismantling by the Edinburgh side had the crowd appealing for mercy;<\/p>\n Perhaps the Human Torpedo on twitter summed it all up best;<\/p>\n \n Och, away from all that nonsense now. Its getting tedious. ( No , it isn’t. 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