{"id":7950,"date":"2015-10-24T10:20:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T09:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=7950"},"modified":"2015-10-24T10:27:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T09:27:25","slug":"have-we-a-team-of-bottlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=7950","title":{"rendered":"Have We A Team Of Bottlers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlie Saiz, one half of the resident “Statler and Waldorf ” comedy duo in the Etims diary replies, asks the question.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Decided to hold back on this and let the usual mud slinging commence in the Diary as all us Steins and Shanklys put the world to rights on exactly what went wrong last night. ( He means Thursday -Ed . I didn’t get this until this morning<\/em> )
\nWhen I look at a performance like the shambles on show last night I tend to look at the leaders in the side first.
\nBy that I mean those who have genuine experience at the top Level and who by now should know how to grab a shite performance by the haw maws and give it a twist.
\nScott Brown a player I have grown to really love at Celtic ,he embodies what I want to see in any Celtic player,determination,awareness and a real desire to win and push others on.
\nI watch him in the tunnel last night and several things struck me..
\nFirst thing is he was too focussed in the tunnel almost not even there if you like and this was highlighted rather sadly by the wee boy that was chosen to run out alongside him.
\nEvidently handicapped and a bit overawed by the situation he looked up to Scot several times like your wean does when he’s a bit scared and Broonie blanked him.
\nNot once but several times you could almost see his excitement draining as the seconds past.
\nNext up their Captain with the Beardy weirdy tried several times to give him a welcome handshake..as professionals do.
\nNope still the 3000 yard stare and face like some one just ran over his cat.
\nI thought poor show Scott your coming across as an arrogant prick mate?
\nEven though I know he would be gutted at that assertion.
\nTheir Captain turn round with the “fanny” look on his grid…and rightly so I thought?
\nI also thought well if he Beardy Weirdy wasn’t up for it before he will certainly be up for it now.
\nWhich he was..very up for it as it happens.
\nScot went out did his usual drill .the big jumpy heider thing after the huddle then proceeded to have a shocker by his own standards.
\nI reckon had you asked him straight after the game how he felt he played he would have savaged his own game and destroyed the evidence.
\nHe’s not alone of course there are others within that side.. Lustig, Ambrose, Izzy Commons who have played miles better against far better sides than Molde.
\nThat’s not unfair on Molde I thought they played a shrewd and very effective brand of Football on which was let’s face it an absolute shocking pitch for Football at this level.
\n5 a side in your local League? Marvellous.
\nBut a crunch Europa League tie?<\/p>\n

Fuck off UEFA.
\nNorway as a Nation we were all led to believe in the Indy Debate are Oil Rich and fucking minted.
\nGo build a fucking Stadium with a roof and grass ya fucking wanks and get with the programme Football should be played on waterlogged plastic..
\nNow where was I …Yes the attitude of some of our Senior players in Europe these past 18 month or so has been poor at times I think.
\nI get the feeling some of them treat these teams with very little respect based purely off the back of previous exploits.
\nMolde are top of the Group they are not there by fucking accident chaps.
\nThey are a well drilled side who play an effective counter game.
\nSo good in fact the rest of the sides (us included) have struggled to cope with it.
\nThe Manager and his Assistants must take a portion of the blame of course as it is they and the backrooms staffs job to ensure our players turn up and put in a performance.
\nIf below par they should still be putting in a shift AT THE VERY LEAST.
\nI never witnessed that last night, I seen 6 or 7 players we can normally rely on go through the motions.
\nA couple of them raised their game a bit ..Bitton and Commons (in an attacking sense anyway) but even those two were not at their best.
\nSo how can a Manager be totally to blame for such an abject performance?
\nThe answer is he shouldn’t.
\nThe buck stops with the leaders on the Park.
\nIf they cannot be trusted to at least put in a showing or dig in then no matter who sends them out they are onto a hiding from the start regardless of the result.
\nRonny ,the Supporters who travelled and the wider Support have been let down badly by them.
\nThere is no excuse for not putting a shift in,there is no excuse for not being able to pass a ball 10 foot to a team mate (johansen to Armstrong)
\nThere is no excuse for not tracking back and there is certainly no excuse for letting rip at the Manger either when you are pulled off for tactical reasons.
\nDeila needs to get them all back on the path again we finished last season playing the way we hoped they would.
\nThis Season for whatever reason we have not started the same way we left off last.
\nWe have seen glimpses but all to often it seems they are few and far between.
\nWe need to up the tempo,get the high pressing game going again that brought success last Season and most of all have our players bursting their arses for each other ,us and the Manager.
\nIf not? then please do get to fuck.
\nRemember this if you happen to read this Scott and the bhoys…<\/p>\n

“Celtic jerseys are not for second best, they don’t shrink to fit inferior players”
\nNow puff your fucking chests out and get on with it<\/p>\n

ffs we are all fast running out of patience with you.<\/p>\n

Which oddly enougn, appears to be exactly what Kris Commons said to John Collins during his rant.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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