“We went 1-0 up with a beautiful goal and then we conceded an unnecessary goal, which was tough mentally going in at the break.”<\/em><\/p>\n “But showed quality of mental strength to go out and control the game again after the restart.<\/em><\/p>\n “We scored another beautiful goal and I felt we had good control of the game. We had a bit of stress towards the end but you always have that when you are 2-1 ahead and playing in an atmosphere like this.<\/em><\/p>\n “Sometimes you have to give credit to the opponent when they have a strike like that. Craig had no chance, though maybe there was a deflection as well. It was an unbelievable goal.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThat was disappointing, but what I’m happy with today was the team spirit. Against Motherwell, that was what disappointed me.<\/em><\/p>\n “There was little energy and there were a lot of individuals playing for themselves instead of the team. Today, I saw my old team back again.”<\/em><\/p>\n “This was a hardworking team, who were well organised, playing forward and quick with their passing.”<\/em><\/p>\n “This is how I want to see my team play, and that’s the positive thing, and something we have to try and produce again on Wednesday (against Dundee).\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n He’s right about the second \u00a0equaliser. At one point Hearts boss Robbie Neilson was seen to shout at the scorer Osman Sow afterwards as it appeared the Hearts man had left this earth and was freely floating among the clouds.<\/p>\n No wonder.<\/p>\n His shot took a small deflection and then, unlike any free kick ever taken from that position flew into the opposite corner to the one where he was supposed to aim it-and probably did.<\/p>\n A bit like the way in which Shunsuke Nakamura would selfishly take free kicks before the keeper was ready. Except, of course, the wee Japanese fellow meant it.<\/p>\n One of those things, but on a more serious note, the more times Celtic concede this mow obligatory two goals, the more an opponent will fell confident they can do it.<\/p>\n Early in the game Dedryck Boyata pulled up with a hamstring injury, and that may yet turn out to be the biggest stroke of luck for Ronny Deila since he lost Derk Boerrigters phone number.<\/p>\n To a massive cheer from the crowd Efe Ambrose entered the fray, as the Hearts fans realised that they , too, would get their two goals against the Hoops.<\/p>\n Except they weren’t getting them at the expense of the big Nigerian.<\/p>\n He won every header, every tackle and usually found a team mate with his new style of a long ball out of defence, which replaced his mazy runs of previous games. And he wasn’t afraid to bully someone when it was needed.<\/p>\n His decision making was swift, and more often than not correct, and we may just have found the man we need to compliment Jozo Simunovic.<\/p>\n Not so much in what he did, but in what he didn’t do.<\/p>\n He didn’t leave too much of a gap between himself and Simunovic, and although that had a disastrous outcome at first, which lead to Mikael Lustig helping Hearts with their first equaliser, it plugged an alarming hole which the tynecastle side had threatened to exploit-the pass right through the middle that was deemed to an offside player showed how easy it is to split the Celtic defence.<\/p>\n Lustig had found himself in no mans land for the second time in the game, and despite a valiant effort, succeeded in only diverting the ball off the forwards foot for what Sky summariser Andy Walker called a fantastic finish.<\/p>\n In yesterdays Diary, I mentioned I wasn’t sure about who should partner Simunovic, but after yesterday, I am now. boyata isn’t going to make it. He looks afraid, nervous and maybe even fragile.<\/p>\n And as anyone will know, if you are looking to bully someone, head for the guy who looks like he is used to being bullied.<\/p>\n As for Mikael Lustig, perhaps now he can get on with just being a right back, without concerning himself with the others in the back line. He isn’t the player he was, and in order to get back to that, he must get back to basics, and just be a full back again.<\/p>\n Ambrose and Simunovic is a better option than Boyata and Simunovic, and the time for experimenting is now over. From now until May we go with the form players, and thats that.<\/p>\n Because we need to stop losong two goals every time we take to the field. Alright, its not every time, but it certainly feels like it.<\/p>\n In midfield, Celtic lost Stuart Armstrong early on as well, and he was replaced by James Forrest, who had originally been left out. Perhaps it would have been better to leave him there, and introduce Scott Allan at this stage.<\/p>\n Forrest looks tired, and his lung bursting runs are all well and good, but he needs to stop running along the eighteen yard line and hitting the old daisy cutter wide.<\/p>\n It’s predictable. And it’s lazy, at least mentally.<\/p>\n And thats something a winger should never be. Sometimes he should head to the bye line and cut the ball back. That means the defenders have to turn around, and it allows midfielders to catch up with play. If you do that, he, and his opposite flank man, remove the need for a target man to hold the ball up.<\/p>\n Going back to Scott Allan, and it would be interesting to see how he and Calum MacGregor perform alongside each other.<\/p>\n MacGregor is not a headline grabber. You won’t come out of a ground telling your pals about how he dominated a game, or will be the next ten million pound player.<\/p>\n But he stays the course, is direct, and can pick a pass, as Nir Biton, scorer of the opening goal will tell you.<\/p>\n Tom Rogic did his usual shift, and even scored a delightful goal to restore Celtics lead, but apart from that it was the same old fare from him. some great touches, but again that urge to run into a crowd of defenders and lose the ball.<\/p>\n When he was replaced by Gary Mackay Steven, it was presumably because he was tired, but also to add a little width to the side, as Rogic was insisting on running straight into trouble, which must be because he thought the Hearts defence thought he wouldn’t be stupid enough to keep doing it.<\/p>\n Stefan Johansen came in for some criticism, but in actual fact, a lot of it was undeserved. With armstrong having left the field, it was down to the energetic Norwegian to do most of the off the ball blocking, and to be in position to receive the out ball when needed.<\/p>\n And he did it very well, proving that there is a player in there still, and we might get back the one from last year yet.<\/p>\n In fact, I’ll say it again, the passing and movement at pace yesterday was as good as anything this season. And I’m looking forward to the Dundee game, to see how the players respond now they’ve got a little bit of their confidence back.<\/p>\n Up front, Nadir Ciftci can count himself unlucky not to have added to his four from nine scoring ratio, he battled, he ran, and he saw a couple of efforts saved.<\/p>\n But he needs to be a little more disciplined. He’s a centre forward, so perhaps he should stay centre, and forward.<\/p>\n On one occasion he won the ball out wide, and crossed to , well, no-one, because he wasn’t where he was supposed to be.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I stayed off social media last night, more so than usual, as the usual suspects were still demanding the removal of the management, some of the players and probably the guy ho drives the bus as well, but that wasn’t bad yesterday, and when all is said and done, theres still a point and a game in hand between Celtic and Aberdeen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There has been a lot of talk in the media regarding a number of players heading out on loan in January.<\/p>\n Aye, okay.<\/p>\n So far, only Tyler Blackett is leaving, and thats because he’s shite.<\/p>\n Again, whoever saw this guy in Manchester, and thought he could do a job at Celtic, needs to be sat down and explained exactly what his remit is, because there is no way anyone with even the slightest talent for spotting a players potential could have seen anything in Blackett.<\/p>\n It wouldn’t make any sense to loan out players now, with the champions League qualifiers only a few months away, and anyone who has a mortgage or rent to pay will tell you exactly how short a month really is.<\/p>\n We keep anyone who is any good, get rid of anyone who isn’t, and add a couple who might make a difference.<\/p>\n Piece of piss this management lark.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, can anyone tell me what this is…<\/p>\n Here it is again, after allegedly being confiscated by a police officer at the game yesterday..<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Without googling it, I wonder how many of you genuinely recognised it. I certainly didn’t, and its just that I wonder of the officer did either.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I caught an article in the Huffington Post earlier today, which discussed the concept behind the description “Orwellain “, used often to describe nation states, institutions and anything else which has been accused of totalitarianism.<\/p>\n This bit, however, somehow made me think of the SFA, a little nation state within a nation state.<\/p>\n While most people equate the book with the ever-watching tele screens or the ominous presence of Big Brother, what I came to realize, reading the book, is that it is actually about history, or rather, the control of history. The narrative.<\/em><\/span> <\/p>\n Full article here, its worth a look;<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/images\/world-countries-flags\/vatican-city-flag.gif\")
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There, in a one line, is the real essence of Nineteen Eighty-four. It is about the power of historical narrative. History becomes the rationale for virtually every political or economic decision that is made, regardless of the impact. And the person who can ‘control’ the past, decide what the ‘true history’ was, controls the future.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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