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Celtic vs St Johnstone, Wed 12 May, 2021


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Game over. Odd game in that we've missed three gilt edged chances despite only really being in the game for first 15 of the first half and 10 minutes of the second.

I'd like another centre half in the summer, I'm not convinced by Rooney as a centre half. Suppose Booth might of played there if Tanser was fit.

Kane showing his strengths and weaknesses in this game. Some really good hold up stuff particularly against Ajer. And the other stuff.

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35 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:

Middleton too greedy, then Conway horrendous.

It says a lot about this Celtic side that we're playing our weakest line up of the season and creating more chances at Celtic Park than we did against Kelty Hearts.

You must’ve been really shite against Kelty if tonight was better. 😀

 

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Thought 4-0 was harsh on Saints. We played a lot of good football at times, and if we could be clinical in front of goal it might have been interesting. It's probably our Achilles heel this season if we have one.

Celtic were creating nothing when Madden gave them that free kick, horrendous decision. But we lost concentration to lose a quick second.

They're a quality side when they get their tails up, the difference after they went ahead was massive. Might have been an interesting game if Madden hadn't intervened when he did.

That was a makeshift team, 3 days after a huge cup match and we've kept ahead of Livingston. Game time into a lot of fringe players, rested a lot of starters, as long as there's no injuries then it's job done for me.

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Just now, Drew Brees said:

You must’ve been really shite against Kelty if tonight was better. 😀

 

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In terms of us creating chances, tonight saw us have more sights of goals than that game, as far as I can remember.

Job done for us in terms of staying 5th going into the final game. Hopefully we can actually train before Saturday, and get a few players back. Dont think anyone who came into the side embarrassed themselves. Shame we haven't had more opportunities to see Ferguson this season.

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Thought we did fine all things considered but you are relying on a referee not making such a monumental error when you visit Parkhead. Heads weren't right from the restart and that made it a huge task. To then miss the two big chances on top of that is something else you don't get away with through there. 

Players were running on empty in closing stages. 

Just hope the news to come from the club isn't too bad. 

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11 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:

In terms of us creating chances, tonight saw us have more sights of goals than that game, as far as I can remember.

Job done for us in terms of staying 5th going into the final game. Hopefully we can actually train before Saturday, and get a few players back. Dont think anyone who came into the side embarrassed themselves. Shame we haven't had more opportunities to see Ferguson this season.

For the very brief time he was on, thought young Alex looked sparky. Looking forward to seeing more of him. 

Nothing to add to the game comments but it certainly showed that we've gone way beyond the bottom of our squad depth now. Anything other than defeats in these last 2 games will be an astonishing coaching job by Callum. 

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At least last night provided an opportunity to assess a few other things in the squad:

Not sure James Brown is what we need moving forward. Doesn't have the grace of McNamara or the dynamism of Rooney. For a team that is so well drilled, thought he was slow pushing up with the press a lot of the time as well. 

Having to shift Kerr in one lost his attacking threat but at least he still offers his defensive qualities. With Rooney in the back three against a team like Celtic, his defensive vulnerabilities are exposed. Edouard (as very good as he is) peeled off on good few occasions, including obviously his goal. If we could find one, another centre back would help the squad. 

We lacked a bit of legs in midfield without McCann. Gilmour was maybe encouraged to offer that a bit more at half time as he made a good break forward early in second half (but wasn't picked out) but whilst both he and Bryson were good on the ball, I'd have like to see a bit more movement. Still, Gilmour showed a bit of promise. Ijn his very fleeting appearance, Ferguson did suggest he'd maybe offer legs though. 

Think we need to move on from Craig Conway and try to improve in that area. He's come in for a season and done a job but that should be it.

There is no dressing up that not training is not ideal but this is a team that knows their roles so well and the situation could be a lot worse if we were a side that chopped and changed things a lot more. 

Livingston will sense they have a real chance now and will be buoyed though. 

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