The nearer we got to the kick off the more worried I became listening to the 40m that Shaktar had spent. Didn’t have a problem with Hartley coming in to the team but I would have played him in his Scotland position and left JVOH out.
BORUC ….…. 7 Had no chance with either goal but continued to show his real class with several great stops.
WILSON….…. 4 There I was thinking that he was back to his best but unfortunately the better the class of opposition the less assured he is. Perhaps he’s just a good SPL player.
CALDWELL…. 6 Was part of a defence that was torn apart in the first 20 mins but he stuck to his task and had one great saving clearance.
McMANUS……..6 Was directly culpable for setting up the first goal with an uncharacteristic first touch but to his credit he did not let his head drop and played well.
NAYLOR….….. 4 I don’t think we can go on much longer waiting for him to rediscover his form. He couldn’t cope with the pace and skill of the opposition.
NAKAMURA … 3 The poorest game he has had in the Hoops and was rightly replaced by McGeady.
DONATI ….. 4 Was invisible for large parts of the game although when he did get on the ball you could see his class.
BROWN …….. 5 Ironic that he chose this game to have his poorest game since coming to Celtic and was very fortunate to stay on the park.
HARTLEY…. 7 MOM Had no impact on the game until he was rightly moved into a central position playing just in front of the back four and he once again showed that he can play there with great effect.
McDONALD ……….. 6 Was the only player in those awful first 20 mins who showed any ability and continued to strive to make a mark but he found it so difficult.
JVOH…. ……….5 Had one great attempt which just missed the target and had another good opportunity but failed to get his header on target. Really we should be seeing a greater impact from an ‘international’ player.
SUBS ………….
McGEADY..….. 5 Came on tried hard but really achieved very little.
KILLEN . … 5 Made one good opportunity but that apart he still failed to show that he has the quality to enhance the team.
MAGIC…. …..4 Was on for too short a time to impress.
REF ………….7
THE GAME ……6 It wasn't dirty, it was fast, it was skillful and it had a great goal. Unfortunately Celtic did not contribute much to it.
COMMENTS ….. 1. I listened to GS’s pre-match interview and listened to him saying that he would have to approach this game with different tactics to the Spartak game as Shaktar play a different game to Shaktar. It’s a pity he was not true to his word!
2. Celtic’s big problem was in the method they started the game. Even before a goal had been scored you could see that this was not a confident Celtic team. I doubt if they struck more than 3 passes to-gether in the first 15 mins.
3. It is unbelievable that after 14 away games in the C.L Celtic have still not won a single game! I’ll stick my neck out and say that it will happen in Lisbon t.y.
4. A few Celtic supporters (inc. myself) expressed disappointment that Celtic had not strengthened the team during August, it’s nights like to-night that we may well live to regret the inactivity. Our full back position has been screaming out for competition to be brought in.
We must hope that Milan win all their games with the exception of ours and that Benfica and Shaktar draw their games. Celtic of course will have to win their home games but if they do then we’re through…… . it’s that easy!!!
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