MATCH REPORT: CELTIC 2 ABERDEEN 0

PRE-MATCH COMMENT:
Good to be back at a full Celtic Park and congratulations to that set of fans in the corner of the North Stand and the Lisbon Lions who produced a great pre-match display.

BORUC 7 Everything he was asked to do he did so with great professionalism.

HINKEL 6 Improved as the day went on but his passing was woeful.

CALDWELL 7 He has been Celtic's most consistent player this season and put in another solid display.

LOOVENS 6 Did everything that was asked of him defensively but was another player whose passing was pretty poor.

CROSAS 5 Kept up his record of always being in a winning team but his performance was below his normal standard mainly due to his poor passing.

NAYLOR 6 Became more effective in the second half when he started to overlap.

NAKA 5 Perhaps his decision to leave Celtic at the season affected his game. His passing was so poor.

BROWN 6 Celtic's second most consistent player this season put in his usual shift of skill and endeavour but another player who requires more time on the passing aspect.

McGEADY 5 Showed some lovely skill but how infuriating when his final ball is so poor.

JVOH 7 MOM From the very first minute this was a revitalised player. He won a lot of ball in the air, did some great work in his own penalty area, set up McDonald's goal and scored the first.

McDONALD 6 He ran all over the pitch and took a lot of abuse from the Aberdeen defenders (nearly got himself a red card because of his justified frustration and not getting any protection from the ref.) Took his goal well.


Subs

HARTLEY 5 Was rightly brought on considering his potential involvement against rangers in the next game against Rangers.

MIZUNO 5

MALONEY 5 Can't understand why he was given only 3 mins after being out for so long.


Referee (McDonald) 3 One of the worst displays I've seen since the Rev McCurry cheated his way at Ibrox. He did not give a penalty for deliberate hand ball. He did not give one dubious decision Celtic's way but gave many in Aberdeen's favour. He was a joke!

GAME: 6 The half time cabal was split as to whether Celtic had played well in the first half (I was in the "No' camp)but there was a definite improvement in the second half.


COMMENTS: 1. The main object of the game was realised, i.e. 3 pts but I do feel that our quality of display this year has been the poorest since GS arrived. I see no improvement in passing, I see no improvement in the number of times we put pressure on the opposition goalkeepers, I see no improvement in out two most gifted players (Naka & McGeady), I see no improvement in our striking dept and I see no improvement in our central defensive partnership.


Goals 1 A corner, a bit of a scramble and JVOH pokes the ball home from 12yds.

2 A good move involving Hinkel finding McDonald who turns with the ball and feeds it to JVOH who in return plays the 'wall pass' back to McDonald who cooly slips it home.