PRE – MATCH COMMENT: The good news is that I don't have an hour round journey to see the game as Auntie is showing the game but the bad news is that I've never seen Celtic win watching in my daughter's home in Santa Maria!
ZALUSKA................6 Should have done better with the penalty but did well apart from that.
HINKEL...................6 There may have been a few times when his final ball could have been better but overall he had a good attacking game.
McMANUS..............4 Another game in which his inability to be be dominant in the air and his lack of pace show through so clearly. Just not good enough.
CALDWELL............5 This season he has spoiled the couple of reasonable games he has had by making some very poor passes/crosses at the critical times in the game. Until he re-signs there should be no more appearances.
FOX......................3 I was delighted to see him back in the team but I never thought I would have wished for Naylor in his place. Right from the beginning of the game he was awful and it was no co-incidence that he was involved in the penalty.
N'GUEMO............ 6 He would be a really good player if he could adjust to the fact that the clock ticks a lot quicker in Scotland and that he should cut out those lackadaisical passes.
CROSAS................6 He brought a slant to midfield which Celtic have been missing, i.e. a holding player who can pass the ball and remain cool in the heat of battle.
McGEADY............. 5 So,so infuriating! He never shirks from looking for the ball but he also rarely looks up to make the telling pass when it would have been the most productive. His two very good passes were far outweighed by the times he
MALONEY......... ....5 Was subbed at half time but I didn't think he had been poor rather more that a change was required.
ZHENG...................5 I'm sure that he is going to be a positive part of Celtic's success in 2010. Like N'Guemo he will have to get used to the aggressive tackling of proud country!
KILLEN...................5 He won more balls in the air than McDonald, he showed better ball control than McDonald but he slow of pace and slow of thought.
SUBS..................
SAMARAS............. 4 If he had taken one of his four good chances he would have been in for MOM but instead he contrived to miss them all.
McDONALD...........4 Brought nothing to the attack that hadn't been there in the first half.
McCOURT.............6 Showed what he can bring to a game even though we have to accept that he will not beat his man(men) all the time. Should have been on from the start.
REF ....................(Thompson) 6 He rightly awarded the penalty but his best decision was in showing our captain a red card for tackle that Woodburn would have been proud of.
GOAL............... 1. It actually started with Fox giving a poor pass to N'Guemo` and then being suckered into a rash tackle.
RATING: Quality: 4.9 (Av. 5.7)
POSSESSION:57%
COMMENTS:
1. I'll probably be in the minority in saying that, apart from the result and our players inability to put the ball in the net, I thought that was one of our best performances this season in terms of slick passing and moving forward. Once Celtic get a goalscorer the boos from "the best supporters in the world" will soon be muted.
2. Only 18,600 supporters turned up for this game and I read about so much delight being expressed about our rivals problems. We should be careful before any party is started.
3. TM should stop playing a 4 - 5 -1 role unless it's a European game in which we are defending a good lead. Our problem lies in not scoring enough goals and not keeping clean sheets.
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