This so called ropey defence has the most shut outs in Scottish top flight so let's give them a break here and have a bit of perspective.
We've played 49 and have 26 clean sheets - 53%
Celtic have played 47 games and have 20 clean sheets - 43%
The problem we have is not the defence, albeit they've had a few below par performances of late, it's that since Celtic returned from Dubai they have
1. Changed to a more attack minded formation, which has subsequently led to them scoring 33 goals in 2020 to our 19
2. And off-field they went after the SFAs disciplinary set up following their 1st citing in years
We on the other hand came back with the same formation and any pitiful efforts to take on SFA fell on deaf ears
We do have an alternative formation and it has brought us success in the last 3 games whereby in the 80mins we've had 2 up top we have scored 6 and conceded 0.
Unfortuately the formation our management team choose to persist with played it's part in the remaining 190mins of the 3 games where we scored just once and conceded 5!
At the start id mentioned celtics concerted attack on the SFA and It's worth mentioning that In Celtic's last 4 home league games they've had 4 players sent off. The last player to be sent off at Ibrox was in September.
We have watched Griffiths, Brown, Jullien, Christie and bolingoli avoid what should have been red cards and in other games concerning us we have seen Guthrie, Power and cosgrove also avoid being sent off.
We have had 4 goals disallowed in 2weeks (2 of them perfectly fine goals) 2 for handball, 2 offside however no such calls were made on 3 goals that went against us at critical times vs killie and Celtic in recent months
We recently had a stonewall penalty shout turned down because the ref claimed the wind to blame and only a few months back we were awarded a free kick for a foul that took place inside the box.
The 'referee mistakes' i refer to have cost us a league cup and at least 5 points and I cant think of one incident that has gone against Celtic in that time so how have our board reacted to that. How would celtic react if shoe was on rhr other foot?
Lastly this Celtic team started with scott brown 11 years ago then with rogic a few years later. They have spent £100m since our demotion in 2012 and for years were given a free run at securing titles and adopting that winners attitude we seem to lack.
In contrast, Gerrard has had 15months and a fraction of the money Celtic have had and was up until Jan 2020 doing a sensational job both in the league and on the european stage.
To summarise, We have a young management team and playing squad who are majorly up against it, they have not been given the time and money afforded to our rivals and they are self destructing under the extreme pressure we're putting them under because of this 9/10 in a row talk
Secondly we have a board that are far less effective in taking on the inept officiating
Some may not want to hear it but we fans need to ease off players and management and allow them a bit more time to get it right and off field we need a board that need to step up to the plate because at this time its us against the world
We've played 49 and have 26 clean sheets - 53%
Celtic have played 47 games and have 20 clean sheets - 43%
The problem we have is not the defence, albeit they've had a few below par performances of late, it's that since Celtic returned from Dubai they have
1. Changed to a more attack minded formation, which has subsequently led to them scoring 33 goals in 2020 to our 19
2. And off-field they went after the SFAs disciplinary set up following their 1st citing in years
We on the other hand came back with the same formation and any pitiful efforts to take on SFA fell on deaf ears
We do have an alternative formation and it has brought us success in the last 3 games whereby in the 80mins we've had 2 up top we have scored 6 and conceded 0.
Unfortuately the formation our management team choose to persist with played it's part in the remaining 190mins of the 3 games where we scored just once and conceded 5!
At the start id mentioned celtics concerted attack on the SFA and It's worth mentioning that In Celtic's last 4 home league games they've had 4 players sent off. The last player to be sent off at Ibrox was in September.
We have watched Griffiths, Brown, Jullien, Christie and bolingoli avoid what should have been red cards and in other games concerning us we have seen Guthrie, Power and cosgrove also avoid being sent off.
We have had 4 goals disallowed in 2weeks (2 of them perfectly fine goals) 2 for handball, 2 offside however no such calls were made on 3 goals that went against us at critical times vs killie and Celtic in recent months
We recently had a stonewall penalty shout turned down because the ref claimed the wind to blame and only a few months back we were awarded a free kick for a foul that took place inside the box.
The 'referee mistakes' i refer to have cost us a league cup and at least 5 points and I cant think of one incident that has gone against Celtic in that time so how have our board reacted to that. How would celtic react if shoe was on rhr other foot?
Lastly this Celtic team started with scott brown 11 years ago then with rogic a few years later. They have spent £100m since our demotion in 2012 and for years were given a free run at securing titles and adopting that winners attitude we seem to lack.
In contrast, Gerrard has had 15months and a fraction of the money Celtic have had and was up until Jan 2020 doing a sensational job both in the league and on the european stage.
To summarise, We have a young management team and playing squad who are majorly up against it, they have not been given the time and money afforded to our rivals and they are self destructing under the extreme pressure we're putting them under because of this 9/10 in a row talk
Secondly we have a board that are far less effective in taking on the inept officiating
Some may not want to hear it but we fans need to ease off players and management and allow them a bit more time to get it right and off field we need a board that need to step up to the plate because at this time its us against the world
