michael duffy
Well-known member
SPFL,aye, but time and time again, when the pressures on, we fall short,ah feckin hate thinkin it, but our players are in awe of Broony,and if he does'nt inspire,the team look lost,hope i'm wrong, but........
Fuckin horrendous tonight .Bigger clubs than Celtic (and there aren't many) realise that all players have a shelf life and it's about utilising them sensibly and sparingly.
On the back of an injury, Broony shouldn't have been anywhere near the starting XI tonight, but he would have been a great presence on the bench at the very least.
I want him to lead us to 10, but with his game based so much on physicality - Lenny has to manage his playing time effectively. Lenny was honest enough as a player to know when he couldn't cut it anymore, I don't want to see him having to make that decision with Broony.
The problem we have though, is that we have to start planning the Broony contingency right now.Think the whole team were shocking like TT said.
Taylor n rogic first half were decent but the whole night was a shambles.
I think Lenny should have learned from last week and clearly didn’t, thats life.
I think when a team doesn’t perform as a whole then no-one should be singled out.
I can see SP’s point with regards to pace etc and if a player has lost some then use him accordingly but that could be the team on tonights performance.
I think Broony will retire soon anyway but lets not be hasty in singling him out after all many a time gone by he proved invaluable after previously being written off.
Brown main job is ball winner and support defenceThe problem we have though, is that we have to start planning the Broony contingency right now.
He reads the game well enough, so we can still play him in a fair chunk of games, but a midfield has to work as a unit and there are too many gaps and too much fresh air between our midfielders due to Broony's natural tendency to now sit a bit deeper.
It leaves the other two centres isolated and doesn't always give an 'out' ball when our wide players have to look inward.
I wouldn't dare write him off, but old father time is a devious bastard and is putting the high press on.
Unfortunately, Broony lying so deep does partly explain some of the other poor performances tonight, but it doesn't legislate for international defenders looking like rank amateurs.