Winter
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Edouard is in scintillating form right at the moment and is getting the praise and the plaudits he rightly deserves for it. Hes only 22, hes been leading the line alone for the past few seasons and has acquitted himself quite spectacularly considering the weight of the burden that simply being Celtic's main striker can bring, add to that the fact that he is Celtic's all time most expensive signing and the pressure that can bring alone and his accomplishments become even more impressive as players like Timu Pukki, Harold Brattback , Amido Balde, Stefan Scepovic, Tony Cascarino, Carlton Cole, Kazim Richards, Pawel Brozek (who? I know) will testify. The pressure got to these guys, proven goalscorers, some more than others and you could argue they had different pressures, like not playing in the most successful Celtic side in generations. Edouard has shown undoubted mental strength, character and ability at his age to not be fazed by all of that , the history the club ,its size etc etc. Still as outstanding as eddy is and has been, especially since that goal coming on as a sub at the theatre of hate, I thought it a little bit naughty of Chris Sutton to say live on tv eddy is the best striker we've seen since Larsson. It's a fair comment from a qualified judge being himself a Celtic legendary striker. I thought it naughty a little disrespectful even because he was playing alongside another true Celtic legendary striker in leigh Griffiths. The only player to date who has actually been able to match Larssons 40+ goals in a season at CP. Who knows how many goals Griffiths may have scored by now if not for the signing of Brendan Rodgers and his tactical changes that saw incredibly Griffiths pretty much sidelined after his awesome scoring season in preference to dembele another candidate for the title yet at the time an unknown and many were baffled ,I included by this,though not for long. So Edouard , Griffiths, Dembele, Hooper, Wayne Biggins (just kidding) who is the best since Henrik Larsson? If its numbers its Griffiths if age edouard or dembele. I think personally it's too early to say hes the best when Griffiths is coming back onto his game, and technically both are superb. Strong argument for eddy, griff or moussa who was explosive and different again. At this time it's too tough to call but it's got to be Lassad Nouioui?
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