Charly’s wait, Broony’s mind games

BRENDAN ON CHARLY MUSONDA

“It’s a different type of
 loan for Charly compared to 
when he went to Spain and had to succeed straight away. Here he has 18 months to settle in, find the
way of working and realising the pressures of a big club.

“But he’s enjoying every minute of it and he knows that over time here he will get an opportunity to show it in training where he works well and then in the games. It’s just time, that’s all.

“All players want to play, but he’s no different to Patrick Roberts or some of the others. They have a respect for where they are and what the team is doing. They respect that you can only pick 11 players.

“He’s absolutely fine. He’s here for 18 months and by the end of that he knows he is going to be a better player.”

BROONY ON SUNDAY’S OPPONENTS

“Will it still be in their heads? It probably will be. Also, us turning up with 11 men and going to Hampden. We’ve had great games there recently. We’ve played well. We are going into the match on good form.

“At Ibrox, it was always going to be hard going down to 10 men, especially after 60 minutes, but we had a game plan and stuck to it.

“Most of the time if you stick to your game plan and everyone works together, then nine times out of 10 you can pull it off.

“Luckily enough big Odsonne Edouard turned up with an absolute worldie of a goal to win it. We defended better with 10 men because we knew we had to focus on not having the ball as much as we would have liked.”

About Author

The Celtic Star founder and editor David Faulds has edited numerous Celtic books over the past decade or so including several from Lisbon Lions, Willie Wallace, Tommy Gemmell and Jim Craig. Earliest Celtic memories include a win over East Fife at Celtic Park and the 4-1 League Cup loss to Partick Thistle as a 6 year old. Best game? Easy 4-2, 1979 when Ten Men Won the League. Email editor@thecelticstar.co.uk

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