You have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of Cal. Some skippers are well versed to losing, you are a born winner…
Callum McGregor broke down in tears at the end of the Scottish Cup final penalty shoot-out defeat to Aberdeen with that vital first penalty miss weighing heavily on his mind.
The skipper has been ridiculed by some, mainly rival supporters which is par for the course, but sadly a few Celtic supporters have felt the need to criticise our skipper.
Callum’s tears show he cares, if he laughed it off the same critics would be tearing strips off him for not caring enough, he’s quite literally stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Callum has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. That was his first taste of defeat in a competitive cup final which proves he’s a born winner, a remarkable statistic given how many finals he has played in. Those tears show to the world that he can’t stand defeat and that is what we want and demand from a Celtic skipper.
Alongside Greg Taylor, Callum McGregor can be proud of his own personal performance yesterday amid an array of insipid showings from so many Celtic players who are usually so reliable for their consistency.
Callum McGregor said afterwards that he will now use that hurt to spur him on next season. That’s what we want to hear. Some clubs have skippers well versed in being a runner up, we have one who is a natural winner. Chin up Callum you have achieved so much, and still have a lot more to add to it over your remaining years as the Celtic captain.
Meanwhile yesterday could be the last game for Celtic for Greg Taylor. He is out of contract at the end of June so will NOT be back for pre-season training unless a new deal can be sorted. With all that uncertainty hanging over him it is notable that he was probably Celtic’s top performer at Hampden yesterday.
Hopefully there’s some positive news on a Greg Taylor this week to cheer us all up.
Just an Ordinary Bhoy
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Any body watched they game Aberdeen didn’t won the cup Celtic lost it Aberdeen ruined the game ref should have never been refereeing the game booked two Celtic players for good tackles allowed Aberdeen to waste time but Celtic never turned up khuun what’s happened to him playing football and getting paid he’s looks so depressed Kenny he ain’t up to this level south Korean awful smichelles had one save to make and balls it up but the ball should never been crossed bernardo bad pass but even then Ref allowed so much time waisting the game never really got a chance to get going worst poor Cup final embarrassing even the coverage off bbc was amertish why take the Cameras and show us the supporters football supporter that’s why I pay my money to watch Celtic new law coming in for time waisting with goalkeepers but is our refs going to apply it there is no pressure from SFA on refs not sticking to the laws Robertson was poor booked two Celtic players for good tackles was he not suspended by SFA for based calls against Celtic and he showed yesterday he had Agenda against Celtic sore loser no just nit used to it Celtic will get new players idah making runs but he has to protect the ball stick his backside out supporters wouldn’t be pleased by players showing and they won’t forget
Taylor top performer for Celtic yesterday ? CCV did very well and deserve to be seen as the best celtic player on the field.
There was no one to make the ball move fast, a good old fashioned number 10 ( Hatate’s role). Bernardo is so slow to turn is back and move forward ! And if he is not accurate on top of it, he surely doesn t deserve 100 minutes, you are right. ( does he deserve to start the game ? is also a good question). He did gave one good ball to Yang it’s true.
Scales was shaky. Idah was on the pitch ?
What happened ?