THE NOTAPRODDYGAL – 8/10 – “It’s no’ flamin’ St.Johnstone away!” went the cry as the team-sheet appeared. ‘I won’t change my tactics,’ he’d told a bemused fanbase after the German hammering, and here we were, rocking up at Italy’s top-scoring dynamos, brash as Bugs Bunny wandering into an Elmer Fudd trap. And the shotgun would have been rammed down Brendan’s throat it it had ended up another humiliation. Not tonight, though. What happened was a minor miracle and a bookmaker’s dream as all Zombie handicap bets on a home cricket total got frazzled; Hope it was in the millions.
“It continues a really good start to the season for us”
Brendan Rodgers is happy with Celtic’s campaign so far 👏
🎙: Connie McLaughlin pic.twitter.com/zrDEPsW3JD
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 23, 2024
And credit to the grinning grifter for finally – FINALLY – getting his dues away in football’s La La Land of dreams both joyous and tragically broken. No nightmares as his side enacted the disciplines worked upon at Lennoxtown and manifested his mantra of focus and finesse.
These are the results that become reference points and landmarks for a coach as he evolves his squad into a collective capable of competing at elite levels. It may have been BR’s OK Corral in Atlantis, so he went in gunslinging. And came out whistling like Doc Holliday. He’ll be your huckleberry, Zombies; go look that one up…
MIBBERY – 5/10 – Early yellow. Soft fouls. Infuriating awards against us. Direct free-kicks, edge of our box, for innocuous challenges. Amazed they didn’t get a soft pen; testament to our splendid defending he didn’t get the chance to gift it. One year on. Still a prize…add your own insult.
Yer a stingy bassa at the best of times, but go watch the game again. Idah was way better than a 5.5.