THE NOTAPRODDYGAL – 7.5/10 – The Harlem Shuffle. In a place not unlike that titular crime-ridden, NY rathole, BR braved the wrath of failure and rebooted a visiting Celtic side to less than expected levels of starting quality. Out went the skipper, the big signing, the form winger. In came the loose cannons looking to make an impact.
The switches were felt most in the middle and took time to align but when they did we got – almost incredibly in comparison to previous visits – near-perfect syzygy. This was his believe-in-the-system-and-the-system-believes-in-you dorky management-speak mantra evaluation; maybe as much to convince himself he has the players to do it as showing the players that what he preaches on the training ground can translate perfectly to winning matches. Well, it worked. And what may have been a banana skin was, instead, a delicious banana sundae (see what I did there, classic American dessert and Sabbath fans?)…
🍀 “A very good performance”
Brendan Rodgers shares his satisfaction with Celtic’s win at Fir Park & gives an update on Adam Idah after he was on the end of a late challenge ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/Z5BHz2CdwN
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) October 27, 2024
MIBBERY – 5/10 – Sworn Zombie, Bargain bin, out to sabotage the steamrollin’ Sellik. Turned up today excited after his beloveds went rampant against the worst Romanian champions since Ceaușescu’s team of ten amputees and a blind gypsy fortune teller in nets won the title unbeaten, at gunpoint, wearing his wife’s shoe collection. Might have thought he was going to succeed as a flurry of petty fouls kept us subdued for a half hour. Finally thwarted by classic Celtic persistence overcoming his wicked resistance. Though his true colours – not red – shown at the death when the Idah assassination attempt received a token response prior to VAR intervention, and not the execution by firing squad it merited.
TC (or Scoobie,as he was called) was a player,and no mistake, though the fans often didn’t appreciate his unselfish running.totally selfless man.R I P
True gentleman, and a great player,.met him at the convention in Vagas,true ambassador for celtic. Rip Thomas.
On Lennon Miller. Keen to sign the boy and loan him back to Motherwell for the rest of the season come January.
I have it on good authority that there is not cat in hell’s chance he’d go to the other side. His mother won the battle of the naming rights, putting the possibility of Zombies cheering this boy beyond credulity. His faither also agin it purely on footballing development basis. He understandably wants him to move south.
The boy is a player.