SUBS –
Shin Yamada. Motherwell v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. 30 December 2025 Photo by Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
FEIN – 4/10 – Damn, what a chance. Didn’t catch it right, but, y’know – he was willing if not able. Deserves opportunity to prove the latter on Saturday.
JAMESY – N/A – Well, when you’re not scoring there’s no better mhan to turn to… Did inject some sharpness into a startled team. Even tried to get everyone on their toes by firstly setting up a Motherwell counter, but that’s Jamesy for ye – if you can’t get your end in, get anyone in…
Despondent Celts. Motherwell v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. 30 December 2025 Photo by Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
MELLOW YELLOW – N/A – The kid gets admonished. Not his mess. But maybe his jersey for the weekend. Unless the boss has a cousin on the way from Le Havre who he’s not tried-out yet.
Celtic despair. Motherwell v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. 30 December 2025 Photo by Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
THE TERMINATOR – 3/10 – A whole half to salvage something and establish yourself properly, kid. And then you fall on your backside and the game’s gone…
Celtic despair. Motherwell v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. 30 December 2025 Photo by Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
HIGHLAND TOFFEE – 2.5/10 – If Reo was confusion, Luke’s demeanour possibly drew a dark sketch of dressing-room sentiment – sheer frustration and disillusion. Play here, play there, do this, don’t do that… Eh?
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Excellent, if depressing synopsis David. Invest some time in mentoring your colleagues in the art of fine writing in 2026….
Difficult to disagree with any of that and it’s about time you got brutal with certain players.
This is the poorest Celtic team I’ve watched, since the eighties, just dire. Far too many just not good enough, or just stale. Absolutely awful at the back, a goalie who gives me palpitations with every attempted piece of ‘distribution’, a midfield with zero creativity, including the captain, a succession of wingers who, simply, just can’t cross a ball and a raft of strikers who couldn’t score in the old ‘Palais de Dance!’
If we don’t have better than that, in the academy…..then what’s the point of an academy.
Nancy , Tisdale and most of the Board who formed a concensus to bring these two Saboteur (Duds) to Celtic Park should be instantly dismissed . Add to that , get rid of the over-rated players commanding good salaries with Celtic , starting with :- Engels , Hetate , Tierney , McCowan , Yang , Ralston , McGregor ( who , like Brendan before him ) is off to SAUDI to continue their jersey kissing in warmer climes .
It could take years to sort-out this mess —-Time for an instant S.O.S. to ANGE and Martin O’ Neil —-Who would hopefully come to oversee a REBUILD and put our Great Club back to where it should be in both Scotland and Europe . In the past we have had some crap players who lacked ability but made-up for this with effort and pride in the jersey they wore sadly those days are gone with crowd of impostors who now wear the Celtic shirt .
Jock Stein said that , ” The Celtic jersey did not shrink to fit inferior players ” , unfortunately , it has shrunk for many over the last few seasons .