MIBBERY – 3/10 – Ross The Red Card Toss running the line and Clancy Drew in the middle with his pernickerty way of inhibiting the Hoops, and they weren’t even stretched for mibbery. Threw some yellows around for yuks and future hinderance but Hogmanay will be sweet for them.

OVERALL – 0/10 – Yikes. Bamboozled at the Lanarkshire Broadmoor. Dynamic, fluid, drilled with precision and able to transition with style and zest. And not us. Stranger Things indeed as Celtic experienced the Upside-Down and may have as well been sat on their sofas as Motherwell took the ball off us and played us off the park.

It’s one thing starting slowly and another failing to start whatsoever. Once our Bhoys realised they had a game on their hands the ‘Well relentless press had turned them into jam and spread them all over the place. We tried to get tight but we couldn’t get near them. Our back three were rag-dolled and chucked about like used porn mags in prison. Our midfield played bingo with the jersey numbers tearing past them, and our starved forwards beat boredom by counting the Zombie interlopers in the home crowd. Of which there were many. As usual.

We have the better players, with values and wages multiples above that of the home side. So this contest came down to tactical systems. Theirs not only levelled the playing field, it negated ours. By fine, disciplined execution, granted. But, chillingly, soberingly – not with much difficulty. It was the closest thing to Angeball we’ve witnessed in three years.

And there’s where we are. NOT where we should be. Or going. Is there a solution? A quick one? You might have it. Social media will propose many.

I’ll just say it – Big Ange. Up the road, or in from the cold, or warmth, or wherever Greco-Aussie deities go to rest. Give him everything he wants. Get him in, rattle some egos, inspire some winners, put Celtic back on the road again in style. Then you can yak all you want about succession and dynasties and young blood and ideas… But from a dominant, winning, pulsating Celtic position.

And breathe.

And on that note…

Thank you very much for your attention and sentiments through 2025; Always appreciated and always glad to read your opinions or differing takes, or contentions even. Although they don’t really count because these ratings are flaming definitive as you cheeky lot well know…

Have a terrific Hogmanay and New Year, all.

You’ll know how well it’s going come sunset on Saturday…

Slainte.

Go Away Now

Sandman

From Munich to Motherwell, Celtic’s Decline and Fall by Nicholson, McKay, Tisdale and Nancy…

Here’s everything that Wilfried Nancy had to say at Fir Park last night after Celtic’s damaging 2-0 defeat to Motherwell. Celtic were truly dreadful all around the park and the blame lies with the Celtic Board who have to go and they have to take their manager with them.

From Munich to Motherwell, Celtic’s Decline and Fall. Time for these two to go and take their manager with them…

Q: How do you reflect on that?

Wilfried Nancy: “Tough night, tough night. We faced a good team, collectively really good. I knew that today could be a bit difficult because of the way they play and where we are at this moment. I think the first half, we had imbalances at certain moments because we were in between to press and to be patient and to jump. We conceded the first goal on the throw-in and the cross. I think that we can do better on this one.

Time to go Tisdale and take your pal Wilfried and his coaches with you. 

“We didn’t create too much. The second half, we were more of a collective to jump and to win the ball. This is what we did better. We had a few opportunities but it was difficult to score. After that, the game was about an offensive transition for them because we missed a few passes, we missed a few things technically at certain moments. This will be the reality for tonight.”

Q: You’ve said after previous defeats that you’ve seen positives in the games. Have you seen any positives at all tonight?

Wilfried Nancy: “Tonight was a tough one. This is the reality. I think that I saw positive stuff defensively in the second half. The way we were able to cope with the way they imbalanced us in the first half, we did better in the second half. After that, it was not a good game for us tonight because we missed many, many things. This is the reality for tonight.”

Q: You made three changes at the break, what was the thinking behind that?

Wilfried Nancy: “It was planned because Daizen [Maeda] and Kieran [Tierney] have played a lot of minutes. In the beginning, I wanted them to be on the bench but also I wanted them to be part of this game because they are important. That’s why the idea was to give them only 45 minutes for this game.”

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