SANDMAN’S DEFINITIVE RATINGS: CELTIC @ YELLOWSTONE RANCH…
“I’d rather be a pessimist because then I can only be pleasantly surprised.”
– Benjamin Franklin.
VINDALOO – 5.5/10 – This is not what Vinny signed up for; Kasper promised him some glory while he took the kids to EuroDisney for Easter, and sunshine on Perth seemed the perfect setting. And so Vinny found himself completely exposed by his defence as the league’s foundation side perversely took the lead. And held it. Not much to do after that, bar a stretching save he was well primed for and got the touch to safety, and the necessity to gee-up the struggling Hoops ahead of him.
SCHLUPPTHE’RA – 3/10 – What’s happened to big Jeff? Meatloaf sang two out of three ain’t bad but it’s inverse for the Schluperman – rank against the Zombies, and rank against the environmentalists. just couldn’t force himself into the game or get anything going down the left.
WAYNE GRETZKY – 5.5/10 – Subdued, was The Moose in stag territory. Looked like the Kuhn partnership was back on with a vengeance as we went in search of an equaliser and pinned them back for the remainder of the first-half. But, unusually, his powerhouse display petered out and we never got the telling ball or incisive run that carved them open and salvaged the points.
CRUSTY THE CLOWN – 5/10 – It is a meritocracy, right? Back in from the cold and caught cold as they nodded themselves a winner early on. Not apportioning blame at his door but why did we have no big men – i.e Crusty or CCV – jumping at the front post where that damage was done; Reo being the point-man there makes the defence look like it’s organised by Snow White. That aside, he was there but not there, as with many others; drifted through the match without much influence.
GET CARTER – 6/10 – You could feel the monolith’s frustration as he snarled around, efficiently throwing off their rugged strikers’ (plural) forays and awaiting his own creatives to spring into potent action. He likes a title-winning bevvy and left the park growling something about ‘cancelling the flaming Wunderbar table booking’ for next Saturday night. I’d stay out his way at training.
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Faulds’ ratings highlight Celtic’s disappointing performance against St Johnstone. Sinisalo and Carter were solid, but the defense was exposed early, with key players like Schlupp failing to make an impact. The lack of leadership at the back and inconsistent performances raise concerns for Celtic’s title hopes. The squad needs to regroup before tougher challenges ahead.
Celtic players just think turn up beat the saints job done ” Celtic are the best of a bad bunch of teams in the spl when you have no one challenging you standards drop and yesterday to many players thinking about there summer holidays pathetic display by them.