Celtic Manager Brendan Rodgers in technical area at McDiarmid Park. St Johnstone v Celtic, Scottish Premiership, 06 April 2025. Photo Stuart Wallace IMAGO/Shutterstock
THE NOTAPRODDYGAL – 5/10 – Eh… It is a meritocracy, right? So, you know, out goes big Rocky as his confidence is building, and in comes what we may assume to now be… A favourite? It is a meritocracy, right? Of course you take off your top scorer with half an hour to play, to shoehorn-in your unreliable record signing…Now The Brodge has his work cut out. Disharmony manifests quickly when results are rough; the reset after the Zombie debacle lasted a week and there we were, faltering out of the blocks, one down again, entreating one another to provide the stimulus, way off the focus, tempo and verve the manager asks of them.
🍀 “I want to give the credit to St Johnstone… their fight was better than ours”
Brendan Rodgers says he’s learned how his players deal with expectations after the defeat at McDiarmid Park ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/bz8KLxJip6
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) April 6, 2025
How much is down to him? Don’t know. Why he didn’t keep the Hearts starting eleven? Don’t know. (injury? Correct me in comments if so). But it is a meritocracy, right? So make sure everyone knows it. Because there’s a lot of comfort zones being basked in right now. And there’s still a treble to take home.
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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.