APOLLO CREED – 7/10 – Wouldn’t you know it – big ‘not Rocky’ gets a gig by default and ONCE MORE shows his regular omission up for the bizarre reluctance on the manager’s part to incorporate his qualities; and he’s got plenty. First game since Prince Charles sent in his special-teams butler ‘pillowface’ to make his mother ‘more comfortable’. And, ridiculously, Maik was the only defender properly on his game, bailing out others and his keeper; coming close to scoring too with a header he’d hope to have done better with, and might have but for rustiness. I’ve said it before – go check, pedants – but it’s a mystery why he’s unfavoured. Never can recall him letting us down when called upon – and it seems to have been in from the freezer, never mind cold.
One thing he seems to have an edge over others on – he’s a big game player and was straight in with the urgency and commitment required; No nonsense defending and physical domination. If he’s canned again after this, you’ve got to wonder what the hell’s going on?
THE TERMINATOR – 5.5/10 – So can young Arne fill the McGregor boots? No. Not yet, at any case. Once he’s shaken the fugue like the rest, he got in synch with Luke and Reo and we had a sweet period of domination that was defined by a superbly-worked equaliser involving the three of them. But we failed collectively to capitalise on that and slay the reeling zombies. He’ll be disappointed that he lost the grip on the middle before the required killer blow could be struck.
HIGHLAND TOFFEE – 5.5/10 – He too, like Arne, took a while to shake the lethargy and the Zombie press. When he did hit a flow, however, it looked like we’d run away with the game; slid in a peach of a pass for Reo to equalise and but for the run of the ball may have scored himself on a couple of occasions. But it didn’t happen, and the sucker-punch leaves him and the others looking like lightweights who failed to land the winning blows in their big moments.
Lost the battle, the war still there.
There aren’t enough sweary words in the dictionary to describe yesterday’s performance. Are you sure Idah was on the park.and not some ghostly doppelganger?
Idah has been rotten since he came here on loan. One tap in rebound to win the cup last year had the majority of our fans demanding the board spent the money on him. Hearts certainly ruled heads in that instance.
Brendan must see that for over 270 minutes of football against Sevco, they have pressed and hurried our players into calamitous mistakes, leading to two gutless defeats and a win on penalties. When will he make the required adjustments and start training with tempo. I’ve never seen so many passes from a Celtic team not find their target in the last two games against Sevco. All because our players don’t get the usual time on the ball they do in other games, they are hurried, get nervous and ping it to space, out of play or even to a blue shirt. It has to be addressed immediately.