SANDMAN’S DEFINITIVE RATINGS: CELTIC v UTERUS…
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford.
THE FRIENDLY GHOST – 7/10 – Ping! Woosh! Hold…Hooold…Thunk! ‘Whit the… Wis that?’
“Their second whippin’ in, and then Kasper landin’ on the deck half a minute later…”
Caught on his heels like the rest of the side with the pace of their break and couldn’t sort his feet. But that partial-error aside, he’d already saved the skins, and the psyche, with a blinder of a fingertip save right on half-time which gets better with every replay. Still the big character we need for the big games. I mean, just look at his opposite number…
KATIE – 7/10 – What an admirable, admirable shift from the ‘veteran’. Not content with a stoical left-back stint, he pops up as a right winger to set up the opener with a byeline burst and cutback Jamesy would have been proud of. Did appear Donald Ducked for much of his participation and maybe hooking in a deputy is in order before we end January with faces pressed up against the transfer window again.
MELLOW YELLOW – 6.5/10 – The big lang streak of gallus is staking his claim for the position and did himself no harm tonight with a confident 90 minutes in which he was tested all-round. Maybe caught being too eager on occasion but will learn more composure and nous with every coming game.
“That’s the mindset”
Auston Trusty talks belief in this Celtic side and the direction they’re headed in…
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CRUSTY THE CLOWN – 7/10 – Big mhan’s on a mission – creamed in that header and celebrated with a growl. Sacrificed by skullduggery on Sunday, he mostly kept his wits about him despite a few lapses when they stepped up gears unexpectedly.
OF JUSTICE – 7.5/10 MOTM – Liam? Man of the match? Again? Seems a recurring theme this season but who’s going to argue – well, a handful of virgins… – when you’ve got the insurance of the Ginger Baresi preventing mass heart attacks with a stunning block as the final ten minutes ticked away. Make no mistake – that goes in for 4-3 and we’re rocking. Ultimately, that was emblematic of his overall precision in positional play; terrific, under-appreciated intuition shown in the regular winning of headers from set-pieces. Made that look easy by dint of well-focussed footballing intelligence. Under-appreciated, that is, everywhere except HERE. And by MON…
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