In men’s football if a Celtic manager lost three consecutive league matches there would be an uproar with ‘sack the board’ protests and so on, especially if the performances merited nothing from the nine on offer…
Okay it could be argued that perhaps one from nine would have been a more accurate return from Celtic FC Women’s matches against Hearts, Hibs and Glasgow City as Elena Sadiku’s first full season as Celtic manager, after a promising start, goes from bad to worse and is rapidly heading towards being calamitous.
Caitlin Hayes transfer
Caitlin Hayes left the club in January after a well publicised fall-out with the manager. Caitlin is articulate, confident and never afraid to stand-up for herself and the club she loves. A January move to Brighton, where she’s seen even less action than Matt O’Riley after he made the same journey earlier in the season, has left Celtic with a massive gap in defence that has simply been ignored by the club and the manager.
Deeply concerning performances
The standard of football in the games against the two Edinburgh sides was deeply concerning. The falling, failing Scottish Champions looked bereft of any sort of tactical plan. Hearts and Hibs, that Celtic would comfortably beat previously had the easiest of tasks securing the three points as a collection of individuals in Celtic shirts did their own thing, launching the ball in the direction of the opponents goal from anywhere on the pitch and achieving absolutely nothing.
Hitherto top performers, players with genuine quality like Amy Gallacher and Lucy Ashworth Clifford look lost, Amy such a wonderful player but is essentially an empty jersey this season. She’s on the pitch but has contributed literally nothing at all.
Next up is theRangers
Next up for Celtic FC Women is theRangers and the only good news is that it’s a fortnight away.
The SWPL1 table currently makes dreadful viewing for any Celtic supporter. This year the top three have become the top five as the two Edinburgh sides, particularly Hibs, have upped their game and got their acts together in terms of increased investment, better squads and better coaching. They join Glasgow City, theRangers and Celtic FC Women in the top six along with Motherwell, who like Celtic are struggling.
IMO if Brian Graham was coaching this team then we would be challenging for the title , a good coach maximises strength and minimises weaknesses ,imo this coach does the opposite , shes a legend in her own head , sad but true , Hail hail .
They are not the team they started off this season as, they were confident and playing harassing football attacking the length of the pitch. Since the Champions league campaign pitered out they haven’t been the same not sure it’s a confidence thing or what but they have been getting mugged for the ball time after time because they seem to be afraid of putting too many bodies up the field.