BBC Commentator Liam McLeod produced a gushing assessment of Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic on Saturday as they slapped Rangers aside. McLeod was on the mic for the game for Sportsound and this clip has emerged of him paying them an enormous compliment, saying that they were better than the teams of Brendan Rodgers and Martin O’Neill.
Unbelievable 👂 pic.twitter.com/vkUa5jW2Is
— Mark 🍀 (@minimark3324) September 5, 2022
The victory put Celtic five points clear at the table’s summit with a plus 17 goal advantage. The win comes at an early stage of the season with a lot of football to be played but it is a real marker.
Tonight brings another test for Celtic as Real Madrid arrive in Glasgow’s East End. It will prove to be a real challenge for the players and manager but it is one that we can hopefully savour.
You can always tell that wee Liam, even as a big Dons man and one of the few at the BBC that isn’t a hun, has a wee soft spot for the Hoops. I have a friend (another Dons fan) who was in school with Liam and still meets up with him occasionally. I’ll need to get him to probe Liam for juicy information about the masonic mafia that run their Scottish sports department…