The last team in the top flight outside of Celtic to last win the league (that were in the top flight this year) were Aberdeen over 30 years ago.
Deila managed to bring a 1/40 odds team to a league title, he should be embarrassed he made such a laborious task of it.
Rangers are dead.
Celtic played Sevco today.
Anyone got an answer for this?
What a final pairing. A club that was formed only four years ago and Hibernian one of the traditional powers of the Scottish game, but without a Cup win in 114 years since 1902.
I had a family event to attend so only caught the first half today. Celtic truly are a shambles under Deila. We’ve been posting about the team structure, balance, cohesion for nearly two years now. The advanced midfield three in the 4-2-3-1 play too far forward and the back four is too deep. As a result, the team is way too strung out from back to front and nowhere near compact enough. The centre midfield two get dragged out to the flanks because the advanced midfielders offer no help to the full backs. And then a fairly shit/shaky defence gets isolated and offered no protection. Sevco were comfortable in possession, looked much more assured and organised and should have been further ahead at half time. Celtic also have some gutless wimps playing for them which doesn’t help.
Excellent analysis of our problems which have been obvious for a long time now.
There were a couple of spells today when we showed decent urgency. That alone was enough to cause them problems, no surprise considering the limited talent they have available. But when the effort drops then the lack of organisation and the cowardice of many players comes to the fore. Slow wingers who won’t defend, a glut of #10s who can’t pass the ball, screening midfielders who get dragged all over the place and a striker that needs someone to play off but has to make do with shooting from distance instead.
Any team that attacks us with any sort of intent creates plenty of chances and pulls our midfield apart. And it’s not like we get overrun defensively but continue to pour forward. Once we lose the initiative we give up attacking altogether. A shambles.
I can’t be arsed putting up the video but the ball moved on Rogic just before he tool his penalty, the ground collapsed under his standing foot and the ball lifted up as a result. Still not sure why people aim high in penalties anyway.
Inner barrier, outer barrier…
Turned out to be win win win. Heartbreak for huns, Brendan for the Bhoys and sunshine on Leith.
McGinn for Celtic.