Rugby Park

Yeah, look at it.

You know? Yeah, look at Rugby Park last season, the togetherness within that squad.

2-0 down, come back 3-2.

That spirit was just absent from it yesterday when they said they were 2-0 down.

Yeah, look at it.

You know? Yeah, look at Rugby Park last season, the togetherness within that squad.

2-0 down, come back 3-2.

That spirit was just absent from it yesterday when they said they were 2-0 down.

Come on, look, so.

And at Rugby Park, you know, that's the last time I actually, I think I actually, apart from yesterday, that was the last time I'd seen them in the game against Kelly in the penalty shootout, you know.

I don't think they've got goals in their team, Aberdeen.

No, you

got to convince.

Because when we were there, you could feel the majority just waiting on them losing a goal.

Remember over at Rugby Park? Yeah, yeah.

You could feel it.

lines Dan

break those lines he does but I think he'd started six games on the bounce and actually when covering the pre-match you're thinking well he'll definitely start at Rugby Park and then you can bring CCB in after that because of the surface and Dane's playing well and there's no need to rock that particular boat but we rocked it and three minutes in you got your reward for that or your punishment for that there was no need to bring in Sam Johnson three or four games ago either Sinisalo was doing fine and Sam Johnson's currently doing fine but that was another move that you could rock your dressing room and leave you with two goalies lacking confidence the move to bring in Tuneke Ibrox and McCown at Celtic Park just baffling decisions but unnecessary Paddy you know just it wasn't enforced through injury or suspension you had on paper at least to us you know outside looking in far more straightforward options either guys currently in place or guys that could come in from elsewhere and we're just making these mind-blowing calls and it's It's just weird.

You then think about the players that, I go back to McGregor, Carter Vickers, that they see the lack of cohesion, the amount of changes that are happening in the team as well.

And I think sometimes you notice when good players... end up doing too much to compensate for a lack of quality on the park and I think we're seeing elements of that we've seen a lot of that from McGregor last year I think that's why a lot of the time as well he ends up in between the two defenders more on the fact of you guys aren't going to bring the ball out the way you should I'm just going to come and be that guy to take the ball for you and I'll do it Do you know what's mental

Does he go for the ball? Does he not go for the ball? There's a similar one that happened not too long ago, Bob.

Well, a few years ago now, actually, at Rugby Park.

Alan Power.

There's a big picture of Alan Power with his boot up against the face of Ryan Jack, I think it was.

Cameron Carter-Vickers losing a duel in the middle of the park and then eventually has the chance to make up for his error and he just can't clear it and falls into the path of the Falkirk striker and he scores.

I think when you look at Carter-Vickers coming into the team today, it was his first start since the game against Rangers in September Dane Murray I felt had built up something of a head of steam in that position at centre back now I get that Carter Vickers historically over the past 5-6 years has been one of Celtic's more reliable defenders but thrusting them here on an AstroTurf pitch away to an energetic and high tempo Falkirk side was always going to entail some kind of risk for me just going back to the stuff about Celtic's second half dominance and perhaps Martin O'Neill leaning on that and the number of chances they created and the shots they had I think that doesn't take away from the issues that Celtic have when they're coming up against a team that presses them high that constantly looks to get forward and go at them because you saw that in the first half that they weren't really able to cope with that it essentially became not a training exercise in the second half but you know what I mean in terms of it being just simply attack v defence and naturally in that scenario you're going to create some opportunities and if the Callum McGregor one that came to him about 12-13 yards out goes in then perhaps it does change the game and maybe Celtic will want to come back like they did at Rugby Park but yet again it doesn't take away from the overall issues and then in terms of going back to Carter Vickers another part of the team selection today was Callum Osmond on the left wing now Martin Eales admitted a couple of times in recent days and matches that he's obviously not a winger in Celtic or perhaps He hasn't said square pegs and round holes, but that's the sort of feeling you've got from himself and even Cal McGregor after the game against Dundee United as well.

The other option is Sebastian Taneke or James Forrest, who I thought perhaps did okay when he came on.

I wonder if that would have been the better option, starting a natural winger in that position ahead of Osmond as well.

It's like the same as last year.

It goes between McElvaney campus and sometimes the community pitch outside Rugby Park.

And then

they're also doing the gym as well on a Wednesday.