28 Apr 2024 17:22:14
Thank God for Jamsie because that was torture.
28 Apr 2024 21:21:49
I don’t know why Kyogo is getting again from fans. He is a striker and like all strikers they need service so there is not a lot he can do without it. Our midfield created nothing today.
{Ed007's Note - So what about the sitters he misses when he does get the ball- like he has since he came in to Celtic - whose fault are those?
We're playing a LW as our main striker, since he came in he's missed more clear cut chances than he has scored, he doesn't have that striker's instinct that a Henrik, Sutton, Hartson or even a Hooper, Leigh Griffiths or JVOH had.
A good striker will create their own chances when their team mates aren't helping, create space for their team mates in and around the box etc, Kyogo adds nothing to the team except the odd goal, he's had a 54% shot accuracy this season, one of the lowest in the squad.
People are looking for excuses for Kyogo, it's Rodgers system, it's the wingers and midfields fault blah blah blah, there's no excuse for the levels of performance from Kyogo this season.
Idah has scored 7 goals in 11 games, Kyogo has 13 in 41 games, so who's giving Idah the service that Kyogo isn't getting?
I've said this stuff since Kyogo came in, he was and is never good enough to be Celtic's main striker and we will not progress as a team if he continues to be our main striker. It gives me the fear the thought of going into next years CL with CalMac at CDM and Kyogo as our main striker.}
28 Apr 2024 22:35:47
Said before that with what we have at this moment in time, I’d consider playing without wingers ( Jamie, s contribution acknowledged ) for the last few games. We wouldn’t miss them as they never give us width or get to the line. That would beef up the midfield, protect the defence and we could play with two up front. Couldn’t be worse than what we’re watching just now.
29 Apr 2024 02:14:39
Oh what I would give for a Hooper type striker just now.
28 Apr 2024 22:53:14
Spot on Ed, oh how I yearn for the days of Larsson, Hartson and big Sutton. Even big Giakoumakis would bring far more than Kyogo currently brings. don't see why we can't play with a front three of Forrest, Kyogo or Maeda and Idah. It needs something different.
{Ed007's Note - Giakoumakis would have thrived under Rodgers imo.}
29 Apr 2024 13:39:42
Giakoumakis was a proper striker. I thought he was one of the best we’ve had in years. He’s Idah on roids!