08 Apr 2025 11:41:44
Anyone feel we are too obvious these days? You can predict the passes and the passage of play fairly accurately before they happen.
The opposition can read us like a book since we have no surprises in our repertoire. It seems there is no scope for any individual magic any more. When a team packs in defensive mode against us we need 'can openers'. Same old stuff seldom gets results.
08 Apr 2025 12:54:24
We have been too predictable and the Sevco games have proved it. They couldn't beat Queens Park, Hibs, Motherwell, St Mirren and others but we have lost twice to them. We are not playing with the same pace and precision that we started the season with domestically and in Europe.
Our team selection formation and tactics rarely change and we invite pressure with that tippy tappy, tempting teams to pressurize a defense and midfield that are not as good as they think.
We rely on the forward players to create chances with pace, but as well as several players being below par on Sunday, our play has slowed right down and is easy to defend against.
I am sure a manager or Rodgers' experience will have noticed this.
08 Apr 2025 15:54:52
Sometimes we are very predictable in our patterns of play, which makes it easy for the opposition to close us down. Personally, I would like to see us alter things. We could go long sometimes or stop the play and reverse it or even burst forward with it. That being said, when we are on it, no Scottish team can compete with us.
08 Apr 2025 16:02:21
It's Rodgers that is telling them to play that way.
08 Apr 2025 16:53:19
Scottish football is still too easy for us.
Celtic only need to play at about 70% to win another Treble.
08 Apr 2025 17:32:46
Why were we not playing predictable football before our SPL games became very meaningless . I am sure one of the targets BR set his team were to win the SPL . He had others regarding cup competitions and Champions league .
I doubt if BR or anyone else set targets for Celtic to win SPL by game 30. game 32, game 34 or any target other than win . Players can’t be happy after all their excellent work from August until end of year, often having difficult SPL game on either side of C L and all within 6 days . Our cl game nearly all came midweek before a difficult away SPL.
09 Apr 2025 18:05:59
On reflection I think that it certainly isn’t a matter of others been able to read us as we are too repetitive. It just doesn’t make sense to suggest that opponents can predict passes before make them, It’s not accurate, because if opponents read our passes before we make them, it only takes one player to forget his pass and play a different pass and the space will be left by opponents.
We have hit a bit of a slump, through too many hard matches from August to end of year . We also are bound to relax as will win SPL with matches to spares .
We should be happy that we have such a lead and not be praying that referees can’t stop us.