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On reflection, I'll admit the second part.
I think O'Shea totally and utterly mistook what Idah can bring to the team. I rated Idah's performance vs England as utterly terrible but a big mitigant is how we hit long high balls to him. That's not his game. And I do blame JOS for that. He was de facto in charge for that game and it was clearly a tactic. I'm beyond exasperated by the whole HH, JOS and Canham thing.
Jesus you see very stupid things over the years on here, but the suggestion that todays minnows are worse than the minnows of past years is really an incredible line of thinking. The mental gymnastics required to consistently find new ways to criticize some players would almost be impressive if they werent so mind-bendingly ludicrous.
Isn't it desperate form. Really awful form.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
I don't think lousy describes it, I don't know what describes it.
& then to drag the back pass rule into it. Its like self inflicted minor brain injuries to even read it & give any time at all to such glass quarter full & leaking, needless absolute misery.
If I were to find myself seeking such lengths to draw any scrap of enjoyment out of a chosen pass time, interest or obsession & then burdening others with such, I think I would reevaluate if it is in fact right for me and perhaps I have made a mistake.
Mod warning: stay on topic and cut out the personal ****e. Accusing O'Shea of racism based on some tenuous speculation is bang out of order too.
Idah made it on as a sub as Celtic got thumped by Dortmund.
https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...416983937.html
Just the one mention here:
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The Celtic fans kept singing and their team kept trying to reward them. Hatate came closer from 22 yards and fellow sub Adam Idah could only head Valle’s cross into the arms of Gregor Kobel from close range.
Movement was good to be in the right place. The miss was poor. Awkward header into an open goal from a yard out. Only managed to head it directly back across the goal towards the keeper who was able to reach back and grab it on the line.
If the ball connects centimetre to the right on his head, the narrative is totally different. It’s Idah coming on with 15 mins left and scoring against Dortmund despite Celtic being outclassed.
Such is life
I've done some investigating, and I think the last time that two Republic of Ireland players scored in a single European Cup/Champions League (proper) game before Scales and Idah scored for Celtic against Slovan Bratislava was this first round tie between Athlone Town and Standard Liege in September 1983, Joey Salmon and Fran Hitchcock the goalscorers
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsle...ge-vs-athlone/
Starts away to Atalanta today in Champions League
The good and the bad of playing in the Scottish Premiership today for Idah. Scores a handy enough goal by running across a poor quality SPL defender. But then gets hacked by a studs up tackle about five minutes later by another poor quality SPL defender, who is correctly sent off. Seems to have avoided a serious injury luckily enough.
I thought the movement was good and something I think he has added to his game. I know it's a lower level, but I still think at Norwich he lacked the instinct to be in the right place at the right time, but yesterday he timed his move perfectly to result in a simple tap in. Very similar to his crucial winner there last year. Might have had another but Kuhn got in his way.
Seven touches away to Hearts this evening, but two of them ended in the back of the net. Efficient!
Scales back on the bench as Carter-Vickers was back. So his place in the pecking order seems clear for now unfortunately
..and he drew a solid save from Gordon with one of the others. I liked how he took the Bernardo pass deftly with his left before placing the shot with his right. All good players do that of course but it's still nice to see. Sometimes the little things matter.
And one of his other involvements was to lose the ball from which Hearts ran upfield and scored a worldie. Incident packed involvement all round.
His pen was emphatic.
Trusty looks solid now beside CCV but he did nearly cough up a goal at 0-2 when he played a daft pass inside his own box.
Craig Gordon. Good Lord.
Had a look there and the combined age of the two keepers (Gordon and Schmeichel) was 79. Almost 80 in fact; Schmeichel was 38 this month and Gordon is 42 next month
Gordon was superb yesterday. Looks in great nick. Reflexes sharp as ever. Amazing considering he broke his leg a couple of years ago. He played for Scotland last week in Poland. Schmeichel still playing very well too.
Gordon one of the very few remaining active international footballers who was born the same year as me!
He would actually be one of the best players in the Scottish Premiership outside of the two Glasgow clubs at the moment. In general, outside of Celtic - who to be fair to them are going really well, Scottish domestic football is in as weak a place as I've seen it in a long time. Really only Aberdeen are showing anything, and even they took an absolute battering off Celtic recently.
Who is the Taylor(?) fella who played for St. Mirren yesterday, ex-Waterford?
Yes, and didn't exactly stand out there either.
I remember him getting taken off early in a playoff match against Treaty about 2 years ago as he was all over the place.
Jonah Ayunga of St Mirren was with Sligo a few years ago as well. Wasn't amazing there (granted I think he was only 18 or 19 then) and last season I watched him regularly bully SPL defences (including the Celtic defence and score in a St Mirren win).
Then Alex Grieve from NZ who left St Mirren earler this season and signed for Bohs. I thought he'd do well but he hasn't scored at all I think.
Whether LOI is improving, or SPL is slipping, or a bit of both...the gap is much narrower than I'd imagined.
I doubt St Mirren players get paid much more than LoI Premier players, probably less in a lot of cases. They're a small club relying on income from other teams' away fans and TV money mainly.
Actually, they have capped the amount of away fans to one stand, and that includes Celtic and Rangers, who could fill the whole stadium if let.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler