If you want an converted defender, who is physically imposing, good on the ball, has and eye for goal and is actually playing in midfield for his club... boy are you going to be excited when you find out about Bosun Lawal
Its really not that complicated!!!
I love the idea of trying the lads in centre mid....but we aren't really all that well off at centre half at the moment! Who is actually fit and in form? O'Shea and Scales? You'd be playing Collins regardless of club form probably or would Omobamidele be in ahead of him?
Would love to see if Lawal could do a job. He looks to have all the ingredients we THINK Collins could have if he changed roles - good ball carrier, strong physical presence, goal threat, passing range. At least that's how his highlight reel looks!
21 leagues and 25 cups.
Had a read there. You're spot on.
Thought he was good while I was watching the other day and a Celtic season ticket holder friend really rates him but that's grim reading. That said, certain sections of their fanbase have had the knives out for him for a long time and they are a fairly nervy bunch at the minute!
21 leagues and 25 cups.
I've been watching him and he's been fine. He's not the physical warrior type of CB that fans like. He made some key blocks in the last two live TV games and won a lot in the air on Sunday. Distribution is generally good. I think Celtic fans associate him with slow laboured possession football because he does seem to have the ball at his feet a lot. I think he's missing Hatate who early season was giving him a central midfield outball all the time whereas now his passes are predictable wide passes that don't add much to things. I think if Celtic were winning more regularly he'd be better appreciated. I don't think their careless defeats and draws lately can be attributed to him. Some fans were calling for Nawrocki to return but he's been very careless when in the team. Welsh did a lot better imho.
Celtic fans, especially online, are idiots who think they should be getting players from Barcelona and not the LOI. Some will never take to Scales because hes not a big enough name. All you have to do is see the reaction to Idah when he signed, when Celtic have always had a good record of signing lads from lower divisions and having them do well.
Its really not that complicated!!!
scales is a bit limited though. there is a reason he was on the fringes under "ange". with oshea, collins and omobamidele we're well stacked there. he's probably a 5th choice at cb.
Disagree completely. Theres not many things I give Rogers credit for this season but bringing in Scales is one of them. Just because the previous manager didnt see it doesnt mean he isnt good enough. Hes also a left sided centerback that the others you listed arent. I like all those 3 but I wouldnt say right now any of them are doing enough to say there are guaranteed ahead of Scales. I do think there is good competition for places though
Its really not that complicated!!!
Personally I'd rather throw an early call up in the direction of a Lawal or an Adeeko rather than start shoe-horning out and out centre backs into midfield. Playing centre backs at full back against stronger teams I can get behind, but if we're planning on playing out from the back any bit at all, centre backs in centre mid isn't going to work, the role is too different to what they're trained to do.
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Yes, Deeney thought he was amazing. From what I've heard in Glasgow I don't think he has the concentration levels to ever be a top level centre back. Hopefully this run at Fleetwood signals the end of the centre back experiment for him now.
Omobamidele also. I wouldn't say O'Shea has been out of form, just playing in a struggling team. Collins is the only one who is out of form really.
With all the moves and talks of moves for our centre backs (O'Brien and likely McGuinness and O'Shea) where does Omobamidele fit in? Had a quick look and looks like hes been on bench for most of the pre season friendlies, did he get injured at end of last season? A player who really could do with a run of games.
I think we've enough reasonable options that if you're not getting your game for a long period of time, that's grounds to not be in the squad tbh. He was rusty v New Zealand and cost us a goal and the win for example
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