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Callum McGregor; Called up to Scotland squad...finally
Topic Started: 16 Jul 2014, 12:00 AM (360,941 Views)
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CelticMad123
21 Dec 2017, 11:33 AM
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21 Dec 2017, 11:02 AM
In amongst the correct criticism he's getting here, right to also point out, he's playing in a position that he's not suited for and looks much more comfortable when in his best positions . Not many players shine in being out of position
so whats his natural position then?
Bench.
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21 Dec 2017, 12:41 PM
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21 Dec 2017, 11:33 AM
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21 Dec 2017, 11:02 AM
In amongst the correct criticism he's getting here, right to also point out, he's playing in a position that he's not suited for and looks much more comfortable when in his best positions . Not many players shine in being out of position
so whats his natural position then?
Bench.
:lol:
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remy mcswain
21 Dec 2017, 12:33 PM
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Kingslim
21 Dec 2017, 11:36 AM

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Me too :lol:

I actually made a point of watching his "off the ball work" for about 10 mins in the first half and he was hardly showing for the ball. I thought he was worse than a man down last night.
Plays pass then moves but hides behind his marker. And repeat.
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Like so many in the team he is off form. He needs rest and probably benched.
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Ntcham wasn't brilliant at the weekend but I was surprised that McGregor saw the second half and more surprised he kept his place last night. He's toiling at the moment and when you don't have the confidence to take a pop at goal from the position he found himself in last night he has no business starting matches.
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He's been as shampooe as his song.
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He's been great in 2017 but the last few weeks, he's looked as tired as any of his team mates. Time for a rest.
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21 Dec 2017, 12:41 PM
CelticMad123
21 Dec 2017, 11:33 AM
Flawless
21 Dec 2017, 11:02 AM
In amongst the correct criticism he's getting here, right to also point out, he's playing in a position that he's not suited for and looks much more comfortable when in his best positions . Not many players shine in being out of position
so whats his natural position then?
Bench.
Is correct.

He is good squad player but on recent form should not be a first pick.
Edited by CaltonBhoy1967, 21 Dec 2017, 05:17 PM.
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Flawless
21 Dec 2017, 11:02 AM
In amongst the correct criticism he's getting here, right to also point out, he's playing in a position that he's not suited for and looks much more comfortable when in his best positions . Not many players shine in being out of position
so whats his natural position then?
Bench.
i fully agree.

for me he doesnt have a natural position.
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He's been having a great season (just read this entire thread) but, like Armstrong, Griffiths, Dembele, Boyata etc, it's almost impossible to maintain top form. Armstrong now showing signs of recovering form. McGregor and the others will follow, I am confident.
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21 Dec 2017, 02:18 PM
Ntcham wasn't brilliant at the weekend but I was surprised that McGregor saw the second half and more surprised he kept his place last night. He's toiling at the moment and when you don't have the confidence to take a pop at goal from the position he found himself in last night he has no business starting matches.
Spot on
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WHEN it comes to a big footballing derby match, the whole rambunctious affair tends to take on the military might of the D-Day landings. Tactics here, battleplans there, the deployment of infantry everywhere?

It helps to have plenty of weapons in the armoury and in Callum McGregor, Celtic seem to have a player who possesses the handy, multi-tasking qualities you would get with a Swiss Army knife.

Brendan Rodgers is well aware of the talent he has at his disposal and, ahead of Saturday’s end-of-year showdown with old foes Rangers, the Celtic manager pored over McGregor’s abundant attributes.

“He’s got an incredible football brain,” said Rodgers of this valued and versatile component of the Celtic machine. “He can play in every position. He can play as a full-back, he’s played in midfield, he’s played off one of the sides, he’s played as a No 10, he’s played in all three positions in midfield. That type of player is priceless for me because of all the tactical innovations we try to play and impose on the group. I know wherever he is playing, he can play it.

“That type of player, a player who can pass without complicating things, that’s the most difficult part of the game, to play simple football. I’ve worked with players who played with ruthless simplicity like Leon Britton [at Swansea]. He could only pass it over 15 to 20 yards. But he ticked the game over. He wasn’t big, he was 5’ 4”, but he was a big player on the pitch.

“I also had Emre Can at Liverpool who could play at centre-half, right-back or midfield. He had a brain.

“Callum has that too. That’s the joy of working with him. He never misses a day of training, he never complains. I think people are a lot more appreciative of him now. The number of people now who will come to me now and say ‘bloody hell, that McGregor is a good player’.”

Rangers fans, meanwhile, may be saying “bloody hell, there’s that McGregor again”. The 24-year-old was a thorn in the side of Celtic’s rivals last season and scored in the 2-0 Scottish Cup semi-final win over Rangers before adding another on league duty a week later as Rodgers’ side ran riot at Ibrox in a 5-1 rout.

It has not always been plain-sailing for McGregor against Rangers, of course. The previous season he came on as a sub in the Scottish Cup semi-final which Celtic would lose on penalties.

“When you lose games like that it’s sore to take,” McGregor reflected. “When you go into the next one you remember the way you felt, and realise you don’t want to go through it again. It’s the only one we’ve lost to Rangers since. You harness that feeling and use it to do better.”

In the final game of 2016, Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 and McGregor is keen for 2017 to end with a similar flourish.

“That was a big win and it set us up with the belief we could really kick on,” he said. “It’s the same scenario this year. No matter how well we’ve done this far, to finish it on a high before the break would be great.”

Celtic’s unbeaten domestic run is now a thing of the past. Last weekend’s 4-0 defeat to Hearts was the equivalent of pressing the Ctrl, Alt, Del keys on a laptop and re-booting the system.

“It gives you the chance to be better,” said Rodgers of that defeat while saying that at least the end of the 69 game run was not down to one jammy goal or an individual error. “We were collectively hopeless,” he said with a smile. “I always think it’s how you are defined really, in disappointment. Do you go again and look to improve? It’s what life is about and not just football life. The 69-game run, four trophies as Invincibles? I said to the players, ‘it’s a great start’. But now it’s gone, your name is now carved in history, probably forever. What we have seen is something truly remarkable. If it was so easy it would have been done a long-time before. You look at Rangers as an example. Going down the leagues, coming through the Third Division, Second Division, First Division. If it was so easy, it would have been done then.”
http://www.heraldscotland.com/Rodgers_hails_priceless_McGregor
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Lovely bit of hun trolling to finish. Well done BR.

Pity you know hee haw about McGregor though. :ph43r:
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McGregor has a habit of collecting a pass with his back to play rather than side on which would let him move the ball on quicker
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fatboab
24 Dec 2017, 12:50 PM
Lovely bit of hun trolling to finish. Well done BR.

Pity you know hee haw about McGregor though. :ph43r:
Think he knows McGregor better than all this thread put together.
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fatboab
24 Dec 2017, 12:50 PM
Lovely bit of hun trolling to finish. Well done BR.

Pity you know hee haw about McGregor though. :ph43r:
What! "Going down the leagues". Has Brendan been talking to paul Lambert?

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24 Dec 2017, 07:40 PM
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24 Dec 2017, 12:50 PM
Lovely bit of hun trolling to finish. Well done BR.

Pity you know hee haw about McGregor though. :ph43r:
Think he knows McGregor better than all this thread put together.
He does
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His performances of late have been so frustrating...
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His decision making in the final third is really poor. Need to work on this.
He’s not exactly taking advantage of Rogic’s absence.
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Thought he was busy and involved lots but it just didn't quite click for him like it did end of last season. That chance at 0-0 for example - thought he did exactly the right thing in trying to cushion it into the corner...7 months ago it would have gone in
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