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Callum McGregor; Called up to Scotland squad...finally
Topic Started: 16 Jul 2014, 12:00 AM (361,030 Views)
fatboab
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mick82
19 Nov 2016, 04:43 PM
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No, you said other people missed chances too, why not discuss them? But you can win if you feel you need to. :thumbsup:
To be fair, you picked the McGregor thread to highlight one poor decision from him upon which you are blaming a laboured team performance in a game in which he played well though out of position.

You're entitled to stick the boot into McGregor in the McGregor thread. Others are also entitled to question why you would focus on one bad decision in the game
In a game where we created very few chances, the one that would have closed the game down was the one I highlighted. I'm aware of very few, if any other chances that came our way other than perhaps Lustig hitting the post.
People will defend McGregor all the time, but he's simply not good enough to be a first team pick for Celtic.
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fatboab
19 Nov 2016, 04:59 PM
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19 Nov 2016, 04:43 PM
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To be fair, you picked the McGregor thread to highlight one poor decision from him upon which you are blaming a laboured team performance in a game in which he played well though out of position.

You're entitled to stick the boot into McGregor in the McGregor thread. Others are also entitled to question why you would focus on one bad decision in the game
In a game where we created very few chances, the one that would have closed the game down was the one I highlighted. I'm aware of very few, if any other chances that came our way other than perhaps Lustig hitting the post.
People will defend McGregor all the time, but he's simply not good enough to be a first team pick for Celtic.
He was one of the best players yesterday despite the miss. Armstrong missed a string of good chances and, rightly, still got man of the match the other week.
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thought he done all right in his one on one defending and got into some good positions.

though he was slack on the ball at times and when something goes wrong he seems to give up for a bit. his miss was shocking with the amount of people he could have passed it too. decent reserve but wouldnt stand out in any other club in the league
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19 Nov 2016, 04:59 PM
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19 Nov 2016, 04:43 PM
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19 Nov 2016, 03:51 PM

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To be fair, you picked the McGregor thread to highlight one poor decision from him upon which you are blaming a laboured team performance in a game in which he played well though out of position.

You're entitled to stick the boot into McGregor in the McGregor thread. Others are also entitled to question why you would focus on one bad decision in the game
In a game where we created very few chances, the one that would have closed the game down was the one I highlighted. I'm aware of very few, if any other chances that came our way other than perhaps Lustig hitting the post.
People will defend McGregor all the time, but he's simply not good enough to be a first team pick for Celtic.
Do you think he played well last night or poorly?

I have no strong feelings on McGregor one way of the other but I thought behind Forrest and maybe Brown he was one of our best players.

I wouldn't say we were short on chances last night. Lustig hit the post. Sviatchenko had a free header. Armstrong had a chance which he sclaffed at. Forrest had one nearly cleared off the line, Roberts tried to lob the keeper from way off his line. Dembele could have done better sliding in in the first couple of minutes. Sinclair had a hat trick of chances he entirely miss hit.

McGregor's chance was a really good one. I actually think Roberts had a man on him but Forrest at the back post was free (although running in from quite deep). I don't think he was the sole or main reason the game was tight.

I hope you're right and people do always defend McGregor when he's criticised in an imbalanced way.
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As he played out of position at left back I thought McGregor was exempt from any criticism bar his poor choice at the chance. Unfortunately I'm reading folk who think he had a good game and was one of our better performers. Last night showed how important Tierney, and to an extent when he plays Izzy, is to our overall playing style. We rely on our left back to get forward and help create space for our forwards as Lustig isnt going to do a lot on the opposite flank. McGregor didn't do this last night. As this isn't a position he is used to, or indeed a role he is suited to physically, you can't really complain when he only does an adequate job but I struggle to see how anyone can think he was good
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He's lacks that awareness in front of goal, of when to take an opportunity to shoot or play to someone in a better position to score. The two chances he missed could easily have resulted in goals if he had just looked up & rolled the ball to the side.
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Irrespective of whether or not he played well the fact is that he could've squared the ball to a teammate for a tap in and instead produced a tame shot. That is and always will be both worthy of discussion and worthy of criticism.
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19 Nov 2016, 06:20 PM
Irrespective of whether or not he played well the fact is that he could've squared the ball to a teammate for a tap in and instead produced a tame shot. That is and always will be both worthy of discussion and worthy of criticism.
I think that is totally true.

I think the fact that you started your post with "Irrespective of whether or not he played well..." is the gist of my point
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No, you said other people missed chances too, why not discuss them? But you can win if you feel you need to. :thumbsup:
To be fair, you picked the McGregor thread to highlight one poor decision from him upon which you are blaming a laboured team performance in a game in which he played well though out of position.

You're entitled to stick the boot into McGregor in the McGregor thread. Others are also entitled to question why you would focus on one bad decision in the game
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19 Nov 2016, 06:20 PM
Irrespective of whether or not he played well the fact is that he could've squared the ball to a teammate for a tap in and instead produced a tame shot. That is and always will be both worthy of discussion and worthy of criticism.
With the space he's in and angle he's at he's absolutely right to go for goal there. Not many in our team who'd have squared it.
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19 Nov 2016, 07:15 PM
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19 Nov 2016, 06:20 PM
Irrespective of whether or not he played well the fact is that he could've squared the ball to a teammate for a tap in and instead produced a tame shot. That is and always will be both worthy of discussion and worthy of criticism.
With the space he's in and angle he's at he's absolutely right to go for goal there. Not many in our team who'd have squared it.
But there are many who would have scored it as well.
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19 Nov 2016, 01:54 PM
If he'd squared the ball to Roberts in the first minute of the second half, instead of yet again failing to spot a team mate in a better position than him, we would not have huffed and puffed our way through that game last night.
McGregor is not good enough for Celtic.
And he can't track back, either. Simply not good enough. We can, and should, do better.
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I think he's a decent 'utility' option off the bench.
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20 Nov 2016, 11:30 AM
I think he's a decent 'utility' option off the bench.
He is and has the added benefit of being a homegrown player which really helps in terms of the European squads.

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Just get rid ASAP.

effing 5 year contract. :lol: :cry:

That was the first time I started to think Ronny was a clown.
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I thought he did ok tonight. Tough game.
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I thought he did ok tonight. Tough game.
Agreed - never going to be at the level to make a major impact on that kind of game, but no shame in that. A solid utility player, makes a useful squad asset I'd suggest.
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The Evil Genius called it right when he said that McGregor was lightweight. He is and always will be, especially against quality opposition. Had the audacity to try and dribble past their defenders and failed every time. FFS son, know your limitations. He just about gets by at SPFL level, but will never be able to hack it against better European sides.
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He had to play Dembele in. His Amido moment.
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