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| Dedryk Boyata; in Belgium squad for WC. no longer a provo. | |
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| Topic Started: 15 May 2015, 04:15 PM (461,629 Views) | |
| Haitch | 6 Mar 2017, 10:41 PM Post #2401 |
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Considering retirement
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He's a good defender and very good at attacking set pieces. Distribution lets him down, wouldn't surprise me if other teams do what St Mirren did yesterday and give him unlimited time with the ball. I don't rate him as much as others but "punt in the summer" is taking it too far he's proven he's at least worthy of being a Celtic player and to be fair to him that looked very improbable not too long ago. |
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| alzyerpal | 6 Mar 2017, 10:50 PM Post #2402 |
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Occasional Substitute
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Someone mentioned (Sportscene I think?) that St Mirren were allowing Boyata to keep the ball and, when he had possession, tightening up on everyone else thus giving him no out ball. He would invariably carry the ball forward at which point he would be put under pressure leaving a big Boyata spaced hole ready to be exploited. I wasn't at the game caller but it seems to have been less the fault of Boyata and more a very good game plan by St Mirren which Brendan obviously addressed at half time. |
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| Novelty_Bauble | 6 Mar 2017, 10:56 PM Post #2403 |
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Malmo started it. |
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| JustaBhoy | 6 Mar 2017, 11:00 PM Post #2404 |
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Probably why we went to a back 3 in the 2nd half with Brown almost playing sweeper and carrying the ball forward |
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| Franklin McAvennie | 6 Mar 2017, 11:34 PM Post #2405 |
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I like the general assumption from the media that this lack of press by St. Mirren on Boyata could be capatilised on by der Hun. I'm pretty sure that BR will have noticed it caused us issues at the game and also on rewatching the game. It'll be used as a teaching point and I'm sure an alternative will be devised between now and Sunday and worked on in training. The management team won't be caught out by anything Murty's Manky Mob can throw at us IMO. |
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| West End Bhoy | 6 Mar 2017, 11:39 PM Post #2406 |
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First-team starter
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| West End Bhoy | 6 Mar 2017, 11:41 PM Post #2407 |
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First-team starter
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Sviatchenko doesn't receive half the criticism Boyata does. Odd. |
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| West End Bhoy | 6 Mar 2017, 11:46 PM Post #2408 |
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I think many have never forgiven him for 'fecking up' against the Huns, which is nonsense. Unfairly targeted for that loss, when the entire team -and Deila -were to blame. |
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| Withnail | 7 Mar 2017, 12:07 AM Post #2409 |
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...And we're off to Dublin in the green...
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Don't blame him for the loss but didn't he get subbed very early on as he couldn't hack it? Edit: He did, 25 minutes in. Edited by Withnail, 7 Mar 2017, 12:12 AM.
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| Jack Thaler | 7 Mar 2017, 12:18 AM Post #2410 |
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Flying North
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Hamstring injury that eventually forced him to miss the Euros, and the first two months of this season. But probably just faking it to get subbed. |
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| Withnail | 7 Mar 2017, 12:20 AM Post #2411 |
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Fair enough. He's a smashing player who we're lucky to have. |
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| MON's Left Eyebrow | 7 Mar 2017, 01:20 AM Post #2412 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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Poor first half on Sunday but played much better in the second. And who didn't have a poor first half? I'd also argue that he's no worse than Jozo or Erik on the ball most of the time to be honest. He's the one out of those 3 who I trust the most when they decide to try and dribble their way out of trouble - he does well at that. His passing isn't always great but he often tries to come forward and find a more direct pass which is sometimes what we definitely need. St Mirren played in such a way to create a very congested central channel a lot of the time which prevented him from being able to do anything useful with the ball without a decent risk of losing it. |
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| buckley_bhoy | 7 Mar 2017, 07:34 AM Post #2413 |
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Several times after carrying the ball forward on Sunday he missed some great runs (mostly from Armstrong) that a simple ball over the top would've been all that was needed. I'm not completely sold on him just yet, the pressure of Sunday will be a massive test for him. |
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| Haitch | 7 Mar 2017, 09:05 AM Post #2414 |
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Considering retirement
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One of the centre backs you mention; Made his debut as a sub when we were loosing in a semi-final, somehow managed to come out of that looking good. Instantly improved a defence which was leaking goals and made us a stronger unit. Looked good even when he had to play alongside Efe Ambrose and Charlie Mulgrew. Came on with 20 minutes to go in Israel when it looked as though we were heading out the CL and shored things up to secure our passage into the group stages. The other; From the start looked incapable of passing a football. For a year and half had moments where he lost concentration which cost us or put us under pressure by making rash decisions. Never really played more than 5 games without being dropped for poor form. One of these players will be entitled to more leeway from the support and rightly so. |
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| Dubz | 7 Mar 2017, 09:10 AM Post #2415 |
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Getting on a bit
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Always feel there's a bombscare just around the corner with him. Done great since he came in so lets hope Sunday isn't the day he takes a backward step. He is due another OG.
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| Gallowgate | 7 Mar 2017, 09:34 AM Post #2416 |
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Any centre back who tries to dribble his way out of trouble is likely to end up in more trouble not get himself out of it. Dribbling is part of the game but no way should it be for central defenders deep in their own half. |
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| Dubz | 7 Mar 2017, 09:37 AM Post #2417 |
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Getting on a bit
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Was he really that bad on Sunday, I missed the game and haven't watched any highlights bar the goals. |
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| Jack Thaler | 7 Mar 2017, 09:45 AM Post #2418 |
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Flying North
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A simple ball over the top that our midfielders wouldn't be able to execute. |
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| Jack Thaler | 7 Mar 2017, 09:46 AM Post #2419 |
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Flying North
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They were all rotten first half, and better second. Erik had a poorer match. |
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| Bagheera | 7 Mar 2017, 09:48 AM Post #2420 |
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Older than dirt
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Why are we looking for problems that aren't there? He's hit a great bit of form and made a few sloppy passes at the weekend. That's all. |
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