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Stuart Armstrong; 'Fishel: Signs for Southampton on a 4 year deal.
Topic Started: 18 Oct 2015, 09:50 PM (731,192 Views)
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3 Jan 2017, 12:08 AM
Living up to his potential right now. What a difference since he replaced Bitton.
I think Nir has found a role as the closer recently as we bring him on just to see out tighter games, last five, ten minutes and he's done okay. Armstrong goes from strength to strength, a formidable prospect now, revitalised and ever improving.
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armstrong has been superb recently. he's been a joy to watch.
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Rodgers backs Armstrong for Scotland call

The next step for Stuart Armstrong in a season that just gets better and better will surely be a call-up to the Scotland squad for their World Cup qualifying match against Slovenia in March. The 24-year-old midfielder has yet to earn a full cap, and has been invited along only occasionally, but his improvement under Brendan Rodgers, the Celtic manager, is such that his case has become impossible to ignore.

Armstrong has been a key figure in Celtic’s unbeaten domestic campaign, having combined crisp, decisive passing with energy, aggression and six goals in his last 12 matches. Rodgers is in no doubt that he has what it takes to play in Gordon Strachan’s national side.

“I always look at what you need to play at international level,” says the Celtic manager. “To play at the highest level, you want to be effective. You want a midfield player that’s got a high level of technique and has mobility to run and be physical, and he’s got all that. He’s shown he’s improving all the time so if he keeps going — you can’t ever become complacent, which he wouldn’t — and keeps knocking on the door, The tools you need to play at that level: he has them.”

In his capacity as a TV pundit, Strachan was at Ibrox on Saturday to see Celtic’s 2-1 victory against Rangers. He could not fail to have been impressed by Armstrong, who was a driving force in his team’s recovery from a goal down. Brian O’Neil, the former Celtic midfielder, later suggested that the midfielder must have “iron lungs”.

All that was missing from his display was the goal that has become a regular feature of his game. Even before Rodgers restored him to his favoured central role earlier this season, Armstrong was showing the new manager his predatory instincts.

“You saw when he played against Inverness at right back, he should have had a hat-trick.” Rodgers says. “If I put him at centre half, he’d probably score. He’s just that type of player. He’s got an in-built brain for getting in the box and getting goals.”

None of this was apparent last season, when Ronny Deila reduced Armstrong to a peripheral figure by playing him wide on the left. Under Rodgers, he has established himself so successfully alongside Scott Brown that, when the Celtic captain was suspended against Dundee, the armband went to Armstrong.

The significance of that will not be lost on Strachan, who is waiting to hear whether Brown plans to extend his international career. Irrespective of that decision, Armstrong has emerged as a strong option in what used to be known as the No 8 role. “He’s fundamentally learned the position,” Rodgers says. “Firstly, you have to defend. You have to press the game, you have to get tight to people, win the ball back and recover. And you’ve got to play in the corridor and not make daft runs to the corner flag.

“He’s got quality. Big, big quality. He’s technically very strong and tactically he’s understanding now how to keep the ball. When I first came in he gave it away too cheaply. He’s also got a good range of passes, can shoot and is good on set-pieces. So he’s really developing very well and, on top of that, he’s a really bright boy.”

Armstrong is also in the throes of a six-year law degree on the Open University. It is viewed as an unusual, even eccentric, way for a footballer to spend his spare time, although Rodgers recalls Andrea Orlandi, a Spaniard with whom he worked at Swansea City, having spun the same plates.

Beneficial though it is to have a bright player in the dressing room, Rodgers admits that another kind of intelligence is more important. “There are lots of footballers I know that are clever. They might not have academic knowledge, but they have practical knowledge and that’s what gets you through in life. If you’ve got practical knowledge – you don’t know where you get it from, but you get it — that’s the most important knowledge. Academia is great but if you don’t know how to implement it, it counts for nothing.”


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So he's an 8.
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3 Jan 2017, 03:01 PM
So he's an 8.
Some of the ladies insist he's a perfect 10 though i disagree. He's no Bo Derek.
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He is a modern footballer in that if you can't run like feck, get up and run some more, you aren't going to make it. His athleticism, stamina and 'engine' are what give him a chance - his technique isn't great at times but that can be worked on.
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4 Jan 2017, 02:33 AM
He is a modern footballer in that if you can't run like feck, get up and run some more, you aren't going to make it. His athleticism, stamina and 'engine' are what give him a chance - his technique isn't great at times but that can be worked on.
I was going to say his technique had improved lately, but I don't know if it has. What has improved is his decision making.

He knows when to hold the ball, keep possession with an easy pass, and when to drive and attack now.
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My only minor doubt is that his form might be a one season wonder (think Petta and Izzy); hopefully not.
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4 Jan 2017, 06:36 AM
My only minor doubt is that his form might be a one season wonder (think Petta and Izzy); hopefully not.
Izzy?

Stefan Johansen would be more appropriate.
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The rags are reporting he's to be offered a new long term deal.
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4 Jan 2017, 06:54 AM
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4 Jan 2017, 06:36 AM
My only minor doubt is that his form might be a one season wonder (think Petta and Izzy); hopefully not.
Izzy?

Stefan Johansen would be more appropriate.
Izzy was fantastic his first season, got player of the year iirc. Linked with Man United, Everton, Liverpool as well as Barcelona at one point :lol: :lol:

So yes a 1 season wonder.
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4 Jan 2017, 06:36 AM
My only minor doubt is that his form might be a one season wonder (think Petta and Izzy); hopefully not.
Izzy?

Stefan Johansen would be more appropriate.
Izzy was fantastic his first season, got player of the year iirc. Linked with Man United, Everton, Liverpool as well as Barcelona at one point :lol: :lol:

So yes a 1 season wonder.
He also suffered a leg break in the beginning of his second season so bit harsh calling him a one season wonder
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4 Jan 2017, 01:09 PM
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4 Jan 2017, 01:05 PM
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4 Jan 2017, 06:54 AM

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Izzy was fantastic his first season, got player of the year iirc. Linked with Man United, Everton, Liverpool as well as Barcelona at one point :lol: :lol:

So yes a 1 season wonder.
He also suffered a leg break in the beginning of his second season so bit harsh calling him a one season wonder
He's also been pretty good this season and was beter than average in most seasons over the last 6 years or however long he's been here.

As someone mentioned earlier, Johansen was a one season wonder. Lee Naylor was another one season wonder.
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4 Jan 2017, 09:22 AM
The rags are reporting he's to be offered a new long term deal.
There are bound to be people sitting up and taking notice the way he is playing.
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This.
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Makes sense to reward his performances with a long term deal.

Love how we appear to be managing both our current and incoming contract's at moment.
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When Dembele hit the bar I couldn't understand wtf Armstrong was actually doing as he runs away from the action - had he ran more central he could easily have scored from a Sinclair cut back - I was pretty annoyed tbh.

Then I realised he was running to celebrate with Moussa :lol:

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https://youtu.be/XokKbdQ8o48?t=346


Armstrong :lol:
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4 Jan 2017, 02:00 PM
When Dembele hit the bar I couldn't understand wtf Armstrong was actually doing as he runs away from the action - had he ran more central he could easily have scored from a Sinclair cut back - I was pretty annoyed tbh.

Then I realised he was running to celebrate with Moussa :lol:

Watch it again -

https://youtu.be/XokKbdQ8o48?t=346


Armstrong :lol:
I was hoping for Sinclair to cut that one back too - I didn't realise Armstrong had run away to celebrate :lol:
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