It’s Thursday, so Dembele’s staying! After a stellar first six months, it was claimed some of Europe’s elite clubs were looking at him with a £40m price tag mentioned. Now it is Brighton and Everton for around £18m. He has only appeared in 1/3rd of Celtic’s game minutes this season. With difficult second season syndrome … [continue reading]
Griffiths
Griffiths the Wow Factor
Celtic ground out another away win despite a laboured performance. With rivals losing at home later in the day Celtic founds themselves 6 points clear at the top. This was the sort of win from which Championships are forged. Consult the Glossary for unfamiliar terms. A Recipe for Struggle Coyle has improved Ross County since … [continue reading]
Striker Light
Griffiths has trained today and is on the ‘plane for Rosenborg away in the crucial Champions League Qualifier, second leg, in Trondheim. He played no part in the 5-0 Dafabet Cup match away to Sunderland at the weekend. Is he 100% fit, or a lesser percentage? Can he start? Or be used as an impact … [continue reading]
We Need To Talk About Leigh
The received wisdom for many years is that teams need four good strikers to choose from. Celtic have had two. This apparent folly was called out by fate when both Dembele and Griffiths were injured at the same time in January. An invincible treble suggests the squad coped – will it again? In the final … [continue reading]
A Striking Success
Moussa Dembele joined Celtic in June 2016 after becoming the youngest player to score 15 English Championship goals for 20 years. Despite the best efforts by some to sell Dembele in the January transfer window, he remains at Celtic and took his debut season goal tally to 23 with a hat-trick in 24m of a … [continue reading]