Lennon The Hero For Celtic
There is no better player in the Celtic team than Neil Lennon over the past couple of games. This guy gives 100% every time and has constantly shown he is a stand out in Europe and against our lesser Glasgow opponents. Tonight, as with Saturday, he was simply superb.
There are those who would toss him from the side at every opportunity just as there are those who don't really grasp what he does. His classic role is to guard our backline by breaking up the opponent's attacks or push them away from goal.
One good example of this tonight is his ability to push an opponent out onto the wing with a run which guided the Copenhagan player away from goal. Lennon might not be the fastest but his positional sense and his ability to draw out the other players in the Celtic team are more important than raw pace.
Lennon is second to none in the holding role.
Now, Celtic have positioned themselves well in the CL group stages with a good win over the Danes. This team was made to look rather ordinary despite the fact they had major height advantage and were meant to be decent passers of the ball. They looked like an ordinary SPL side like Rangers.
Whlie it was 1-0 going on 4-0, you can't overlook the missing player Jan Venegoor of Hesselink. What a talent this striker is and him being missing meant we were at an extreme disadvantage. It's equivalent to when we were missing Larsson during the glory years in Europe of MON.
But tonight Miller ran the line in fine fashion running himself into the ground for the cause. He is a totally team driven player whom is so focused on the result than selfish self-interest. A guy who has overcome the criticism to start to emerge in the Celtic team. His goal scoring statistics are starting to look impressive. In the last 2 international games and his last two club games, he's scored 4 times which is the level of consistency which separates him from the likes of Kris Boyd.
With the Danes taken care of, we are now sitting on three points after two games, with Man Utd on top with 2 wins. Benfica stand between Celtic and a place in the next round of the CL. If we beat them at Celtic Park and grab a point away then we will be sitting pretty for the visit of Man Utd in game 5. We will get at least a point from that game as Man Utd will already have qualified on 12 points, and we'll be on at 8 or 10 points.
So we can probably qualify for the next round by game 5 which will be impressive. I took a look at Benfica tonight against a stuttering ManUtd side. The Portuguese side did not look too clever, no matter what lofty and misguided reputation they seem to have gained from their lucky run last season in the CL. They looked pretty ordinary and offered no real way back once they went behind.
So, if it goes to plan we'll be nicely setup for future rounds in Europe. Overall, it's going according to plan, and, again, Strachan deserves the plaudits for what he is doing this season.
I watched the game tonight on the uefa.com website. Talk about an amazing experience. They showed the teams warming up and the transmision was as smooth as a pint of Guinness sipped at a pub in Dublin.
There are those who would toss him from the side at every opportunity just as there are those who don't really grasp what he does. His classic role is to guard our backline by breaking up the opponent's attacks or push them away from goal.
One good example of this tonight is his ability to push an opponent out onto the wing with a run which guided the Copenhagan player away from goal. Lennon might not be the fastest but his positional sense and his ability to draw out the other players in the Celtic team are more important than raw pace.
Lennon is second to none in the holding role.
Now, Celtic have positioned themselves well in the CL group stages with a good win over the Danes. This team was made to look rather ordinary despite the fact they had major height advantage and were meant to be decent passers of the ball. They looked like an ordinary SPL side like Rangers.
Whlie it was 1-0 going on 4-0, you can't overlook the missing player Jan Venegoor of Hesselink. What a talent this striker is and him being missing meant we were at an extreme disadvantage. It's equivalent to when we were missing Larsson during the glory years in Europe of MON.
But tonight Miller ran the line in fine fashion running himself into the ground for the cause. He is a totally team driven player whom is so focused on the result than selfish self-interest. A guy who has overcome the criticism to start to emerge in the Celtic team. His goal scoring statistics are starting to look impressive. In the last 2 international games and his last two club games, he's scored 4 times which is the level of consistency which separates him from the likes of Kris Boyd.
With the Danes taken care of, we are now sitting on three points after two games, with Man Utd on top with 2 wins. Benfica stand between Celtic and a place in the next round of the CL. If we beat them at Celtic Park and grab a point away then we will be sitting pretty for the visit of Man Utd in game 5. We will get at least a point from that game as Man Utd will already have qualified on 12 points, and we'll be on at 8 or 10 points.
So we can probably qualify for the next round by game 5 which will be impressive. I took a look at Benfica tonight against a stuttering ManUtd side. The Portuguese side did not look too clever, no matter what lofty and misguided reputation they seem to have gained from their lucky run last season in the CL. They looked pretty ordinary and offered no real way back once they went behind.
So, if it goes to plan we'll be nicely setup for future rounds in Europe. Overall, it's going according to plan, and, again, Strachan deserves the plaudits for what he is doing this season.
I watched the game tonight on the uefa.com website. Talk about an amazing experience. They showed the teams warming up and the transmision was as smooth as a pint of Guinness sipped at a pub in Dublin.
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