“I think this is a bit overblown about Celtic” – Tom English fires inadvertent warning to rivals
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group F - Real Madrid v Celtic - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - November 2, 2022 Celtic players applaud fans after the match REUTERS/Susana Vera
Whilst the team across the city grab all the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Celtic are moving along quite nicely with their planning for the winter window and beyond.
With the club sitting pretty at the top of the table with on a nine-point advantage, all is looking rosy in the garden for Ange Postecoglou and his men.
Or is it?
Of course it is but whilst discussing the team and the recent events over at our rivals, BBC journalist Tom English, commented that Celtic have not got to where they are by playing our trademark ‘Angeball’.
Speaking on BBC Sportsound, English said, “Just to pick up on what you’re saying [Kevin Thompson] and Kheredine was saying about Celtic.
“I don’t think Celtic have established a nine-point lead by playing cosmic football. They haven’t.
“I think this is a bit overblown about Celtic. They’re capable of it.
“They have ground out a lot of results. They have played in some indifferent games but they’ve won them through the force of their personality and character and all the rest of it.
“They’ve dug out wins, some of them very late in games.”
And here is the thing.
We’ve still to find that spark in every game that has seen us pick up a 4-0 win in the Glasgow Derby and a 9-0 win against Dundee United at Tannadice.
English is correct. The football we have been playing certainly has not been ‘cosmic’ but it is extremely efficient.
The possession stats tell you that.
And when the ‘cosmic’ football does kick in on a consistent basis, the teams in this league will be in serious trouble.