Reo Hatate

On one hand I agree with him. Players have to play through bad form, we can’t be quick to just drop players.

But Bernardo especially deserves better than this.

 

The 3-0 win over the Huns at Parkhead.

In between he has waxed between rare one goal strikes and months of utter dogshit.

And yet most people on here have him as one of the first names on their team sheet.

Funny old game football is.

 

Yeah if it's a couple of weeks fair enough but he's not had a good game all season. At what point does he say enough.

Treatment of Bernardo has been terrible. I actually think his performance v Livingston was 1 of our best performances from any midfielder this season.

Rodgers does this tho with certain players, looses trust in them after 1 bad performance (Ibrox in January) and just completely bombs them out, while others are allowed 9 or 10 absolutely stinking performances with no issues.

 

You can normally see in ten minutes what kind of game he's going to have. Don't think it would be right to hook him after 10, so tell him he starts, but the first half will decide if he starts the second.

 

Brendan keeps him on pitch based on what he can do rather than what he is doing.
Hopes for moment of magic (Young Boys) that are becoming increasingly rare.

Dropping him would make sense - but he is not alone and you can't drop the whole midfield so something else has to change in system, attitude or personnel.

 

I’d be dropping Nygren over Hatate. If it’s one or the other that is.

 

Hatate hasn't kicked a ball this season, he either gives the ball away or makes a 3 yard pass sideways or backwards. He contributes nothing. He needs to be dropped.

 

Agree. By far, far, the worst player in the whole squad. Would play youth over him in all honesty.

 

Yeah I'm surprised there is a clamour for McCowan to start from now on. Thought he was awful when he came on. Was all over the place. I like McCowan as well but I certainly wouldn't be starting him based on Sunday's showing

 

I agree with this, I thought McCowan got totally “Wee Guy’d” when trying to win the ball back and compete. Mind you McGregor was the same going into challenges.

I was surprised he came on ahead of Engels or Bernardo, who are not perfect but have a level of physicality to them.

I believe an energetic, physically strong centre midfielder would make a big difference to us in allowing McGregor, Nygren or Hatate and even McCowan to play their own game.

 

Wee man has been hot and cold..

But, what a ball to release Tounekti for his goal.. quality goal all round.

He's quality.

 

Thought he was comfortably our best midfielder today. Seems to have developed a good understanding with Tounekti already.

 

1 pass and he's a player, really ?

 

Admittedly not the best start to this season but he is a good player.

 

Remember we were only playing Partick. My issue with him has always been he never puts in more than 1 decent game, then he’s back to being anonymous again.

 

I think in terms of peak level Hatate is the best player we have but one thing i will say is he relies on the structure of the team working to play his best stuff. Which is normal and ultimately par but i just want to see him in a big game not going how we want him to step up and just show his level because he can play the game like nobody else in the country when he’s at it.

 

People say this but it’d be a different story if McCowan actually took his place, especially in Europe.

McCowan’s a great rotation option and has shown he can have an impact coming on in games (like Idah and Forrest last season) but I’m struggling to think of a single match McCowan has started and really impressed. Bernardo even less so.

 

I agree McCowan and Bernardo haven't really impressed when they have started, but how often have they started and it's not into a team where there have been a whole load of changes? I also think players need a run of games to be judged on and they rarely ever get the chance to start 2 games in a row. I said last season McGregor should not be playing 2 games a week, I think that is even more obvious this season, so they should be getting more starts. But I doubt they will.

 

The problem with leaving Hatate out is it feels very workman like without him I think. McGowan is a goal threat but not a Celtic starter in any of the big games and Bernardo is reliable but isn’t the type to thread eye of the needle stuff against low blocks. I actually think Bernardo is better the more the level climbs because he can get about the pitch a bit more and he is a cosch’s dresm in terms of reliability

 

I know he’s hot and cold but at least he tries that killer pass and overall, he does try to get the ball forward