Skippy's Weight

al give him credit for being a fat wee * who * us for league and also hes a sitter misser at times .

 

Get a grip

He's paid to score goals for us, guess what he does - score goals, it's not that hard to understand.

He was paid by Motherwell to score goals, he did that against us, we shouldn't have let the league go down to the last day you can't blame one player for costing us that league, if we hadn't dropped silly points in other games as well we would have won that title.

Holding a grudge for him doing what was paid to do is a little sad imo.

Every striker has missed a few sitters in their time, it's part and parcel of football.

 

maybe because sutton assisted hartson and larsson as much as they assisted him

where as we rely on skippy for 20 while his strike partners get 8-10

and the fab 3 above worked as a team sometime skippy /samaras want to do it all them selfs hence looks not so good than working together

 

As opposed to Mowbrays £3.8m EPL class striker?

 

Skippy is our best striker. I say this with bitterness.

He needs to lose weight, but I don't think there's much point in this because he'd play almost the same like he did before. I'd sell him when first chance of replacement comes to us. I think there are some daft EPL or Champ clubs who would give few million quids for him and we'd be lucky to even get that.

I don't really see many positives in his play. Excellent and accurate shot, composure and maybe occasional glimpses of pace. But that's as far as it goes. Work rate? First touch? Speed? Ball control? Professionalism? Professional approach to the game? It's sad how much basic skills he lacks. Sooner we find replacement, he better.

 

skippy is a wee fat moaning faced *. but i think hes great

 

Care to explain that?

 

Constant moaning. Lack of effort and desire (along with rest of the team) in several games this season. The fact he always keeps talking pish when we miss a chance, when somebody else * up or a *-up is his fault. Also, he always gets into argument with referees.

Clearer now?

 

Someone put me in the picture and explain why Skippy gets the stick he does?
His strike rate is the best in the SPL and he'll score in any competition.
Maybe his apparent weight gain is down to him killing time eating a pie while he waits for some decent service from midfield. and as for moaning a lot? Who can blame him? He's in an average Celtic team who's midfield has none of the invention of guys like Lubo, Lambert or Thompson (while he was good) so he's bound to get frustrated and try something himself. So when that doesn't come off he gets stick from the crowd. Bottom line is, he shouldn't need to be trying to create things from midfield in the first place. If this guy hangs around CP he'll score over 250 goals for us provided he gets the service and if and when Mowbray delivers on this promise of flowing football.

 

why should be a problem if he puts the ball in the net? i dont care how big he goes tbh? as long as he scores us the goals! especially against the sons of mordor!

 

Dont like the way skippy is always moaning at team mates but he's by far the best we've got just now.
Clearly nowhere near the class of sutton, hartson and larsson but his goals record isn't bad at all.
First touch is definately poor but he can produce some cracking finishes eg. Man U last season, Hunbrox last season and even last night.
His weight and looks are irrelevant. As long as he keeps scoring and until we have someone better to step in then think he should be left alone.

 

Personally I don't think Skippy lacks for effort. I think he always tries his best for us.

I agree that he's a moaning wee * but that doesn't make him unprofessional. Cristiano Ronaldo frequently moans at his team-mates when he doesn't get the service he wants but he's still a good professional.

Being unprofessional is not training hard enough or getting boozed up the night before a match etc. I've never heard any of Skippy's managers question his professionalism or his hunger and desire to do well and train hard.

 

To be honest, I made a wee mistake when I said unprofessional, it was too harsh. My bad.

But he's not too far from that. First chance to sell him, I'd bite their hand off. Of course, replacement must be signed in order to improve our striking force. He's our best striker and top scorer, it's all clear, but I just don't think he has anything more to offer then scoring goals against poor SPL sides and occasional goals against European sides. We need a prolific striker who can get involved in our play, not just stand there and wait for the ball to come into the box. He's an excellent finisher, but he's not good enough overall.

Also, we missed Fortun'e recently and I think he can provide good pairing with McDonald.

 

wid be better working a bit more on the training ground tryin to improve his first touch

 

The guy scores goals. He might have an * like a wombat, but then again, so did Dalgleish. Hartson carried extra weight and it didn't stop him scoring goals. Now, I am not saying that Skippy is the equal of Dalgleish or Hartson, or anyone else for that matter, however his goal scoring record is impressive, none the less.

Strikers do not grow on trees. They are not a dime a dozen either. They are expensive to buy, and there is no certainty that they will be a success anyhow. This is before you take into account what Celtic may be able to afford, what can be paid in wages and the limited appeal of the SPL.

The days of Sutton and Hartson are over. I wish it wasn't so, but it is. They cost £6m each, 10 years ago. To get players of that quality today would easily cost us twice that sum. We forked out nearly £4m for Fortune, and he admitted one of the major deciding factors in his coming to Glasgow was his previous collaboration with Tony Mowbray at West Brom. Had he not, would Celtic have succeeded in obtaining his signature over the EPL clubs that were chasing him? Its debatable.

There may be those of you who think that because he hasn't scored for Australia, that he is not good enough. Nonsense.

Pim Verbeek (Aus mgr) favours a 4-5-1 formation, with the big target man, Josh Kennedy up front, and Cahill in support. Even then Kennedy is hardly prolific, nor was Aloisi or Viduka before them. Its when Kennedy is not available that McDonald starts and the team has to change its style accordingly We know that Skippy is better with a partner up front. That being said, when he does play for Australia, he has contributed quite a number of assists and works hard. In my opinion Australia has to be a little more forward thinking at the World Cup, and I'd like to see the 2 upfront. Regardless, fitness permitting, he will be on his way to South Africa next summer.

He isn't perfect. I'd like to see him working on his first touch for example. However he is in the team to score, and he is doing that.

Its time for those of you who think that its OK to jettison our most consistant striker because we will get automatically get a better one, to wake up.

 

Excellent answer, think of the * he's had to play with yet he's still scoring goals and putting in a shift. Who would you rather have sammy, killin or Macdonald thats all you got to ask yourself.

 

ye because samaras and fortune is a goal machine of a strike force we kept samaras after like 13 games without a goal and ppl want skippy gone after something like 7 goals in 15 games dreadful scoring rate eh?

 

I've never looked at Skippy's *. I've never noticwed if it's reared its young in a pouch, as wombats do.

I Personally worry about his HEIGHT. Been with us for X years now and hasn't grown an inch. Should have been a six footer by now.

Will this affect his having kids?

 

Did he have a * change?

 

Punt our best goal threat, leave the goals to sammy and fortune. Get a grip. really without him thers no1 in that sqaud capable of what he does. He aint overweight hes just bulked up to cope with the * kicking he gets every week he holds the ball up better than sammy scores more and is an all round better player. So you want to let him leave then win the league 2 cups try do well in europe? aint gonna happen