[Matchday] Scum v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. Sat 2nd Jan 2021, KO 12:30. Sky Sports Football/Main Event.

The numbers back it up, as does the old eye test.

But please, don’t let it stop you from leaving.

 

Last bit of alcohol tomorrow before I clean up my act and get a bit healthier in the new year. Hopefully I'm celebrating 10iar being back on and not drowning sorrows. Mon celtic

..... If we win the league I'll happily break my new year resolution

 

4-5-1 or variants of it ie 4-2-3-1 does not work against them. Play it and we will lose they have walked all over us the past 4 games we have played that way

 

I wouldn't be surprised if that's the team.

 

The pitch will be as narrow as can be it will be tight to find space in the middle of the park, I expect them to sit in and play long balls up to peted lip for him to hold up and win free kicks, you see them off the ball and they all come back into there own half we will need to be careful not to get hit on the break I think the current system we have been playing with the currect players is working well I'd go with that for tomorrow, I suspect lennon will play brown either for soro or griff the latter would need a change in system and I think we would get beat in that case

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Doesn’t matter how much better Laxalt is at beating a player (and he isn’t great at that either btw), his final ball is absolutely rotten. There’s a reason he’s had zero assists this season in 15 appearances. Most of his crosses end up on the opposite sideline.

Taylor creates more goalscoring opportunities. Aye he doesn’t dribble past players our outrun them, but he often finds himself in dangerous areas high up the pitch. His final ball isn’t very good either, but it’s better than Laxalt’s.

His key passes per 90 is higher than Laxalt’s as well by the way. So I agree that he passes backwards or sideways too often, but they both do. Frimpong does as well.

Neither of them are good enough. But if we’re talking about who is most likely to create a goal for us, it’s quite evidently Taylor.

 

Seen this earlier.

 

Laxalt has been * offensively for us.

 

Genuinely believe he starts Brown tomorrow in some sort of 451. We're better with 2 up top imo.

Pin their full backs and close Goldson when in possession. And Eddy needs to turn up.
We need 3pts.

 

Jesus.

Our full backs should be threatening the top of that. Wonder where Frimpong ranks.

 

Did get an important goal at hibs in fairness.

I wouldn't say he's been * but he's definitely being overrated.

 

I get what you're saying, but Taylor has been playing during this period as well and is still looking more dangerous going forward, albeit I do say that loosely.

Laxalt was impressive in his early showings mainly because of his drive, energy and determination. Yes he was fairly good in possession and an aggressive tackler as well. But even in those early weeks, his final ball was still pish. Plenty people said at the time, myself included, that it was the only thing he was really lacking. Since then he's still lacking it, and has regressed in other areas as well.

For me, Laxalt is better in the first two thirds of the pitch. Better defender and better at driving forward with the ball. But Taylor has a better delivery.

 

C'mon the Hoops. Do us proud, that's all we ask for.

 

Just 16 games left after this one. Absolutely must win.

 

If running down the wing then 90% of the time you’re cross not clearing the first defender is being better offensively then fair enough- agree Laxalt getting forward isn’t great either and people got a bit carried away with him because of how bad we had been but at least Laxalt knows how to be physical at times and win a 50-50 challenge which Taylor rarely does