Carl Starfelt

The hyperbole is insane.

 

He said he was nervous in front of the big crowds at CP but is used to it now. Might explain some of his dodgy performances

 

CARL Starfelt’s recent performances have suggested that there was a hastiness in judging his early Celtic performance.

And Ange Postecoglou has applauded the manner in which the 26-year-old has been able to find his feet following a torrid introduction to Celtic.

“I think he was unfairly judged in many respects,” said Postecoglou. “It’s not about how they come in it’s about how they progress. We play differently from a lot of other teams and we put different expectations on our players.

“Carl had it as tough as anyone. We threw him in without a pre-season, virtually without a training session and asked him to play alongside guys he had never met before. Since he has become accustomed to what we do has played really well, even before the injury .

“Him and Cam [Carter-Vickers] have a really good relationship at the back and we were really pleased to get him back in on Thursday. I was concerned at how he would go for 90 minutes but he finished the game strongly and I thought he was outstanding.”

It slips under the radar that Celtic currently have the best domestic defensive record in the league with the club’s European goals undermining the progress that has been made at the back.

“I think people look at certain games, and the times when we have conceded numbers of goals have been against decent opposition in Europe,” said the Celtic manager.

“People measure it against that but overall we have been pretty steady defensively. The thing that pleased me most about the Hearts game was the resilience the guys showed.

“If you look at our back four at the end of the game, not one of them started the previous game in those same positions.

“Montgomery, Starfelt, Niro didn’t even play the previous game and Josip was a right-back instead of left. So we had to show real resilience and a mindset to keep the opposition out. For me that’s the pleasing thing, we are reacting to these challenges really positively. We are not making excuses, not making allowances. We’re getting on with it.”

 

Not really. He made countless high error mistakes that directly led to goals and got away with some that didn't.

As I said, he has much improved since then so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and hope he continues his improved form.

 

Done well again today, I think he prefers playing on the other side of the defence , but has adapted well now.

 

Well done on the last 2 performances, needs to keep it up now as we can see he's got the ability

 

He's fantastic for 99% of the match yet people continually focus on that 1%, which more or less doesnt result in anything.

Him and CCV are a fantastic partnership.

 

Solid again big man

 

Almost sold it being slow first half to clear his line's but was honestly excellent after that..

Strong in every tackle. Intercepting/getting in first all day. Passing good. Good in the air..

 

Class act.

 

Brilliant again.

 

Class again

 

Looked very good his last few games, very pleased with him and CCV

 

Last few games promising.

 

Really pleased for and with him.

 

We are actually starting to look fairly solid at CB. Thought Welsh was decent mid-week too.

Could still do with a bit of height in there but not hurting us too much at present.