Scott Sinclair!

As good as he's been in a long time..

Looking to run at them even everytime..

Great to see..

 

Looked proper hungry again tonight.

Great to see.

 

Much more like it tonight.

 

No bad for someone having a * season.

 

Aye or someone who didn’t deserve a game according to some on here

 

Another goal for Scotty. Not going to pretend he's having a great season, but the last couple of performances have been much more like what we expect to see from him! Terrific stuff!

 

What's that now 17 goals or something.

 

Thought he was brilliant last night, charging at guys with confidence again.

 

Back to brilliant... hairs still a bit * tho

 

Beautiful...Magical...my favourite player in this squad along with Broony.. always a goal threat and a real creative influence. We have a right good core of 'players'....Roberts..forrest.sinclair...brown..tierney..ntcham..griff..moussa...rogic..all quality need to add to that this window.of real quality to make the difference.

 

SS: "They are a good side. Every time we’ve played against them it’s been an exciting game. They come out and attack and they’ve got some good players. It’s up to us to perform well and make sure we win."

SS: "I want to keep scoring goals, creating chances and helping the team win games. If I can keep doing that and keep performing then that’s all I can do."

SS: "All the criticism doesn’t really bother me. You’re always going to get criticised after winning awards last year. For me it’s just to stay focused and keep doing what I’m doing."

SS: "With all the critics saying I’m having a poor season with 17 goals, it only spurs me on to do even better."

 

Sinclair been on decent form all season to be fair.

His goals and assists are more than good for this time of season.

Going by his mood when he came to Celtic and what he said about his time at Villa and other clubs - compare to his apparent lack of form and what he just said about Thistle, think we can perhaps give him more slack and appreciate he still bursts his balls for us.

Last season he was constantly running at teams, constantly a threat, constantly being great. This season his runs ar eless, his breaking through defence is less, but the goals are still coming. Clearly teams have adapted to double up on him and make it harder - so his style isn't as implosive. But the return is still there.
Go figure, when we play teams that open up, he gets the space to run and looks the part again. Same * happened with Sammy, any team putting 3 players on him reduces his ability massively as he can't run in to space. Sinclair for us now though has a bit more skill to be able to play through that a bit better than Samaras, and thus still gets on to the scoring sheet.

 

Never knew Scotty was such a talented dancer as well as a fitba player.

What a guy!

 

Scott Sinclair, the Celtic winger, has paid tribute to his agent and mentor Cyrille Regis.

One of the first black players to play for England, Regis died aged just 59 earlier this month after suffering a heart attack.

Regis, Sinclair’s agent, was up in Glasgow prior to the 0-0 draw against Rangers at Celtic Park at the end of December to see the 27-year-old Celtic player. It proved to be the last time they would meet.

“The sad thing is that I last saw him just before the Rangers game at the end of December, before we broke up for the winter break,” said Sinclair. “He came up and we chatted for about three hours. So it’s just so sad.”

Celtic held a minute’s applause for Regis prior to last weekend’s Scottish Cup win over Brechin, a mark of respect that Sinclair appreciated.

“He was my agent but he was more than that to me,” he explained. “I’d been with him since I was 16 and it’s so sad that he’s passed. Cyrille was there throughout my whole career, from the start right up until now.

“It wasn’t just about footballing aspects, though; it was about life. He used to come up here and we’d talk about absolutely everything, not just the game.

“He meant more to me than just being someone who sorted contracts and stuff. What he did in football, all of his achievements, were unbelievable and it was great to see him getting that minute’s applause up here. It was great for me to see the effect he had on so many players and other people.

“Players nowadays don’t realise what he had to go through back then [with the racism] but he discussed that with me, all the stories about how you had to stay sane on your journey.

“He used to always speak to me about what I needed to do when I wasn’t playing regularly. He used to tell me to dig deep and stay in it - to basically stay professional.

“It’s easy to manage a player when things are going right, because there’s not that much to say. But he used to talk to me about all the things which weren’t going right. He was one of those mentors who kept you focused.

“It’s emotional losing someone who is that close to you. It’s such a sad thing and so difficult to understand.”

Sinclair’s personal tribute to his mentor was to score against Brechin and then to find the net against Partick Thistle from the penalty spot on Tuesday evening at Firhill. Those strikes took his tally to 17 for the season, not an insignificant return considering that Sinclair has not quite been at the same level he was last term in his inaugural season at the club.

He is well on his way to eclipsing the 25 goals that he netted on his way to winning the Player of the Year and his focus is on continuing his goalscoring form as Hibs come into focus followed by a meeting with Hearts on Tuesday night at Celtic Park.

“It’s always nice to come back with a couple straight after the break,” he said. “It was great for myself and the team.

“It’s a good return for this stage of the season, especially since I’m not even playing as a striker. But for me it’s all about keeping on going and performing.

“Hopefully, I can beat last season’s total but I’ll take each game as it comes and keep bouncing on.”

And Sinclair is keen to see off Hibs this afternoon at Celtic Park.

The Parkhead side are yet to beat Neil Lennon’s side on league duty this term, something that Sinclair is keen to rectify.

“Every game is tough,” he said. “It’s going to be another difficult game. The last time we played at home against them, they could have nicked it. But we dug deep. This is one of those games where we need to keep on winning.

“Every team we play wants to beat us. Everyone wants to win the game but we just need to do what we have been doing every week, maintain our form and make sure we win.

“They aren’t going to come and just sit back. I’m sure it’s going to be an exciting game. They do come and try to attack. They come to win, not just to sit in and try for a draw.”

 

Should be sticking this away

 

Never known a player to miss so many sitters.

 

It was harder to miss

 

He was class in the first half, no idea how he missed though need to see it again.