Scott Sinclair!

No being funny but if my mrs looked like Helen Flannagan with those * and body i would have a tracker on her!

 

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If ever there was an ideal time for Scott Sinclair to hit the scintillating form he produced last term for Celtic, tonight would be it.

The Hoops winger will be reunited with Roberto Mancini, the manager who took him from Swansea to Manchester City in 2012 in a £6.2m switch.

It did not end well with Sinclair left out of entire match squads at times and barely registering any game time.

If he is bitter about the move or the lack of opportunities under Mancini, it does not show. Quietly spoken and keen to focus on the here and now rather than look over his shoulder, the 28-year-old maintained that he has neither hard feelings nor a point to prove.

And yet, getting the last word by shining brightly in the two legs against the Russians this week would surely offer some glimmer of satisfaction.

If it is to prove anything, though, it is only to Sinclair himself.

“When I went to City, I was high in confidence because the club bought me, but then I didn’t get anywhere close to the games that I wanted, and that confidence does go down a little bit because I’ve not been playing as much,” he said.

“I wouldn’t say I have a point to prove to him. It’s for myself. I have always set my own targets, my own level, and try to do as well as I can for myself. I don’t feel as I have anything to prove to anyone.

“It is just one of those things. I don’t have any regrets about any of my moves because they all teach you and help you become the player and man I am now.

“You have to go through tough times to come out of the end of them.

“When I went to City, I played only a few games under him, but what I would say he’s a good manager, a really tactical manager, and I am sure he will be looking to win this game.

“He did spend a lot of money on me but then City spent a lot of money on everyone else as well! That’s the way it was. When I went to City there were so many to quality players there who I was competing with.

“I would have like to have got more game-time there but what I would say is that I’m a completely different player to what I was at City. I am a better player at Celtic than I was at Manchester City. I’m a very different player.”

Last season Sinclair had every bit of swagger that Mancini would have caught sight of at Swansea. This term the winger has kept the goals coming for the Parkhead side – all 17 of them – but he hasn’t appeared to carry the same confidence into games.

There is a suggestion that could be levelled across the board at Celtic’s performances this term as a whole.

Indeed, after the home defeat to Anderlecht in December, Brendan Rodgers was uncharacteristically vocal about in his criticism of the players as he publicly lamented some of the displays and the lack of concentration at European level.

Tonight’s meeting is an opportunity to atone for that in some ways, albeit that a team who invested £80m of resources to freshen up their squad last summer would give Celtic problems on any night.

“We want to go and show that as a team,” said Sinclair. “We need to put on a great performance when we go out there.

“The main thing is to win the game but obviously to also put a show for the fans as well.

“We take it on board. In every game we go into, we want to perform and we want to win. That game was no different. That’s just the way we are as a team and the manager is the same.”

And Sinclair is keen to provide the spark that will ignite the home support. The Parkhead side are not expected to prevail against the wealth of the Russians, bit for Sinclair the baggage of that does not feature on the radar.

“Celtic Park is an unbelievable place when we have the fans behind us,” he said. “The atmosphere is amazing. I think that can spur us on even more.

“As a player, you don’t really go into things think about how much players are worth or have cost. You go toe to toe with them and put in your shift – and try and make sure you are the one who performs better on the day.

“We don’t go into it thinking about how players are worth.”


The stage is set to serve a reminder of his own value.

 

“The main thing is to win the game"
Thank * you have belief scotty!!! Yaassss

 

Would be over the moon for him to score tonight. Cheeky wee assist for Moussa too.

 

He may say the right things in the press in that he does not have a point to prove or any ill will but human nature is what it is and I can really see Sinclair having a big game for us tonight. Certainly if we are to have any chance tonight we need our top players like Sinclair on top of their game.

 

Today showed why he wasn't in the team on Thursday night. Absolute waste of a jersey today,slow, predictable and not showing enough for the ball.

 

Like having Boeriggter back (bar took Derk 12 months to have 9 games)

He wasn't great today but got in behind them a couple of times and got the ball over. He'll be back playing well again soon I'm sure

 

Thought he was decent today. Gave Edoward a great chance and also made a great run and then ball that Dembélé really should have gotten on the end of.

 

He slows the game down far to much he shoild be picking the ball and running like his lofe depended on it. His wee dilly dally way the ball gets on my nerves hes just asking to be doubled up on

 

Definitely not the worst player on the park.

Would've had an assist if Griffiths was playing. Done everything right, put it on a plate in the 6 yard box and Dembele was nowhere to be seen, same as Tuesday night when McGregor put it right in the box.

 

Played well

 

He slows the game down far to much he shoild be picking the ball and running like his lofe depended on it.

Yep that's how I feel. On Thursday night TK had the freedom of the left side to move into. When SS is playing he feels he has to pass it forward and then its slowed down. Sorry, but I think this team is finding its shape a little better after Thursday. As good as Scotty has been, I think an offer in the summer and it will be accepted.
KT is one of the few players who has the energy to compete both up the park and back again on his own. IMHO having a left winger there hampers him.

 

Had a decent enough game against St Johnsone. I still think his best form is yet to come this season. I know he's our top scorer but we all know he can perform so much better than he's shown for the majority of this season. I think his best form will arrive this season though. There will be one game when everything falls into place and he destroys a team, like he did to so many teams last season. Hope its at Ibrox!!

 

we have been waiting for his best form all season and feels like a man down in some games and think its time to accept a offer in the summer .