Scott Sinclair!

Said it before and I'll say it again, I wish I was Helen, would love to cuddle with him at night after he's home from smashing sevco 5-1

 

On holiday in Ibiza, working mega hard in gym while he's there, great to see. He won't be coming back having gained weight anyway.

 

Makes sense for him to. Couple of hours on the treadmill burn 1000-1500 calories than he can go and eat/drink as normal folk would on holiday, beer and burgers. Enjoying his holiday without * himself with regards to weight gain/pre season.

 

shows Brendans work ethic

 

* Ibiza looks different since last time I was there

 

New look.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/877209459960889344

 

Pukki

 

SS: "We only had three weeks off but I tried to squeeze in as much holiday time as possible. I've had a nice break."

SS: "We're back in now, getting ready to qualify for the #UCL. The work starts now.

SS on potential Linfield tie: "We're the team to beat. I'm sure everyone is looking forward to it. The atmosphere will be high as always."

SS: "The international boys come back tomorrow and next week we'll go out to Austria to get ready for the upcoming games."

SS: "After last season, we want to get to the #UCL group stages and progress from there. That's what we need to achieve."

SS: "We're much stronger now [than when I joined]. Last season we improved game by game. Hopefully we can do the same this year."

SS on #UCL qualifiers: "We need to get the job done. Hopefully if we keep getting to the group stages we won't need to play as many."

SS on @jonnyhayes7: "Whoever the manager brings in everyone believes in. He'll offer great competition for everyone."

 

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/10922448/sinclair-keen-to-remain-unbeaten

 

Even in New York, Scott Sinclair couldn’t quite get away from it all.
“In Central Park a Celtic fan came up and said he’d watched the last game,” smiled the Englishman. ”It’s quite funny when you go to a place such as New York and across the world and you see Celtic fans.”

It would have been a heroes welcomes for Sinclair after a campaign in which he swept the board in terms of personal accolades while he had cause to reflect on an historic campaign that saw Celtic not only claim a Treble but go through the domestic season unbeaten.


And as summers go, this one has been more notable than most for Sinclair.


There is no doubt this year about the direction his career is taking, a welcome respite from recent campaigns that brought forth different anxieties in the past.
Sinclair may have had a shorter time in the sun that he would have liked before reporting back to Celtic Park on Monday for pre-season training but the winger is well aware about where he is going under Brendan Rodgers.

“I’m so relaxed now,” he said “I’ve had a nice break with my family and come back ready to go again. I want to have a better season than the last one. Over the last few years every summer I wasn’t too sure what was going to be happening, whether I would be leaving and going somewhere else. So it’s great to have a summer just to enjoy it and not worry about anything.


“This is the first time I’ve only had three weeks, I normally get longer. But we also get the winter break so it’s alright. That helps break things up during the season.”

If there was just one blip on Sinclair’s season it might have been the lack of international recognition that came with his sustained Celtic performances.



Realistically it might seem that Sinclair’s aspirations amount to little more than a long shot given the historic reluctance of the FA to look beyond the border, but the player has admitted that he couldn’t help but think of what might have been as he watched Scotland’s against England at Hampden from a Majorcan bar.

“As a professional you’re always judging each other and picking things out about whether you’re better or not than those playing,” he said.



“There’s always going to be speculation about England. I still want to play for my country, I’m still ambitious. But things like that are out of my control. All I can control is what I do on the field every Saturday. So I’ll just concentrate on trying to do well for Celtic and see what happens.



“It’s difficult to get in but people keep mentioning me. All I can do is try to continue what I showed last season. The Champions League will help but it might not decide whether I get called up or not.”
With plenty of familiar faces on view at Hampden as Scott Brown, Leigh Griffiths, Craig Gordon, Kieran Tierney and Stuart Armstrong all started the game, Sinclair admitted to some ambiguity when watching the game.



“It was a weird one,” he smiled. “You want your mates to do well but I’m English. How did I feel when Griff got his second? I can’t really answer that! He’ll be buzzing after that and it would have been great to have seen him the next day after that. I thought he would score them both. He’s got an amazing free kick delivery.”
So far Jonny Hayes is the only new addition to Brendan Rodgers’ squad. The Republic of Ireland internationalist was seen, perhaps unfairly, as something of an underwhelming signing with Celtic fans keen on a marquee signing to supplement their Champions League ambitions.

For Sinclair, though, the manner in which Rodgers went about things in his inaugural season at Celtic suggests he has earned the right to do what he wants in the transfer market without eyebrows being raised.



“He’s a good player,” said Sinclair. “All the players trust the manager to bring in the players he believes should be added to the squad and his arrival is great for competition.


“The manager has done what he has done and everyone trusts him and all the players he buys and all the others agree with the manager.”



Sinclair will be straight into competitive games with Celtic’s kicking off their Champions League qualifiers within a few weeks.



Linfield look like the likely opponents for the second qualifying round, assuming the Belfast side see off their San Marino minnows in their opening qualifier, but despite the tensions around the game, Sinclair is focused on getting back into the group stages.



“I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “I wasn’t here in time for it all last year but there’s the pressure of getting into the Champions League. I’m going to enjoy every minute of it. You don’t really have this situation down south but if you can win your last game and get in to the Champions League it will be a great feeling. That’s what we want to do again.



“I’m looking forward to it, everyone keeps telling me how it will be hostile. We’re going to have to wait and see how it is.


“When you go into the match you just focus on the game and nothing around about it, you go and give it 100 per cent and make sure you perform.”

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/CelticBible/status/878227844513619968/video/1

 

Top player nothing really to say other than that.

 

More to come from him 30 goals next season.

 

Meanwhile, Sinclair had some unsettling news for Ladbrokes Premiership defences as he looked ahead to the forthcoming campaign following the friendly against Slavia Prague in the Czech Republic on Tuesday night.

The wide player, who arrived from Villa shortly after Rodgers took over last summer, had an impressive debut season in Scotland and picked up every Player of the Year award going.

However, Sinclair revealed he has spent his time off this summer studying footage of his performances for the Scottish champions and identifying areas of his game he can improve upon in the coming 10 months.

Despite netting 25 goals in 45 games in all competitions, helping Celtic go undefeated domestically and complete only the fourth treble in their 129 year history, he is determined to make even more of an impact going forward.

“For me, it’s about trying to keep getting better now,” he said. “When I was on holiday I was looking back over all of my clips and looking for ways to get better. I want to get more goals and more assists.

“When I’m away I am always thinking of bettering myself. Mentally, you want to get it right for coming back. I don’t stop at a certain level. That’s the challenge - to get even better. That’s what I’ll be doing this coming season.

“Last year was such an unbelievable season both for the team and for me on a personal level. It could not have gone better. But that season has gone now and we’ll be looking to do it again.”

Sinclair struggled for both form and confidence during a miserable spell at Birmingham club Villa two seasons ago and was helpless to prevent them being relegated to the English Championship.

However, teaming up with Rodgers, who he worked under as a youth player at Chelsea at the outset of his career and then at Swansea, once again has brought out the very best in the 28-year-old.

He is now adored by the Celtic fans who have a special chant for him – belted out to the tune of Scooter hit The Logical Song – at their matches home and away.

“It’s unbelievable,” said Sinclair. “I think it’s the best song in football! It’s such a great feeling to hear it. I have got a great bond with the fans and it’s so special to have that.

“A lot of people ask me if I go home from the games and hum in to myself. I honestly don’t! My daughter loves it, though. She dances to it.

“Every time I hear it it’s amazing. It gives you so much confidence. I haven’t had that kind of thing for a long time. When you get that bond and passion with the fans it just means so much when you score goal or win a game.”

 

Ffs... It seems every time he speaks, it's a book. Look at the top of this page. @Notorious has only posted about 3 interview but they go on for years and that's all in the space of about a month .

I've not read them yet... Just an observation