Celltic 4 Hamilton 0. Why Has Nakamura Become A Scapegoat?

Happy Monday to all. Even Huns.

After Motherwell were defeated by Nancy last week it brought up the situation that Scotland could be in their worst position in the European standings for 14 years. The automatic Big Cup place for the league champions, which is us, is in danger due to years of watching Dunfermline, Dundee, Queen Of The South and The Huns get beat of fishermen and waiters in the early rounds of The Big Cup and The UEFA Vase.

This has caused a debate on what the Scottish teams, and the SFA, are doing wrong. Well, allowing Dundee, Dunfermline, Queen of the South and The Huns to qualify in the first place is a problem and maybe teaching youths to keep the ba' for longer than 5 seconds before hoofing it goalwards would be a start but the idea of a 16 team league has been muted again.

I was in favour of this. Livingston and Dundee are no worse than Hamilton or St Mirren. Play each other twice and play the Diddy Cup ties on Saturday's. But..after seeing the apathy, empty seats and lack of quality in the recent visits to CP of Livingston and Hamilton I'm no longer to sure.

Still the chance to watch The Huns getting beat of teams of that ilk is maybe too guid to miss on a regular basis.

3pts and nae fuss.

Celtic beat Hamilton on Saturday, 4-0, wie goals from Nakamura, Samaras, McDonald and McGeady. Goals are here and thanks to 101 Great Goals for the vid. Jan Vennegoor was taken off after injuring himself within 25 seconds, which is even a record for him when he tore his tight muscle, which is moonlighting as his abductor muscle. He could be out for a few weeks.

The game was played like a training game wieoot bibs and cones being involved. Celtic went through the motions, wie the quest to walk the ba' into the back of the net the only interest to the Celtic players, and while some will praise relegation haunted Hamilton for not changing their 4-3-3 formation, it meant that the game passed them by and Celtic didnae need to get oot of 2nd gear.

The highlight of the day was the double penalty save from the Holy Goalie. That passage of play accounted for 2 of the 3 shots Hamilton had on target. Add to their 2 shots off target and 42% possession this was the maist simple 3 points we will get all season.

Celtic, had 58% possession, 11 shots on target and 5 shots off target. Georgios Samaras, Scotland's topscorer, scored his 10th goal of the season, Scott McDonald scored his 3rd, Aiden McGeady his 1st and Nakamura scored his 2nd and created his 3rd goal of this season.

Nakamura has come in for a fair bit of stick recently. His wanting to return home coupled wie a few so-so performaces has meant that some are calling for him to be dropped as he is lacking commitment and his heid is elsewhere.

Load of Boomsung. Anyone questioning Nakamura's commitment should remember that this is the player that spent hours in the gym to ensure he was up for the finer points of the Scottish game. This is a player that has scored many important goals and mair importantly had a hand in many other goals for us in the 3 seasons he has been here.

He is the maist natural talent we have at CP. One that if fit should be the first name on the teamsheet. So he has had a dodgy performace here and there but I think those that are calling for him to get tae are so far off the mark they would as well being on Mars spouting their pish.

The Manager Says..

Not too much off interest really. 

“It was wet and windy and we knew our attitude had to be right. But we played with energy. Aiden worked hard and played well. Nakamura played well and Marc Crosas was fantastic. Barry Robson could have been man of the match while Artur Boruc played his part in the win. They all played well.”

He is having a laugh wie the Barry Robson MOTM comment, as anyone that thinks Robson is a left back probably thinks Newcastle are a well run club. Still Crosas did deserve a mention in dispatches and also McGeady as he won LoTW money.

No-one said why Billy Reid had to speak to the press but he did. 

“Credit to Celtic but I don’t feel we did ourselves justice. “I’ve four or five players sitting gutted in our dressing room because they know they can play better than that.

The game was that boring even the beaten teams manager didnae come oot wie any pish.

"Forget Six Pack, Here is a XXXX Pack"

Sure you can come up wie a better caption than I have. No prize, anyone want to donate one?, just a bit of fun in this International week.

How Do You Sleep......

.....Nacho Novo. He gave an interview to the free Galicia Weekly Newspaper that gets delievered to 3 men and a goat in his hometown where he has been disowned for being the only Hun in the village. The player, who again has been overlooked by Spain, tells tales that would make John Smeaton blush wie the mistruths that are being told.

Surely if his car and property gets attacked everytime he plays against Celtic, The Huns PR department would have this all over the Redtops quicker than Novo steals his best mates burd?

This is just another case of a wannabe uber Hun peddling to the lowest element that pollutes the Hun support. He has also confirmed his place in the Huns Hall Of Shame. I'm sure Celtic fans up and down the country are glad that Nacho disnny feel the need to win trophies wie Celtic.

Gory Tales.

In this boring International week, it is maybe a good time to catch up wie some reading. I know I have a few copies of Razzle to catch up on. But.....I heard a good interview wie John Gorman on Talksport last Friday. Spoke very well about the Quality Street Gang and his disappointment at leaving his bhoyhood team.

Might be worth a read. Then again it might not. It's available here to buy. Or like me just wait until someone else buys it and then borrow it.

Forza