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Stuart Armstrong

Discussion in 'Ex Players' started by Xavier Woods, Feb 2, 2015.

Discuss Stuart Armstrong in the Ex Players area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. ILoveTheCeltic

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    Id like to see for a game

    Forrest Armstrong Stokes
    Guidetti

    To see how that would do in an SPL game, as i'd say those 4 are the front 4 who keep possession the best, to see if they'd play good creative football and be able to open teams up better than the usual.
     
  2. finnell1888

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    So who would you rather move Brown or Johansen ?? Or none at all and let Armstrong preform under par out wide?
     
  3. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    Aye it was the 2-0 game against Partick Thistle, thought that was his best game as well.
     
  4. Luis1967 Gold Member Gold Member

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    * sake...you can remember who took our thrown in the 8th minute in a game in 1975 but you can't remember a game last month.
     
  5. Liam Scales

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    I thought his only bad game was on the weekend there, he kept overrunning the ball.
     
  6. shieldsybhoy

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    ...remember the start of the season when Brown was injured and the difference in results when he came back?
     
  7. murphy88

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    I thought he was quite poor on yesterday as well. A few times when he had McGowan one on one, he knocked it past him and straight out the park as you said. I just didn't think he was all that good when in possession. He wasn't alone mind you, the first 45mins it was difficult to pick someone who was having a good game for us from our midfielders and attacker. He was poor away against St. Mirren also, and was quite anonymous up at Inverness in the 1-1 draw.
     
  8. McManus4

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    Brown has played a massive part in Bitton's form.
     
  9. Saul Goodman Gold Member Gold Member

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    Agree with that, they compliment eachother very well. I think we'd suffer hugely without Brown.
     
  10. Zander Gold Member Gold Member

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    Brown has been consistently one of our best players for a few seasons now, why on earth would we drop him to accommodate Armstrong?
     
  11. McGrory1888

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    I like Armstrong and believe that he will become a great player for us, but the idea that Deila should drop Brown or Johansen in his favour is laughable.

    I'm not saying for a second that Armstrong isn't capable of playing the role Johansen or Brown currently hold, or even that one of those roles isn't his best position. I'd be more than happy to have him in there whether it's down to injuries, resting players, suspensions or drop of form, but with a fully fit squad to choose from, Brown and Johansen are two of the first names on the team sheet in the roles they've played the majority of this season and both have a massive say in making us tick as a team.
     
  12. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    To be fair though, we were * terrible at the start of the season. Wasn't to do with Brown being injured, we just looked all over the place.
     
  13. JasonMcG1888

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    He was poor on sunday that is the only game i would say is a bad game
     
  14. Saul Goodman Gold Member Gold Member

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    Not just earlier this season, anytime he's been missing over the last few seasons I think we haven't looked the same. When he got suspended in the CL last season we suffered big time without him in the team. Don't think its a coincidence.
     
  15. Paul67 Administrator Administrator

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    He wasn't great on Sunday tbh. As said, he kept hitting the ball too far in front, and generally looked a bit nervous, which under the circumstances was perfectly normal.

    I think we'll have a fantastic player next season when he's settled.
     
  16. Dallas Cowbhoys

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    We do tbh, it's pretty obvious in my opinion.

    I'd say Brown's our most important player.
     
  17. McChiellini..

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    He was fairly poor I thought on the whole, he was worse away at st Mirren though, for me..

    I'm not concerned though, he's shown he has what it takes here, he's just been overshadowed by gms for now, I fully expect him to really come to the fore next season. Said it before but ideally he want's a move in the centre somewhere, right now though he deserves to shift no one in those roles..

    The broony comments aren't even getting a response..
     
  18. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Why move Brown or Johansen who are both more pivotal to the way we play just to accommodate Armstrong who is still finding his feet? That's the better question.
     
  19. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    He provided the only proper good bit of play in the final third in the first half, linking up with Emilio.

    I think his best attributes are negated in the position he's playing just now, it was Deila himself who likened his game to Muller at Bayern. If that's the case he needs to be played centrally where he can time his runs into the box and get us goals.

    To that end I wouldn't really class him as being poor, he did OK.
     
  20. Liam Scales

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    Muller primarily plays on the wing though, making runs into the middle