Callum McGregor

Needs to improve his first touch, to be a 10.

 

All 3 aren't perfect. Ntcham has the vision. Rogic has the touch. McGregor takes up terrific, dangerous positions..

Obviously all have more but just thinking of excellent qualities all 3 have. Rogic lacks pace and the stamina to press. Ntcham is defensively/positionally suspect and shown inconsistencies. McGregor doesn't have that killer final ball and is weak..

 

McGregor is far better with the game infront of him, he’s not a number ten for me at all. Give him the freedom when he’s attacking mid to roam and he’s much better.

 

Ntcham had a very good game vs hibs at easter road and i think that the pairing of him and Brown did very well until Ntcham had to come off. He doesnt seem to waste the ball too often. I think he will grow into the position.

 

Aye, I prefer him when he's not a set 10..

 

A little off form lately but he has been our most consistent performer this season aside from Forrest..

He's played a lot lately and looks jaded. I would like to see him played in the deeper role beside Brown where he can see the whole game and make those intelligent runs into the box that are so hard to defend case. Have Ntcham further forward in the 10 role or Rogic when fit and see how they link up..

McGregor's intelligence and Ntcham vision could be a really sweet combination.

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WHEN it comes to a big footballing derby match, the whole rambunctious affair tends to take on the military might of the D-Day landings. Tactics here, battleplans there, the deployment of infantry everywhere?

It helps to have plenty of weapons in the armoury and in Callum McGregor, Celtic seem to have a player who possesses the handy, multi-tasking qualities you would get with a Swiss Army knife.

Brendan Rodgers is well aware of the talent he has at his disposal and, ahead of Saturday’s end-of-year showdown with old foes Rangers, the Celtic manager pored over McGregor’s abundant attributes.

“He’s got an incredible football brain,” said Rodgers of this valued and versatile component of the Celtic machine. “He can play in every position. He can play as a full-back, he’s played in midfield, he’s played off one of the sides, he’s played as a No 10, he’s played in all three positions in midfield. That type of player is priceless for me because of all the tactical innovations we try to play and impose on the group. I know wherever he is playing, he can play it.

“That type of player, a player who can pass without complicating things, that’s the most difficult part of the game, to play simple football. I’ve worked with players who played with ruthless simplicity like Leon Britton [at Swansea]. He could only pass it over 15 to 20 yards. But he ticked the game over. He wasn’t big, he was 5’ 4”, but he was a big player on the pitch.

“I also had Emre Can at Liverpool who could play at centre-half, right-back or midfield. He had a brain.

“Callum has that too. That’s the joy of working with him. He never misses a day of training, he never complains. I think people are a lot more appreciative of him now. The number of people now who will come to me now and say ‘* *, that McGregor is a good player’.”

Rangers fans, meanwhile, may be saying “* *, there’s that McGregor again”. The 24-year-old was a thorn in the side of Celtic’s rivals last season and scored in the 2-0 Scottish Cup semi-final win over Rangers before adding another on league duty a week later as Rodgers’ side ran riot at Ibrox in a 5-1 rout.

It has not always been plain-sailing for McGregor against Rangers, of course. The previous season he came on as a sub in the Scottish Cup semi-final which Celtic would lose on penalties.

“When you lose games like that it’s sore to take,” McGregor reflected. “When you go into the next one you remember the way you felt, and realise you don’t want to go through it again. It’s the only one we’ve lost to Rangers since. You harness that feeling and use it to do better.”

In the final game of 2016, Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 and McGregor is keen for 2017 to end with a similar flourish.

“That was a big win and it set us up with the belief we could really kick on,” he said. “It’s the same scenario this year. No matter how well we’ve done this far, to finish it on a high before the break would be great.”

 

* passenger this season. I don't know what people on here see in him. I think the lads who said he is consistent should be embarrassed. Consistently pish more like it.

 

No more please, ill day it till im green in the face, sub at best.

Offers zilch, he used to score, when did he do it last?

 

Sick of the sight of him.

His decision making is * atrocious. Shooting is extremely hit and miss, and that’s being generous. Lightweight as * as well.

 

really bad performance

 

Calum , Lustig and Armstrong all terrible.

 

How can someone have such a poor run of form and stay in the starting select.

He is nowhere near good enough other than being a squad player if we are to progress as a club.

 

Needs to be dropped.

 

So over-hyped imo. Needs benched for a long, long time. Brown, Ntcham, Rogic are our 3 best midfielders, when they're fit I don't ever want to see him starting. And I still rate Armstrong above him, and Bitton for that matter. Good backup and no more.

 

Completely agree.

 

Runs about like a headless chicken!

 

Brutal today.

 

As he has been for most of the season. BR has a blinkered view of him.