Tempo!

When Ronny Deila first arrived he spoke about scoring lots of goals and attacking for 90mins. It was good to see that vision turn into reality today. When we were 3-0 up we didn't settle for that, we still didn't switch off at 4-0 and even at 5-0 we were still playing with a good tempo and looking to score more. That is precisely what I, and probably the rest of you, want to see.

 

High fitness, lots of energy, and high tempo. We will always have more than enough in our squad to out score the rest of Scotland. We just need to make sure we tighten up in certain areas such as the back line, and find that piece of quality that can make the real difference in Europe when things don't go our own way.


Season only just begun, and I'm still very excited for it all.

 

loved the quick passing today if we play the same against maribor we should finish the tie over there as they pass the ball very slow.

 

Playing at home makes a difference I think, we need to get a draw or a victory to ensure Maribor open up at Celtic park then blitz then with high tempo attacking.

 

It'll be difficult to play with the same tempo in midweek as it'll probably be quite humid over in Slovenia. I'd certainly like our chances of beating Maribor in the 2nd leg if we played with the same tempo we did today though.

 

That was the most ive enjoyed a game of football in a while. I thought we moved it quick but didnt try to rush things. Patient when we had to be, but always looking for openings. Great stuff!

 

One of the best footballing displays I've seen from Celtic in years upon years. Not even as if Dundee Utd were * we just were rampant from the get go.

What a * game.

 

Redemption today , players and managers were singing from the one hymn sheet . Some of the players under most pressure delivered well. Having said that , today's game was all about team work and played at a high tempo.

 

It's brilliant to see the team responding to Ronnie's tactics.

But just as the Legia games did not merit the hysteria they provoked, one (admittedly pretty fabulous) performance does not mean Ronnie walks on water (yet!)

Getting the side to play like that consistently is the difficult bit.

Weeding out the guys who don't fit in is part of that.

There was a much better balance about the defence and midfield today, though.

Nine or ten players showed up really well, and it looks like the "Perform or do a Tony Watt and go elsewhere" treatment is working. Making an example of Watt was a brave and risky move, but Ronnie had to show he meant business.

 

There will be off days, there will be individual errors, but that performance will set the standard for the team. Possession was excellent today, patient and quick in transition. I'm even beginning to sound like Ronny!

 

Great to watch today but there were a couple of slack moments that a better team might have punished us for. If RD can eradicate these moments, we could surprise a few teams in Europe this year.