Kieran Tierney

Quotes from Brendan today on Kieran




Is Kieran getting up to pace?

"Yeah, I just think that's going to be time and I just want to take it steady with him because he's full on in training, his mentality's unbelievable. It's also considering that he hasn't played a lot over the last couple of years. So then just throwing him into every single game for 90 minutes, that's not really going to work for us. But I've been so pleased with how he has come in, how he's settled and he's getting between 60 and 70 minutes and just working his fitness level."

Do you have to hold him back and just ease him in, does he sit some things out in training or how do you handle it?

He understands it now. He's obviously got a great maturity to him now and has probably sensed maybe he's been his own worst enemy as it were, because he is so committed and he is so full on.

But you can see his maturity as an experienced player now, that in those moments where you do maybe, you know, if you're doing six exercises and you're taking him out of the last one, then he understands it much better now. Even though he's inherently a guy that gives everything and it's never 80% or 70%, it's 100% always. But I've been so pleased to have him back and he's showed up really well.

Is the long-term benefit that you hope you'll get him to the the point where he's maybe as fit as he's ever been in his career, long-term?

Yeah, I think what we want to try and increase is his level of strength as well. There's parts of that that we feel that we can help him and improve and help in that robustness. Sometimes it's just collagen as well. It's just how you're made up.

Like Kieran, you know, he's not breaking down because he's brave and not doing his work, he's an unbelievable young professional, who in spells has had really, really some bad luck. And in others then you just pick up natural injuries.

Then there are certain players in their career that's just so unfortunate, just their body makeup, their collagen means that they are injured quite a bit. But we're very confident and him coming back, not even at his prime absolutely yet, but we want to help him and manage the process through for him and that's our duty here."

 

Well that's (not) reassuring.

 

Yup no good at all

 

Something's you can't predict I guess

 

Nope

 

Don't see the negativity in any of that

 

Quality...

 

Pler

 

Mr consistent dont think I’ve ever seen him have a poor game …. Apart from playing out of postions for Scotland


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Just a level above his teammates. Brilliant.

 

Said after Tierney assists Maeda for a goal ya weirdo.

Nah, I get what you mean, it doesn't quite click, yet.

Honestly Maeda will miss Taylors clipped passes

 

I forget how powerful a runner he is, he actually is a brilliant player just by near perfecting all the basics.

 

Honestly world class. How the * have we managed to sign a player like him on a free.

 

There was a few moments in the game where I thought “ah he’s over hit that pass to Maeda” then I actually realised he hadn’t. He’d hit it pinpoint for Maeda to run onto and arrive at the perfect moment to then take it away from the defender. We have no other players that can perform that. His pass/assist along the floor in pre season too, no one else has the capability he does.

soon as Maeda gels with him it’s game over for the league. Also KT will get 15+ goals this year too. Arriving into the box at the right moment every time with space so consistently

 

Him and Jota are perfectly suited. Him and Maeda like attacking same spaces, in the same way. Think it’ll click before Jota returns but they are figuring it out to get the best of both, rather than it being a natural fit.

Tonight it looked that way defensively they’ve worked it out btw, Tierney was happy leaving Maeda covering back that wing and defending more inside. Games before tonight they were both trying to dominate the wing, Tierney’s football IQ has went up a lot. He’s came back a far smarter player than when he left.

 

Brilliant again tonight - incisive, intelligent forward play from a player at a level above all the others.
Can't wait to see him with Jota.
If he stays fit, shoe in for POTY