Leigh Griffiths

Agree with this, it's hard to gauge how much Griffiths movement takes out a defenders legs tho. Always seems more space for us in the second half, it's actually visible how much fitter we are than most teams. Long may that continue.

 

Our players were knackered from Thursday and still looked fitter than the Aberdeen players.

 

I know, the key will be for us is to keep improving fitness, have a little rest after securing the treble and then be fully flying for the CL qualifiers.

 

Exactly.. We've a game on Wednesday don't we ? Major reshuffle of the starting 11 needed I think. Brown, Bitton, Johansen and Gary M-S all in need of a rest.

Stokes will start anyway

 

He took a knock five minutes before he came off, wasn't moving properly at all, needed to come off.

You're spot on though.

 

I personally think Griffiths is a far too limited player to be our first choice striker. In an ideal world Guidetti kicks his * into gear, gets himself fit and signs for Celtic but that is looking unlikely at the moment Id have to admit.

I don't know if we should keep playing Griffiths, give Scepovic a chance or persevere with Guidetti to be honest, but we need better than Griffiths leading the line next season.

Griffiths is quick, quite strong, is a good finisher and has a decent left peg. However, his movement isn't the best, he is a little cumbersome in possession and his passing or ability to see a pass isn't great. He's not a good hold-up striker by any stretch.

I like Griffiths.. I love his energy and enthusiasm and so I want him to stay but I just don't think he is good enough. Like I said, he's too limited technically.

 

Is want that dundee utd striker cifti instead... Why not all our other utd signings so far have been class

 

So basically you want to "rest" the heart beat of our team :/ not sure we even have 2 cm's to replace brown and bitton. Mulgrew is still out, and we don't have any other out and out cm's. Armstrong is a cam and I don't think Henderson is ready for that role. Wakaso played cdm for Ghana recently but he hasn't been tried there for us. It is to risky to rest brown bitton and Johansen. We can rest 1 maybe 2 but not all 3

 

The three of them are *. Couldn't press at all in the first half today. Id start Henderson instead of Bitton, Stokes ahead of GMS and maybe Scep over Johansen? And put on Johansen for Brown at half time.

Something along those lines.

 

Nice to see this Mark Simpson * getting his comeuppance.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/twitter-troll-who-branded-celtic-5269145

I was actually in tweets bashing this * for what he was saying to Griffiths ,the Record mentions nothing about this * calling us Peados or his slagging Griffiths of about his 4 kids.

I hope he loses his job.

 

* idiot:smiley-laughing002:

 

Aye you would think these * could work out you're making a statement to the world when on twatter and facebook.

 

I can see Griffiths spending the next 4 or 5 years with us, if not longer.

As for the immediate future, a couple of goals tonight my crystal ball reads.

 

Abysmal game today, his movement/positioning and link up play needs to get much better.

 

Very poor

 

not the answer for what we need but neither is stokes or guidettie

 

Think he's been very poor of late, yeah he scored a couple a few weeks ago, but think in the last few games he's been awful.

 

He's just not very good. Never thought he was a good player.

I like that he's a grafter and that he works is * off, he can be a nuisance but his overall ability is poor. First touch is a tackle more often than not, passing hit and miss, shooting hit and miss.. we need better in the summer

 

As I said in the match thread, the best of a very * bunch.