Scott Brown What now?

Brown will be a success at CP, he is in the managers long term plans and he'll be in the long term plans of any other manager we get. The guy has a great reputation and just because he hasn't played that great recently isn't going to change it.

Next season I think he will be a star for us, he has showed glipses this season but I think all he is missing is a bit of belief because hes young and it hasn't went as well as he would have hoped.

 

I would agree that Brown might play better with Hartley,and they did link up well when we beat Aberdeen 5-1,only for Hartley to be dropped for the following game.We all have different views on Brown's abilities,but the fact remains he hasnt lived up to his price tag so far.As you said earlier,why change a winning combination.Robson deserves his chance.

 

Paul i agree with the main point, if robson hatrtley is going good run with it.

But, if GS changes it when brown is available, it'll tell me he Brown is playing to instruction, and doing a great job in Strachans eyes.

We should also remember robson can play LM, Hartley can play RM as can Brown, Aidan and naka shouldn't be automatic picks either.

 

You have proof of this.?

As to me it was just down to him not being able to carry out defensive instructions. As like most of our midfielders they are more used to playing as a three than a four. The diference between Grav and his replacements is there age. Grav is too long in the tooth to change his game and Strachen should have known this prior to buying him. Play Grav in his favoured formation and podition and he would be an asset perhaps the same could be said about Brown and a few others also.

 

scott brown can play in the next huns game, do you play him

 

Their was obviously a spat between the two of them and Grav was made to look the villain as WGS held all the aces. I genuinly feel Strachen tried to make him look bad just so he could get him of the wage bill to free up some wages for a new player. As I said earlier I think to ask an older pro to change his game was a bit un-reasonable.

Not trying to be smart but in essence if Bobo was asked to play CM and looked lost he shouldn´t be playing football in your opinion.?
BTW I havent gone completely of my nut as I know he not playing. I was just using him as an obvious example of a player who is stuck to his position.

It is not really fair to criticise a player if he dosen´t have it in his locker to play an alien position. Grav has played as a combative midfield player in front of two defensive holding players almost his whole career. Their is a big difference in playing that position than being asked to play a deeper more diciplined role.

 

wasn't that the reason he was sold by real as they thought they had purchased a defensive midfeilder? surely strachan was aware of this.

 

"At no point was Gravesen dropped from the team for refusing to play as a holding midfielder"

Well put mate

 

Agreed with Paul67 , i dunno how some of yous even disagree , leaves me dumbfounded at times reading the over reactions on here , fukn madness

 

I used Bobo as it is obvious the big man is nothing else other than a CB.

I am not saying certain players should be exempt from doing there defensive duties. I just think some players should not be relied upon as if it is their natural vocation IMO WGS tried to do this laterly with Grav as he asked him to sit more than to support the forwards.

The second highlighted sentance I cant agree on. He was not asked to play his prefered position he was asked get forward and to protect the back four in essence to play box to box which is just not his game. He is an all action combative midfielder who makes the tempo of a game and keeps the oposition defenders under preasure. Not someone who will mop up everything like a Lenny.

Your last point I am not saying he was told to sit as a holding midfield player I just think for 45K a week WGS thought he was getting the complete midfield player and when he realised he hadn´t. He told Grav to play more diciplined and not to press the game further up the park (his natural game). This is what I mean by alien to him and I believe WGS new this and left him out to dry. Hence the spat.

P.S. Lubo yes you are right Madrid thought they were getting a DM player also and that is the reason he was sold on as he was never going to play instead of a Raul for example.

 

I think the crux of the matter is that Robson and Hartley are the best midfield two we have. Why? They are the best. Robson is a great sigin by WGS and Hartley I feel is one of this season unsung heros.

Forget your Browns, Sno and Donati they two should be the first team.

 

Gravesen never listened to instructions. He's a loose cannon who put the shape of the team in jeopardy. Strachan was perfectly within his rights as manager to drop him. Some signings work, some don't. Any talk of a spat between the two is pure speculation.

Gravesen is a player who is capable of tough tackling, and he should have learned to adapt to Celtic's system, not the other way round.

Look at Paul Hartley, a great attacking player for Hearts, scored plenty of goals. Comes to Celtic, gets asked to play in our system and he has adapted without complaint and has given it his all. The sign of a good team player.

 

Do you think Lenny would have been a good Attacking Midfield player if he was instructed to play that way.?

 

Good work on twisting that into another 'Strachan lucky' rather than 'Strachan good decision' mate.