Scott Brown

Balls of Steel

 

Seems blatantly obvious that the one thing Huns in Scotland fear is that Broony will father generations of Hunskelpers...

 

Love how the hearts players were so scared of him they just decided to start passing him the baw in the second half

 

Would be good to see a montage of all the shocking tackles on him this season. Aside from the blatant scandalous ones I'm pretty sure there's been a fair few 'late' shoves, sly kicks and off the ball ones that we could dig out. Levein with his comments and those in the media have put a target on his back and it's fair to say there is players out there that have endangered his career & will continue to do so. I think we should highlight this before someone does do him a serious injury. Ironically it's Brown that needs preotection from the leagues hatchet men. One of these times he wont be able to walk away from one of these assaults.

 

It's got to the stage now where plastic hardmen are trying to make a name for themselves by fouling him. Our captains level of self control/discipline is to be commended. Levein is a total embarrassment....

 

It seems like anything is fair game as long as it's on Scott Brown at the moment. Good to see Brendan speaking out.

 

Disgusting 'tackle' by Steven Naismith on him yesterday. Dirty little albino Hun * coward should have been red carded for that. Probably trying to ingratiate himself to the watching zombies in the hope of getting a summer move back to the Hunnery.

 

Didn't realise his contract expires at the end of next season. He'll be about to turn 34, reckon he'll call it a day? I could see it, he obviously wants to be a coach and is the sort of guy who wouldn't want to go beyond his best. Pass the armband to Tierney for 9 & 10.

 

Nah, I reckon he’ll want to still have his boots on for the 10

 

Aye I reckon we long as Rodgers stays, Brown will keep playing.

 

Don't think he'll play for another club. Sure he's trying to make it to 10.

 

PAT Bonner sees a little bit of Roy Keane in the way Scott Brown has re-invented himself over a 11-year career at Celtic. The former Parkhead stopper was a mainstay in the Republic of Ireland squad when Keane arrived as a young firebrand attacking midfielder from Nottingham Forest, only to add more positional discipline in the latter stages of his illustrious career for Manchester United and his country. Brown has been granted a testimonial match at Celtic Park on May 20 in recognition for his service for the club and Bonner, another member of select band to be granted the honour, feels it will be a great occasion.

“Listen, to be at a club for 11 years and get a testimonial is a fantastic honour for him,” said Bonner. “I was lucky to get one and he’s among a band of us now and it’ll be a lovely occasion for him and his family.

“Scott is a different player now,” the Irishman added. “He reminds me of Roy Keane in many ways.

“Roy had to adapt his game and I remember him coming to the Irish set-up when he was at Forest and then went to Manchester United. Then he was a runner, a tackler and would score goals and he was a snarler. Then he almost reinvented himself, he played deeper and passed the ball, he took on that personality that he was the leader of the team.

“Scott is very much in that way. Remember when he first came to Celtic? He would be up around the box. But now he appreciates the game in a different way and Brendan has been really good for him. They have obviously sat down and spoken about his role.”

If the credit for Brown’s reinvention belongs to the player himself, it has also co-incided with the arrival of Brendan Rodgers. Prior to the Northern Irishman’s arrival in the summer of 2016, Brown had appeared injury-ravaged, a force on the wane. Now few would bet against the midfielder, already with eight Scottish top flight titles to his name, including the last seven, helping guide the Parkhead side to ten in a row. It is also a pretty fair guess that one of the first item on Steven Gerrard’s to-do list is finding a way to limit his influence in Old Firm matches.

“A couple of years ago he was getting to a stage where people thought maybe his career would filter out a little bit and he would move on,” said Bonner. “I hope he appreciates when we say that it’s not a criticism. Maybe his fitness wasn’t what it was and he lost that edge.

“But I’m sure he’d love to be part of ten-in-a-row history and he’s made a lot of history so far," Bonner added. "I think he’s also love to do something in Europe. That was always our issue, I was 17-years at the club and we didn’t do anything in Europe and that’s sticks in there, as you’re put on the same benchmark as the Lisbon Lions and the ones who did it in the 70s. Martin O’Neill’s group of players got to a final. But we didn’t do it and when your career passes by you, you think about that.”

For one reason or another, Brown has never tested himself at Barclays Premier League level, but Bonner doesn’t feel that should be used against him.

“They used to throw that at Danny McGrain, they used to throw it at myself too,” said the goalkeeper. “But you don’t have to go to England to achieve. A lot of players down in the bottom half of the English Premier League have earned huge money but don’t compete at the top end. So I wouldn’t throw that at him.”

 

See next time someone tries to finish him, I want 1 of his teammates breaking their legs..

Naismith should've had turns taken on him Sunday but instead done Broony 2 or 3 time's without any repercussions..

 

Unfortunately I don't think that will ever happen in a Brendan Rodgers team. In a Neil Lennon team, for sure.

 

I agree..

 

Might end up doing it on a year by year basis.