Brendan Rodgers and the Celtic players post-match. theRangers v Celtic, 4 May 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
THE NOTAPRODDYGAL – 6/10 – With two of the Flying Wallendas and the Canuck meat-grinder out injured, caution was his by-word. But should it have been? Why? It was the Zombies, not CL material, and the entire squad trains to the system anyway, surely? So the Tribute Act got too much of the ball and too much respect as we sat compact, playing possession stats and inviting a press. And the subs and reshuffle remained questionable – one danger-man hooked and another inversely dangerous mhan in the back four left on, with the robust solution stuck on the bench. Again. Overall, The season’s derby performances will be an itch he’ll hope to scratch away with razor claws come August.
🟢 “Maeda was in Japan this week and only trained yesterday, so we’ll let him off with that one”
🗣️ “Been here a few times and there have been these incidents”Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers on Maeda’s late miss, thrown objects, and his side’s draw ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/wohMAqkLG6
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) May 4, 2025
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I think Idah was rather part of the problem yesterday, in spite of his goal. It’s not that he hadn’t tried, but many of his actions (for example, his pass into Forrest after a counterattack) came so delayed that they weren’t really dangerous anymore. Ironically, the only situation I recall when he didn’t think but just acted was the goal … (Still, by no means I’m implying he’s not good enough, or we should get rid of him. But he appears to be overthinking things recently.)
You are implying he’s not good enough, maybe your over analysing things
with this game over and the league well and truly won, Brendan should look at a different set up with JOTA and KUHN OUT, maybe 3 5 2 ? IDAH up front with MAEDA PLAYING OFF HIM ,Vicars, Trusty and Scales at the back {extra height required} two extra in the middle to HELP Calum ?
Idah is the problem, the team is too static with him in it as they wait for him to move. He needs to be sold as soon as anyone falls for brendan’s incredible “minutes to goals” ratio nonsense that he spouted