Daizen Maeda of Celtic dejected at full-time. Final score Celtic 1 Heart of Midlothian 2. Celtic v Hearts. Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 07 December 2025 IMAGO Photo Stuart Wallace Shutterstock
LORD KATSUMOTO – 5/10 – Right there with Negan for could-have-beens was Daizen blowing two great chances when clean through. Looking war-ready like he’d just been plucked from the Vietnamese jungle, it was obvious Daizen’s blistering pace had the measure of their high backline early on. Yet for… Reasons… we failed to play to that strength beyond the golden openings and he was left to scamper around fruitlessly for the remainder of the game.
Celtic v Hearts- Scottish Premiership at Celtic Park on 07 December 2025. Hearts midfielder Oisin McEntee battles with Celtic winger Sebastian Tounekti. IMAGO Photo James Christie
TUTANKHAMUN – 3.5/10 – TMJ – Tunisian Mikey Johnston – makes another blunt appearance down the wing. He appeared to be offering plenty on the ball, but with every check-back or lightweight brush-off, all we got were false hopes. Again.
Claudio Braga of Hearts scores the opening goal during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Hearts at Celtic Park on 7 December 2025. IMAGO Photo Malcolm Mackenzie, PSI
YING – 5/10 – He didn’t hide but didn’t inspire, either. Displayed a willingness to make things happen but not the ability to execute when he had the ball at his feet and possibilities appearing. May need a ride at this time of year to get him in the right groove if last season was anything to go by…
Frankly, I thought your marks were
generous, to put it mildly. Trusty was good, yes, but totally exposed. Game should have been over in twenty minutes but, again, the finishing was dire. Feels like back to square one. And as for that child’s toy, the manager had, is that a joke?
You could see that Wilfried ‘s previous experience was with an under-14 Girl’s team ; so yesterday’s display by Celtic should have given him glorious bouts of ,” Deja- vue” where he could hark-back to days gone-by :-
Second-best in almost every challenge , Hearts won almost every second ball , no running off the ball , players like:- Hetate , Negran and Engels having no stomach for the conditions . Players pulling-out of the challenge making Devlin of Hearts look like a “World-class player” . Yes, Wilfried you were back to watching your under-14 girls .
I hope that I am wrong but I can’t help but think that the chant by Christmas may be , ” Nancy , Nancy get to F*** ” and take your toy Tactics-board with you . Again , I hope I am wrong and yesterday’s conditions were more suited to ” Hammer-throwers ” than football players . Let’s hope on Thursday he puts men on the field rather than 14 year -old girls .