Sandman’s Definitive Ratings – Flippinheck v Celtic

BALIKMORY – 4.5/10 – Well, y’know… He was there, kind of, for his big startingopportunity. Congrats must be given on making it into the starting eleven after stowing-away in the kit hamper to get on the bus. Maybe if he’d not skied the sitter and found a bit of aggression to outwit his stifling markers in that number-10 position I’d have more to say than… Meh.

Johnny Kenny speaks after scoring in @CelticFC‘s 2-0 win tonight 🍀

“It’s been a tough few weeks in front of goal… I’m delighted to put things right tonight and hopefully I can get back on a run” 🗣️#ScottishCup pic.twitter.com/ICMKMoZalE

— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) January 18, 2026

KENNY JOHNNY – 6/10 – What a touch he’s got… Flaming shocking until he notched that poacher’s poke. That boosted him a bit. Scored a fine second the MIBs contrived to rob him of, and generally managed to make himself a bit of a nuisance. Still never a Celtic centre-forward, though.

JAMESY – 7/10 MOTM – You can’t keep a good South Ayrshire Bhoy down – and you certainly can’t keep Jamesy down, right girls? – when there’s a scrap against one of the East Ayrshire villages of the damned. It’s said that half the weans in Auchinleck screech ‘Daddy!’ when Jamesy appears on the toon’s municipal ‘big telly’, mounted in the square beside the crucifixion gallows. And when he got on the ball tonight, Jamesy gave the menfolk as much trouble as he does their wimmen; he was right at it, leading them a merry dance as his team mates preened and pranced. Hail-hail the Prestwick Pele.

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