Was Skippy the Celtic mole all along?
It’s good to talk…
You would have thought that the deadline day move to Middlesbrough would have seen the end of Scott McDonald bumping his gums in the media about Celtic and what is going wrong at Celtic Park.
At the weekend he was pontificating about how the replacements for the band of brothers who fled to England during the window have been replaced by inferior players.
Yes, Scott, your replacement is clearly an inferior striker compared to you.
Strewth!
And now today, he is back in the Evening Times with another Ronnie Cully exclusive, Ronnie certainly has the ear of some players doesn’t he?
Don’t get us wrong, it’s not entirely McDonald’s fault, it is not as though he phoned up the Evening Times asking for his opinions to be published. He will have been asked to give his opinion and has probably gave it as honestly as he can.
“Even with me not at the club, Tony Mowbray likes to make changes at that period in games, for reasons unknown to players who will question, if you’re having not a bad game, why are you taking me off?
It was not something I was completely happy about, and I’d be honest about it and say. But, he’s the boss and, accordingly, he does what he sees as right. You’re not always going to agree with it, though.”
The substitutions made by Mowbray have been questioned by many fans this season, some have worked, like away to Dynamo Moscow or Saturday at Rugby Park, whereas others have disrupted the team.
McDonald suggests that the team was not consistent enough in the first half of the season and that the signing of Keane was too little, too late. Again, it is hard to argue with this but some of the responsibility must fall on McDonald’s shoulders.
Too often McDonald looked uninterested playing under Tony Mowbray. Fair enough, you may not like the boss but if you are being paid handsomely by the club and McDonald’s new contract ensured that he was being paid handsomely, to put in so many below par performances came close to cheating the fans.
McDonald’s first season at Celtic, his goals were a massive reason in the side winning the league.
McDonald’s last season ended in disappointment but his all-round play and work-rate kept the side in the hunt. The Australian striker never had a partner worthy of the name for the majority of 08/09 and in WeKnowSFA’s eyes was Celtic’s best player for the season.
This season though, it was almost embarrassing at times watching an overweight McDonald bawl and moan at team-mates who at least were trying to work hard on the pitch.
Scott McDonald may have only been sold on deadline day but he checked out of Celtic Park a good while before then.
Continuing to make these comments will diminish the goodwill he built up with Celtic fans in his first two seasons.
It’s a shame but that’s modern day football for you.
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Scottyboy, thanks for the memories and some wonderful and vital goals, but you are now a ‘Boro player! Get over it!
I disagree wholeheartedly that inferior quality has been brought in. With the exception of Robson perhaps, I wasn’t sorry to see any of them go in the slightest, especially when we had Keano lined up to replace Keech Jacksie’s best pal (supposedly).
Most Rangers fans you speak to will tell you that they were glad to see the back of McDonald. A real penalty box striker who always had the knack of scoring in big games, especially against us!! Having said that, there was clearly a dislike between player and manager there, none more obvious than at Ne’erday Parkhead when he was inexplicably left on the bench, unfortunately for us he came on and scored, thankfully quickly cancelled out by Big Lee’s bullet header.
Financially it was a wonderful deal for Celtic, outlay of roughly £1M and sold for £3M, good business.
One thing about Skippy though, he gave the Old Firm some wonderful moments, none more so than Helicopter Sunday!
Was Skippy the Celtic mole all along?
I thought we all knew that anyway. Didn’t take a genius……..
Mmmm……read the character assassination of Skippy on a few Celtic Forums, out of order IMO. The wee man was pushed out the door for a loaner, I’d have plenty to say too!! Still had plenty to offer, yeah he was a moaning wee tyke but scored the goal when we needed them. FFS we kept that dumpling Samaras yet got rid of our top goalscorer.
Thanks for the memories Skippy.
Celtic did not win a single game this season when Mowbray started McDonald on the bench…I think that says it all. What he is saying is spot on. At the end of the season a lot of these “big signing” players will be gone and we will be left,undoubtedly, with inferior players. Anyone who thinks that mowbray is a better manager than Strachan is in dreamland.