Celtic ran out 3-1 winners over St. Johnstone on Sunday afternoon. It didn’t seem likely at certain points, although a thorough Callum McGregor strike kickstarted a worthy comeback.
Post-match, Hoops gaffer Brendan Rodgers admitted he was furious at his team for their first-half performance. He has now given the reasoning behind such a drop-off. He said (Celtic Way): “It’s comfort. It’s the biggest pitfall in succeeding, that you become timid and lose your aggression. It’s easily done, but it’s my job to guard against it. It was just nowhere near the level.”
Many supporters were disappointed with Celtic’s first-half performance. It was a notable concern, but Rodgers soon made things right.
His changes were effective, with the substitutes making key differences in the game. Mikey Johnston, James Forrest, Oh, and Tomoki Iwata all made notable impacts that saw the champions come away with the victory.
I’m sorry turnbull looks slow I don’t blame him our wingers and fullbacks just never got going brought on Johnston git to bye line as soon as he done that I knew we would win then oh for turnbull allowed midfielders a target kyoko dropping in just behind ho that forced st johnstone back to there 6yd box we scored two great goals then Hart had to pull of a good save or st johstone would have scored Taylor is to small to protect back post it’s a freeheader for opposition in every game the he’s on the small-size
Comfort? Timid? That sounds like an accurate summing up of the captain. To be fair, he did score a screamer to equalise but he needs to pull the finger out.