The Media Holds Up Our Loss Of Form, And Ignores The Form Of Other Teams.
Celtic’s form has been ropey all season, but look at the league table. That’s our name at the top, that’s our club with a nine point lead. The media wants everyone to focus on how poorly we’ve played; well hell, in spite of that we’re still in a very secure position.
The form over the last month has not been brilliant, but look at our so-called challengers; can anyone say their own form has been all that much better? Sevco are getting all sorts of plaudits for their start to the year … that start includes a loss at home to Hibs.
Aberdeen have been all over the place. They have an inability to get results when it really matters. Neither they nor Sevco were able to capitalise when we lost to Kilmarnock. Graeme Murty is hailed as some kind of genius; his side has lost seventeen points since he took over there, a statistic that should horrify the press and their support.
It doesn’t seem to.
All the negativity surrounds us and how badly we’re playing; we’re not worse off in terms of our lead than we were before the break.
Honestly, I sometimes think the press in this country operates in a parallel realm from the rest of us.
They have a total inability to face up to reality. Sevco’s “title push” is based on sheer fantasy. They are nowhere near as good as they are being hyped. Their manager is a long-ball merchant, a throwback to the 1980’s, influenced by people like Jimmy Nichol.
He has made them a slightly more aggressive unit going forward … but teams who keep it tight against them and hit on the break will always have a chance. Teams which approach games against them without fear will beat them, as Hibs have twice already.
We might not be brilliant this season, but we’re not top of the table by accident; the form of our so-called rivals is not that hot either and there’s no sign of it stabilising.
