Mark Wilson Is The Latest Ex-Celtic Player To Become An Insufferable Media Climber.

This morning, CQN published an excellent piece about Daizen Maeda, and demolished, utterly, the idea that there had been luck involved in his goal at the weekend.

They didn’t chose to highlight his movement for that one; what was brilliant was that they chose to highlight his run for the one that Kyogo finished. It echoes every word the manager said.

When you look at it as they have, his vision and awareness are exceptional, and it is obvious even from the still images. As O’Riley plays the ball forward Kyogo is well in front of it and inside the opposition half.

Maeda is in Celtic half, and he sprints up the pitch so that when Kyogo finally puts the ball past the keeper his Japanese partner is inside the penalty area waiting for the merest deflection so that he can finish it off.

One of the things that makes a great footballer is spatial awareness; the ability to know what’s happening around you and your own position relative to the ball. Maeda’s is exceptional and combined with his key attributes – his pace and his work rate – it makes him a nightmare for opposing players to deal with.

The manager already spelled this out. CQN has forensically dissected the third to show Maeda’s vision and alertness. Yet Mark Wilson – yes, our former player – was on Clyde the other night dismissing Ange’s comments about Maeda’s own goal.

And this sums up the growing frustration – even anger – a lot of our fans feel towards Wilson right now, as he seems to have slotted into a familiar role; that of the ex-Celtic player in the media who believes that the best way to show his “impartiality” is to criticise us and play down our achievements as much as he possibly can.

He has been doing it for a couple of months now, and it’s starting to really bug a lot of the fans I know, especially those who – for their sins – still listen to Clyde.

I don’t mind people who talk nonsense for a living.

I get away with it, after all, as a lot of my own critics will be happy to tell you. But we all recognise the Uncle Tims now, because we all know the MO. Wilson isn’t on the level of a Walker, Nicholas or Commons yet.

But the operative word here is yet. He’s already perilously close to it.