Talented Celtic Midfielder Doesn’t Need “Help” Or Analysis From Anyone In The Media.

It’s always nice, isn’t it, when the media steps up to offer “advice” to one of our players. And in this case the player in question is David Turnbull, as Marvin Bartley tries to explain where it’s all gone wrong for him.

Except, who says that it’s gone wrong?

David Turnbull hasn’t played as much as he might have liked, but he’s 23 years old.

He’s in a stronger Celtic team than any of us has seen in years.

I’ve looked at his stats, and when he’s not been injured or serving a suspension he has played a part in every game in this campaign. Often he comes on late, but for anyone in the media to say his career is going backwards … well that’s just arrant nonsense.

He’s a young guy. He has years at the top ahead of him, and I hope that those years are in a Celtic shirt. I firmly believe he’ll sign a new deal and commit his future to the club.

He has a huge role to play at Parkhead, and if you don’t believe it think on this.

For the limited minutes he has had this season, he has five goals and five assists. That’s in a little over 1000 minutes of playing time. The media darling who is Ryan Kent has three goals and eight assists. But he’s played three times as many minutes as Turnbull has, so you tell me who’s going backwards as a player and who needs advice from our hacks.

Opportunities will come his way, more and more.

But this Celtic team is going to be built around guys who are up for the fight and this kid has proved that he’s not going to shy away from a battle. He’s shown tremendous courage in his career so far.

He will be fine. He’s not having a crisis of confidence or any of that other garbage.

He’s just not playing every minute of every game, but that’s the norm right now for any player at our club. Our manager plays a rotation system and that means virtually nobody gets 90 minutes anyway.

It’s all about taking your chances as they come, and if he keeps on setting up and scoring goals he will have plenty of them between now and the season’s end.