The begin if this season beneath Brendan Rodgers at Celtic couldn’t virtually have went a lot better.
Apart from the slip up against St Johnstone, the Celtic manager had beaten Rangers in the first Glasgow Derby of the season, had went unbeaten in his first sixteen games, got a creditable draw in opposition to Atletico Madrid and narrowly missed beating Lazio in the Champions League.
It was all ticking alongside quite nicely in the league until December kicked in. But up till that point the crew have been developing chances, goals the place coming from the midfielders and we also had a healthful lead at the pinnacle of the table.
We also had a participant who was in remarkable structure inMatt O’Riley. The Danish global used to be lights up Europe and was, at one point, Celtic’s pinnacle goalscorer.
But it looks that he nonetheless has a bit of enhancing to do if he virtually wants to make it at international level. That’s in accordance to fomer Celtic defender, Marc Rieper.
Rieper is a massive fan of O’Riley however delivered a stark message that regardless of his excellent start to this season, he wants to do more to smash into the Denmark team.
Rieper stated [Daily Record], “I was once over last 12 months at the coaching ground and had a chat with Matt and the former manager.
“Matt is up against some certainly nicely mounted midfielders in Eriksen and guys like that.
“But he is a player I comprehend the manager is searching after. Morten Wieghorst, who has a big heart for Celtic, is gazing him closely. He is a talented player. He wants to improve in some departments.
“But he is a huge participant in terms of scoring dreams and assists and will be imperative for Celtic in the next few months.”
It does seem that O’Riley’s form has taken a dip when you consider that the iciness spoil and the Celtic followers will be hoping that he will return to his incredible high-quality for the title run-in.
Heaven is aware of we need him. His dreams have been imperative for Celtic this season and his vision at picking out Kyogo Furuhashi at instances this season has been unbelievable.
With Celtic now two factors at the back of Rangers, they need their massive players to step up and in Matt O’Riley Rodgers has a participant who is an out-and-out match-winner.
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