Aidan Nesbitt taught the highly rated Murray Park All Stars a lesson with a double in Celtic’s 3-0 win over Sevco in the Development League.
At the SFA Youth Cup Final at Hampden in April Nesbitt claimed a hat-trick as Celtic took the trophy thanks to a 5-2 scoreline with today’s victory every bit as emphatic.
Charlie Mulgrew and Eoghan O’Connell were the only players in Tommy McIntyre’s side to have started a first team match this season with the young hoops cramming all three goals into a ten minute spell either side of half time.
Despite sustained Celtic pressure it looked like the first half would finish goal-less but three minutes from the break Nesbitt produced a poacher’s finish to stab the ball home from a Calvin Miller cross from the left flank.
Five minutes into the second period Ryan Christie scored his first goal as a Celtic player, taking advantage of a slip from goalkeeper Robby McCrorie to double Celtic’s lead.
Two minutes later Nesbitt was again on target firing in a low angled shot following great work by Paul McMullan who has returned to Celtic following a loan spell at St Mirren.
Fortunately for the visitors there was no further scoring with former Manchester United starlet Jordan Thompson booked in the last 20 minutes alongside team-mates Jamie Brandon and Dylan Dykes.
Mulgrew, making his first appearance in two months following injury was replaced at half time by Mark Hill with Celtic superior to their lower division opponents in every area of the park.
Nesbitt is expected to complete a loan move to an SPFL Premiership side tonight.
CELTIC: Fasan; Ralston (Breslin 81), Kelleher, O’Connell, Waters; Thomson, Mulgrew (Hill 46); Nesbitt, Christie, Miller (Hendry 88); McMullan.
Subs: Doohan, McCart, Wardrop, Archibald
Would like to have seen him given a chance in the first team but today we have signed another loan player (YET ANOTHER BLOODY WINGER) and a guy who has a reputation for causing a row in an empty house.
What the hell does it matter who we sign anyway when only play one bugger up front.
Our club is a shambles from top to bottom. Top heavy with guy who will never see a first team jersey yet we can’t get rid of them.
Really hacked off today.
Well done the young guns. I have watched Nesbitt a few times and he is a star in the making getting first team experience with Partick will be great for the lad.
I’m getting over it now having watched the match again it only shows the manager is out his depth.
He is a cracking guy but has no right to be Celtic manager.
The second goal is a foul on the keeper no doubt,but too many players ball watch and are not prepared to give their all.
This is a bad reflection on the manager and his staff get them out now.
Good move for Nesbitt, I feel he is still a wee bit short of the level required at this moment to make an impact at Celtic. Decision making / Positioning has to improve but obviously this will come with greater experience. Playing against 1st team regulars will help, while Thistle also play good football.
Difficult to win ANY game with 10 men…even more so when we miss blatant opportunities & see clear fouls ignored which cost us goals. Missing a penalty only added to the problem
Now it’s all about tonight v Aberdeen though…hoping for a positive reaction.
I’ll give the new guys a few games before making any judgement on their worth to the side, read too many “experts” writing off such as Boruc – Moravcik – Wanyama – Vega et al before they even got a chance to show what they can do.