Modest Tony Watt has praised the contribution of Gary Hooper after yesterday’s double against Inverness Caley Thistle.
Watt has been used to playing as a sole striker for the Celtic u-19 side with any of the five strong midfield pushing up in support.
Hooper produced his best performance of the season with Watt pulling the home defence all over the pitch with his powerful running.
“Gary is a different type of player from me,” the teenager admitted. “He’s intelligent and he holds the ball up better than I do.
“He talks you through the games. It was great to have him alongside me because it really helped me out.”
Yesterday’s match was the first time that Watt had made Neil Lennon’s starting line up but a few words from the manager ensured that nerves weren’t an issue.
“I wasn’t nervous and I wanted to go into the game with a clear head,” Watt explained. “But the manager did have a word with me before the match and it definitely helped.
“He told me I was a good enough player and that I could do it for the team. He challenged me to go out there and do it and thankfully that’s what I did. I am grateful to him for the chance.
“I am there to score goals and that is what I have done. It was great to get a few against Caley, and the win.
“You try to impress and I’ve done as well as I could. Hopefully I have given the manager food for thought and if I’m on the bench I’ll be happy.
“It’s a massive game for us and we all know what is at stake. Hopefully we can do it. I will just work hard in training and I’ll see where it takes me.”
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Tony watt talks a good game and can play it is well great young man speaks as good as he plays. hail hail
Bit off topic a think the penny has dropped on hun media fat sally must go 3rd div is embarrassing they cry you’ve got to laugh we tried telling them and they didn’t listen enjoy the adventure haha silly williams hail hail
I would give him the 2nd half against the swedes at least. He deserves a chance to show what he is capable of on the big stage
Agreed sands1888 he should get some solid playtime imo. Personally I would like to have seen Lennon swap out broony last Tuesday cos he was struggling and moved commons back into the CM at about 60 mins. Watt as LS Hopper RS.
Interesting that he is used to functioning as a lone striker. Opens up options we don’t have so much of right now. The young lad needs decent gametime this season to develop. Although Lennon says “He’s a hopeless trainer” which makes me understand why he is so hesitant about things.
Nows the time to bring the lads through, in the league especially, we can keep the superstars for the ramsdens sorry EUROPEAN cup