Kris Commons came off his sickbed to put Motherwell to the sword.
The former Derby County man can do little wrong just now in front of goal taking his tally to seven goals from three games as Celtic hammered Motherwell 5-0.
Commons opened the scoring with a cheeky back-heel just before the half time break then scored an opportunist tap in after 76 minutes as Motherwell caved in to their rampant visitors.
A second hat-trick looked to be on the cards but after starting the day doubtful through a virus Neil Lennon took his former team-mate off with his replacement Bahrudin Atajic completing the scoring with Celtic’s final goal of the night.
“I’ve been laid up in bed all day and not feeling too well,” Commons revealed afterwards.
“I’ve had a bit of flu so I was happy to come off as I was looking up at the clock after about 70 minutes ready for another oxygen tank.
Celtic have found top form just as their Champions League campaign is ending with Commons wondering what might have been as they prepare to face Barcelona in midweek.
“If we were playing at this level consistently in the Champions League, you never know where it might take us.
“That’s all done and dusted now and we must concentrate on next year and the only way we get in that environment next year is winning the league, we’re trying to do that convincingly this year.
“I was looking at a few clips of previous games here and we do sometimes struggle but we carried our form on from the Hearts game. We’re not happy at winning two or three, we want to go on and get five or six.”
Three years ago Commons was a run of the mill midfielder at Derby before a £350,000 fee brought him to Celtic.
Last night Lennon suggested that the 30-year-old was his best pound for pound signing- it’s hard to argue with the view of the Celtic boss.
Great Result, poor performance from certain section of fans, we d;nt need this behaviour, no excuse;s bad when a lot of our fans are saying no more away games if this do;nt stop. time somethng was done d;nt blame police you bring shame to our club
Nearly another performance of Utopia
standard.
It should have been 7 as ref denied 2 stonewall penalties.
Great praise for Commons,many a player
would have called off.But you can see he
has a feeling for our club.
As you said before Joe,entertainment in
the league should be the norm now.We
should try and have the league sown up
by April or earlier.So players can get a rest
and be ready for CL qualifiers.
Atajic took his goal well.Pukki looked livlier.But quality striker(s) for CL a must.
I hope Lenny’s taking in a game in england today.The transfer window(s) will
be key to unlocking CL millions.As long as
the standard of player(s) to play at this
level are brought in.
Great result, some brilliant goals and a few stand-out performances, yet instead of Lenny and his players getting the recognition they deserve for all their efforts it’s been overshadowed by the actions of a bunch of arrogant self-promoting dickheads trying to make a name for themselves as Ultras.
Getting sick to the back teeth of seeing Celtic’s reputation being dragged through the gutter by these fucking pathetic wannabe ultras. This lot don’t give a shit about Celtic Football Club, not only are they ruining the great reputation of the club and the Celtic support but they are costing the club thousands in fines and compensation for repairs, money that could be put to better use.
This club doesn’t need ultras, it doesn’t want them and the sooner they all fuck off the better.
Hail Hail.
Anybody know if these dickheads are sevco in disguise. Just seems to me all this is a bit of coincidence that all this has only started since their train wreck of a club went down the toilet. If not, time to start lifetime bans for these muppets. Money is not the issue, I am more concerned with the clubs reputation being destroyed by these self serving c***s.