John Hartson still believes that Scott Sinclair can be a Celtic match winner.
The winger has had a miserable time of it in 2018 with most of that time spent watching from the bench.
Sunday’s ‘display’ at Kilmarnock was typically ineffective with no one surprised when he was substituted early in the second half having made little impression on the match.
The former Aston Villa winger was barely recognisable from the free flowing goalscorer of the 2016/17 season but Hartson is confident that Sinclair still has a big role to play at Celtic this season.
“I honestly think that Celtic were dynamic and aggressive when Sinclair was on song,” he told the Evening Times. “He really brought something different to the team and could go and be a match winner.
“Sometimes I think a lot of that comes down to confidence. I don’t know the best way to get that back but you don’t lose it. You don’t become a bad player.
“Like Griffiths, I think the advice is to get onto the training ground. You need to want it yourself. You want to have that drive, that desire to be better, to be the best that you can be.
“You get one good game under your belt and it can spark that form again. I don’t think it’s too late for him to resurrect his Celtic career again.”
Sinclair has only started two of Celtic’s six SPFL matches this season with his only goal coming in the Champions League defeat away to AEK Athens.
Lewis Morgan took his place against Kilmarnock on Sunday and is in contention to start tomorrow’s Betfred Cup tie away to St Johnstone which sees the hoops put the trophy that they have won in three of the last four seasons on the line.
