Most Celtic fans were delighted to hear that Leigh Griffiths had pulled out of the Scotland squad for the internationals with Israel and Portugal.
The striker wants to use the fortnight break in club fixtures to improve his fitness with October likely to be a telling month for Celtic’s prospects.
????????Well done Leigh on 2 counts. Focus entirely on Celtic first ? (wish other Celts players had in the past,or will do same in the future). Secondly,McLeish displayed massive disrespect towards you with innuendo in your direction that Naismith was his choice https://t.co/IoOaeqvzaS
— matt mcglone (@MattMcGlone9) October 8, 2018
Great news well done
— John Cameron (@bhoyjohn1888) October 8, 2018
— flintcams (@flintcams) October 8, 2018
he is a dirty blazer wearing handwringing gammon heed hun nomark….no celtic player should play for the national team as long as ebt’rs are involved and the sfa are still blinkered by their anti celtic agendas
— pmcc13 (@pmcc1313) October 8, 2018
Tell McLeish to ram it. He was selected on masonic credentials by the corrupt SFA. All Celtic players should withdraw until an independent inquiry into Peat etc has been initiated.
— Boxer Logic (@MikeyCorrigan) October 8, 2018
Correct answer from Leigh Griffiths. Why would you be a side salad for someone like Alex Mcleish. How disrespectful from Mcleish. I did not realise he had a surplus of better players for this position – time will tell ????
— Karen Fenion (@fenion_karen) October 8, 2018
CELTIC get a grip and pull our players out of that corrupt sfa let them at liebrox help them. celtic show abit of bottle and stand up tae they corrupt cheating f……
— T.MCGHEE..GARNGAD67 (@TMcghee17) October 8, 2018
Important league clashes plus cup ties against against Hearts and RB Leipzig are of far more interest to 90% of Celtic supporters than the efforts of the SFA XI.
Support for the Scotland national team rarely got beyond lukewarm from Celtic supporters with the stunts of the last decade placing a further strain on the relationship.
With clubs from Ibrox immune to the rules that other clubs play under few Celtic fans give the national team more than a passing interest with the appointment of Alex McLeish as manager confirming most suspicions.
Five Celtic players remain in the squad that faces Israel on Thursday night.
