What Celtic must now show as no excuses lurk after weekend statement over talent
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00:00I think for Celtic they need to show that they've got that pathway we've spoke about it before that they have talented players you've had Rocco Vata you've had Daniel Kelly and whether these guys were going to establish themselves I don't know but they certainly haven't had they've either had not had the chance or they've been lured down south Ben Doak obviously the name won before you've really got to see what they're capable of in a Celtic jersey so
00:28these games at the end of the season might not mean much in a competitive sense but at least you know because playing against Hibs Hibs do have stuff to play for I think that sometimes what gets lost in it is that as much as Celtic don't have stuff to play for they're playing against a team who do and if you don't raise your game to some sort of level then they will beat you if they've got that wee bit more to play for so they did it comfortably it's hard to gauge how you know how good bad
00:58different a player is off a cameo I think it's more just that experience of getting out at Parkhead sampling the crowd roasting hot day and just memories for life type stuff he's played quite regularly for the for the Lowland League B team he'd played quite regularly
01:15in the UEFA Youth League as well and we didn't really start the season too much involved with the B team I don't know if there was an injury there or what but since coming back into the fold he's been a he's been a regular for that team so
01:32you know is the next step to go out on loan maybe but I think from a Celtic point of view they need to work out how do they get these guys into a team more often because for me personally I feel that Celtic have got the luxury no one else has in Scotland when it comes to these games in that every other team in Scotland can use the excuse I'm not saying they should but they can use the excuse that we're under pressure to win points
01:59sustain the division to get into Europe which can be game changing for our academy so we can't really put in a youngster for the amount of time Celtic don't really have that pressure in terms of the quality they have
02:11they're going to win most games so they can then bring in a youngster for half an hour or they can start them in a game after a Champions League game or they can start them at this stage in the season even from January back because there's not that
02:24the pressure to win is from the fans and from the demands that the club set itself not in a league sense they could have lost another couple of games this season and been absolutely fine and still won it by a double digit margin
02:35so you would want to see Celtic Rangers and the rest of Scottish football as well start to play these young guys a bit more often because I think we've seen some of the stats this season for minutes played by youngsters there's not too many over their thousand minute marks so the more we see of Sean McCardle the better
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