Celtic defender admits Parkhead players are feeling supporters’ fury

Celtic defender admits Parkhead players are feeling supporters’ fury

The players of Celtic, according to Cameron Carter-Vickers,

are well aware of the anger their supporters feel at their unexpected decline in performance in the title game.

They are committed to putting on the kind of performances and outcomes

that will win their enraged supporters back over in the upcoming weeks.

Parkhead supporters were furious on Saturday after the Scottish champions,

who had been humiliated six days earlier at Rugby Park after losing 2-1 to Kilmarnock,

suffered a costly 2-0 loss to Hearts in Glasgow’s East End.

They hadn’t lost consecutive league games since back in 2013,

so this was a disheartening setback that allowed their city rivals Rangers,

who are now five points behind with two games remaining,

to pass them at the top of the standings.

Season ticket holders in the main stand expressed their opinions to

Celtic directors about what they saw on the park at the conclusion of

the match against Tynecastle club quite bluntly.

Then, cries of “Sack the Board” and “Lawwell, Lawwell, Get to F***,” aimed at Peter,

the current chairman and former CEO, resounded around the mostly deserted area.

When it became apparent that there would be no dramatic comeback,

there were also unpleasant situations close to the directors’ box.

Stewards intervened to provide cover for the under-fire leadership and to

remove two supporters who had confronted each other amid heated arguments.

Carter-Vickers, the centre half, admitted that resentment and animosity had permeated

the field after he was unable to stop Lawrence Shankland and Stephen Kingsley from scoring in the first half.

The American international, nevertheless,

declared that he and his teammates were just as angry as their fans about

the way they performed in both attack and defence and promised that

this appalling performance will not be repeated when they play Livingston at home this weekend.

“You can always sense that and it’s understandable from the fans,”

the Celtics player responded when asked if he and the other players had been aware of the disturbance in the stands.

As players, we are aware that we must improve, and the supporters will share our sentiments if we do.

Our performance levels require our attention,

and as they improve, the outcomes will follow.

“We didn’t measure up. We need to focus on improving on our two careless goals that we gave up during training.

It’s likely that we ought to have produced more and utilised the opportunities we did have to try to tie the score.

In the end, it was insufficient.

“I didn’t think Kingsley’s goal came from a free-kick.”

As soon as I put my foot down on the floor, Nathan Atkinson began to slip.

He sort of skipped into my planted leg, resulting in a free-kick from the referee.

But we most likely didn’t play well enough to win the game during the course of the ninety minutes.

We must examine it and work to make improvements.

Carter-Vickers acknowledged that he did not know the precise causes of Celtic’s two consecutive Premiership losses,

but he emphasised that the players would maintain composure in

the face of increasing pressure and work to come to a cold-blooded decision

in the coming days during training at Lennoxtown.

He remarked, “I’m not sure what has happened.” It’s difficult to say at this time.

You can see that your emotions are elevated after a game loss.

However, as a team, we must now put in a lot of effort on

the training pitch and strive to start putting on stronger performances.

Better performances translate into victories.

We weren’t skilled enough in the last third to generate obvious opportunities for goals even when we did manage to get in and around the area.

Once more, that’s something we should consider and work to do better at.

“But you have to try to take the emotion out of it as much as you can,

” Carter Vickers went on. All you can really do is look at the football,

evaluate the game, and strive to get better.

The feeling is reasonable.

It is natural for players and supporters to feel that way when a game is lost,

but there is little use in viewing a game through an emotional lens.

You need to approach it with objectivity, maintain your composure, and work on getting better.

We must examine what went wrong and determine how,

both individually and as a team, we can get better.

Our performances will improve if we take such action.

With Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda,

and Oh Hyeon-gyu all scheduled to play in the Asian Cup next month,

Rodgers hopes to bolster his team during the January transfer window.

He has made it clear that acquiring forwards is his first goal.

Carter-Vickers is still adamant that Celtic currently possesses the strength, depth,

and quality enough to win the Scottish championship,

but he will welcome any reinforcements that come in.

Really, that’s up to the manager, he stated. “We follow his decision, whatever it may be,

and proceed accordingly. But I believe our squad is strong.

We’re now going through a rough patch of results and a little terrible form,

but we know and trust in ourselves that if we put in the necessary effort and get better,

we can overcome this.

Finding areas for improvement through analysis is where the real work is done.

When referee Kevin Clancy blew at the end of the game on Saturday night,

the 25-year-old realised what the Hearts defeat meant for Rangers.

Despite this, he insisted that Celtic approach every game they play the same way, regardless of their position.

He responded, “Of course I’m aware of it.” “Although our lead is clearly eroding now,

there are still plenty of games left in December,” the player said.

You must approach each game as it comes up.

It would still be important to maintain getting better and winning as many games as you can at this point,

regardless of whether we were 10 points ahead or 10 points behind.

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