Season 1 review
End of Season Headlines
Killie sack Allan Johnson and replaced him with Alex McLeish
Hibs recover from a 1st leg defeat to retain there spot in the SPL
Celtic 2013/14
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Pre Season Targets
SPL - Winners
Scottish cup - Quarter Finals
Scottish League Cup - Winners
Europe - Last 16
Only objection i failed on was the Scottish Cup showing that i'll need a deeper squad next term.
Key Players
Fraser Forster
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Its no coincident that our dodgy start to the season ended as Forster came back from his pre season injury. Another season where his reputation grew and to top it all off he picked up his 1st cap for England as he fights for a world cup starting spot
Emilio Izaguirre
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A lynchpin at the back in the league but when we go off to Europe he's not so dependable. Will have my eyes open for a young Left back to take his place
Scott Brown
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My captain lead my stacked midfield through the year but his ambition looks like it will take him away from parkhead. Planned to loose a midfielder in the summer so for the right price he'll be outta here!
Will Hughes
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A Very solid 1st season for the teenager. Certainly one of the squads better players throughout the year. He will probably lead the midfield next season.
Derk Boerrigter
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The Dutch winger started the season hardly sneaking a a seat on the bench but soon got his chance and added goals and assists and had one of our highest cub ratings this term
Leigh Griffiths
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Griffiths was utterly inspired by his 1st season at Parkhead. averaged a goal a game in all competition falling 1 goal short of Henrik Larsson's all time single season record. His 30 league goals mostly scored to keep us in the hunt while St Mirren were worrying me. Would be hard to remove him next season.
SPL Review
St Mirren - 10/10 caused a HUGE shock by being right in the title hunt till the last 10 games thanks to Newcastle's Adam Campbell and Paul McGowan leading the front line while Marian Kello performed some magic at the back.
Dundee Utd - 7/10 The leagues most promising side saw young wingers Ryan Gauld & Nadif Ciftci contribute 32 goals just a few short of main striker Brian Graham's total. Keeping a hold of Gauld will be there main objective. He's possibly the only player from a main side i would sign to make sure he stayed in the SPL but ONLY if another side were to bid on him.
Aberdeen - 6/10 were the form side at the end of the season but didnt have enough to get into the top 3. The dons underperformed through the season and owe Adam Rooney for his goal a game ratio. Only Clangers, Mark Reynolds and Willo Flood played over 30 games showing that injurys cost them through the year.
Inverness CT - 5/10 had a awful 1st half of the season which saw them well out of the top 6. A solid 2nd half saw them safely into the top half but they need to add someone who will score 15+ goals next term after top scorer James Vincent finished with 6.
Motherwell - 4/10 Could rely on Henri Anier to bring in the goals but he also made more goals than anyone else in the Motherwell team. Keeping him will be there no1 priority and maybe clear out some of the overpaid donkeys on the bench or in the reserves.
St Johnstone - 5/10 were top of the bottom half and can only wonder what if they had kept Stevie May. A decent squad that lacked the lead striker that may have taken them to the top half.
Ross County - 5/10 The 1st side that are a LONG way form competing for a top 6 spot never mind getting into Europe ect. Kris Doolan from Partick kept County out of danger for now.
Partick Thistle - 6/10 Would just have been happy to survive with the shape there squad is in. Once again the presence of a lead striker kept there heads above water.
Kilmarnock - 3/10 Allan Johnston couldnt capitalise on SPL record scorer Kris Boyd or the quality french forward William Gros and deservedly that cost him a job. Hopefully Alex McLeish can get the best out of Boyd and take Killie back up the table.
Hibs - 2/10 A side in an awful mess. Like most teams they lost there best young players but unlike most sides they made no effort or ability to bring in suitable replacements and there performance was a joke to the extent that a destroyed Hearts team almost caught them up by the end of season. Lots of work for Craig Levein over the summer.
Hearts.
- 5/10 If it wasnt for the 15 point deduction the Jambo's would have finished up in 10 which would have been a utter miracle with the state of a squad they were left with. I only hope they can sort themselves out and return the SPL next season but it may take a bit longer than that. At least they can have 4 big money matches with Rangers
Rangers - 6/10 Will get a mention since they are likley to be back in the SPL sooner rather than later. A few players have come and gone but there two stand out players Lee Wallace & Lee McCulloch both left to the English Championship.
Scottish Cup Final
Dundee Utd 1-0 Ross County
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The young Dundee Utd side beat our conquerors in the final.
Champions League Final
Bayern Munich 1-1 Real Madrid
Real win 5-4 on pens
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Defending champions are beaten by Madrid on Penaltys
Season Awards
Player of the year
Scott Brown
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Young Player of the year
Adam Campbell -
On loan from Newcastle
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Top Scorer
Leigh Griffiths
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Manager of the Year
Me
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Team of the Year
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My Celtic side has 7 players in the team