Liam Scales' level debated after Celtic edge Kilmarnock 1-0
The Football Show panel assessed Celtic's 1-0 win over Kilmarnock, the missed penalty, Martin O'Neill's new signings and the minute's silence for the poppy.
By Peter Martin,
Liam Scales scored the winner as Celtic beat Kilmarnock 1-0 on Sunday, in a match that also featured a missed penalty and a goal chalked off. On The Football Show, the panel went through the result, the defender's standing in the side, the penalty and Martin O'Neill's new signings, before turning to Celtic fans and the minute's silence for the poppy.
Is Scales good enough?
Scales may have settled the game, but the question put to the panel was whether he is good enough for Celtic. The answer offered was a qualified one. "He's good at domestic level," was the first part of the assessment, followed by the caveat: "This is Celtic's level now."
Who should have taken the penalty?
Celtic's missed spot kick prompted a debate over who should have stepped up. One of the panel would have handed the ball to the striker who had gone "16 or so" games without scoring, a player who, in the panel's words, "just needs a goal". The argument was that the penalty could have been the chance to end that run.
O'Neill's new signings
The panel also discussed Martin O'Neill's new signings, with the conversation centred on players "struggling to adapt".
The poppy and the minute's silence
The programme finished on Celtic fans and the minute's silence for the poppy. The point made was a direct one: "Just show the people respect who have actually fought for the democracy."