Former Rangers striker Steven Thompson thinks that Celtic have regressed this season in comparison to last.
Former Rangers striker Steven Thompson thinks that unless Celtic go on to to win a domestic treble of Scottish Premiership, Cup and League Cup for a second successive season then their campaign will have been “underwhelming”.
Thompson points to the fact that with just six league matches left to play, the Bhoys have scored 44 fewer goals than they did in their impressive unbeaten term of 2016/17.
While the 39-year-old admits that replicating the amazing achievements of last season was always going to be extremely difficult for Brendan Rodgers’ side, the ex-forward actually thinks they’ve gotten worse.
Thompson points to the inferior goalscoring returns of the likes of Moussa Dembele, Leigh Griffiths and Stuart Armstrong in 2017/18 compared to last year and has pinpointed Scott Sinclair as the perfect representation of this downward turn.
The former Dundee United and St Mirren man spent three years at Ibrox and with such strong connections to Gers, these views are unlikely to be greeted very kindly in the green and white sections of Glasgow.
“The truth is that while Celtic have regressed, the others have improved, and the league is certainly stronger this year than it was last,” Thompson wrote in his Herald column.
“As ridiculous as it may sound in normal circumstances when a team is in the position that Celtic are at this stage of the campaign, there is an argument to say that if they do fail to deliver the Scottish Cup and the treble, their season may be perceived to have been somewhat underwhelming.”
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