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Hugh Keevins slaps Kasper Schmeichel for disrespecting Celtic boss Martin O'Neill and the fans
Mar 22, 2026
Read our explosive critique on CBS bottling the big questions they never asked Schmeichel here 👉 https://bornceltic.com/2026/03/19/the-critical-questions-cbs-bottled-asking-celtic-goalkeeper-kasper-schmeichel/
Hugh Keevins is NOT holding back on this one. Kasper Schmeichel’s handling of his injury update has sent shockwaves through #celticfc Park, but it’s the way the news broke that has Hugh Keevins absolutely flamethrowing the Danish keeper.
Is Schmeichel’s career at Celtic effectively over after this bombshell?
In this session, we break down:
The Damage Done: Why Keevins believes Kasper has "flamethrowered" his Celtic reputation
The Injury Truth: How Schmeichel has thrown Celtic under the bus.
The Celtic backroom man Schmeichel has betrayed.
Hugh doesn't mince his words—this is a brutal takedown of Schmeichel Celtic fans will find hard to disagree with.
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>> Hugh, what have you made of it this
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week? Um, first of all, I would say to
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Stephen, it's not reflective of Celtic's
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recruitment policy, which is, and I've
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said it often enough, terrible. Celtic
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have failed that the club failed
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managers, failed the fans by having
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successive transfer windows that are
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laughable. However, Casper Schmeichel
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doesn't come into that category. And you
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can't really disagree with that view
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from Hugh because Smeichel came in to
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take over from heart. The Celtic fans
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will love him. He was comfortable with
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the ball at his feet. He's making good
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saves. Seemed like a commanding figure.
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He was definitely a good role model and
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a leader in the dressing room. He just
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appeared to have the all round game. But
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he's ruined all that now. when he came
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to Celtic, Brendan Rogers brought him
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in. Everyone said at the time he's even
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better than Joe Hart and he was
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outstanding for Celtic. But there's no
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doubt and that's why I use the
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expression taking a flamethrower to his
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own reputation. There's no doubt he has
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used Celtic. He has let down Celtic and
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he should have been more honest about
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the extent of his physical problem. And
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there in lies problem. Celtic fans saw
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that Schmeiko wasn't right for leaks.
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They saw that he wasn't mobile. They saw
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that he couldn't see the ball. They saw
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from his demeanor that he wasn't fully
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fit. But yet he continued to play. So
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the question needs to be asked did Smel
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be honest of Celtic mal and the physio
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team about how he was feeling how he
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wasn't mobile how he couldn't I suppose
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perform to his maximum capacity
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because he was protecting his world cup
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dream and not giving a flying toss about
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Celtics but to defend a title and win
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the Scottish cup
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>> not heard from the man himself he might
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even present it as I've put my body on
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the line and I'm now going to miss a
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World Cup to try and stay fit for
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Celtic.
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>> Yeah. Or did he try to stay fit for
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Denmark by using Celtic? Because there's
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no doubt that Casper Schmeichel was not
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the same goalkeeper
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>> and this is where Hugh absolutely nails
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it. He wasn't a thinker at Celtic. If
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you look back at what Michael was saying
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in his previous interview, all we spoke
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about was his World Cup dream with
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Denmark. That was it. Celtic an
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afterthought. And it seems that well he
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was keeping himself fat and to keep
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himself within a shout or ving that
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world cup remained an afterthought and
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he still remain an afterthought and it's
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absolutely blatant but yet some people
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can't see that. I think he's also been
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disrespectful to the club to announce it
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in the manner in which he did. very
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disrespectful to Martin O'Neal, a man
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who has worked hard this season to
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overcome various difficulties that have
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been put his way. Uh so I think Casper
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Schmeichel was disrespectful to Martin
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O'Neal in particular, to the club in
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general and to the supporters because he
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has not given full disclosure. He must
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have known uh just how bad things were.
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And that's the thing. He must have felt
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it. He must have known. Right. Okay.
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Let's take into account the fact that it
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might he might not have known his career
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was over. But Jesus, a dislocated
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shoulder, a done in rotator cuff, and
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whatever that labium thing is, and he
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even described itself as like having a
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an Achilles tendon, and an ACL injury.
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Now, if a normal player gets that, they
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know that it's serious. So he must have
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known a guy over 20 years as a
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goalkeeper that his shoulder was done in
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but yeah he never said a thing.
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>> No but I don't think he did. I don't
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think we'll put it this way. He can't
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have known he was playing with a
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careerending injury.
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>> Well I think when Steven references the
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the the body distorting attempts that he
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made to save the ball to protect a part
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of his body. Players always say they
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know their own body best. He must have
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been aware of being in trouble.
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>> That's where Hugh is buying on the
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money. I mean, as a regular guy who
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played amateur football, I knew that if
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I was near 100% fit, then how would he
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be able to play? So, you would say, "How
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can he play for a professional
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goalkeeper standing of a busted
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shoulder? Come on, let's have it."
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You know, I think Casper Michael knew he
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was going on television to say what he
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said. It's what an industrial tribunal
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would call industrial misconduct. You
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know, Steven made the point early on
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that
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>> maybe I think we're maybe going a we bit
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far. Let's be careful
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the physio really well and
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>> I can imagine him sitting there at night
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and obviously the news will come through
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because he'll get the text message
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obviously being the head physio. the
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he's basically chucked him under a bus
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>> and he's not just chucked the physio
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under a bus, he's also chucked Martin
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under a bus who then had to face
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questions about Schmeichel and his
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injury and said I've taught him about a
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crucial Scottish Premiership game coming
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up. So I he has been selfish. He was d
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and I wouldn't be surprised if people
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behind the scenes were absolutely human
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about this. Martin Neil all season long
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in two terms as manager has had to play
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it for laughs uh in order to hold a club
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together. Uh and that's what he's doing
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here in the midst of this situation. Uh
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however to go back to Steven's early
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point about Casper Michael he'll be on a
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very handsome wage at Celtic and to go
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and break the news in the fashion in
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which he did is absolutely unacceptable
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and that's a point many people are
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missing. He's on at least 15 grand a
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week. He's got three months left, four
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months left on his contract. Pick out
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that money. It's a disgraceful way to
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conduct yourself.
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I kind of get where everyone's coming
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from here. I do think there's just a
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little a little balance to be struck
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where Casper Schmeichel might have known
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he had an issue, but you have to at
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least take a slight bit of good faith
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and think he thought it was an issue he
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could get through. He didn't know he was
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playing with a careerthreatening injury.
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>> No. Uh unfortunately for Casper
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Schmeichel because of the way the news
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was broken, he has lost the regard of
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the Celtic supporters who now are of the
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opinion that he has used the club,
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disrespected the club and Martin in
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particular. Um eventually we're going to
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have to get round to talking about VJ
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Sinalo
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because this
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young man has come in and done
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exceptionally well and will need to
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steer Celtic uh league and cup uh from
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now until the end of the season. Um I I
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think that the Casper Schmeichel issue
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has given all of us a good story to chew
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over for a week, but there's actually a
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bigger issue now than Casper Schmeichel.
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>> And you know what that big issue was?
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He's been knackered since March. Celtic
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could have been looking for a goalkeeper
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in the last two transfer windows, but
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because he wasn't really up front with
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how he was feeling and how bad the
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injury was, we're now short and the
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goalkeeping department, which is for jam
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and ros duhan and whatever we've got in
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the silty ranks to see who's in this
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campaign.
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It was a shockingly handy self is less
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self watch and as an instrument on
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American TV was self-centered and based
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on one person and one person only Casper
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Michael very honest guy Stevie know him
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well and if he'd been 19 years at Celtic
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that's because Celtic value his work
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there's an element of sadness about this
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whole story for me because when Brendan
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Rogers telephoned Casper Michael having
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worked with him at Leicester City and
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brought him And Celtic were very
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fortunate. They were replacing Joe Hart
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with Casper, top class goalkeeper.
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And he did well for Celtic. But there
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then came that point where his physical
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problems became so great that it was
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looking like he was struggling.
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>> It wasn't looking like Hamilton. He was
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1 million% struggling. but didn't seem
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to let it on and it showed. Stoka is
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probably the biggest example that we
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failed to die for what maybe three the
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four goals and that potentially could
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have cost us then the chance to progress
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in the Europa League. Think about that.
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>> Uh you think strange?
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>> I think it's strange.
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>> It's it's more than strange. You know,
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it is utterly disrespectful to the
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people who pay your wages.
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Uh and not to inform the club that you
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intend to say this. Uh you know that
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the only word you can use is disrespect.
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You know the he's I don't care. I'll
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just do what I want to do. And as I say,
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the element of sadness for me is that he
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he came into Celtic did well. latterly
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did not do well. However, he has now
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burned his bridges. He has taken the
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flamethrower to his own reputation. And
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that's the problem when you look at Joe
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Hart. He left an absolute icon and a
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hero. I mean, look at T4. Celtic fans
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gave him in his final game of the
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season.
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Compare and contrast that with Casper
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Michael. All Celton fans see is a
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selfish act that could cost the title
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and could also cost the potential of an
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R double. Wow. There is also quite a
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lack just just to bear in mind that it's
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humans we're dealing with. If Casper
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Michael's career is over that that's a
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sad moment for him, you know, it's not
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like he
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>> I mean he's the victim first and
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foremost. Yeah.
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>> No. And then yeah, there's all this
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other stuff and I know you represent the
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club and with that comes the emotion of
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all the fans, but I do feel like we're
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acting like Casper Schmeichel has
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done all this bad stuff and somehow he's
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unaffected by it.
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>> No, of course he is affected by it
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>> majorly. Career's over potentially.
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Yeah. Uh but there's a way of conducting
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yourself and particularly when the the
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doors about to close in your career,
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there is a way of facing the end and
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there's a way of conducting yourself and
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he let himself down and she's just got
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bang on the money. I Schmeico's career
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is over and that's sad 100%.
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But like any other person, you would do
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right by your employers. You would
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inform them your decision. You would be
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upfront. You would tell them exactly
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what's going on and you wouldn't throw
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your boss under the bus, people behind
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the scenes under the bus, make the club
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look foolish for your own selfish
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demands. And then let's face it, he guy
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didn't care about self taking that step.
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He only cared about himself and all
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facts were all cup standing there beside
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his dad looking all sad, not having it.
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