Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton has taken aim at two Celtic players in the wake of the 1-0 home loss to the Rangers, the club’s third successive defeat after losing at Ibrox in the Premier Sports Cup and then to Ferencvaros on the opening night of the Europa league campaign at Celtic Park…
Sutton wasn’t shy in giving his opinion on two senior Celtic players for comments made in the wake of the defeat. First up was Cameron Carter Vickers whose comments after the second derby loss according to Sutton were “disgraceful”.
“I’ve been a huge admirer of his over the years and I’ve constantly sung his praises. But his comments after the Rangers defeat were disgraceful,” Sutton stated in his weekly column in Daily Record this morning.
“Carter-Vickers spoke about the random way of playing, the messaging and stuff about freezing on the pitch because players being unsure of where they were meant to run.
“It was a cop-out. Whether he meant it or not, he was passing the buck back to the manager and the coaches – and it’s not on. It was pathetic.
“You might feel that way in private but the place to air those thoughts is in-house rather than in public. It was a tough enough situation but Carter-Vickers just chucked petrol on the flames.”
Skipper Callum McGregor was next in Sutton’s sights when it came to criticism. The Celtic captain claimed in the media in the build-up to the second derby that Martin O’Neill’s first Celtic team back in the 2000’s was “direct”.
Sutton responded to that remark from the Celtic captain: “I couldn’t help but notice McGregor before the Rangers game talking about O’Neill’s first spell at Celtic and saying we liked to go direct.
”I have huge respect for McGregor but he was miles out. Yes, we could go direct, but there was variation in our game. Does he think we lumped the ball up to Lubo Moravcik all the time?
“We could mix it up and that’s exactly what Celtic need right now. They need to find a way, that’s for sure.”
Passing the buck. Can’t think for themselves. My @Record_Sport column on why Cameron Carter-Vickers claiming it wasn’t necessarily the players who were responsible for the woeful capitulation against Rangers was a cop out and a massive lack of leadership from him…your thoughts? https://t.co/sCIiWjvFlp
— Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) September 26, 2026
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2 Comments
Blame lies everywhere; Coachin staff (fitness levels & organisation a joke), players (zero fight, zero courage, zero effort) & the board (completely out-dated & out of their depth).
The players from the BR era can’t change. They moaned about Nancy, now they moan about MON, or the coaching staff. They are stuck in the past.
MON is not there all the time, that is an issue, maybe mixed messages from MON and the coaching staff.
A combination of the above probably.
These guys should be able to change, but you need a manager to change their mind-sets.
The board is at fault, but with the players we have we should be doing better, alas they cannot, professionals don’t blame others, they look within themselves for answers and can follow instruction, this is true for any type of discipline!