Former Celtic midfielder Scott Brown has issued a more reasoned verdict on the comments made by Cameron Carter-Vickers before the international break. Carter-Vickers came in for a hammering from pundits after calling for the Bhoys to get rid of the 'randomness' of their performances.
The defender called for a clear script that he and his teammates could stick to after suffering a third straight defeat to Rangers, and the comments didn't go down well.
With Martin O'Neill coming under pressure, pundits roared to the veteran's support, although it must be added that Carter-Vickers did not call out O'Neill specifically, and he went on to make it clear that he and the players remained firmly behind the 74-year-old.
But the comments still made O'Neill look a little bad, and many pundids issued the usual over-the-top response, branding Carter-Vickers a disgrace for not keeping such comments behind closed doors.
Refreshingly, while speaking on The Warm-Up this week, former Celtic star Brown issued a more reasoned response, Diagreeing with what Carter-Vickers did but without going on a rant.
"Me personally? I never did it," he began. "I had a go once years and years ago, then I thought, 'I have to rein this in.' There’s a time and a place. Now, football has changed. There’s TikTok, Twitter; everyone can say what they want.
"I think there are a lot of fans saying they’re hiding behind things. When Cal [McGregor] comes out and says something, then they jump on the bandwagon yet again.
"The randomness and whatever Carter-Vickers is talking about, I don’t know whether that’s shape or the style or the timing of the movement; I don’t really know, if I’m honest.
“I’m not too keen on them always coming out and being too open. When we were there, we were told, ‘focus on the next game, everything stays in-house.’
“The more and more that you put out there, the more the vultures want to jump on top of it.”
It's nice to see a reasoned response from Brown after some of the silly comments we saw from some pundits. We don't see enough reasonable disagreements these days.
Carter-Vickers came out and spoke his mind after another frustrating defeat while also backing the manager. Calling that a disgrace is calls into question whether players should even both doing interviews.
Fans want emotion and Carter-Vickers offered some at a time when the Bhoys were struggling to show any on the pitch. It's a player who is passionate about fixing the problem, and fans need to see that that's the case.
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