He’s just that sort of character that if it goes well and he starts like he did, he will be flying. It’s a testament to his character that he was able to do that and go and have the half season he did.
Brendan Rodgers is looking to extend that agreement having been impressed with his fellow Irishman who has gone from the fringes to become a key man for Rodgers’ side this season.
Without wingers hitting the by-line the supply to Kyogo Furuhashi has virtually dried up, against Livi he redirected a shot from Palma into the net to end a nine match run without scoring. His reaction to seeing the ball hit the net appeared to be more of relief than joy.
Liam Scales was the main focus of this week’s Celtic TV interview although Rodgers also discusses the away ticket allocation at Tynecastle, facing Diego Simeone in the Champions League and dropping in on St Roch’s after starting his Sunday in Mallorca.
Without any sort of explanation Beaton opted to raise a yellow card with Callum McGregor the closest player to the referee but according to the SPFL website Scales was booked for a bad foul.
Rodgers has to make Celtic’s interests his priority but is mindful of the player needing to be involved every week as he was last season.