Celtic fans took to Twitter to criticise the display of striker Odsonne Edouard after their team’s demolition of Brechin in the Scottish Cup on Saturday afternoon.
Brendan Rodgers’ men booked their passage to the next round of the cup with a routine 5-0 win that was secured by goals from James Forrest, Scott Sinclair, Olivier Ntcham, Dedryck Boyata and Edouard himself, who rounded off the scoring in the 86th minute.
It was the fifth goal of the season for Edouard, 20, after he was given the nod to spearhead the attack ahead of Moussa Dembele and the injured Leigh Griffiths in the team’s first match since their three-week winter break.
Manager Rodgers admitted afterwards that he had omitted Dembele because he had been affected by the transfer speculation that swirls around him in final days of the January window.
Supporters were unimpressed with the performance of his fellow Frenchman Edouard, who is on a season-long loan from Paris Saint-Germain.
One said that he wouldn’t be a Celtic player for long, while others questioned his ability to finish and lead the line for the 2016-17 treble winners.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets:
edouard is pish simple ????????
— Liam Feeney (@liamfeeney6) January 20, 2018
Attack vs defence that one. Brechin are a poor team, could have had 10 if we wanted. Dont see us paying for Edouard to be honest, he’s pretty average.
— DeathofAttila (@ABurningPride) January 20, 2018
Edouard couldn’t hit a barn door.
7 million. Nah ur alright, u have him— Gazzarinho (@gazzarinho1) January 20, 2018
Said it before and I’ll say it again. Edouard won’t be a Celtic long term. He’s not got it.
— Michael Callaghan (@MyTownLand) January 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/OriginalBartin/status/954749957499686913
Edouard had to do something in that 45…he has been very poor. Dembele needs to come on and get himself up and running for second half of the season @ClydeSSB
— Tony C (@Green_Hoops67) January 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/PaulSuth/status/954743222676443136
https://twitter.com/jamiewinehoose/status/954743614604759040
https://twitter.com/aarbee13/status/954754387498491904