Celtic captain Scott Brown has given a controversial opinion on how he views his critics in Scotland.
The Hoops man gave his first interview since winning his appeal for his conduct on the park vs Rangers. Brown was recently let off the hook, and will be free to face Aberdeen and Rangers in the next two matches.
During the Glasgow derby, Brown was winding up his opponents beautifully. He managed to bring out an Alfredo Morelos elbow and a Ryan Kent punch. Perhaps the best of them all, however, was managing to make Andy Halliday lose the plot and force a post-match rammy.
But Brown has just been laughing it all off since winning his appeal. Speaking in the Daily Record, the near eight-in-a-row captain just doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him or his conduct.
“I don’t care”
“I’m doing something right! If people hate me it puts a smile on my face. It must mean I’m either playing well or I’m noising somebody up in the wrong way.
“I don’t care. I think for me I celebrated with my team-mates and a fight kicked off and I walked away from it. Somebody elbowed me in the face and I walked away from it.
“Somebody punched me in the face and I walked away from it. If I was a hooligan I’d have started a brawl in the middle of the pitch. But I just walked away from it all, I didn’t want to get myself booked or suspended. I think I acted quite well on the day.
“Will I change? No. I am 33. I have two years left. What would be the point? Let’s be honest. I have done not bad. I think I have had five red cards since coming to Celtic in almost 600 games. There are a lot of people with worse records and I seem to get the blame for most things.”
Doesn’t get the credit he should
Brown’s character since he joined Celtic has changed to an incredible degree. No longer is the Celtic captain a hot-head. In fact, he’s one of the best at managing to keep his cool under immense provocation.
Make no mistake, he had Rangers in the palm of his hand at Celtic Park. The Hoops captain knew just how to wind them up, and he did so with absolutely incredible ease.
The fallout with the subsequent notice of complaint was more hilarious than it was credible. Celtic handled themselves with class throughout the fixture, and Brown led by example too.
He states that he doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him. That attitude is quite clearly shown on the pitch too. Be it Celtic Park, Ibrox, or Pittodrie, Brown will always make himself noticed and upset opposition fans with his crunching tackles and determination for the Celtic cause. Hostility doesn’t faze him.
And compare this with the fiery-tempered youngster we signed from Hibs back in 2007, it’s a massive transformation that doesn’t get the appropriate credit.
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