Celtic’s Christopher Jullien has answered critics after controversial tweet

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Christopher Jullien’s Twitter post from last month most certainly seems like a distant memory now.

Remember the time when he tried to be honest and show some humility, before being called out for it and laughed at by opposition fans?

Jullien was on Twitter after the 2-0 defeat to Livingston last month as he thanked Lyndon Dykes for wakening him up to how difficult Scottish football can be. You can read the tweet yourself below:

https://twitter.com/Chri6ViF/status/1184514754271944704

One look at the replies, which we won’t post here, shows just how much stick he took for it. It was mostly aimed towards the fact he claimed that he was “nervous”.

He’ll have learned pretty quickly that we’re not all so civil in Scotland. You can’t be honest and have some humility without getting criticised for it.

People were quick to forget the fact that he was dominant at Ibrox, AIK, and Rennes before that game. One bad display against Livingston and rival fans were questioning his ability.

Jullien’s form proves he’s upped his game

So the idea was that he had put a target on his back. By saying he was nervous, it gave the opposition a glimpse of how to get success against him. You get stuck into him and make him uncomfortable, right? After all, that’s what Lyndon Dykes did.

However, since then, Jullien has impressed against the likes of Sam Cosgrove, Felipe Caicedo, Ciro Immobile, and Florian Kamberi to name a few.

He’s been part of a Celtic side who have won five games in-a-row, as well as keeping three clean sheets. In that time, he hasn’t made any real individual errors of note.

He’s responded to his critics in fine fashion. Any chance of him dropping his performance levels can be dismissed. He’s back to being the dominant centre-back we know he is when he’s on his game.

At the Tony Macaroni Arena, he was clearly complacent. You can’t blame him too much given how much he had strolled the games previous to that one.

But there can be no doubt now that he’s back on form. There’s no need to criticise him for his tweet or act as though Livingston provided some form of blueprint. He continues to boss the opposition frontmen with ease in Scotland, and that doesn’t look like changing anytime soon.