{"id":234994,"date":"2025-10-31T00:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234994\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T00:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:50:10","slug":"what-martin-oneill-told-the-celtic-players-to-inspire-the-4-0-hammering-of-falkirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234994\/","title":{"rendered":"What Martin O&#8217;Neill told the Celtic players to inspire the 4-0 hammering of Falkirk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Martin O\u2019Neill has shared the \u2018message\u2019 he told his players that inspired Celtic to hammer Falkirk 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>The interim Celtic boss was in fine form in his post-match press conference as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/celtic-boss-martin-oneill-clarifies-hearts-title-winning-comments-and-has-the-press-room-in-stitches\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O\u2019Neill had the press room in stitches<\/a> over his comments about Hearts challenging for the title.<\/p>\n<p>The performance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/celtic-player-ratings-vs-falkirk-as-benjamin-nygren-and-johnny-kenny-shine-in-important-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the win against Falkirk<\/a> is a far cry from what Celtic fans have been watching over the course of the last few weeks and many now head into the Rangers game with much greater confidence this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>So what did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/martin-oneill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O\u2019Neill<\/a> say to the players before the game to draw out such a fine display? Here, O\u2019Neill shares all.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2244038559-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"Celtic v Falkirk - William Hill Premiership\" class=\"wp-image-332269\" \/>Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesMartin O\u2019Neill rallied his Celtic team with superb \u2018message\u2019 vs Falkirk<\/p>\n<p>Celtic looked like a different animal right from the first whistle and whatever O\u2019Neill said clearly inspired the players.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neill said, \u201cI said I know the confidence been a wee bit low and that\u2019s the most natural thing in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the very, very best sides in the world if you\u2019re not getting a result, confidence drops and players then stop doing things that they naturally would do. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said to them, there\u2019s some of the lads in the dressing room in there that would have no idea who I was, but there were only about ten, I said to them we have quite a number of winners in this dressing room and that\u2019s really important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd those lads have experienced some lows during the course of a season and then they fight back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message was, just go win the game\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celtic\u2019s best player vs Falkirk, it wasn\u2019t two-goal hero Johnny Kenny<\/p>\n<p>Out of all the players, who was Celtic\u2019s star man? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotmob.com\/en-GB\/matches\/falkirk-vs-celtic\/2u4jmy#4818810:tab=lineup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fotmob<\/a> rated every player\u2019s performance in the 4-0 win and here is how they all fared.<\/p>\n<p>Schmeichel: 8.3Ralston: 7.37Trusty: 7.7Scales: 7.6Saracchi: 8.6Engels: 7.1McGregor: 7.1Nygren: 8.9Forrest: 7.5Kenny: 8.8Tounekti: 8.7<\/p>\n<p>With one goal and two assists, Benjamin Nygren shone for O\u2019Neill and it looks like the Hoops boss\u2019 words really inspired the whole team, going by these ratings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin O\u2019Neill has shared the \u2018message\u2019 he told his players that inspired Celtic to hammer Falkirk 4-0. 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