Sam Johnstone delivers candid Celtic dressing room verdict amid inconsistent results
Celtic goalkeeper Sam Johnstone has admitted the Hoops have lost too many games this season as he reflected on his opening months at Parkhead.
The England international arrived on loan from Wolves during the closing stages of the summer transfer window and has since established himself as Martin O’Neill’s first-choice goalkeeper.
Johnstone endured a difficult afternoon in Celtic’s 3-0 Glasgow Derby defeat to Rangers, which resulted in him losing his starting place to Viljami Sinisalo.
However, the 33-year-old has started every match since returning to the side against Celta Vigo in the Europa League and believes a consistent run of games has helped him settle.
Speaking about his recent performances, Johnstone said: “To get a run of games for any player, you find your rhythm. It was a new club for me, a new team, so that takes probably a couple of games to get used to as well. To get the games and to keep going and get the win on Thursday night was a good feeling.
“It’s brilliant to play for this club. The passion of the fans, good and bad. The standard of players on the pitch, day in, day out at training. When I came, I said I didn’t have to think twice about coming here.”
Despite enjoying his time in Glasgow, Johnstone acknowledged that Celtic’s results have fallen short of expectations.
He continued: “The expectation, rightly so, for this place is to win games. Unfortunately, we hadn’t quite met that expectation, and the lads know that. We try to win every game and put things right.”
The goalkeeper also addressed the mood inside the Celtic dressing room following a challenging run of results, insisting the players recognise the need for improvement.
Johnstone added: “I think the results affect it. This club’s not used to losing, and we’ve probably lost too many games for this club.
“We all realise that, but we have to put things right in each game. The lads go out to win every game, so the camp is good.
“It was tough. We’re honest players, we’re honest people, and honest with each other. You could see on Thursday night that the lads put a good fight in and got the result.”
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