‘Lamine Yamal has Sean McArdle posters on his wall’, ‘Fantastic – The Ginger Yamal’ | OneFootball

Young Sean McArdle made his first team debut as a substitute in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Hibernian, and he followed that up with another appearance from the bench in our impressive 5-1 win up at Pittodrie last night….

Adam Idah celebrates with Sean McArdle. Aberdeen 1-5 Celtic. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

Whilst he didn’t have enough time to exert himself at Celtic Park he more than made up for that last night as he looked lively in his 13 minutes or so on the pitch.

Sean looks very much a player of great quality with a fine touch on the ball, and is always looking to play the ball forward whilst not being afraid to have a pop at goal. He very much looks like a typical Brendan Rodgers type of player and you can see why the Irishman has had him in recent squads.

‘Lamine Yamal has Sean McArdle posters on his wall’

Brendan doesn’t just hand game time to young players for the sake of it, they must earn it and he must rate them so for young Sean it bodes very well. It’s still early days, but let’s hope we see much more of the youngster going forward. Incidentally here’s what Sandman had to say about young Sean McArdle in his Definitive Rating on The Celtic Star earlier today…

Sandman’s take on Sean McArdle’s performance

Sean McArdle. Aberdeen 1-5 Celtic. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

FORK HANDLE – 6/10 – Whit? The kid’s back, hanging about the dugout looking young-team-threatening so the boss gives him some more minutes. And that was it, so you might have thought – get a kick or two, back doon the swing-park after dark tonight for a Mad Dug swally with the lads, knock over a few bins, maybe even finally take out that streetlamp with a well-pitched stone chip out of auld McClung’s front garden…No!

This kid had me sitting up taking notes – a lefty with natural balance, poise, movement and a lovely sweet eye for nicking a devastating corner pass around static defenders at the edge of the box. Plus he had a dig himself only to be denied a sensational first goal. One to watch, in every sense. May have a player on our hands. Trust me here. Seventeen…Fantastic. The Ginger Yamal.

Read the rest of Sandman’s Definitive Ratings from our match at Pittodrie HERE.

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Here’s our video of the post match celebrations at Pittodrie last night…

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