Best long shot goes to Nakamura!
I suspect this might be another controversial one but he did score 7 long shots that weren’t from dead balls! Similar to Kris Commons, special mentions to Alan Thompson as well, Moravcik, Petrov, Rogic and Turnbull. There were also a couple of crackers from Maloney, Mulgrew and Tierney.
Now for most clinical, can’t be someone we’ve had before. Vote and upvote your most clinical Celtic player 😀
by GenderAddledSerf
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Gary Hooper was the best pure finisher I’ve seen at Celtic.
Jimmy McGrory aka the Human Torpedo
Gary Hooper
I can’t really speak to old-era Celtic, but in my Celtic-watching lifetime: Gary Hooper was pretty damn clinical, so I’ll go with him.
I mean, in recent memory it’s Gary Hooper and I don’t think it’s close. Larsson was a far better play and could do magic, but I wouldn’t use the term clinical with him, it’s almost restrictive.
Super-leigh
Jorge Cadete maybe
For those of us old enough, Derek Riorden was “the best finisher in Scotland “ 😅
But has to be Hooper, just a natural strikers instinct.
Griffitths
Hooper, think he’s the striker other than The King that I trusted most in one v one situations, loved a big game too.
I’ve only been following Celtic since 2009/10 so for me it’s probably Gary Hooper. If he stuck around instead of signing for Norwich I think he would have had a much better career as well.
McGrory.
In my lifetime Hooper.
For those saying Griffiths they must forget the number of 1 on 1s he missed. The season he scored 40 Hooper would have hit 60.
As someone from Scunthorpe I have to say Hooper.
Saw him play for Scunthorpe, then saw him sign for Celtic who I follow because of my Scottish father. Watching him play live for my local club as a kid and seeing him play for a club I spent so much time with my father watching was beautiful.
Was always so clinical for both teams, and imho should never have left Celtic.
Tony Ralston
Griffiths before he started messaging 15 year old lassies
Until recently Kyogo.
All time, it’s McGrory
Cadete
Craig Bellamy was clinical manifestation.