I see a bit of chat on Liel Abada in the Latest News section of CQN this morning. I have been impressed with the player from his early outings last year. Although a winger with a prodigious assists record, it is his ability inside the box that impresses most.
He understands when to arrive in the danger area and has the speed and touch to be effective once there. With the right tutelage, I think he may end up as a striker – you will recall, the Great Swede played on the wing until arriving in Glasgow as a 26-year-old, when an opportunity opened to play through the middle.
I sense little resistance to the potential sale of Josip Juranovic. He had a stellar World Cup, at 27 he is in his prime and we have already recruited a replacement. There is less unanimity when it comes to Giorgos Giakoumakis. Gio is enormously popular and brings a different threat to any other striker at the club. However, at 28, we know the script. His age profile and backup status mean that he is available for the right price.
Liel does not always make the starting 11 but he would if I was picking the team. His age and contract profile are such that we are under no pressure to sell. But I need to ask myself what I really want from Celtic and how to get there.
I want us to be a competitive Champions League team, not the cannon fodder we were this season. To get there, we need an excellent recruitment regime and an aggressive trading policy. I’ll back any plan that aims for this target, anything else is conservative and unambitious – I don’t know about you, but I’m neither.
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Hun linesman flagging when Hetate was well onside. Bloody ridiculous.
Chasing a 5th
I honestly think there is a tension in VAR about judging Celtic incidents that isn’t there in others.
Good old fashioned stramash in SJ goal mouth
They were trying to find something that wasn’t there with the goal.
Cheating bassas
O’Riley showing off his skills
James draws save from keeper
We are RELENTLESS ATM
great save st j goalie
Celtic zip has returned
GT wins corner
Corner on right
Way better from O’Riley now.
Mooy controlling the game
compiain….when we are winnin’………………………….especially when we are winnin’…………
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Sharpness, movement, tempo all good. And Abad and Jota are coming on to join in the fun
SJ clear but no one beyond their own box
Haksa too
JF has had a great game.
JF (fine game), O’Riley and Maeda off
Can’t believe Ange is throwing on 3 defenders 😂
Nice passing
Abada Haksa and Jota coming on
James, O’Riley and Maeda off
SJ making subs
For a player who looked to be dropping down the pecking order JF has made a difference when it mattered
DB. Goodwin set the precedent
Obligatory pitch slapping by injured player.
Modern day equivalent of seven rolls
Looks on to me
4-1 after VAR and two Hart saves
GG coming 9n now.
4 1 onside
SJ score after double save from JH. Well offside
Looks onside
looked onside, good break by st j gets a goal
VAR check. Think he may be ON.
Goal given
4-1
Shocking from Joe Hart
GG on for Kyogo
GG header saved
That was very poor by Hart
we’ve still got a massive goal difference over the second team in the league
Poor tackle on Hatate.