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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Poor from Hart
Does Hart get an assist?? Practically gave ball to St J scorer
Abada could’ve given Reo his HT
Mooy and Calmac can certainly play together. Aaron has been excellent.
amazing pressing by us
Hatate off post after good work by Abada
Hatate clips post
Calum drives to bye line fires across box.
Did Hart see the flag go up for offside and half heartedly make the second save cause he thought the game had been stopped? I hope so cause that was a Rab Douglas special
4-1 75 minutes gone
Bit of a lull
SJ win a corner
David Turnbull comes on for Mooy
Clancy demonstrates his lack of understanding of the advantage rule
Haksa fouled twice. No award
Abada wins corner
Great work by Jota, decent chance for GG.
GG meets an exquisite cross from Jota but heads straight o goalie
CCV showing off now
GG denied when looked like he must score
GG put through by Abada. Keeper blocks
Great chance for 5
Jota has shot blocked
Then scoops past
5 mins added
Abada blasts over when he should have cut back
Hatate MOTM
5 mins of VAR checks, 10 subs. Only 5 mins added.
Great cross from Jota Abada bangs it home but fk given for Turnbull foul on keeper
Lovely Abada volley flies in but foul on keeper sees it disallowed
Joke
DT booked
Red card Turnbull
SJ keeper able to resume
Absolute joke
But now becomes red
eh?
VAR check for red card by Turnbull
Clear red to be fair, can’t kick someone in the face even by accident