When contemplating his first competitive game as Celtic manager, Ange Postecoglou may want to paraphrase Vince Lombardi: half the squad are injured, half want away and the other half are inexperienced kids.
We have a few weaknesses, today, all we can do is own them and get ready for battle. I expect Odsonne Edouard, Ryan Christie and Nir Bitton all to feature at some point, if not from the start. If we are to have any chance, our new club captain, Callum McGregor, will be the man who leads from the front. He brings experience and a level of fitness that belies his west of Scotland heritage.
The midfield core, with Callum, Ismaila Soro and David Turnbull looks like the most effective area in the team, they will need to dominate the ball and Ismaila in particular will be required to offer protection to the back line.
Martin O’Neill’s era started with indifferent preseason performances before the pieces began to come together of what was the third treble in our history. I would accept a slow burner of a season this time around.
Special thoughts today for our old pal, Kano. He would have run us through every scenario on what to expect from an Australian manager. Some legacies live on, though, his sure did.
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Celtic is a wonderful thing to be part of, never take it for granted. Enjoy the game tonight!
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RC
I was going to ask you who was next in your sights when Kris leaves but think you answered that
We have 12 subs, was that in place last season or new ?
we are going to need a bigger bench
EMBRAMIKE on 20TH JULY 2021 6:29 PM
Note that Adaba starts but is not in squad list on UEFA club page …
maybe the add 2 before midnight last night option ?
Christie, Edouard, Adaba and Bitton barely got practice time in the warm ups. Ajeti played them all- now he is benched.
This does not seem wholly sensible to me.
the return of both remaining wantaways
If Ange believes that’s the best line up to win the tie then we should get behind them.
Is it a shop window team ?
Better looking line up than I thought we had available to us.
Nir Bitton plays as an international centre back. Hope he stays fit until we get new international centre backs in place.
Walk on with hope in our hearts……
sftb
Yes, that is odd he’s also seen Christie for minutes, you’d be forgiven for thinking he’s taking someone’s advice on how to line up.
RobertTressell,
Hope is the big thing Tonight.
Its a chance for some of the Young Ones to launch their careers if they come off the bench.
SFTB, I agree. Was Eddie injured? Another dent to Ajeti’s confidence.
I’m also not a fan of Eddie being up top himself. We’ve had way too many games where we have struggled to break teams down like this, though hopefully Ange’s brief time with us will have helped this.
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PPB congratulations and enjoy your meal/booze :)
Crikey Celtic pass switched to east Fife Dundee united :(
live updates up
To me it looks like Ange is not interested in doing favours for wantaways by leaving them out. He has picked the strongest available team to win a game.
Suggestions that he has been instructed to put players in the shop window are risible.
and welcome to a new competative season one and all
Adaba to play upfront alongside Eddie, with Turnbull feeding them his killer passes?
If so, this could be very interesting.
Getting excited now!
In Ange we trust
PRESTONPANS BHOYS
Congratulations 🍾🍾🎊🎉