Scarce optimism

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You and I have lived through dark days before, but even during the darkest time in the 90s, we faced Rangers with a collective degree of self-belief.  The lack of faith among the support over the visit of Newco tomorrow is tangible, with good reason.

Bournemouth’s USA-born Mexico international right back Julián Araujo could bolster our options on that flank after his loan arrival.  He will surely start tomorrow. The player has made only one appearance this season, an EFL cup defeat to Brentford, so we should temper any anticipation he will sail through the afternoon.

Before every game recently I talk about the very obvious lessons learned from the previous outing.  We will surely not repeat the positional shambles deployed at Motherwell on Tuesday.  The formations which faced Aberdeen and Livingston will suffice, possibly augmented by Araujo.

Against Hearts, St Mirren, Dundee United and Aberdeen, Celtic hit the woodwork at least as many times as they scored.  The laws of mathematics suggests we are in for an avalanche when our flattering expected goals tally delivers what it promises.  That’s about as much optimism as I can muster.

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  1. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Good morning CQN

     

     

    Game day.

     

     

    Bring it on.

     

     

    All the best to that group of young men pulling on the jersey to represent us all today.

     

     

    It’s a tough situation.

     

     

    I’ve no doubt some / most / perhaps all … will be feeling more tense than normal.

     

     

    Give it your all, bhoys in green

     

     

    If you do, the Celtic supporters will be right there with you.

  2. CELTIC: Schmeichel, Tierney, Trusty, Ralston, McCowan, Yang, McGregor (c), Engels, Nygren, Maeda, Kenny

     

    Subs: Sinisalo, Scales, Yamada, Araujo, Bernardo, Hatate, Murray, Forrest, Donovan

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  4. To work Celtic

     

    Do your best for us and each other

     

    God bless all Celtic fans

     

     

    Hail Hail

  5. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    That was the starting 11 that got the wins against Aberdeen and Livingston?

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  7. The Battered Bunnet on

    No Scales.

     

     

    So presumably the idea is to concede the advantage at corners to enable a 5 v 2 overload down the left.

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