an unusual first 11 today...
K. Schmeichel
Álex Valle
L. Scales
C. Carter-Vickers (c)
A. Johnston
R. Hatate
Paulo Bernardo
A. Engels
Yang Hyun-Jun
K. Furuhashi
N. Kühn
...still quite close to the strongest side
the bench:
sinisalo
ralston-trusty-taylor
mcgregor-mccowan
palma-idah-maeda |
-i've seen talk of john kenny returning from shamrock to be the 3rd striker
-my feeling is celtic not only have to bt YBoys but win big at home
YBoys - played 6, lost 6, scored 3, conceded 22 --> on those numbers, a 3-0 win minimum
[IF... monaco shock aston villa, the final game becomes very tasty] |
We're getting out of the congestion of games in a good state of health. With a 12 point lead we can afford to rest players with 3 out of next 4 at home and Rangers away with them having the opposite.
January is all about winning at Ibrox, beating Young Boys and Killie in cup.
Definitely have a few players to shift, seems Bernabei is in demand, and expect Palma to go to US, rumours Atlanta want Kyogo, time for Welsh to try elsewhere for 1st team with Dane Murray recalled from Queens Park possibly to replace him. Not sure what's happened to Holm and Nawrocki seems to be out of the picture and Lagerbuekle out in loan so few to move on. |
'Nicolas Kuhn is a doubt with a knee problem while Celtic team-mates Cameron Carter-Vickers and Auston Trusty have been recovering from illness and Alistair Johnston has had a hip problem. James Forrest is out until January with a foot injury.' |
aberdeen implosion, 3pts from 18 in last 6 games
celtic and rangers level on 16pts from 18
2jan fast approaching, the race is celtic's to lose at this stage
11 games to the end of january - an intense period - expect more squad rotation |
'Next summer, for the first time in four years, Celtic will have to qualify for the Champions League whether they finish first or second this season. They will need to be ready to hit the ground running as soon as pre-season starts, which means the manager will want to strengthen early in the year to make sure he can bed players in properly before trying to negotiate tricky European qualifiers.' |
hibs and zagreb have given celtic defence big warnings
goalie has been saving the day
sunday approaching fast |
fingers x'd celtic are saving their A-game for
sun, v rangers
jan, v astonv
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results i think that were not good for celtic
brugges win to leap above celtic
psg win to narrow the gap on celtic
astonv win away to leipzig, that celtic bt at home |
@celticfan67 50 minutes ago (edited)
Celtic NEED to sign…
• TWO wingers
• First-choice left-back
• Backup right-back
• Defensive midfielder with size/power
Those are non-negotiable.
When Maeda/Kühn aren’t at their best or need a rest, the drop off in quality is massive. As for the fullback situation when Johnston isn’t fit? Don’t even get me started. |
but it's Celtic in champions league and away from home which we always lose. Well almost always. I'm not getting my hopes up put it that way. A draw would be a great result. |
masssive week for the bhoys
tues - zagreb
sun - old firm cup final
then a week's 'break'
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'Dinamo Zagreb only have 14 fit players for this week's Champions League meeting with Celtic and Friday's 1-1 domestic draw with Slaven Belupo means they have gone five games without a win. (Sunday Mail) '
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huge opportunity - zagreb's previous 6 results = WDDLLD
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kyogo's sublime goal vs hibs - adjusting his stride mid run to control the ball...
celtic's poor defending - warnings for tuesday and sunday |
CL: 3 to play
20. celtic - pts 8 gd 0 [currently in play off position]
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25. psg - pts 4 gd -3 [---> max possible tally 13 from 3 wins]
psg's remaining games: salzburg [a], man city [h], stuttgart [a]
salzburg and stuttgart are both struggling
goaldiff aside [too risky], celtic's points target is 14 minus any points dropped by psg, for clearest path to stay in competition. its poss teams currently 21-24 could have worse results than celtic thus providing some wiggle room |
4dec: aber v celt
2jan: rang v celt
15jan: rang v aber |
brugge 11
Schmeichel
Johnston
Carter-Vickers
Trusty
Taylor/Valle
Engels/Bernardo
McGregor
Hatate
Kuhn/Yang
Kyogo/Idah
Maeda/Forrest
rossco 11
Schmeichel
Johnston/Ralston
Carter-Vickers
Scales
Valle
Bernardo
McGregor/Engels
McCowan/Hatate
Forrest
Idah
Maeda/Yang
not used across the 2 games/bench - Sinisalo, Palma, Welsh, Nawrocki
injured - Holm
remaining squad - Bain
7 games in december
8 games in january |
summary of yt comments = our midfield didn't show up, esp engels
i agree with a comment from [possibly] leipzig game - leave out the goal celebration music |
hibs 3-3 aber
celtic 2 ahead and game in hand
aberdeen need be careful they don't implode |
kuhn's strike splitting the difference between the post and 3 siding defenders
#precision |
looks like man city are having their celtic 10iar season, 0-4 delivered by ange after his own recent difficulties
1990s-celtic-despondency at rangers, we know these things go in cycles, careful management required by celtic board to avoid the down slope, fast and remarkable recovery under ange, simply a huge moment |
Bernardo definitely looks the better player over Engels, Taylor was shocking again but great 2nd half from Reo and Kuhn.
League just about won today. |
0-0 hearts h-t
seen previous comment, engels is not good, is bernardo going to nick his place soon?
live reporting - bhoys disjointed, lucky to be at 0-0 ...
a huge oppo to move clear with aberdeen losing, rangers drawing |
20 matches coming up in about 75 days up to 1feb |
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