starting 11 v Killie/scotcup- Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor, McGregor, Engels, Hatate, Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda
alternatives after the 3-3 dundee draw: maybe only scales for trusty and mccowan for hatate
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1840 - edit
the story of recent games:
-'Celtic didn't take their chances. They got their first goal but they probably had about four or five opportunities that they didn't take and that gave Kilmarnock that confidence'
-'Celtic have had unbelievable chances to put this game to bed and they haven't done it' |
Rennes are very interested in Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi and discussions have been ongoing for some time between the parties over the 29-year-old Japan international. (Ouest-France)
Reported interest from Rennes in Kyogo Furuhashi opens up the intriguing possibility of a player-plus-cash deal involving Jota, with the former Celtic winger out of favour with the French club. (Daily Record) |
Atlanta have "cooled their interest" in Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi and are instead targeting ex-Hoops forward Odsonne Edouard of Crystal Palace or Emmanuel Latte Lath of Middlesbrough. (Tom Bogert on X)
Celtic winger Luis Palma will join La Liga side Rayo Vallecano on loan, with negotiations in the final stage and an agreement already reached for the 24-year-old to fly to Madrid this week to complete the move. (Estadio Deportivo) |
Kyogo to leave? lack of goal celebrations today
to come in?
Tierney
Mathias Kvistgaarden
Sondre Orjasaeter |
front lines
engels - mcgregor - hatate
yang - idah - furuhashi
bench - bernardo, mccowan, kenny [back from shamrock], cummings [celtic b]
rossco playing 5 across the middle |
celtic travel to rossco without kuhn, maeda, forrest, palma
[+ away to dundee tues]
kuhn and maeda - about 30 goals between them
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what shape?
K. Schmeichel
Álex Valle /Taylor
Trusty /L. Scales
C. Carter-Vickers
A. Johnston
R. Hatate /McCowan
McGregor
Paulo Bernardo
Yang Hyun-Jun
K. Furuhashi /Idah
A. Engels
odin holm to make the bench? one last chance to resurrect celtic chapter? |
the pendulum is always swinging |
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 |
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