1230 kick off tomorrow. Celtic won all 4 match ups last season.
Reynolds is out for Aberdeen.
Lustig, Brown and Johansen all return for Celtic - the latter two having played internationals since being rested last time. Simunovic and Blackett are available after their moves and Ciftci is free from suspension.
I hope we start Jozo and don’t wait for a Mulgrew disaster before dropping him. Blackett is obviously an option too but my team would be:
Gordon
Lustig Boyata Simunovic Izaguirre
Brown Bitton
Forrest Johansen Armstrong
Griffiths
Mulgrew starts at centre back which is hugely disappointing. He’s just not good enough. Blackett at left back. Though those two could be the other way around I suppose.
More interestingly, Rogic gets a start. He’s been in good form so it’s deserved. Problem is it means Johansen playing wider and he’s not as good there. GMS wins the battle with Armstrong, Allan and Commons to be the other supporting attacker.
Do we know why Armstrong isn’t featuring? Not even on the bench. I assume he’s injured because McGregor is there and he’s hardly picked ahead of Armstrong. Surprised McGregor is ahead of Allan though.
Better spell of possession here. They look all over the place at the back but no harm for us to take a few touches and settle because we’ve been a bit rushed ourselves.
Good defending from Boyata there at the front post. He’s made plenty of mistakes since he joined but the encouraging thing is his actual nuts and bolts defending is usually quite good. Caught out again there.
Not sure what Brown and Lustig were doing there? Rogic looked slow to react but it’s too big a gamble to be running off him in our own half before we’ve cleared our lines. That could have been a great chance.
