Celtic
Forster,
Matthews, Ambrose, Wilson, Izaguirre,
Wanyama, Mulgrew, Ledley,
Hooper, Commons, Lassad.
Subs: Zaluska, Stokes, Rogne, Rogic, Kayal, McCourt, Forrest.
Obviously watching Stokesā workload after his return from injury.
[quote=āBandage, post: 739041, member: 9ā]Celtic
Forster,
Matthews, Ambrose, Wilson, Izaguirre,
Wanyama, Mulgrew, Ledley,
Hooper, Commons, Lassad.
Subs: Zaluska, Stokes, Rogne, Rogic, Kayal, McCourt, Forrest.
Obviously watching Stokesā workload after his return from injury.[/quote]
Stokes also had a close friend die the other day so may not have been at training etc the last couple of days.
Would have liked to see a fresher team.
[quote=āRocko, post: 739046, member: 1ā]Stokes also had a close friend die the other day so may not have been at training etc the last couple of days.
Would have liked to see a fresher team.[/quote]
+1. Maybe another look at Rogic from the start, for example. Although weāre home to Dundee at the weekend - thatās a good opportunity to give other players a go.
[FONT=Arial]Neil Lennon: āThe only reason Anthony isnāt starting is due to a bereavement. Struggle to be on the bench, but wants to be here.ā[/FONT]
3-5-2 with Mulgrew playing left of the three centre backs. Celtic have had a couple of efforts already.
Keep me updated with developments Bandage. No access to a PC at the moment.
Ambrose scores again. Vivid description please Bandage.
Had stream trouble for the first half hour with lots of buffering but Ambrose headed us in front from an Izaguirre cross after 37 minutes. He was still up there after a corner was only partially cleared and did a more reserved somersault celebration than at the weekend. Hooper forced a couple of smart saves from Mannus early on, a Ledley-Hooper-Ledley exchange followed by a cutback from the Welshman saw Lassad have an effort blocked on the line and Ledley missed a great chance in the inside left position after being slid in by Wanyama. They were probably the best chances before we scored but weāve been fairly dominant and thereās been lots of crosses and scrambles in the box with Matthews and Izaguirre pushing on relentlessly.
Will Downing is a sterling job on commentary for Setanta Sports Australia by the way. Fitzy, Raven and KIB man really have it lucky waking up to SPL coverage.
Disallowed goal for them for offside from a freekick. Very physical start to the second half - theyāre getting stuck into us.
Wanyama with a controlled strike from the edge of the box but comfortable save.
Not sure how we ended up defending on our line there while I was watching Bayern swinging in a free. But we ended up really deep and a bit panicky but Forster managed to intervene and grab hold of the ball.
Lassad put Hooper away there but his first touch slowed the ball down and the sting went out of the attack.
Forrest coming on for Commons. This should give us a bit of width and pace.
A second disallowed goal from another inswinging freekick. That one looked like it was nodded in by an onside player, with someone else ahead of the play.
Forrestās on for Commons.
[quote=āBandage, post: 739098, member: 9ā]A second disallowed goal from another inswinging freekick. That one looked like it was nodded in by an onside player, with someone else ahead of the play.
Forrestās on for Commons.[/quote]
That looked like a brutal decision.
Rogne for Matthews. Matthews didnāt look injured.
We tend to have problems with TadĆ© and Hasselbaink and itās no different today. Donāt think the midfield are doing a great job of protecting the back 4 or controlling possession though.
Great finish by their lad but they were allowed to bring it into a shooting position very easily. We actually had been looking pretty comfortable since moving to 4-4-2 when Rogne came on but he was poor for the goal. Probably a deserved equaliser for them though.
Hasselbaink curls one in to the top corner and my stream breaks before I can see if it took a deflection or why we let him do that.