Celtic v AZ and vice versa ☘

How do we think we’ll line out this evening chaps?

Forrest and McCarthy didn’t travel and Juranovic is cup tied but we have everyone else available other than long term absentees.

Wonder if we’ll see Edouard starting to give us a focal point up front. It’s not really a change in style but it allows us be a little more direct in our passing and seems about as traditional or conservative that we’d go.

I didn’t know Forrest and McCarthy were injured.

Not that he’s a target man type, but I think Edouard gave us more of a focal point when he came on last week. We got more control of the game from then on, they had a spell after half time before we got our second goal when they were on top and we were struggling to contain them.

I think he’ll go for the same midfield three and he might play Christie and Kyogo wide then. Christie has high energy levels and could conceivably tuck inside and help the midfield three, if needed. Would be harsh enough on Abada, I guess.

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Not sure if McCarthy is definitely injured. There were rumours he was a Covid close contact. He and Forrest didn’t travel anyway.

Yeah that’s what I think will happen to allow us to play higher up and I think it will be Christie Kyogo Abada on Sunday.

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I was wondering if Christie was the same when he missed 2 or 3 games over a 10 day spell recently due to an unspecified niggle. It seems to be back affecting football teams on the mainland again anyway.

Note to all bhoys: the game is kicking off at 7.15pm tonight and it’s live on Premier Sports.

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Abada starts. Edouard on the bench.

Subs

A big night now. It will go a long way to telling us whether a midfield three of McGregor, Rogic and Turnbull will do away from home against strong opposition.

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No doubt we’ll give away chances and get caught over extending over selves but obviously we have the incentive of creating more chances. But we’ll need to see how good we are at keeping the ball. It’s a midfield three that should be capable of keeping the ball and I’d rather that strategy than hoping we can defend well with a deep line. But we could find we’re out of our depth alright in relying on it against good opposition away from home.

Celtic have been quick to convert Ange’s black jumper to a Celtic crested version.

Kkkkyyyyoooogggooooooooo

What a start. Wonderful stuff from Ralston and Abada.

Yeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssss

What a mistake by Hart. Joke.

Fucking Hart.

Jesus ffs sake

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Welsh didn’t deal with it well but Hart was completely in control of that situation and fucked it.

Christie did brilliantly there, heavy touch from Abada just robs him of the opportunity.

Christie is purring.

We look really dangerous ourselves when we get past their initial press.

But we’re very loose and nervy at the back.

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There’s going to be about 7 goals in this.