League Cup Semi Final.
Starting on Setanta and BBC Scotland at 1500.
Gordon;
Lustig, Ambrose, Boyata, Tierney;
Bitton, Johansen;
Mackay-Steven, McGregor, Armstrong;
Griffiths
Subs: Bailly, Izaguirre, Sviatchenko, Forrest, Ciftci, Brown, Nesbitt
GGGGGGGMMMMMMMMMMMSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssss
Rubbish defending to leave Griffiths all that room. Great selflessness to square it for the simple tap-in.
This could be a rout if Ross County keep their high line all game.
Boyata with a header cleared off the line. Celtic could very easily be 3 up after 5 mins already.
Ambrose is really poor at heading chances. Bad miss there from 5 yards to put it a good yard wide.
Penalty Ross County. A straight ball that goes straight through our defence somehow. Hard to know if it was a penalty, contact was incidental.
McGregor goes off. Sviatchenko on.
1-1. In trouble now with 10 men.
I’m going to need to see that again. Had to deal with a crying child at the time. Looked innocuous anyway. But a bizarre chance to have given up in the first place because it was a nothing pass forward that unlocked our defence. And not sure why Sviatchenko was dropped in the first place. He hasn’t been in terrific form but you’d like to think Ronny knows that Efe is not the future.
That’s a bizarre error. I got Sviatchenko and Simunovic mixed up. Sviatchenko on for his debut.
Simunovic not on the bench even so presumably he has an injury or knock.
Yeah. I thought he was on the bench when I saw Sviatchenko’s name there and thought it was an odd selection. If he’s not in the squad he must be injured.
Started this match so impressively but we look appalling at the back still.
Cheating prick there throwing an elbow and going down holding his head.
Really open game, we’ve looked hugely dodgy at the back but it’s end to end stuff on a brutal pitch with a brutal ref.
Didn’t think that was a foul on initial viewing but Ambrose clipped him with his knee and yer man was happy to tumble. This is very big now - not dissimilar to the cup semi final last season when we lost to Caley Thistle after extra time with ten men. Can a Deila team dig in and come through it?
1 Like
I’m going to make up my mind on Deila on the basis of what happens now.
Plenty going against him today but we should be capable of grinding out a win here.
It was poor from Ambrose, he didn’t seem to realise they’d collide if he kept running at that angle. I’d say he’s a shite driver. Lustig didn’t do him any favours though. He’s been caught out a few times today and he offered no help on that chance.
1 Like
Are we playing 4-4-1 so?
More or less. Not getting much out of Armstrong since going down to 10. GMS is putting in a decent shift on the other flank. Armstrong may be playing slightly further forward.