Lots of injury doubts for Celtic ahead of the big game tomorrow.
Lustig, Tierney, Forrest, Bayo, Boyata, Bitton are all questionable. That’s on top of Rogic and Ntcham both on their way back after medium-long term injuries.
No idea what the team will be as a result but speculation is that it’s this:
Bain
Lustig
Boyata
Ajer
Tierney
Brown
Ntcham
McGregor
Forrest
Hayes
Edouard
I’d go with Toljan over Lustig all day long even if Toljan has been poor so far. Lustig was an absolute embarrassment at Ibrox last time round and he is done.
Playing Hayes wide left is a typical Lennon cop out and why I don’t want him for the job.
Sinclair?
Not sure. I hadn’t heard of him being injured. Hayes has been good recently but if he’s not needed at left back I wouldn’t be starting him.
Is Benkovic injured too?
Toljan looks like an appalling defender unfortunately. Lustig at least has some idea of how to defend, even if his legs are gone. He’s been better than Toljan.
I can’t agree at all with that. Toljan looks pretty poor but I think Lustig is a fairly poor defender too and can barely run these days. Every time he plays against pace he is destroyed. Kent could take him to the cleaners and the huns will certainly target him much more than they would Toljan. The last game at Ibrox should have spelt the end for him, he was rotten.
Sinclair, Rogic Burke and Weah all on the bench.
Need a big aggressive game from Ntcham today.
Surprised we haven’t gone for the pace of Burke against their defence. Hayes had a decent couple of weeks but Sinclair, Burke and even Weah would be bigger attacking threats.
I’d imagine we’ll see half an hour of Rogic.
Will McGregor be the designated free guy ahead of Brown and Ntcham or will it be the 6 and two 8s look with both Ntcham and McGregor shuttling ahead?
I also want to express my pre-match misgivings about Celtic setting up with Hayes to nullify Tavernier.
Sinclair hasn’t been great against him recently but I still wouldn’t have made that change. Maybe we wanted to make the team more Fenian which would be a more noble move.
Either way we should be bullying them today.
Yeah, I’m not a huge Sinclair fan despite his ability to get on the end of chances. I’d still have chosen Sinclair or Weah or Burke ahead of Hayes on the left wing though.
Singing a soldiers song…
Cowardly selection from Lennon as per usual from Lennon, anytime he has a big game he shits his togs.
Should still have enough for Rangers but it’s incredibly disappointing. Lustig is a bombscare and should be nowhere near the matchday squad. Weah, Burke and even Sinclair are better options than Hayes who really just provides a bit of workrate.
Time is Ko
1pm CET.
