[Official TC Thread] Astana v Celtic Tue 22nd Aug 4.30 - WE'RE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!!!!!

This has a 0-0 written all over it

 

It's guy with bandage who is suspended mate not shitov

 

Nah draw or narrow Astana win they don't lose at home

 

About time that changed then. I saw nothing last week to suggest they can/will beat us over there

 

Any others they accumulated a few cards on Wednesday past.

 

Don't think so only one I seen coming up on screen was the boy when he done Rogic! Think he is their main CB as well.

Twasami and kabanaga will cause you problems on the Astro on Tuesday I know it's 5-0 but I just can't settle will be bag of nerves all day Tuesday and all during match!

 

If they come right at us, as they will, I can see use picking them off. We get an early goal and that'll kill them in which case we could go on and win comfortably

 

Rodgers, though, is taking no chances. He will send his “best team” on the six-hour flight today with a view to winning the second leg, too.

“What we’ve tried to create here is that complacency is your disease,” he added with a typically poetic flourish. “Whoever plays, we go to win. We don't have to, but we want to.

“We want to fight for the result and complete the job and if we do that on Tuesday it’ll be a remarkable achievement in terms of the pressures on them this season and the absence of really decisive players.

“We prepare for the game to the same detail as last week. We had John McGlynn out there for a week to watch two games - his body clock was all over the place! But we did our work, and it’ll be the same this time. We plan to win. That’s our way of working.”

Rodgers revealed the details of his pre-match team talk that motivated his players to one of their most accomplished European victories for quite some time.

“In a roundabout way, I said to them that this is a game that you play with your heart. These [Astana] are standing in the way of something we want to achieve. It’s been a long journey for us, so we have to run like *, we have to fight like * to get there.

“It was a game to play with your brain, because your heart’s not enough. You’ve got to play football, be tactically organised and stay calm in your defensive and offensive organisation. Then just let them know that they’re not going to have to wait for us; we’re coming for the game.

 

That's no funny

 

Whoy arey thesey peopley

 

Wouldn't be surprised if Rodgers put out a slightly stronger team then the weekend.

But in saying that, slightly stronger is practically the usual first 11 anyway as he'd likely start Griff, Sinclair, ntcham and lustig our squad right now is just so good, so much quality.

Think we can get 0-0 out of this maybe even a 1-0 as they have to go out all guns blazing to try and earn back some cred after the 5-0

 

Theyll throw everything at us. Full strength reauired. Dont want a record over turning game here. I say we go for a record away win.

 

They aren't going to overturn a 5-0 deficit

 

2-0 down after 10 minutes

 

Won't happen. They attack they will be punished just like at Parkhead

 

i know, just getting all the negatives outa my system

think we will win 1-2

 

I think 2-0. Even if we go a goal down we will not implode like past teams. Worst case and we don't score they still need 5 to level the tie. Just won't happen imo