Champions League Celtic v Kairat Almaty Wednesday August 20th kick off 8PM TNT Sports 1

Been a while since meada scored with his * accidently. Im going for that minute 3.

 

Id make sure the tie.is done and dusted and put out a team who should easily put them to the sword, so Id go.

Doohan

Ralston
Inamuara
Murray
Welsh

Mccowan
Bernardo
Forrest
Yang

Osmand
Kenny

 

I didn't think they would beat Slovan, so we have to be careful here.

I think we need at least a two goal lead, to make this uncomfortable long journey into the unknown a bit more relaxed. They have some dangerous forwards, and they are a bit of an unknown quantity football wise to most of us.

 

Maeda has to start upfront. Simples. HH

 

Naw.
I don't think I could stand the risk of more clean air swipes by Maeda in front of goal or slipping on his * in the final third, in what will be the most important game of the season for us.
It will be Idah, rightly or wrongly.

 

I actually think slovan would have been the harder draw due to the "aw we beat.them easy last time" mantra. Like Aberdeen before the cup.. dodgy as *.

This team toiled badly against slovan and basically got lucky and that in its self should give us confidence. Plus a new team means the players won't subconsciously rest as much.

Genuinly could not have got a better draw.

Means we'll get * in the groups... due a bad draw.

 

Rogers will stick what he sees as tried and trusted (trusted, sadly not Trusty)

Kasper
AJ - CCV - Scales - KT
Nygren - Calmac - Hattate
Forrest - Idah - Maeda​

 

We need to press really hard and play at a real high intensity. They'll be jet lagged too.
We need to be scoring goals similar to Johnston's at the weekend.

Wonder if he's going to play Nygren out wide and start Engels

 

Nygren didn't look very comfortable in the short time he had out wide v Falkirk.
Cant see the manager experimenting on such a big game.

 

I would pick

Schmeichel
Johnston CCV Trusty Tierney
McGregor
Engels Hatate
Nygren Maeda Forrest

I think they will be robotic and pish really but probably a lot of tall players and decent in the air, maybe fit and sharp.

Get Trusty in over Scales for pace on the recovery.

Engels in for legs and running in midfield, he looks quick to me this season and for corner delivery, a wee team like them probably never seen a good corner coming in lol

Maeda through the middle to harrass them at the back and their keeper and rush them to keep them pinned in.

Nygren and Forrest wide since they are the biggest goal threats we have out wide the now and probably the best at providing balls in as well.

Get them pinned in and set right about them, take 3/4 at least off them.

Preferably be 3-0 up by the 60th and stick on Idah, Yang and McCowan to get another goal or two with fresh legs to end it, Scales also even fresh off the bench to replace Tierney.

 

Needs to be ended in this tie for me as well, no 1-0 or 2-0 or 2-1 type result. Got to be 3/4/5/6-0.

So we can go over there relaxed, knock the ball about like a friendly, maybe score first then make 2/3 subs at HT and see it out pish easy with no fuss.

2-0 only acceptable if it's off the back of a battering where they got lucky it wasn't 6.

 

We will hammer these.

Seen a couple of Celtic fans saying ahh well if we don't qualify we will still be in the Europa league. * up. IF we don't beat this mob over 2 legs then might as well wrap it up. I want to see Celtic in the champions league not the Europa. Have standards dropped that bad? No guarantee we would even get close to the final of the Europa league if we don't beat Kiarat ffs

 

He's some talent. Already joining Chelsea for £4 mill when he turns 18. Imagine having a world wide scouting network & a modern analytics team. Sweeping up all the great prospects. If only Celtic......

 

I’m backing a 30 yard screamer tackle goal again

 

So that's him on the loan out farm for 4 years. Then someone like us will sign him anyway.