Olivier Ntcham

In the second half, definitely.

 

Totally agree. It was a painful watch. I'm sure it was for him too.

 

A lot of similarities with his Liverpool career. He pushed that group to their limit and they very nearly done something special. Second season they looked drained. He then made a few panic buys. I'm sure he will have learned from that. I hope we dont see a repeat.

 

He hooked Sinclair and Armstrong at HT against Anderlecht, I just can’t get my head round why he left it til 72 mins.

 

He believes in them. His heart ruled his head.

 

Can I ask why?

Is it just the word?

I don't use it in this way personally but I get what people mean when they say it. They could probably use the word fight in it's place though.

When I do say the word it's always "take a dig".

 

Well I know what lads mean when they say it, but for a while on here, years ago, it seemed like any criticism of our players included not having enough dig. Lol

 

Not sure how much of a say Rodgers had with Liverpool's transfers.

 

Our centre midfield should be Brown Ntcham plus a number 10. Fed up with this two box to box either side of Brown. Its not as effective.

 

Has potential and still looks raw in my opinion.

Great ball retention and vision. Link up play can be vital from him at times especially in Europe against Anderlecht Away.

Needs to keep starting along with Brown.

 

Think he has good ability to spot a pass needs to be a bit stronger in his tackling as do a few others

 

We all think dembele will be leaving soon few more performances from ntcham and he will be our next biggest asset but I see us holding on to him for longer strikers are always on a higher demand

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Exactly Yeh he needed new faces but that board in the end chose players that rodgers didn't want he needed a replacement for sure and they went for balotelli total different striker

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BRENDAN Rodgers has tipped Olivier Ntcham to be a major player for Celtic as they pursue the dream of another domestic treble.

The Frenchman joined Celtic for £4.5 million in the summer from Manchester City but has been in and out of the team, making just 21 starts from 38 games.

However, Rodgers says he has simply been managing Ntcham as he beds in to the quick-and-fast life at Celtic Park and he believes fans will see more of him as the campaign progresses.

“He definitely will kick on,” Rodgers said. “It’s just me managing his load and games. He is 21 years old and has been away on loan at Genoa for two seasons in which he played 38 games.

“What you can’t do, without running the risk of injury, is expose him to game after game. Especially with his body type. So it is a gradual one. He has come in, played a game, rested through, developed to play two games in a week and then rested for the third. So he had the Aberdeen game, the Dundee game away and then we gave him the breather and he comes into the Rangers game [as a sub].

“When he has the games in his legs and the body to sustain it without risking injury he will play more consecutive games.

“His use of the ball, his power his pace and that shooting ability, that’s why we paid for the talent. It’s my job to manage that. Last thing I need is someone who hasn’t played games. He is not like [Scott] Browny who plays 40-50 games a season for 10 years. For Olivier this is his first real episode of playing. I have to manage that.”

 

Yeah why not rest him for the Dundee game and start him against the huns.

 

The boy looks like hes going to be class for us