Should this be our starting XI til end of season?

Aside from injuries obviously but would you change this side?
Like everyone else I thought it was a fabulous result and I'm interested to see if you think this is the blend we should stick with - even if a bad result comes in, would you change it? I'm not a fan of rotational - you play your way into * you get yourself out of it (unless absolutely useless) but when you've found a team unit I'm minded to stick by it. Hail Hail. (funny how * a mood I'm in and its not a friday...happy days)

 

need to make sure we have a real centre back with rogne and when ki comes back i dont have a clue how lenny will fit him in but apart from that i thought we were * fantastic HAIL HAIL

 

Yes because its a winning side and we have to keep that starting 11 cemented. But I would like to see other good players get a game but hopefully Lenny doesn't change much. Such as 1 out and another in for the next game depending on how big the game is and where we are playing. But the team we played yesterday is clearly our best team. Except Mulgrew at CB.

 

Well that's the first game that particular line-up has played together. Good result, but should we be choosing our base line-up for the next four months on the basis of a single game? I mean, the 2-0 at Ibrox was probably a better result - shouldn't go with that team till the end of the season?

Basically I'm not in favour of sticking totally with a single line-up. That's what MON did, and imo his inflexibility cost us two league titles, because his team of favourites tired so badly towards the end of the season.

I would like to see a consistent base unit, but also resting players freely when they need it. We have the playing resources to do it: we've got undoubtedly the deepest squad in the league, & that's what will win us the title, if we take advantage of it. Rangers and Hearts have decent teams, but their squads are shallow.

My favoured base line-up would be:

Forster

Wilson---Maj---Rogne---Emilio

Forrest---Kayal---Ki---Ledley

Stokes----Hooper
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bringing on Paddy &/or Freddie 2nd half.

 

Same but bring Forrest over to the left and stick Brown on the right

 

I'm willing to compromise - let's play Forrest on the left, and stick a pie supper out right.

 

My team would be -
Forster

wilson---------maj------------rogne---------izaguirre

Forrest---------Kayal----------Brown/Ledley-----Commons

stokes--------------hooper

subs: Zaluska, Loovens, cha/Juarez, Brown/Ledley, McCourt/Ljungberg, Carey, Samaras

That leaves no room for Maloney, cha/Juarez, McCourt/Ljungberg, mcginn, crosas, murphy, mulgrew..definitely plenty of strength & depth in the squad..As i say..5 or 6 players need to be moved on in the summer to balance things out.

 

---------------Forster---------------

hinkel-------maj----rounge----izzy

-----------kayal-------ki------------

brown----------------------forrest

------------stokes------------------
-----------------------hooper------

bench
new CB
new striker
m Wilson
juarez
McCourt
ledley

 

Fit Majstoro and Ki in there and yes. Possibly paddy should be sratin too...
Dont know how were gonna fit em all in there :icon_mrgreen: Whata happens when Freddie gets fit enough?

 

I think that's our strongest line-up as well.

 

He's no that bad:icon_mrgreen:

 

The main core of the team should'nt get touched unless its through injury but not every team play the same way so things must change ,Being Celtic though these changes normally happen from Midfield to the Strikers and Lennon seems to have plenty to choose from in the Midfield anyway ,but nothing to drastic needs done if the team are winning .

 

Players will need a rest and others deserve a chance to play too. Not advocating Benitez style squad rotation but changes will need to be made at some point.

Players can lose form.

How much p/w is this pie supper on, btw?

 

Not necessarily. I still think Maj/Rogne is our best centre back pairing. However, Mulgrew deserves a place in the team IMO, only problem is we have one of hte best players in the country in Izzy. We definitely need Izzy playing at LB, Kayal in CM and Hooper & Stokes up front. I'm not sure which players might make up a strongest XI apart from that.

 

I think that we'll still see a fair ammount of rotation but our first 11 should be;

Forster
Wilson - Rogne - Maj - Izzy
Brown - Kayal - Ki - Forrest
Stokes - Hooper
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Still, I think our depth is our strength. I'd be happy to sub in Ljunberg or Commons for Brown/Forrest, Juareze or Crosas in for Kayal/Ki, Cha in for Wilson, etc. I think everyone knows that the only spots we're shallow at are center-half and center-forward. Murphy shouldn't be let anywhere near the park so I'd like to see Keatings get an occasional run-out if we don't bring someone else in. Mulgrew played great last night but it'll be interesting to see how he does against a tougher challenge.​