Hibernian vs Celtic - Official Match Thread

I see everyone going for Keatings he has virtually no chance of bveing involved imo, Hooper or Sammy back?

 

Well IF hoopers back that changes things

Forster
wilson rogne maj izzy
brown kayal juarez lungjberg
stokes hooper

 

Win is VITAL, no matter how bad the refs are if we play our best we will win, don't want Stokes to be anywhere near the team but he will be,I'd play this:

26.Forster

12.Wilson 5.Majstorovic 25.Rogne 3.Izaguirre

17.Crosas 33.Kayal

8.Brown(c) 7.Ljunberg 20.McCourt

10.Stokes
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Subs
24.Zaluska
4.Juarez
31.Towell
ANY STRIKER!!
14.McGinn
16.Ledley
28.Keatings

No prediction cos i'm not to confident hope Hooper or Sammy is back at get Stokes out of the team ​

 

Why just persevere with the same sytem and largely the same team that hasn't been doing anything the last few games? Stokes cannot play up there on his own, Ledley has done nothing whatsoever to merit being in the side, Wilson was a disgrace last night, Paddy can't play on the right.

 

26.Forster

12.Wilson 25.Rogne 5.Majstorovic 3.Izaguirre

14.McGinn 33.Kayal 8.Brown(c) 20.McCourt

7.Ljungberg

10.Stokes

Subs:
24.Zaluska(GK), 4.Juarez, 16.Ledley, 17.Crosas, 21.Mulgrew, 28.Keatings & 31.Towell.

I cant see Keatings starting, but he prob be on the bench for back up & to make the under 21 rule.

 

Thats us beat already.

 

This is not just a must win game, it has become a game where we have to show unity and fully support our team and management. We need to go out and score a couple of early goals and when comfortable put on a real display for the fans. We must not let these pro-hun officials get inside our heads and undermine our title hopes. We can and will win the league regardless of poor decisions, over-the-top bans, and bias from the top man in the SFA. We have won against the odds before and we will do it again. As long as the team do what I know they're capable of I have full belief we will be champions.

 

If it was my choice Stokes wouldn't be playing! He is lucky he is our only fully fit choice. He is being shown up by strikers on the opposite teams showing him how to play up himself!! He can't hold the ball or lay it back, when the young boy Hasellbank was able to get about, hold the ball up etc and he's not even there first choice striker.

Ledley is in a sticky wicket as well, brings nothing to the table for me. May have been expectin to much but thought he would have been much better than what he produces!

 

I wonder if Lennon will put Graham Carey into the squad since he's back, would freshen things up a bit and put pressure on the rest of the players to buck up? since he's been playing LB at times we could try Izzaguire LM since he basically played there last night!

 

Anyone else going? Top tier?

Have we ever won in the bumblebee?

 

Heard gollum is the 4th official in this game. Can anyone confirm this?

 

yeah he is

 

Surely to * not the bumblebee again

 

It is fair to say we have had some nightmare days in the bumblebee this last year. But that was last season and all about the complete joke that the season was not the shirt. If we have to wear the bumblebee on Saturday against Hibernian we will be fine. It is just about us going out there and performing, particuarly in the final third. For me the biggest problem in recent games has been the lack of creativity in open play and how poor we have been from attacking set plays. We must be better with both on Saturday.

 

...................................Fortser

........Juarez...........Rogne..........Maj............Izzy

.............................Kayal......Ledley

..........Ljungberg.............Brown(c)..............McCourt

....................................Stokes

Any 3 points will do

 

Do we have to play in that unlucky bumble bee strip again ? I thought we had done away with that " Jonah ". Can we not play in the white strip with the wee shamrock ? We will get beat if we play in the bumblebee.And that will be the league down the Swannee.

 

....................foster
...wilson....maj........rogne.....izzy
...................kayal
.....jaurez......brown......ledley
.............mccourt......stokes
if kapos back swap with brown
if hoopers back swap with brown
if samaras back swap with brown
or mulgrew in for brown
brown should never wear a celtic shirt again imo, problem is we have too many injuries
whats the chance of husklepp signing before this game

 

a lot of people are putting keatings in the team, as much as i would love this to happen, i really doubt it would.

 

Hibs presents a slightly different tie to Hamilton in that they actually have attacking threats through Riordan etc..., on the other hand their defence is very shaky but everytime these struggling teams plays celtic their defence seems to suddenly tighten up for 90 mins.

Need to go with Kayal brown and Ledley in midfield, time to give paddy a rest, bring in possibly Ljunberg to play in behind Stokes and hopefully hooper if fit, a 4-3-1-2 formation and allow Ljunberg of Paddy a completely free role behind the strikers with 3 solid midfielders behind him.

 

ljungberg for a start, but as for what to do up front, i have no idea unless players are back fit. rasmussen and stokes is all i can think of.