Celtic vs KR Reykjavik - UCL Qualifier, Tuesday 22nd July @ 7:45pm

Was last year our first season starting in 2nd round? I remember Cliftonville, Elfsborg, and Karagandy. The previous year I just remember Helsinki and Helsingborg.

I get excited for preseason friendlies all the time, but oddly have a hard time getting up for these 2nd round games. Can't put my finger on it.

Feel the gulf makes them pretty pointless, as competitive games go. Not that we're indestructible, but still. Possibly it's the anomaly of us being expected to walk it in a European game, and the niggling fear of a watching an Artmedia. Might say I feel more numb than anything.

 

When did Ambrose meet up with the squad? If it was anything over 3 days ago a want have a problem with him playing as he'd had plenty of time to rest from the long journey. But if just arrived yesterday then is thrown into the game it could be Juventus all over again.

 

I wouldn't start Ambrose. I would have Mulgrew in at centre half alongside Van Dijk.

 

That seems like the logical option to me as well.

I'd also go with the thumb and stokes up top.

 

Looking forward to this tonight but Ronny will have to break a vicious hoodoo,

Last 3 celtic managers have all lost their first game in Europe

Strachan 5-0 to Bratislava
Mowbray 1-0 to dynamo Moscow
Lennon 3-0 to braga

C'mon Ronny you can do it !

 

I would like to see Pukki if I'm honest. He should be full of confidence from a very good pre season thus far, and I think he has earned a start. I wouldn't be overly fussed if it were Griffiths and Stokes though.

 

Ambrose had visa issues and couldn't get into Austria he was training with development squad and trained with first team on Sunday. That was only day he has spent with the squad.

 

I won't be overly concerned if we lose tonight, so long as it's not a freak hammering.

We more than have the capabilities to run roughshod over them in Edinburgh.

 

I'm not worried about this at all. You can't underestimate anyone in Europe but an * side that lost 9-1 on aggregate to HJK not too long ago and is sitting 3rd in the Icelandic league is about as easy as it gets at this level. We should be sailing through quite comfortably.

 

Are they an amatuer side? First I heard of that.

 

There's talk that the zombies would give them a game.

 

rangers II would probably hammer this mob

 

Well they do have the 2 best strikers in Scotland

 

So you'd have Boyd before Stokes and Miller before Griffiths? Ok then.

 

sarcasm..

 

Mon the Hoops

 

John Collins was saying that Ambrose is looking very sharp and that the management are happy with him, so he'll probably start.

Forster

Lustig Ambrose van Dijk Izzaguire

Kayal Johansen Mulgrew

Pukki Commons Stokes​

 

Hibs got leathered 10-0 or something last season too in Europe. Anything can really happen in these kind of games as we know very little about them, it's not as if we can go and get video to see how they play against good teams like us as they probably never face any and youd imagine play totally different against teams in their own League or other European diddy teams.

 

if they actually had signed off accounts for the last three years

 

so Efe aint lookin puffed oot thats good to hear