Celtic v Dundee Utd LC Final 15 March 3pm KO

Sunday sees us with the chance to grab the first piece of silverware of the season and hopefully take the first step towards the domestic treble.

A new pitch will have been laid at Hampden and hopefully it is good enough to allow us to play the fast passing and attacking game we have recently come to see and expect.

 

This will be interseting. I went for the draw yesterday and was right. This time we will win, 2-1.

 

Have a feeling we'll pump them in this.

 

Who's all suspended for the game? If ciftci doesnt play i can see it being an easy ride, especially if commons is back

 

Is commons fit for this?

I'd play

Gordon

Fisher Denayer. Van dijk izaguirre

Brown. Bitton

Commons. Johaansen. Henderson

Griffiths​

 

Can VVD play?

 

I thought the ban would just be Scottish cup?

 

Packie Bonner said on the radio both would miss the final but I'm not sure do he's right. I would've thought so tbh.

 

Aye I'm probably wrong then.

 

The pitch better be decent ffs

 

He can't miss the Cup Final, it's a different competition surely?

 

If Van Dijk's ban is upheld, he misses out.

 

We'll appeal, he'll play the final and then might get a ban for next cup game.

 

So Utd should have half a team left, as Ciftci is out of that too.

We should beat them, tbh Utd are the worst team in the SPL at this current time and yesterday was shambolic performance by Celtic, so I can't see us surely slumping again as we have the last couple of games.

Unfortuantely we don't have the Utd balls to call on, but hopefully he'll not be selecting the same forward players he did, most especially Stokes. Forrest was poor too, although for a 15-20 minute period he did start to look dangerous, maybe the bigger pitch might suit him.

I'd rather see any other wide player or such play than Stokes.

As for midfield, defo need to buck up there, the lot of them were poor, most especially Brown who was more a hindrance to Celtic than Utd, flying into tackles and woeful passing (which is bad enough, but even more so on that pitch). Hopefully they'll be on the ball and not caught up in the game come next week and concentrate what they do best.

 

It will depend on the hearing date.

 

Gordon

Matthews Denayer Ambrose Izaguirre

Bitton Brown (c)

Henderson Johansen Commons

Griffiths​

Zaluska
Fisher
O'Connoll
Forrest
McGregor
Scepovic
Guidetti​

Any word on Bitton's injury?

 

Gordon
Ambrose Denayer Virgil Izaguirre
Brown Bitton
Forrest Johansen Stokes
Griffiths​

Have I included anyone who can't play..? Commons and Guidetti off the bench will cause them problems.

 

Virgil? Although talk of if we appeal on Friday they won't have time to decide until Tuesday.

I'm hoping Matthews might be back as well.

 

Will Commons be fit in time for the final? I would go:

--------------------------------------Gordon--------------------------------
Fisher--------------Ambrose-----------------Denayer-----------Izaguirre
-----------------------Bitton-----------------Brown------------------------
--------Henderson---------------Johansen-------------------Griffiths-----
----------------------------------Guidetti-----------------------------------

If Commons is fit I'd start him ahead of Henderson

 

Some would say Efe, Izzy ,Forrest, stokes ...