[Official TC Thread] Celtic v The rangers semi final sun 23rd Oct

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awwk look at them they look like they are enjoying themselves

 

Your point is null and void considering they all played when we pumped them 5-1 and also in the game v City.

 

Not at all.
Since then the Ranger's midfield has been strengthened as even acknowledged by Scott Brown himself.
And that league game was at home, not at Hampden park in a one off Cup Semi Final. And Rangers were reduced to ten men in that particular game.
The City game is now hard to quantify, sandwiched between the defeats by Barcelona and BMG.

We have to treat each game differently with them I think on varying circumstances and changes of personnel IMO.
It would be wrong in this case to use the 5-1 league victory as a reference point when it comes to the entirely different format and nature of a sudden death nature of a semi final at Hampden Park with Rangers.

 

Right, that's me over Wednesday night. Time to get stuck into these diseased water thieves.

Show no mercy Celtic. Get them pumped.

 

But your point isn't about the strength of their midfield. It's that Brown, Bitton and Rogic 'doesn't work', which is patently false as proved by many recent results.

They have flaws of course but that wasn't your point.

I'd play Henderson, Brown and Rogic personally but the Brown, Bitton and Rogic are more than capable of dominating that mob again.

 

I dont think we will have any problem from them.

They struggle to attack teams as they have no quality going forward where as we attack teams easily and our movement and pace going forward will be too much for them. Should be an easy win, I cant really see how they can play well either or cause us problems as they lack creativity and movement on the ball and when they have possession they only pass it backwards and sideways.

We should dominate the game and have them pinned back, if we get the first goal quick it'll most likely end up another pumping.

 

My only concern about this game is Hampden. We never seem to play well there.

 

I dont like Hampden
Nor am I fond of Sevco
Come on Celtic, win!

 

Don't worry. I won't be in attendance, so we'll win comfortably.

Never seen Celtic or Scotland win at Hampden

 

We'll need a better tempo to our game than we did against Motherwell and Gladbach if this is gonna be comfortable. Hopefully we've got over the internation break blues and we come out absolutely flying. Dembele is 11/1 to score in the first ten minutes on Skybet and Sinclair has even better odds than that, I fancie a couple of early goals if we come out flying.

 

Personally I would play Henderson, Brown and Armstrong in this particular game.

 

Henderson looked very average against Motherwell, the majority of his set pieces were awful as well, I wouldn't have him anywhere near the starting XI.

 

Armstrong ahead of Rogic?

I've heard it aw now

 

whoelse is out for the huns apart from krancjar?

 

Well Rogic only lasts a wee while.
It's like a guy with premature * always leaving his bird dissatisfied

 

Word is the 2 blow-up dolls won't be making an appearance. They were said to be deflated after the 5-1 pumping.

 

Barton