Welcome to Celtic Auston Trusty

He's not had a chance to be consistently * either then by your own logic. He was outstanding last night and is rightly being praised

 

Wouldn't be getting too carried away, done his job well, delt with everything that he had to deal with.
Now Scales on the other hand, was outstanding.

 

He hasn’t even played enough games for any consistency opinion to be formed. Every chance CCV comes back fit on the weekend and he’s back on the bench.

Which would be harsh but don’t think anyone would be surprised if the squad’s announced with CCV starting rather than him on the weekend.

And I think that may be his career for us, playing in the patches that CCV isn’t there. And trying to fight it out with Scales. But he showed he has it in him to be relied upon. He looked so confident by the end of the game.

 

Looked very comfortable again. Good signs

 

He's winning me over. Competition will be fierce for the CB spots when CCV is 100%.

 

Very good for me..

 

Looking good. Don't think he looks too uncomfortable on the right but would always prefer him on the left, because it means CCV is playing.

 

His passing is much more crisp now. Looks solid as * as well..

 

Settling in now. Looking a player!

 

Looked comfortable tonight, solid and winning most everything that came his way especuially in the air.

 

I like him, would be harsh to drop Scales but I do feel like he's probably better than Scales.

Wee bit quicker, we bit more assured on the ball. Reminds me of Kelvin Wilson a bit, a comfortable defender who uses the ball well and never really looks in trouble or bothered. Looks calm when defending, calm on the ball and just natural in the team.

Scales you feel almost needs to play out his skin and work hard to do the same job that Trusty does without breaking sweat.

 

Thought he was much more comfortable last night. Do still find him quite passive in terms of bringing the ball forward than Scales. Got a bit better second half. Guess we'll see if that improves over time but don't see him dislodging Scales at present.

Great to have 3 capable CBs competing for game time.

 

Auston Trusty got a kick out of being part of Team America at the heart of Celtic’s defence against Dundee the other night.

But the Hoops centre back knows the return of Cameron Carter-Vickers means there scrap for places in the side is now as tight as the bonkers race for the White House in his homeland. USA aces Trusty and CCV go way back to their times in the American youth set up, having both been part of Tab Ramos’ under-20 World Cup squad in 2017.


But – surprisingly – the pair had never started the same senior match until Wednesday’s 2-0 win over the Dens Park men. The duo went together as comfortably as stars and stripes but the return to fitness of his big international pal has given boss Brendan Rodgers a dilemma ahead of Hampden, with Liam Scales also in superb form. Trusty said: “It was good playing with Cam. I’ve know him for quite a bit now so it was nice playing alongside him. Overall it was really good.”


It looked a solid partnership but Trusty and Scales was also sensational in the Champions League draw with Atalanta in Italy last week. In fact, take away the Borussia Dortmund game in Europe, and Celtic’s defence has been rock solid no matter who has played


The Hoops racked up another shut out against Dundee – and they’ve now collected eight clean sheets in 10 league games. And it’s been pretty tasty at the other end too, with Rodgers’ men averaging almost three goals a game on the home front.

The Celts gaffer rotated his squad for the Dundee win with an eye on tomorrow’s Premier Sports Cup semi-final clash with high-flying Aberdeen. And it’s clear there is an almighty scrap for places at Hampden


Trusty reckons the more the merrier – as the intense fight for the starting line-up is a show of strength. As for who gets the nod at the National Stadium, the £6m arrival from Sheffield United said: “I don’t know, I’m not the gaffer. I just show up and do my job. I think everyone here just shows up and does the job if they are asked to play.

It’s an honour to play for him and this club. You just have to turn up and do your thing and be a good team mate. There is a lot of completion, all over the pitch I guess. But that is professional football.

“If you have competition then it means you are a good team, because you have quality players who are starting, or are not starting but who can be on the bench. It’s a privilege to have players who can come in and it makes no difference. It’s good to have that competition.”

Trusty has shown he’s willing to adapt too. The big defender has tended to play on the left side of the backline partnership and has been deployed at left back at various times in his career. But Carter-Vickers stepping out of the side to nurse a troublesome metatarsal problem meant a stand-in role on the right alongside Scales


There might have been some initial teething problems, but Trusty has made huge strides in recent weeks – culminating in that heroic display in Bergamo. It’a going to be a tricky one for Rodgers given the ultra-reliable displays from Scales, but the American is happy to do his bit no matter what.

He said: “I’ll do whatever is needed for the team. That’s my mindset and I think I’ve shown my capabilities to play any position along the backline. Whatever it is, I’ll give it my best go. I’ll do whatever it takes for the team if the gaffer asks me to do it


The sane goes for the rest of the Celtic squad. The raft of changes the other night diminished some of the usual fluency from their play against Dundee. But it was the kind of routine no fuss win that gets the job done during these hectic spells.

Celtic’s midfield of Luke McCowan, Paulo Bernardo and Arne Engels could hardly be called second string, while wide boys Yang and Luis Palma could maybe be forgiven for trying to impress a tad too much against a packed Dee backline. Either way, Celts didn’t panic when the early goal didn’t arrive and they kept the faith the breakthrough would come.

Trusty said: “It was good. We got the result and that was what we wanted to do. We made kind of a start and had chances in the beginning. If we’d scored those early on the game changes and shifts. It didn’t so it went on to the second half. But we know it’s going to come. We are a confident team. It’s just a moment in time in a game, so we have to keep doing our jobs


That’s what we did. Having patience was big. Playing out style of play and having the ball so much, you might not score with the initial break, but eventually we’ll wear down teams and it will go in our favour. You gave to be patient to do your job.”

It was a slightly different challenge to the one Trusty faced in Italy seven days earlier, but one he relished just the same. The 26-year-old has settled at Celtic and is lapping up the succession of big games – with another huge one up tomorrow.

He said: “I love it. It’s such a historic club. You see the passion from top to bottom in the organisation and with the fans, how they truly care. Every game is such an opportunity. Even though it’s game after game after game, it’s amazing and you still have the thrill and excitement every single time. Every game is important – every game is a final.

 

Feeling pretty confident going up against Leipzig with Trusty and CCV in defence.

 

Great interview, seems a level headed guy with a professional outlook.

 

Another great performance. Have to say the passing has looked so good on the left side of the defence today with him ahead of scales. First time passing around to Valle and maeda have been really good

 

Really starting to look the business, getting sharper with every game, excellent passer down left side.