Arne Engels

Can see the confidence growing in him and I honestly can't wait to see him McGregor hatate with Jota daizen and Khun against the Huns at Celtic park with a score to settle...Jota in particular changes the whole dynamics of the team..you see it already with him and hatate.

 

Just feels more invested in the club/team recently. Smiling more and his performances are progressively on the up.

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I'd love to see a wee reel of his passing since he's been in the door..

The amount of wee flicks and belters he plays round a defence must be wild already. Particularly lately....every game he's taking a whole defence out..

 

I feel like it’s only lately he’s been doing it. He has that confidence and swagger now.

That’s how I’m confident the open play goals will start flying in, it’s the next stage of his evolution and he clearly has the tools for it.

 

He's had those passes loads mate. Look at the first half against Leipzig where he kept playing outside of the foot passes that ripped them to shreds. Been loads of games where he's had similar passes..

He's deffo bee doing it more frequently though and no doubt he's much more confident in the jersey..

I always felt the long rangers would come. You wouldn't be surprised if he scored another 5 like that before the seasons out..

 

A peach goal from a set piece for a 1-0 win would be pretty cool

I have a good feeling about his performance tomorrow.
Baptised against Dortmund and now in a very different place

 

Reminds me of hazard


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Bayern Munich boss Vincent Kompany is pleased to see fellow Belgian Arne Engels progressing well at Celtic.


Having emerged from Belgian football through the Bundesliga and English Premier League to achieve at the highest level, winning 89 caps for his country, Kompany is a strong role model to emulate as Engels ponders where his career might take him.

The Bayern manager is well aware of the Celtic midfielder, having first spotted him coming through the youth ranks at Club Brugge.

Now preparing his team to go up against the prospect in the Champions League on Wednesday night, Kompany has stated that Glasgow is a strong proving ground for Engels at this stage of his development

The former Belgium international said, "I'm always happy to see Belgian players do well. If I remember well, I've seen him play in the youth teams for Brugge.

"When I was in Anderlecht, I used to watch the youth team games a lot. There were a couple of great talents on both sides, on Brugge's side but also on Anderlecht's side. It was always good to watch them and imagine what their progression would be.

"I think he's 21 now. He's in the right place. It's the right level. You get a taste of Champions League football. You get a taste of must-win football in the league as well.

"I think for young players, sometimes as important as the talent is the pathway. It doesn't always need to start with the top clubs in the world. I think you start with top clubs in different leagues. That gives you that winning mentality.

"Then you progress if you're ready to progress. He's got a good pathway. Many of the players from the Belgian generation that did well were actually at his age in similar places. It's a good starting point for him."

Engels joined Celtic last summer and has already made 35 appearances in all competitions, scoring nine goals and assisting 10 more.

Kompany's verdict is a solid indication that Engels made the right move at the right time. It's validation for the player and his advisers.

Added to noted improvement both in his performances and in consistency week-to-week over the last two months, hopes are high that he can progress further in green and white.

A standout display at home to Bayern on Wednesday night would go a long way to further establishing his potential.

 

Eden Hazard??

 

Nah: obvs Conor…

 

All of the above... but don't forget how crucial set pieces might be, absolutely have to make the most of any of those opportunities and need good deliveries for that.

 

I know he missed 1 penalty, but I'm so confident when he takes a penalty. I haven't felt like that for a while. We've had a few players who are solid at pens for a while like Hatate, McGregor, Palma, JJ, Ntcham and O'Riley. Him though, so cool and confident.
Got 10 assists this season too, 3 in the CL.

There's a reason he's being brought into the Belgium team. I'm honestly surprised a team in Germany didn't see something in him, or maybe he thought CL and regular starts was his way to international football.

 

He's a bit of a moany wee *. Iron that out and get on with it and he can be a fantastic player. Work on physicality and shooting too.

 

Wanyama absolutely bossed the MF against Barca at 21 in the Champions League, he was incredible, so hopefully Engels can do the same against Bayern tonight, if he doesn't have a good game, criticism shouldn't be seen as sacrilege or blasphemous, if he's going to have the high level future that many predict (I'm not one of those as I still don't rate him too highly as it stands), then he should be performing well tonight, this is what we've signed him for and why we've broke our transfer record

He'll need to be in and around Cal all night, he can't be going too far forward and leaving Cal isolated, I know Taylor will be inverted to help Cal out in MF but Engels has to stay disciplined positionally, then look to play balls over the top on the counter, lessons have to be learned from Dortmund when he was too far forward leaving Cal too exposed

 

Wanyama at 21 against Barca was outstanding, as I said, not expecting him to dominate, but still expecting a decent performance from our record signing given so many say the lad is destined for the top of the game, I'm yet to be convinced personally

He was bought to come in, impress against sides such as Bayern and then be moved on at a profit, let's be honest

Don't want to see him hiding amongst opposition players all night, want to see bravery from the lad, Bernardo would be starting instead for me but won't happen

 

Wanyama was very good in that game but he, or we as a team didn't boss anyone that night. We had like 16% possession. It was amazing and we hung on for dear life, but let's not make out that Wanyama ran the show or something.

That said, I agree we need a good performance from him, on and off the ball