St Mirren vs Celtic Match Thread

Have to keep our good run of winning games up, & well St Mirren will be down after the Cup Final, Hopefully get a few goals in this one..​

1.Boruc​

12.Wilson 38.Thompson 48.O'Dea(c) 21.Braafheid​

6.N'Guemo 17.Crosas​

46.McGeady 7.Keane 9.Samaras​

19.Rasmussen​

Subs: 24.Zaluska(GK), 2.Hinkel, 10.Fortune, 13.Maloney
16.Hooiveld,18.Ki & 27.Zheng ​

I wouldn't change the side that much from the weekend, I think Sammy deserves a start, hes been good the last few games.. I've went with the formation we used against Dunfermline in the Cup (Tis how Sky Sports made it look)..

 

You cant really drop the motm from Saturday from the squad altogether? Would keep the same winning team from the weekend out on the park.

 

Is Boruc back?

 

Ye he was on the bench at the weekend, the manager wanted to have a look at Zaluska..

 

Paul MacGowan is another reason we don't really need Keane starting matches right now.

Priority for me is Fortune, Ras, Macgowan (after last game) and Samaras. If you can keep Keane in the team well fine, but surely not at the expense of that 4.

 

Same team as Sat but put big Ras upfront and send RK back to london.

 

would keep the team from saturday = if its not broke dont fix it

 

It seems that Keane is becoming more of a burden than a bonus to us.

 

which i dont understand

 

The only definite change i'd make from saturday is to put boruc in goal. The only other possible one is to Play Hooiveld if he is fit, and drop O'Dea

 

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I think we will find it harder as the game goes on and I’m sure that’s the way they will be looking at it to.

I reckon we should go for a quick goal and make them come out and play and revert to counter attack with our pace up front.

 

Wouldn't change a thing. If Hinkel is fit i would play him thats the only change tho.

 

If we had Keane on loan from the start of the season and at this point were 13 points clear and virtually had the league wrapped up would you want him sent back to tottenham in that scenario? I doubt you would, so just enjoy a class act while you can. So what if we aint going to win the league it aint Keanos fault. If he wants to be here right now then in my eyes he is welcome.

 

Boruc
Wilson Thompson O'Dea Braafheid
NGuemo Crosas
Fortune McGowan McGeady
Keane
___________
Zaluska
Hooiveld
Hinkel
Caddis
Ki
Samaras
Rasmussen​

St Mirren will stick with the 5-3-2 / 3-5-2 mix so we should look to neutralise that with a 5-man midfield, and exploit the wide areas with the pace of Fortune and McGeady. ​

 

think Loovens and Hooiveld are back. Maloney is a possibility to make the bench.

1.Boruc(c)

2.Hinkel 16.Hooiveld 38.Thompson 12.Wilson

18.Ki 6.N'Guemo

10.Fortune 55.McGowan 9.Samaras

7.Keane
​

Subs
24.Zaluska
21.Braafheid
48.O'Dea
17.Crosas
13.Maloney
46.McGeady
19.Rasmussen

3-0 Celtic Keane Samaras and McGowan​

 

What don't you understand Shaun? The leagues over this year, Keane's already announced he wont be staying beyond the loan deal. We have multiple strikers who are going to be here next season, including one new (Rasmussen) and a youngster (McGowan). These players need to be given time to form partnerships with their strike partners, Keane is of no use to us now. In my opinion, Keane should be sent back.




Back on topic, I would go with:



--------------- -Boruc---------------

--Hinkel--Thompson---O'dea--Braafheid--

----------N'Guemo--Crosas--------------

--Fortune------McGowan-----Samaras---

---------------Rasmussen---------------


Hoping for a good attacking display. I'm going for 3-0.

 

Listen, the huns beat this manky useless bunch with 9 men, repeat 9 men, so if we dont beat them on wednesday, mowbray must go NOW!

 

If we don't win at least 16-0 Mowbray must be sacked immediately after the match.

My prediction is St.Mirren 0-2 Celtic.

 

Would go with the same team that started on Saturday, really hope McGowan keeps his place.

Going for a 0-2 win for the bhoys.

 

Well said.

Now to the match, not going to be a walk in the park. St Mirren have been pretty decent at home against us but I still see a hard fought victory for Celtic. No need to change the team from Saturday.

3-1 Celtic