Paulo Bernardo

Its a luxury problem to have, but our first "drama/problem" will be the midfield. Will Engels accept sitting on the bench? I don't think there is a chance we will bench a player bought for 11m as we will look to increase that value by playing him, but who do we drop. Everycunt is on fire lol.

 

The games are about to come thick & fast so there will be plenty opportunity for all to get on the pitch.

Rodgers favoured Bernardo in the European games where we might be sitting deeper.

 

Yeah you are right. Rodgers must be very clear when he buy a player and say that we rotate heavily so there wont be any drama.

If i remember correctly Hatate was kind of * a while back when he lost his starting spot, but look at how that turned out. It got the best out of him again.

 

The amount of 2nd balls he wins is excellent..

And loved him bouncing off the bench to congratulate McGregor when he scored..

 

Going to say it every day for a week. Day 2....

£3.5m

 

3.5m

https://x.com/celticway1888/status/1830549437795434692

 

Suppose biggest compliment you can give hum is I’ve not even thought about l O’Riley.. i genuinely didn’t realise he had a performance that level in him. Looked a real top level player. Bit of a throwback to when central midfielders were required to do everything and weren’t just 6/8’s etc.

 

Absolutely, I was just about to write this. Think he could be an excellent CDM.

 

Aye I loved that. He's heavily involved in all the celebrations. Seems very popular guy amongst the squad.

That video posted is fantastic. At the guy I had said he was man of the match before he went off that video just reaffirms how good he was.

Mentioned it before, that's boy at celtic by numbers done a piece on him last year after Athletico game and said his number of recoveries/possessions won was the highest he had ever recorded for a celtic player in all his years doing it.

Must of been really high again yesterday. Gonna be a huge player for us in champions league

 

Added great physicality to his game since last season. He has a real grit , drive and dig about him and is developing nicely , he was our best player yesterday.

 

Kovacic looks really good for Man City recently playing deeper, made you think that you don't need to be McGregor style or Rodri style to replace a guy like that and still play very well and be a good team.

We've been used to McGregor for years and you worry about who will step in but a different style guy can still do a great job.

 

Reminded me of Mooy the way he played yesterday.

 

Aye very good yesterday. He puts himself about. At the fee, it was a no brainer. He done ok I felt last season with the limited game time he got. Very handy player to have around the squad though.

 

His work rate was outstanding yesterday. Such a good team player. Once he adds a few more goals and assists, he'll be right up there.

 

So who drops our for Engels

 

I think everyone keeps their place for now tbh, assuming everyone is back fit from international duty.

 

It's a tricky one for BR isn't it.. but a good problem to have..

Taylor and Scales have been excellent but can get exposed at CL level, so there's am argument one or both should be left out for Hearts at home, with CL to come after that.. as harsh as that is...

Midfield though, tougher to drop Bernardo..

 

* love that

 

Aye mega tricky. I might be way off but have a feeling that keeping in-form guys happy will take precedent the now, it's better squad management imo. Not just for the likes of Scales/Taylor/Bernardo, but everyone will see that if you're performing you're in the team.

Plus it's not a case of IF, but rather WHEN guys need a rest/pick up niggles, the new bhoys will be raring to go. What a position we're in man, am delighted with it.