Scottish Cup Celtic V Aberdeen April 20th kick off 12:30 Viaplay/BBC 1

full strength. Keep the momentum going. no messing about resting players they don't need resting. take players off when were 2 or 3 up and that's where they can rest. absolutely wild that people are suggesting resting players for a cup semi. What about if we get beat because of doing that? Confidence then goes down etc.

 

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Greig Aitken on VAR

They are going all out again!

 

Agree with the above posts. Full strength, blow them away and get it wrapped up within an hour hopefully. Make some changes for key players then if we can.

We need to maintain momentum.

 

Scottish Cup isn't a mickey mouse cup. We'll be taking it seriously and rightly so.

Hart
AJ
CCV
Welsh
Taylor
Calmac
O'Riley
Hatate
Kuhn
Palma
Kyogo

 

We will have a week to rest after it get the best team out the next 6 hopefully 7 games

 

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No bad set of games to be honest.

 

Play our Strongest team.
Win the game and keep the momentum going

 

Obviously we'll play our strongest XI, would be mental not to.

After all the problems throughout the season, finishing the season with a double would be excellent.

 

Imagine Rodgers getting asked about keeping our best players on the bench in a Scottish Cup semi final. 'Yeah the leagues more important so we'll play a weakened team today to help avoid injuries. We're still better than them though so it'll be fine'.

If anyone thinks that is even remotely possible you're aswell no following football at all fs

 

Obviously Maeda won't play so maybe Palma is ready now to start on the left. Biggest question for me would be around McGregor. Is he truly ready to start or is he still working his way back off the bench.

 

Think he’ll start, looked much more like himself on Sat when he came on & will have another weeks training under his belt.

 

Think your probably right. Starts and maybe plays 60-65 minutes.

 

See given what’s happened since the St Mirren game with them, we need to come out the traps quick and get this won, show no signs of a route back in or us looking vulnerable.

I know this is the cup and not the league but a strong performance, sends a message that we are here to get the job done and take a double home.

 

I'd go

Hart
Johnston CCV Nawrocki Taylor
Iwata
O'Riley Hatate
Kuhn Idah Palma

Palma seemed fit/sharp enough to start, McGregor I still think doesn't.

McGregor, Bernardo, Forrest, Yang and Kyogo to bring on.

Be interesting to see Idah starting with Kuhn and Palma who can both deliver a ball, could do with Palma scoring as well before the League run in to get back to normality. Let Palma build a bit of chemistry with Hatate also who he's barely played with.

 

Think we need to keep the momentum with Kyogo. Otherwise agree.

 

I will never understand why people put a team up without kyogo absolute madness

 

I think it could have been much worse than that.

presumably the lodge elders being used in the hun game just to make sure.

 

Anyone thinking since a cup game perhaps rest day Hatate and kyogo to try avoid them picking up knocks for the league? Still obviously field a strong team then bring them on for last 25. Could have bernardo ahead of Hatate and idah ahead of kyogo. Also keeps Idah and bernardo match sharp. Or should we field our strongest team regardless? Deffo should be turning the sheep over either way especially on their current form

 

This is all Aberdeen have to play for. They'll give it everything on Saturday. Don't underestimate them.