Celtic v HJK Helsinki - Wed, 1 Aug K/O 19.45 - Live on Premier Sports.

We need to get a result at home. It's a must.

 

Mon the hoops!!

 

We need to score 3+ goals. Look at Utrecht. 2-0 at home - 4-0 away.

 

I think the team has come on a fair bit since then. A 2-0 scoreline would still make me nervous, but I'd still be happy with it if we put in a solid performance and looked capable of scoring a lot more.

 

Looking forward to this one. And by looking forward, I mean I'll be watching the match like this:



Not about the opposition, just don't know what to expect from us.

 

We should be able to do this.

Got to go full tilt from the first whistle.

Really give them a going over.

COYBIG

 

Last night I dreamt of this game. I woke up in the dream at half time to see we were down 5-0.. no *.

 

Well get back to sleep and dream the second half where we score 10 goals

























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On the contrary, I believe that is exactly how we will deploy our line up - 4-3-3/4-5-1 -altho thankfully McCourt will be nowhere near the centre of our midfield. I'd play Victor there with perhaps Beram on the bench to be on the safe side. It would leave 7 substitutes of: Zaluska (R.Thomson if Lukasz is injured and can't make the bench), Lustig, Toshney/Fraser, Kayal, Commons, McCourt, Stokes

Also for any HJK fans, what would you say is the biggest weakness in your side?

 

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I would go with...

Forster
Matthews Rogne Mulgew Izaguirre
Wanyama Brown Ledley Samaras
Commons
Hooper

 

Celtic Mel

Would that be with Brown on the right wing with Sammy on the left with Commons playing just off Hooper?

 

Well, at the moment it definitely is our defense, especially our side defence. Central defence is decent. Our side defenders (Sorsa especially) is more like a winger, many of our attacks start with him advancing.

Last season HJK had the best team they have ever had. In Finnish League standards it was magical, lost only 3 games all season if I remember correctly. But at the end of the season, 7 players from our starting 11 got sold, so our team is completely new. Our offence is pretty much as good as last year, our midfield too especially with our new recruit Väyrynen. Without him we probably wouldn't stand a chance.
Our defense suffered most. We didn't find a good replacement for Rafinha. So that's clearly our biggest weakness.

E: And Rafinha is probably the best side defender ever to have played in the Finnish league, he dominated totally against Schalke too.

 

As I ask you more questions I want to assure you that I am not Neil Lennon and do not work for Celtic, unfortunately! Do you play a 4-4-2 formation or a different one? If a 4-4-2, would this team be accurate?

1 GK VILLE WALLEN (C) FINLAND

5 RB SEBASTIAN SORSA FINLAND
11 CB MATHIAS LINDSTROM FINLAND
21 CB MIKKO SUMUSALO FINLAND
6 LB TIMI LAHTI FINLAND

7 RM SEBASTIAN MANNSTROM FINLAND
16 CM MIKA VAYRYNEN FINLAND
28 CM RASMUS SCHULLER FINLAND
26 LM DEMBA SAVAGE GAMBIA

18 ST JUHO MAKELA FINLAND
20 ST JOEL POHJANPALO FINLAND

 

All the right players, but Sumusalo is LB and Timi Lahti is CB. But yeah, 4-4-2 is our formation.

 

Cheers mate. Are you coming to Glasgow for the match or just staying at home?

 

Never knew they had that Hearts reject up front for them.

 

I really hope they play 4-4-2 at Parkhead, not many teams do that and that would leave them quite open.

 

Especially, as I suspect, if we play a 4-3-3/4-5-1.

 

Exactly, we are likely to dominate midfield if they play 4-4-2.

I'd expect us to dominate midfield even if they were to match our formation right enough.