Scottish Cup Celtic V Raith Rovers Saturday February 8th kick off 5:30 Premier sports 2

Should be a good game this coming weekend


Hopefully not a high score 3-0 for the Hoops

 

...............schmeichel.......................
Ralston trusty scales schlupp
.Mccowan Bernardo hatate
......Yang Maeda Jota .....................

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Seven hunner nil

 

Sinisalo
Ralston Trusty Scales Shloooop
Bernardo
McCowan Hatate
Kühn Kenny Yang

 

Maeda will play not sure who instead off but he is suspended for Bayern at home so I think he will play.

I agree with the rest of the team, maybe Engels for Hatate just because he was on the bench at the weekend there.

 

Twenty six nothing.

 

I don't think he makes wholesale changes...

Schmeichel
Ralston Trusty Scales Taylor
McGregor
Kuhn McCowan Bernardo Jota
Maeda ​

 

We look spoilt for choice again. I know we only signed a couple of players, but we have got some duffers out.

Schmeichel
Ralston Trusty Scales Schlupp
McGregor
Kuhn McCowan Bernardo Jota
Maeda

 

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Just had a look at the raith team


Forget they had signed Paul Hanlon and Lewis Stevenson

 

I know Rodgers won’t ever do this, but I’d be playing nobody (except Jota to build fitness) who will be playing against Bayern

Sinisalo
Ralston Nawrocki Murray Scales
Schlupp
McCowan Bernardo
Jota Kenny Maeda

 

Aye good point. Maeda ahead of Kühn for sure.

 

I would start with the team that will play BM, except for up top, go with Kuhn Kenny and Maeda.

 

Kasper

AJ
CCV
Scales
Schlupp

Calmac
Bernardo
McCowan

Maeda
Kenny
Jota

Kuhn, Idah, Hatate, Engels & Taylor off the bench. Jota, Calmac, Schlupp, Kenny and Bernardo subbed.

Would love to give youth a shot but who is there? Cummings has no future here and tbh we could do with keeping the momentum going. So hopefully all who will be playing v Bayern atleast get half an hour/20mins.

 

I would play a mixed team of regulars and those needing a chance or minutes.

I think Jota could do with another run out even start and play the first half or another hour. He isn’t fit yet but the class is there for all to see.

Maeda is suspended so it’s whether you play him as Striker or on the wing. I would actually be tempted to start him through the middle. Idah wouldn’t play for me and keep him for Bayern unless he is really needed.

Yang or Kenny would complete my forward line. I would be tempted to play Yang from the start but aim to give Kenny the full second half.

In midfield I would play Bernardo deepest, McCowan and Engels (if winning get him off after an hour at most). McGregor would only be used if absolutely necessary, likewise with Hatate.

In defence I would go with Ralston, Schlupp needs minutes and a centre back pairing of Nawrocki and Scales. I would keep Schmeichel in goals.

You could then give CCV, Trusty, Johnston, Taylor, McGregor, Hatate, Kuhn and Idah a break and have a decent selection of them on the bench incase they are needed.

I know a changed team struggled at Falkirk but they were flying when we played them and we were awful with guys making full debuts and off the back of a European game. I think there is a number of those named with a point to prove and would be right up for it. We would still have a lot of quality from the likes of Maeda, Jota, Engles, Bernardo and McCowan, with one wildcard in Yang or Kenny playing from middle to front.

Ralston and Scales know the Scottish game well, Schlupp is an experienced campaigner and once he got the pace of the game last night look a solid enough player. Nawrocki needs to earn his wage at some point and in a game where we will be front foot, his main positive attribute for me is he is good at passing it out from the back.

 

Sinisalo
Ralston Nawrocki Murray Scales
Bernardo Schlupp
McCowan
Yang Kenny Maeda​