| Celtic's best XI ? |

So the transfer window is shut and celtic have made some good signings, what would your best celtic XI be out of a fully fit squad ?

mines would be:

........................BORUC..............................

...HINKEL.....HOOVEILD....LOOVENS....BRAAFHEID.....

...MCGEADY.....N'GUEMO.....BROWN.......MALONEY...

.... ............KEAN.......RASMUSSEN.................

 

...................zaluska......................

hinkel......hooiveld....odea......braafheid

...................nguemo......................

mcgeady.....................................ki

....................keane........................
.........fortune.............rasmussen......

 

Sorry meant to say hello to everyone on my first post!! Cmon the hoops!!

 

................................Zaluska........................................
Hinkel..........Hoiveld.................Thompson............Braffheid
Kamara..........N'Geona..............Ki........................Maloney
...........................Keane.........Rasmussen..................

 

........................Zaluska...........................

..Hinkel...Hooiveld..Loovens...Braafheid..

............Brown....Ki...N'Guemo...............

..Keane.........Rasmussen.........Kamara......



I think this would be the most effective but the fact it doesn't include McGeady or Boruc, it would never happen.

 

id go for a:

-------------Zaluska---------------------(until Boruc regains his past form)
-----------------------------------------
--Hinkel--Hooiveld--O'Dea--Braafheid------(need fighters like O'Dea for the SPL)
-----------------------------------------
------N'Guemo------------Brown----------(steady midfield with Browns fight and
------------------------------------------ N'Guemo to slow the game down)
------McGeady-------------Ki-------------(Ki has a good creativity, can give Keano
------------------------------------------ something to work with)
--------Rasmussen-----Keane-------------(Needs little explanation in my opinion)

P.s. the reason i would still put McGeady into the squad is because although his end product these days is far from perfect, he can still beat the left back 9times/10 and make the cross. With our new strike force, I think they will capitalise on that better than the Fortuné's, Samarases and Skippys of the team.

Zaluska, at the moment needs a go in the team. Boruc has not had the form of the past. So for his own good he needs to be rested and encouraged to work his way into the team, lose some weight and eventually showing us all again the amazing player he really is. At the moment he is too complacent, and so has little incentive to shed that belly and become an athlete again! Also it would be nice to see Zaluska in action...if I remember last time he was playing he barely slipped up at all...plus if he does play well then we will be able to sell him for more! (because I have no doubt that any player is happy sitting on the bench all season)

 

Boruc

Hinkel Loovens Hooiveld Braafheid

N'Guemo Crosas

McGeady

Kamara...................Keane
Rasmussen​

 

Boruc- our best keeper but needs to be dropped for awhile because hes playing *

Braffheid- Looks decent
Hooiveld-Again looks decent but will need to see
Loovens/Rogne- Bombscare or unknown? i dont know
Hinkel- decent performer every week but defending is suspect

Brown- Gives us the engine in midfield
Crosas- Best passer in the team by miles and lets us control the game

Kamara- looks like a player
Keane- No comment required
Fortune- His movement creates chances for other players

Big Rass- to bang in all the chances!

left out: McGeady- form doesnt merit an automatic pick now with the players we have.
N'Guemo- better tackler than crosas but passing isnt good enough and positioning is sometimes suspect
maloney- forgotten what he looks like to be honest!
O'Dea- numpty mcmanus clone
Ki- looks a good player but not up to speed with spl yet and needs to be introduced gradually. would be great impact player
Sammy- can offer something different but other strikers are better.

 

.......................boruc ( wen in form ).....................

hinkel..........hooiveld.............thompson........braafied

..............................nguemo................................

...........ki.......................................brown............

..............................kamara..................................

..............................................keane....................

..............................rasmussen.............................

 

I've based the attackers on most recent form b/c their are so many options that can interchange
Zaluska

Hinkel Thomson Jos Braaf

Kamara/McGeady Brown Crosas McGeady/McCourt <-- Aiden plays but either with Paddy on the left and him right. Or Kamara on the right and him left


Keano Rasmussen



Other forward setups that could work well I think (the one I chose is only on form) are:

Sammy Kamara

Rassmussen

or


Keane

Rasmussen Samaras/Kamara



I like Fortune best off the bench often personally

 

Boruc

Hinkel Hooiveld O'Dea Braafheid

Crosas N'Guemo

Brown

Kamara McGeady

Keane
​

 

Boruc

Hinkel Loovens Braffheid

Crosas N'Guemo

Brown

McGeady Kamara

Rasmussen Keane​

 

1.Boruc

2.Hinkel 22.Loovens 16.Hooiveld 21.Braafheid

46.McGeady 6.N'Guemo 8.S.Brown(c) 11.Kamara

19.Rasmussen 7.Keane

Subs: 24.Zaluska, 9.Samaras, 10.Fortune, 13.Maloney,
17.Crosas, 18.Ki & 38.Thompson
​

 

-----------------------------Zaluska(The now at least)-----------------



Hinkel--------------Loovens---------------Hooiveld------------Braafheid

---------------------------Ki/N'Guemo--------Brown



McGeady-----------------------------------------------------McGinn



-------------------------Keane

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

 

1.ARTUR BORUC
2.ANDREAS HINKEL
16.JOS HOOIVELD
4. (C) STEVEN MCMANUS (when back to full fitness& back from loan )
21. EDSON BRAAFHIED
46. AIDEN McGEADY
6. LANDRY N'GUEMO
8. SCOTT BROWN
11. DIOMANSY KAMARA
7. ROBBIE KEANE
19. MORTEN RASMUSSEN
subs.
24 lucas Zaluska, 10. Marc-antoine-Fortune', 48. Darren O'Dea 18 Ki seung Yeung , 13. Shawn Maloney , 20. Paddy Mcourt 14. Nial Mcginn

Samaras must go he should have went and big jan stayed !

Hail Hail
KTF

 

Boruc
Hinkel Thompson Hooiveld Braafheid
Crosas N'Guemo
Brown Keane McGeady
Rasmussen

Thompson in because I wouldnt trust O'Dea or Loovens as far as I could throw them, and Josh hasnt really done much wrong when he's been in the side.

In this system obviously Keane would push up in support of Rasmussen and could easily become:

Brown-------------------McGeady
Keane Rasmussen

If McGeady's current for doesnt show marked improvement starting with the Hearts game I'd stick in Kamara instead. Ki could also play in place of Brown.
​

 

My exact team I see alot of people have put Kamara on the wing but for me this just doesn't work as he is naturally a striker and it really shows! When he has played on the left the last couple of games we have had no width whatsoever and its all been very crowded in the middle of the park!

 

........................BORUC..................... .........

...HINKEL.....HOOVEILD....LOOVENS....BRAAFHEID....

......MCGEADY.........BROWN...........N'GUEMO.........

........................KAMARA.................................

.... ............KEAN.......RASMUSSEN.................