Football

Yang, Palma or Forrest? Who starts at right-wing for Celtic against Motherwell?

Jota is gone and Liel Abada is injured. In another cruel twist of fate, Celtic are suddently looking for a backup to step out from the shadows. The opportunity has emerged for a right-winger to make that jersey their own, just like Liam Scales has done at

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How Daizen Maeda became indispensable under Brendan Rodgers

Daizen Maeda’s display against Livingston earned rave reviews from fans, pundits and the manager with him being unlucky not to come away from the game as the man-of-the-match. It was one of his strongest displays in a Celtic shirt so far in a game that completely epitomised

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3 players who have stepped up during Celtic’s injury crisis

Despite Celtic’s squad being bloated upon Brendan Rodgers’ arrival, the club needed to strengthen, which they did to the tune of 10 new additions in the summer transfer window. With such a stacked squad, it will naturally be difficult to keep everyone happy and offer everyone the

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Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic are beginning to hit their stride

Celtic are finally starting to hit their stride under Brendan Rodgers after a stop-start first few weeks of the season. The club had some struggles in the early stages, but a massive result at Ibrox seems to have galvanised the Celtic team who have been in decent

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Denmark call-up would be deserved for O’Riley after stunning start to the season

Fans are just getting used to football being back following the recent international break, and in just a few weeks time domestic football will take a back-seat again, making way for a spate of European qualifiers and friendlies. Alongside many of Celtic’s familiar faces on international duty

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Joe Hart’s suspension shows why we should have signed another keeper

Joe Hart has come under scrutiny again following a massive mistake away to Livingston last weekend. On another day against a better side, Hart’s rashness, as he charged at Liberian international Mohammed Sangare in the 28th minute, could have cost Celtic dearly. The dismissal of England’s former

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Celtic’s four fringe players who need more game time

Usually friendlies aren’t to be read too much into, but there were a few interesting talking points in the Celtic B starting XI for their match against Ayr United in Michael Moffat’s testimonial. This gave some fringe players an opportunity to get a rare outing in a

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The Celtic rebirth of Liam Scales under Brendan Rodgers

Brendan Rodgers has had a difficult start to his second spell at Celtic when it comes to team selection. He hasn’t really been able to make a full assessment of his squad due to the spate of injuries the club has encountered over the last few months.

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How the return of inverted fullbacks has benefitted Taylor & McGregor

The last few weeks have seen the steady reintroduction of the inverted full-back system, one which has seen not just an all-round improvement in the team’s performances on the park but has also raised the levels of individuals. Some of the biggest beneficiaries of this have been

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3 Livingston takeaways that Brendan Rodgers can take to Motherwell

Celtic showed their professionalism and organisation as they secured a 3-0 win at the Tony Macaroni Arena against Livingston at the weekend. The ground had caused Celtic managers a few problems over the years, but Ange Postecoglou blew away that hoodoo, and Brendan Rodgers continued that good

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