Post Aberdeen - looking to Wednesday...
Saturdays game was the best Celtic performance for a long time. With Boruc missing the game after pulling up with an injury in the warm up, it was good for Mark Brown to get a shut out. However having no saves to make, it wasn’t overly difficult for him, either way a good confidence booster (which may be important if he has to fill in on Wednesday again.)
With McGeady on his natural right hand side, with Brown one in from him, Aberdeen were given no chance by the sheer pace, power, and skill of the pair of young midfielders. Donati replaced Hartley(out with a virus) and was efficient enough, but with Jarosik and the two young players to his right dominating proceedings there wasn’t much need for Donati to pull out all the stops.
Naylor looking more and more the willing attack minded full back we witnessed last year, got forward all game, and indeed deserved to have turned in the chance he narrowly missed.
Kennedy, McManus, Caldwell and Brown will never have had such an easy afternoon, as the rest of the team kept Aberdeen on the back foot for such long spells it looked an effort for Aberdeen to get out of their own half. Without yet convincing that he is the talisman expected upon his arrival from Eindhoven, Hesselink not only got on the scoresheet but indeed couldn’t help but get involved with the fluency and speed of play when the midfield got up time and time again to support he and the ever impressive Scott McDonald.
Going into Wednesdays game, already without Nakamura and Wilson, hopefully the consistent pair of Artur Boruc and Paul Hartley will (as the club hope) recover in time for the match up with the Ukrainians.
Still concerened about the appearance of Caldwell in our backline in the Champions League, however a fitter Kennedy with an improved match fitness will help McManus to the level of performance he has shown beside David Weir. McManus has looked very much stretched agaisnt Donestk and Benfica so far this campaign, and will have to do better to ensure victory against the strikeforce that Donestk posses. Kennedy must be sharper alongside him, but hopefully playing the amount of minutes he has done recently will give him the boost our defence badly needs.
Naylor seems to get forward more with the experience of Jarosik or Hartley infront of him, with McGeady covering the ground infront of a rightback who isnt of capacity to support attacking moves the more likely choice, however to pack the midfield and give attacking options on the wings, I would have Brown wide right and MCGeady on the other side.
A big performance from Hesselink would be timely and take some pressure off McGeady and McDonald who so far this CL campaign have stood up to be counted more than most.
Boruc
Caldwell Kennedy McManus Naylor
Brown Jarosik Hartley/Donati McGeady
McDonald JVoH
Looking for impact from the bench of Zurawski in the second half as an important outlet for us also.
We really need to take 3 points from this one, so substitutes could be vital for us, with Riordan as an attacking left sided player might give McGeady's effectiveness a chance to play through the centre if we are still in search of goals late on in the game….
With McGeady on his natural right hand side, with Brown one in from him, Aberdeen were given no chance by the sheer pace, power, and skill of the pair of young midfielders. Donati replaced Hartley(out with a virus) and was efficient enough, but with Jarosik and the two young players to his right dominating proceedings there wasn’t much need for Donati to pull out all the stops.
Naylor looking more and more the willing attack minded full back we witnessed last year, got forward all game, and indeed deserved to have turned in the chance he narrowly missed.
Kennedy, McManus, Caldwell and Brown will never have had such an easy afternoon, as the rest of the team kept Aberdeen on the back foot for such long spells it looked an effort for Aberdeen to get out of their own half. Without yet convincing that he is the talisman expected upon his arrival from Eindhoven, Hesselink not only got on the scoresheet but indeed couldn’t help but get involved with the fluency and speed of play when the midfield got up time and time again to support he and the ever impressive Scott McDonald.
Going into Wednesdays game, already without Nakamura and Wilson, hopefully the consistent pair of Artur Boruc and Paul Hartley will (as the club hope) recover in time for the match up with the Ukrainians.
Still concerened about the appearance of Caldwell in our backline in the Champions League, however a fitter Kennedy with an improved match fitness will help McManus to the level of performance he has shown beside David Weir. McManus has looked very much stretched agaisnt Donestk and Benfica so far this campaign, and will have to do better to ensure victory against the strikeforce that Donestk posses. Kennedy must be sharper alongside him, but hopefully playing the amount of minutes he has done recently will give him the boost our defence badly needs.
Naylor seems to get forward more with the experience of Jarosik or Hartley infront of him, with McGeady covering the ground infront of a rightback who isnt of capacity to support attacking moves the more likely choice, however to pack the midfield and give attacking options on the wings, I would have Brown wide right and MCGeady on the other side.
A big performance from Hesselink would be timely and take some pressure off McGeady and McDonald who so far this CL campaign have stood up to be counted more than most.
Boruc
Caldwell Kennedy McManus Naylor
Brown Jarosik Hartley/Donati McGeady
McDonald JVoH
Looking for impact from the bench of Zurawski in the second half as an important outlet for us also.
We really need to take 3 points from this one, so substitutes could be vital for us, with Riordan as an attacking left sided player might give McGeady's effectiveness a chance to play through the centre if we are still in search of goals late on in the game….
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