Surprise to see nae thread yet.....
Are we feeling nervous ?
Am i feck, i'm as confident as ever but that will dwindle each minute till KO
I would normally be shitting my birds knickers by KO but instead....
It just so happens that my daughters communion is on Sunday, the fecking RC calendar eh...
So i have to pretend to be fully on focused on something else
My team
Hart
AJ
Taylor
CCV
Scales
O'Riley
McGregor
Hatate
Kyogo
Forrest
Maeda
3-0, 2 for Kyogo/Forrest
God bless you all
Ye canny beat a good auld fashioned positive intro to the good v evil thread.
Nice one STG.
I'm confident , I'm always confident , even morseso on the back of the last weekend of football we looked the part and they looked like they really needed the helping hand part they got.
Killie had them all over the place before mibbery and var intervened.
I will get nervous just before ko as usual in big games, I try to turn the nervousness into positivity and positive vibes and thoughts, my coping technique.
They've shown nothing to suggest they have what it takes to come here and win but I'm not daft enough to simply take this game as a given, we'll have to work hard and show more passion and ability on the day and that will see a 3-1 result for the forces of good on earth, Celtic.
Team practically picks itself , exciting to have a full fit squad near enough for the biggest game of the season so far.
Many will say its not a must win , I think it is cos I don't fancy the idea of killie away night time ko and ensuring we drop no points.
No tae Hell with that let's rip the last vestiges of hope right out of them and win this title in front of the last " all home supporters derby" that would be added sweetness seeing as they devised that scheme and in the end it costs them with no ' fans' to back them whilst Celtic win another title , whilst winning another Derby, in front of them with only Celtic fans in the stadium , the sweet irony in that is brilliant.
Still there's a job to be done against a side that's visiting us with the mindset that they are coming to beat us in our own backyard for a change . This can play right into Rodgers Celtic hands, similar to how hearts tactics played to our strengths.
The more open the game is the stronger our chances are imo.
They are very vulnerable to the through ball from midfield , we've seen that from us ( Kyogo at Mordor and miovski against them as well) something we have had joy from. Take our chances when they come , preferably early like v hearts and pile on the agony.
I said to my tribute act fan pal ( it's no his fault btw, inherited etc) when that mob had the chance to go 4 pts clear we'd win the title by 6-8 pts, there's a friendly fiver on this but it's soooooo much more than " just a fiver" that fiver represents every tenner they've spent and I look forward to accepting that with a huge smile on my face.
I know Rodgers in the past has thrown in surprise selections , Ange liked that too but I think Rodgers has teed this up so perfectly there will be none, has to be Forrest and Daizen on the wings , regardless of how Yang has shown in training this is no time for experiments and I think we'll see none.
Hart
AJ, CCV, Scales, Taylor
Calmac, Oriley, Hatate
Maeda , Kyogo, Forrest
Used subs; Iwata, Bernardo, Palma, Kuhn, Idah .
This is interesting to me in that does Rodgers start with Daizen?
If he's fit enough then yes , even if that's just enough for an hour of football , enough time to put the spooks and pressure on tavpen, Kuhns game has improved a lot he's willing to track back and do the dirty work and everyone has seen that and appreciates he gets it but I'd rather start with Daizen and then bring on Kuhn if required later, his running at defences has been much better to watch recently, he'll be better next season I think.
We appear to be hitting a peak at the best time possible with everyone in fitness and form right up for it and desperate to play, that's great news for us and the competition in training must be really intense.
No away fans was their idea, let's ram it down their throats there's no escaping us no matter what ridiculous plays they try to come up with.
3-1 Celtic, at 2up Silva and cantwell are both hit by the same richotcheting bullet (.did I just make up a word?) both hit the deck tavpen to sevco followed by a Celtic 3rd goal and I'd very much love that goal to go to AJ whose been the stand out ever present ( mostly) bhoy for me this season , I don't care who scores but AJ has been a rock this season.
COYBIG YNWA HH