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| Alashkert v Celtic - Pre Match Thread; Tuesday 10th July, 5pm KO - CLQ1, 1st Leg...Live on Premier Sports | |
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| Topic Started: 6 Jul 2018, 02:45 PM (34,082 Views) | |
| jimmy123411 | 8 Jul 2018, 11:59 PM Post #101 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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Captain Scott Allan |
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| Bawman | 9 Jul 2018, 12:04 AM Post #102 |
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Class is permanent.
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Well there's where McGinn would play, for all the doubters. |
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| grahamcl | 9 Jul 2018, 12:36 AM Post #103 |
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First-team starter
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I'm sure Kouassi can step in and do a job. The only worry is that like McGinn, his longer passing is very good, but he can be careless with simple short passes. If both can eradicate this problem they have great potential. I am more concerned with the distribution of Hendry and Simunovic. Our style of play puts an onus on our centre halfs to pick a pass, even when under pressure. Both are a bit erratic at the moment considering the big games we are about to face. |
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| Jozo67 | 9 Jul 2018, 02:42 AM Post #104 |
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Think Eboue will just about cut it up against a literal part time team |
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| SloppyJoe | 9 Jul 2018, 03:12 AM Post #105 |
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First team training
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I don't think Alashkert are mugs, they have only been beaten at home once before in their European history
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| Vinnie Bhoy | 9 Jul 2018, 05:09 AM Post #106 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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I effin dread the qualifiers. They are no fun and have so much at stake. |
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| HenryClarson | 9 Jul 2018, 07:33 AM Post #107 |
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Bolstering the duty of good faith
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Agree. The situation now is just crazy. Champions League money is so important that the team needs to reach its peak before the season even begins. If we reach the group stages, the rest of the season almost becomes an anti-climax in comparison and if we don't make it into the groups, there's a dark cloud over the whole season. It's ridiculous. |
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| Ricky Spanish | 9 Jul 2018, 07:47 AM Post #108 |
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Club Captain
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All the doubters will say, here’s where Eboue will play. |
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| Hairytoes | 9 Jul 2018, 08:00 AM Post #109 |
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We know this though, prepare our entire operation around these games & we'll do alright. Make January our main window, rest players before close season in summer, rotate the squad more. There's lots we can do. I'd happily play a CL qualifying team just for those games until we're through. Play the 2nd string against Livingston etc. Maybe not entirely, but in the main. Brown is already a doubt for example, Lustig & boyata are not here - keep them out of the league games & have them focus on CL. Plenty we can do & tbf we do well now. |
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| Estadio nacional | 9 Jul 2018, 10:09 AM Post #110 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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1/3 the away win, seems about right. |
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| Country Mac | 9 Jul 2018, 10:15 AM Post #111 |
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Expect this to be a tougher tie than Linfield or Red Imps (eventually) but should still have more than enough to see this mob off comfortably. |
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| littlegmbhoy | 9 Jul 2018, 10:32 AM Post #112 |
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WTF happened to UEFA drawing teams near to us in the first round or 2 of qualifying to stop 8 hours flights to Armenia? |
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| horatiogreen | 9 Jul 2018, 10:36 AM Post #113 |
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All the doubters will also say that we're being told McGinn isn't a replacement for Brown, so why would we expect him to take Browns position if he was here for this game? Plenty of things we can do in this game without Brown, such as move McGregor central and play Sinclair, or go with Eboue. |
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| henrikmc2 | 9 Jul 2018, 10:44 AM Post #114 |
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Just ordered premier sports, they were actually good to deal with and switched channel on right away. Let’s hope it’s as easy for cancelling. |
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| henrikmc2 | 9 Jul 2018, 10:45 AM Post #115 |
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Think it had something to do with drawing Crusaders |
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| evan15 | 9 Jul 2018, 11:03 AM Post #116 |
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We should be all round too good for this mob. Fully expect a comfortable win tomorrow. Also think Eboue will start for Brown. |
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| Tam Haas | 9 Jul 2018, 11:29 AM Post #117 |
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Getting on a bit
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If Eboue does start in Broonie's place, it's probably worth bearing in mind it's still pre-season and he hardly kicked a ball for for us last season. I know folk might be looking at him thinking he could save us forking out for McGinn, but I wouldn't be too quick to judge him either way on the basis of this game! |
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| specialbhoy | 9 Jul 2018, 11:36 AM Post #118 |
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Getting on a bit
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Just gave in and signed up to premier sports for a month, i detest having to do this every year |
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| weebaldy | 9 Jul 2018, 11:40 AM Post #119 |
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We Won the Big One-They Never Will!
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We rested some of our players in games last season and drew against the likes of St. Johnstone at Parkhead so Brendan has to be careful not to change the team about too much just in case we really do have a challenge this year
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| evan15 | 9 Jul 2018, 11:45 AM Post #120 |
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I think near enough a full team rotation is asking for trouble. We need to be smarter with it this year. I can't see Rangers being any worse than last year. |
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