Auston Trusty

I mean you were talking about Celtic Vigo coming to Glasgow and they're absolutely relishing it, they're relishing the experience, they're relishing the trip.

I think Paul John's right there is a danger that Celtic Park becomes one of these places people want to go not because it's feared not because it's a magnificent experience in terms of like you know coming up against Celtic the team but just because they don't have got a very good chance of winning and having a good night out so key to that is stopping all these goals going in and that's not going to be easy because obviously Cameron and Carter Vickers and Alistair Johnson are back in training but they're not going to play as you said earlier Jane Austen trustees out with a personal bereavement So it's going to be a testing night for Celtic defensively, but as I say, I don't think the Celtic Vigo team are the most cutting that we've ever seen from La Liga.

That said, I think that could possibly be a dangerous statement.

Paul John, what are you thinking just before we wrap up the Celtic chat? Are you a confident Celtic fan? Will you be celebrating tonight?

Yes, they have been from time to time this season.

And Jungle Line says Murray is not a better defender than Skills Trusty, CCD, Lager, Bielk, Nowroszki.

or Welsh.

But we decided to keep them.

The goalkeeper, Sinisalo, is weak.

Trusty is weak.

And one word that covers Sorensen, Teniste, and Hoo.

Why?

...

Alistair Johnson comes back.

Uh, uh, Trusty for me, forget it.

That's Martin O'Neill's fault again.

I like what he's offering the team.

I think it'll be, certainly Scales will play and then it'll be either Trusty or Murray Would you go with Dane Murray again, give him experience in such a high-quality opponent like Benfica? Or would you go with a bit of experience in Trustee, who's had a couple of seasons at it now? Obviously, Tierney's your left-back, Callum McGregor and Boer.

I would bring Hassan into the team.

I think he looks as though he's got a bit of imagination.

Celtic team has just landed.

Here we go, Andy.

Sinisalo, Donovan, Murray, Trusty and Tierney.

I think that's what you just about gave us.

Yeah.

Um, will Trusty come back in and give Kieran Tierney a rest? Possibly.

Mm.

Um, so he'll probably try and give some of the squad players.

Sam Johnson just looked a wee bit too uncomfortable in Old Firm, so-

The first game he played so well, but the Rangers game, he struggled.

Okay, he's saying the back four of, uh, Colby Donovan, uh, Dane Murray, Liam Scales, and Austin Trusty.

In fact, probably it'll be Trusty with Scales then at left back.

He puts his head where it shouldn't be.

I think he would look a lot better if he had someone like Trusty next to him because Trusty, even though he's a bit of a, you know, a bit of a bomb scare at times, so scales, the difference is I just find that scale- if Scales is your more senior center back, you're in a bit of trouble.

Mm.

So if you had Trusty in there, who's a full on, he's played in down south at a decent level.

He's played, you know, for the USA.

I just think he's a bit more, there's a, there's that step up.

Like Scales is a good third option for us.

Trusty should be a starter.

That's the big question mark in it.

Um, going forward, center half I'm looking at thinking, does Trusty come back in? Is that maybe an international break thing where M- Murray plays today?

Mm.

I know it's that Murray's naturally right-sided alongside Scales.

I don't know.

It's a-

Trusty back in?

I, I would expect Trusty to come back in, a bit more experience, but I suppose the only thing you would say, a bit more balance with Murray on the right.

And in January, we need to start looking at proper backup left backs again.

So for the centre half partnership, I've gone Vickers and Trusty.

I don't think any of you are surprised by the fact that I'm going Vickers and Trusty.

And I just think it's because Liam Scales time and time again, especially in these big games where we have a lot of the ball, shows himself up for the very limited player that he is.

And can I make it crystal clear? I'm not saying I think Austin Trusty is a remarkably better player than Liam Scales or that he is Celtic's settled centre half option.

But I just think he's better than Scales.

It's as simple as that.

But this experiment has went on too long.