Daniel Arzani

and quite rightly I think that's the case in the league as well but you think we've got one point I know Danny took a bit of a stick he's not here to defend himself but he says in our live stream yesterday that he thought we'd get nine points and somebody in the comments says that he can open for Kevin Bridges at Hydro he's making that sort of suggestion so aye well done Danny Andy, what about you? I know you're not overly optimistic either.

Who can we look out for that's going to cause damage to Celtic on Thursday? How can we stop them? I know they have the likes of Vlahovic who was at Juve over there and we also have Hyun Joon-ho returning to Celtic Park after a few years since he left so are we worried that another guy like Daniel Arzani is going to turn up and Big O in this case is going to turn up and score against Celtic in a away win?

I certainly fucking think so.

I think Tony Spawn, what he says, teams are saying they've got Celtic and gone brilliant.

Defenders, Oliver Nagy, Gomez, Zohore.

And O'Dowda from Ireland, midfielders Adam Nagy, the captains Zachariason and Mataras, wingers Arzani and Brmanchevich, and striker up front Dele.

The opening 10 minutes are mostly neutral, but slightly more offensive play from Torreance, which included two not particularly dangerous shots on goal.

But again, Torreance kind of on the front foot early on, but relatively neutral.

And I just get this, the worry, this similar thing is going to happen with McGree.

Or you look at somebody like Arzani as well.

And you go, what if he was never injured? You know, what if he never had those injuries and he was able to kick on? And it's just like, It's a sad feeling.

The good thing is, yeah, when he does come back, he is still great.

I think the major point for me out of that game was, yeah, the X factor for victory.

And I know that maybe his return wasn't the greatest, but, like, even an Arzani I look at is someone like that.

Yeah, he

was one, for sure, bro.

Great player, obviously for the Socceroos and will be an important part of the Asian Cup.

James in Hungary, Arzani, he's got an assist in the league, a one-all.

But that consistency that Popovic has wanted, he's kind of been delivering on, I guess.

Yeah, he has.

Another assist, another goal involvement, and he has been regularly playing, regularly playing well.

And that's really impressive for me, because Arzani's a player that he thrives in consistency with.

When he finally gets his head down, he stays in the lineup for a while, and he gets those regular goal involvements, he really starts to elevate his game.

And every club he's gone to, it has taken a while to get there.

Celtic are in Lisbon to face Benfica in the Europa League, and looking to bounce back after losing their opening match in the competition.

And it's with Arzani.

As he shoots and scores-

Oh

Y- uh, can I double down on that? I think it's gonna be a draw too.

I'm disappointed for you Arzani's, uh, no longer there, Rick, 'cause I know you're such a big fan, right?

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His, his departure, Teague's departure, they're big losses.

Yeah, he is.

He's a very important cog.

Yeah, Arzani apparently is prepping for LA28.

He's, uh, with the Australian springboard diving team, uh, which is about where he belongs, uh, just quietly.

But their outs are significant as well.

They've lost, uh, the loan deals of Marcus Younes, Ryan Teggh, and Daniel Arzani that really helped them towards the end of last season.

Zane Schreiber has gone to the Jets, Harry Shillington to the Victory, Germán Ferreira to the Wanderers, and then Patrick Beach is the big sale as well, obviously over to Troyes in Ligue 1 after his outstanding World Cup campaign.

We do know that they have stocks, uh, Christian, so is Melbourne City a team that is going to be able to replenish what they've lost, um, from the academy again and be successful again, uh, really is the question here.

In the Czech Republic, Garang Kuol played 79 minutes for Jablonec in a 1-0 away win over Brno.

And then Hungary, Ferencváros drew 1-1 w- with Debrecen, with Arzani playing 58 minutes.

He was in some good form before that Socceroos camp.

So let's hope for Arzani's sake that can continue.

In Scotland, we saw seven, that's right, seven Australians involved in one game as Dundee United beat Hibernian 1-0.

Daniel Benny on the score sheet in this one.

I, I live, I live in Richmond and I walk to Amy Park and, you know, I find reasons to, to go to a game.

Like, you know, a few years ago, a, a couple years ago it was watching Daniel Arzani progress.

I really wanted him to sort of like kick on or, you know, uh, Bruno Fornaroli in his heyday always interested me to...

You know? So I always go and, and follow something particular in, in, in, in the game, you know, um, and, and, and watch the progress or, or, or Brima, you know, who was a Perth Glory Per- uh, uh, player.