Jota

So, this is the kind of situation we have where, you know, you try to solve one problem and then another one or two pop up and you're kind of constantly playing whack-a-mole.

And you're having to do that until Yang and, and Jota are up to kind of, kind of full fitness.

Having said all that, I think Duran is so good that you maybe do just play him up front because, you know, I think that's maybe just the best th- option that we have there and maybe you don't need to overthink it to that, to that degree.

Um, but that left wing position is such a, such a worry.

But we do at least know that Jota can potentially come off the bench and we might not have to see 90 minutes of Tenekti or 70 minutes of Tenekti.

Um, yeah, it's a difficult one.

But I wouldn't blame the manager if he went for Kasper Huu because, again, there wasn't going to be a right answer to this.

It could work.

I think Hassan will be a right good player for us when he's right up to speed.

We've got, we'll have Jota on one wing, we'll have Yang sitting, waiting to come on.

We've got, well, Hill's had a bit of a nightmare, I know, but I think he'll come good for me.

But even the new Juran play, Juran through the middle, you'll get wee Bower looking the part.

KT at r- left back.

I'd go with The Ox and, and McGregor as your two.

I'd have Bauer as a 10, with Hassan in the right and, well, Jota on the left.

And then currently I'd go with Jiranek up front.

I know Benfica had eased off a bit, but he did so much more than Tenetti.

And if it's a straight shootout between Osmond and Tenetti, so if there's no Jota starting or no Yang starting, then it is without a doubt Osmond on the left for me.

So, yeah, that's my thoughts.

You can let me know what you think, but it's a big team selection for Martin O'Neill and one that he has to get right, quite simply.

Plunge, absolutely.

Alistair Johnson, for me, CCV, Yang and Jota all improve the starting 11.

But whilst they're out, you've got to decide what is your best starting 11.

And Jungle Lion doesn't think that Mark O'Neill knows what the best team is.

We needed another centre half.

We needed a defensive-minded central midfielder.

We needed probably cover at left wing until Jota is fit.

Like all these things that were so blatantly obvious to anybody with half a football brain and our club management just went, oh no, we'll be fine with what we've got.

He's just...

Again, he's similar to Jota in terms of confidence.

It just looks to me he's so low.

When the ball fed to him pretty quickly for Kieran Tierney, your first thought is the touch is back the way to play it back to, to Kieran Tierney or back to, uh, Callum McGregor or whoever's in the, the middle of the pitch.

'Cause we go and take people on.

Deliver the ball.

What about Jota? What about James Forrest? Is James Forrest gonna come in and say-

See, see, Jo-

Hassan, I think, can be good.

Duran, Osman, Jota coming back, even Yang.

Like, attacking-wise, we've got some good players.

I just think that the midfield's a big issue for me and so is defence and keeper.

I don't think we'll get beat, but I do think it will be a really tough game and a prediction for it.

It would probably be a tight 3-2 win for Celtic, really.

I would start Miyuka up front with Hassan on the right and probably Duran or even Jota on the left and maybe even be bringing the likes of Duran and Hu on during the game.

I know that's quite radical.

But aye, overall I was, I was pleased, but it was tempered with, "That wasn't the Motherwell team of last year," and they were god-awful.

But we needed a wee pick-me-up, and we kinda got it, and obviously with Jota coming on as well.

So aye, thought McGregor was not too bad.

Wasn't on the ball too much, which was probably good.

I thought Bauer was really good.

He looked really good, and he's starting to look a bit of a player, that boy.

And aye, when Jota come on, Jota should probably have got a goal as well, but he was a wee, wee bit tentative, which is understandable.

But, uh, all in, aye, I was very pleased, especially with the shit we've been driving up with, we dealt with in the last few weeks.

But, aye, overall I was, I was pleased, but it was tempered with that wasn't the Motherwell team of last year, and they were god-awful.

But we needed a wee pick-me-up, and we kinda got it, and obviously with Jota coming on as well.

So, aye, thought McGregor was not too bad.

Wasn't on the ball too much, which was probably good.

I thought Bauer was really good.

He looked really good, and he's starting to look a bit of a player, that boy.

And, aye, when Jota come on, Jota should probably have got a goal as well, but he was a wee, wee bit tentative, which is understandable.

But, uh, all in, aye, I was very pleased, especially with the shit we've been diving up with, we dealt with in the last few weeks.