Hibernian v CELTIC // LIVE Match Preview // ACSOM // A Celtic State of Mind

I will bring up the starting 11s.

I think you make a really interesting point.

And it's not one that I'm a fan of, but I agree with you.

And it's about having a lone player at the football club.

there's assurances given and I think that you're right in relation to that but I also think Martin O'Neill's plan was always to bring Johnston in and that he was going to be the number one and then he had that game against Rangers and the plan was thrown out the window Sean But the other guy that I'm interested in, and I know it's been spoken about on here before, is probably Sorensen because of the amount of European minutes he's getting.

And sometimes you think, why on earth is he coming on? Why on earth is he starting? Because he hasn't started the next game.

And on one occasion, he was dropped entirely from the squad.

So, yeah, I mean, why are we getting into a situation where we're over a barrel when it comes to the clubs who are loaning the players to us, calling the shots? For me, that's the tail wagging the dog show.

Yeah, and it speaks to the independence of operations.

To this point, we've resisted the multi-club model to maintain independence, but we're still beholden to these clubs in other ways.

I don't remember the last time we had fewer than five players on loan.

It's been a while.

You could have a whole starting 11 of players that we've signed in this calendar year.

and that would cover every position on the pitch and we've got a goalkeeper we've got wingers we've got defenders you know it's we would comfortably put an 11 out so it's uh what two and a half years since we've had a left back that wasn't on loan a backup left back that wasn't on loan yeah a bit frustrating and I don't I'm not a big fan of it and it's reactive and I would prefer that we we had 24 players or 22 players that were really on our books and then we're bringing in players on loan to cover for Jota being injured, Alistair Johnson being injured, Cameron Carter Ricker's been injured those sort of things those three mentioned on the bench day which is interesting

I will bring up the starting 11s.

I think you make a really interesting point.

And it's not one that I'm a fan of, but I agree with you.

And it's about having a lone player at the football club.

there's assurances given and I think that you're right in relation to that but I also think Martin O'Neill's plan was always to bring Johnston in and that he was going to be the number one and then he had that game against Rangers and the plan was thrown out the window Sean But the other guy that I'm interested in, and I know it's been spoken about on here before, is probably Sorensen because of the amount of European minutes he's getting.

And sometimes you think, why on earth is he coming on? Why on earth is he starting? Because he hasn't started the next game.

And on one occasion, he was dropped entirely from the squad.

So, yeah, I mean, why are we getting into a situation where we're over a barrel when it comes to the clubs who are loaning the players to us, calling the shots? For me, that's the tail wagging the dog show.

Yeah, and it speaks to the independence of operations.

To this point, we've resisted the multi-club model to maintain independence, but we're still beholden to these clubs in other ways.

I don't remember the last time we had fewer than five players on loan.

It's been a while.

You could have a whole starting 11 of players that we've signed in this calendar year.

and that would cover every position on the pitch and we've got a goalkeeper we've got wingers we've got defenders you know it's we would comfortably put an 11 out so it's uh what two and a half years since we've had a left back that wasn't on loan a backup left back that wasn't on loan yeah a bit frustrating and I don't I'm not a big fan of it and it's reactive and I would prefer that we we had 24 players or 22 players that were really on our books and then we're bringing in players on loan to cover for Jota being injured, Alistair Johnson being injured, Cameron Carter Ricker's been injured those sort of things those three mentioned on the bench day which is interesting