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Who played up front for Celtic?

Rogic though for last half hour I think Hayes was going quite central as Rogic dropped back.

I think Rodgers needs to take responsibility for not having more than two strikers at the club.

Difficult one when normally play one up top.  Hard keeping the boys he has happy plus Sinclair excellent when playing through the middle last season - not sure why he was not deployed there last night with Hayes on the left.

True enough but surely there should be a young striker pushing for a place.

Ifs and maybes. We don't have anyone ready to step up as striker. Rogic was next best option. It didn't work. Options for next week are a fit Griffiths (preferred), try Rogic again with a tweak to how the system is then played or another.

I think he knew Rosenborg would sit in so thought that the false 9 with interchanging would pull the defence around - did not work out.  I think next week if no fit striker might see Sinclair back through the middle with Hayes on the left and Forrest on the right with Rogic playing in the 10 position.

I have no issue with him playing  false 9 or any system but if he generally plays a front man then in his preferred formation, then I think it's reasonable to have at least a third choice for that position. Maybe there was someone on the bench for that role?

Holy eff! We don't have a another first team striker, that is why Rogic was played there. There was no one on the bench, in the squad or hiding in a wee room at Lennoxtown. Sinclair might be the least bad choice as the front man but he still isnt great there.

[T Fearon]

This is a true test of Brendan's managerial skills,forget about remaining unbeaten by the dross in Scotland.A lot of concerning indications last night.No variation of the useless tactics of getting the full backs forward and pumping balls into a crowded Rosenberg defence.Ntcham and Brown are too similar,neither is creative and Mc Gregor would have been a far better choice than Ntcham.Sinclair is largely ineffective when up against a defender who can match his pace.Tierney has a hell of a lot to learn,and struggled defending against a winger with pace as well.The team didn't seem up for it last night and seemed to lack confidence.I have seen Hayes come on a sub twice against Linfield and again last night.He has not shown one indication that he is up to Celtic standards.

For me last night was inexcusable.Dundalk scored at home and away against Rosenberg,something Celtic never looked like doing anytime last night.

[bennydorano]

No idea why they bought Hayes either

[tonto1888]

This is a true test of Brendan's managerial skills,forget about remaining unbeaten by the dross in Scotland.A lot of concerning indications last night.No variation of the useless tactics of getting the full backs forward and pumping balls into a crowded Rosenberg defence.Ntcham and Brown are too similar,neither is creative and Mc Gregor would have been a far better choice than Ntcham.Sinclair is largely ineffective when up against a defender who can match his pace.Tierney has a hell of a lot to learn,and struggled defending against a winger with pace as well.The team didn't seem up for it last night and seemed to lack confidence.I have seen Hayes come on a sub twice against Linfield and again last night.He has not shown one indication that he is up to Celtic standards.

For me last night was inexcusable.Dundalk scored at home and away against Rosenberg,something Celtic never looked like doing anytime last night.

Dundalk got beat and out out. One goal could well see us through. Let's wait and see what happens next week eh

[Applesisapples]

This is a true test of Brendan's managerial skills,forget about remaining unbeaten by the dross in Scotland.A lot of concerning indications last night.No variation of the useless tactics of getting the full backs forward and pumping balls into a crowded Rosenberg defence.Ntcham and Brown are too similar,neither is creative and Mc Gregor would have been a far better choice than Ntcham.Sinclair is largely ineffective when up against a defender who can match his pace.Tierney has a hell of a lot to learn,and struggled defending against a winger with pace as well.The team didn't seem up for it last night and seemed to lack confidence.I have seen Hayes come on a sub twice against Linfield and again last night.He has not shown one indication that he is up to Celtic standards.

For me last night was inexcusable.Dundalk scored at home and away against Rosenberg,something Celtic never looked like doing anytime last night.

I'd agree with you on Hayes Tony, mark that one in you diary.

[illdecide]

Well i kinda agree with Hayes but at the same time i will give him my full support and hope he proves most people wrong.
Looks like L Griffiths is winning his fitness battle for next Wed's game so at least we'll be better set up and hopefully be more of a goal threat and make them a bit more cautious.

[Jim_Murphy_74]

Given how limited Rosenberg are in their approach Dundalk will be kicking themselves that they could have got a lot of revenue from Celtic's Irish support base and turned them over into bargain. 
/Jim.

[T Fearon]

Limited? They could have scored three in the second half! All the limitations were on the Celtic side.Rosenborg will definitely fancy it now as well.Calamity if Celtic don't make the group stages.52,000 people didn't buy season tickets to guarantee seats to watch Ross Co.

Can you imagine the atmosphere on Flag Day next Saturday if Celtic are dumped out of the Champions League?

[stew]

Limited? They could have scored three in the second half! All the limitations were on the Celtic side.Rosenborg will definitely fancy it now as well.Calamity if Celtic don't make the group stages.52,000 people didn't buy season tickets to guarantee seats to watch Ross Co.

Can you imagine the atmosphere on Flag Day next Saturday if Celtic are dumped out of the Champions League?

If so they would still be in Europe Tone would they not?

[Hectic]

Na better to always be trying to start a crisis. Sime folk just prefer the misery.

[T Fearon]

The fans will not be happy if Celtic are in the Europa League before the domestic season even starts.Neither will Lawell or Desmond.Skybet has Rosenborg at 17/10 and Celtic at 6/4 on Wednesday.

[PAULD123]

Holy eff! We don't have a another first team striker, that is why Rogic was played there. There was no one on the bench, in the squad or hiding in a wee room at Lennoxtown. Sinclair might be the least bad choice as the front man but he still isnt great there.

I don'the agree with this. Jack Aitchison should have been there. He is very young at only 17 but has already played 3 times for the first team and has scored. I wouldn't expect him to be playing 90 minutes but sometimes it's worth giving a young player a chance. Plenty have played at that age before. Having the option to bring him off the bench to shake things up and allow him that experience should have been an option.

We had a striker at Lennoxtown, he should have been on the  bench at Parkhead

[T Fearon]

There is no point in having Neymar up front if you are not creating chances or breaking down a packed defence. This was Celtic's failing on Wednesday.

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Holy eff! We don't have a another first team striker, that is why Rogic was played there. There was no one on the bench, in the squad or hiding in a wee room at Lennoxtown. Sinclair might be the least bad choice as the front man but he still isnt great there.

I don'the agree with this. Jack Aitchison should have been there. He is very young at only 17 but has already played 3 times for the first team and has scored. I wouldn't expect him to be playing 90 minutes but sometimes it's worth giving a young player a chance. Plenty have played at that age before. Having the option to bring him off the bench to shake things up and allow him that experience should have been an option.

We had a striker at Lennoxtown, he should have been on the  bench at Parkhead

Aitchinson has played a total of 36 minutes first team football. We may as well have chucked Benyu up there! Aitchinson is good but no where near ready for an important CL game especially if you had watched him play for development and youth sides. He isn't a stand out.

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Slaughtered ex-EPL team 5-0 today with a second string. Wow! We would walk the EPL......... convoluted reasoning-r-us.