Originally published at: Midfield shuffle, striker returns; Celtic Predicted XI v Livingston
Sometimes, writing a Celtic Predicted XI is relatively straightforward. When the team’s on form, there’s no need to change much. We’ve seen a level of consistency in recent games. Broadly speaking, the spine of the team has been established, from Joe Hart through to Kyogo. There’s a central defensive pairing that’s working wonders. The full-backs…
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The only change I would make, with the the absence of Rogic, is put Bitton in front if the back four and let McGregor run wild.
We tried that against Aberdeen and had no out ball for 70 minutes.
Which in turn had Aberdeen pushing right up to our box.
Obvious answer is to drop Bitton in alongside McGregor in a double pivot (as we seen previously with Brown-McGregor) and deploy Turnbull in front.
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Why we needed Bitton at all confuses me as we played against a team who barely ventured into midfield never mind our half.
They let us throw crosses in yet again for our 1 striker against their 3 tight centre backs i honestly don’t know why there is so much fuss about extra midfielder players when both Ralston and Juranovic push inside when we have the ball.
We should have played two strikers today and every time we play teams like Livi and St Johnstone. That was pathetic today.