One of the three new features might have been acceptable but throwing together broken hoops, the ‘stained glass’ look and lots of black just doesn’t work. Tellingly there is no sign of the long sleeved shirt in today’s video.
Brendan Rodgers was due to get to see his side in action against Portimonense at their Campus Training Complex at 5pm but the kick-off has been delayed by an hour.
Celtic haven’t been in Ireland since pre-Lockdown with the Wolves match giving thousands of fans what is effectively a home match to look forward to.
At Ibrox the away support have to be in place two hours before kick-off for the dubious pleasure of being surrounded on all sides with a dodgy CCTV system offering little protection.
Starfelt finished last season as the dominant force in the Celtic defence, a year ago he missed the entire pre-season through injury but now has the opportunity to emerge as a senior figure at the club.
Not in terms of leading English clubs but a hefty pay rise, contract extension and perhaps a £25m get out clause could be enough to persuade players like Carter-Vickers that Champions League football and domestic success compares reasonably with life in the lower half of the EPL celebrating survival each…
Celtic Underground is one of the longest running Twitter accounts and is well respected and connected. They do like to send out the occasional flyer on Twitter but almost all of their claims are very well sourced.
Jota’s sudden move to Al Ittihad was a shock to the system- perhaps the most ‘attached’ of Ange’s imports and certainly the only one to drop into the Brazen Head.
The modern Celtic Park is well recorded in print with numerous images inside and outside the ground easily accessible on social media.
Charlton, Falkirk, Rochdale, Everton and Leeds United got a mixed, friendly reaction but when Rianne Downey’s team was read out the crowd came to life, as did the ghirl from Bellshill.