Opened in 2016 Grace’s led the way as Irish/Celtic Bar’s expanded from the Gallowgate into the Merchant City with green and white colours now regularly on show in that area.
Rodgers will have to decide whether he puts Phillips in for just his third match since January or go to Carter-Vickers for his first match since lasting 45 minutes away to Aberdeen on August 13.
With a Glasgow Derby and Champions League campaign starting next month Rodgers will have to rethink his defensive plans ahead of a critical stage of the season.
Over the course of four pre-season matches Rodgers has seen for himself the strengths and weaknesses that he has inherited from Ange Poostecoglou.
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…
Being involved on the grass with his team-mates is the next step in the rehab of Carter-Vickers, so far he hasn’t been spotted outdoors in the training clips from Lennoxtown.