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CELTIC SQUAD NEWS – CELTIC v Scotland's Shame
By Trialist
Celtic versus the Huns, or “Scotland's Shame”, is of course the most important fixture of the League calendar thus far if the Hoops are to maintain our Championship challenge - and a Celtic win is absolutely essential.
If Celtic do indeed hump the Huns this afternoon, we would propel ourselves five points ahead of Cheats FC, though they will have six League matches remaining after today's battle of tribal rivalries versus our three remaining games.
However, a five-point Celtic advantage would test the Huns bottle with four of their six remaining SPL matches away from Ipox after today's derby at Celtic Park.
Positively for Celtic, we reportedly have a clean bill of health after the injured quartet of Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (leg knock), Paul Hartley (hamstring), Andreas Hinkel (hamstring) and Lee Naylor (neck injury) trained on Friday.
Shunsuke Nakamura is also expected to shrug off an ankle injury, which was sustained in training in midweek.
In addition, Gary Caldwell and Scott Brown are available for selection after serving one and three-match suspensions respectively.
Consequently, I'd expect Gordon Strachan to name the following team: Boruc; Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus and Naylor; Nakamura, Robson, Hartley and McGeady; Vennegoor of Hesselink and McDonald.
For the Huns, Carlos ‘Ugly Betty' Cuellar and Kevin ‘Diving Bassa' Thomson are suspended, while Allan MythGregor, Charlie ‘Tombstone Teeth' Adam, Lee McElbows, Steven ‘Naisy Naisy' Naismith and Chrissy Chrissy Burkey Burkey Chrissy Burkey Burke are all fecked due to injuries.
Celtic Squad: Boruc, M Brown, Hinkel, Wilson, McManus, Caldwell, Balde, Naylor, Caddis, S Brown, Nakamura, Hartley, McGeady, Robson, Donati, McDonald, Vennegoor of Hesselink, Samaras and Killen.
Sunday's Celtic versus the Huns match kicks-off at 1230pm, unless Sir Dodgy Dave, with SPL collusion, rearranges the schedule to give Cheats FC an advantage.
C'mon the Hoops.
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