Brendan Rodgers must have a pain in his Arse

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers must have a pain in his arse answering questions about transfers. The questions continued ahead of tonight’s Champions League qualifier against Kairat at yesterdays press conference.

We would all like if Celtic had brought in more quality ahead of tonight but he has to work with the players he has and tonight those players need to do a job. The quality that should have been brought in up front and out wide on the wings has not arrived and we are where we are.

It should also be noted that Celtic are stronger in the middle and in defence with the arrivals of Kieran Tierney and Benjamin Nygren than we were last season.

Brendan changed the team ahead of the 4-1 win over Falkirk. Arne Engels distribution from set pieces was excellent on Friday and he may well have played himself back into the starting 11 which should have a more familiar look about it than the team who started against Falkirk.

I am looking forward to getting back to Paradise tonight. Some of the Bhoys travelled over last night and enjoyed watching the rangers getting pumped while enjoying a few cool ones. I enjoyed the game from the comfort of my sofa especially the first 20 minutes.

Rangers got beaten 3-1 at home to Club Brugge. Their fans started to leave Ibrox after 20 minutes after they went 3-0 down and they will tell you they don’t do walking away!

The fans who stayed booed the team off the park at half time and full time. Their new manager Russel Martin has called for the rangers fans to stick with him and the team. Lets see how that plays out!

As I write there is only a handful of tickets available in section 121 in the corner of the main stand for tonight’s game. They should be grabbed up quickly and the game is set for a sell out.

Kick off time is 8pm. The game will be shown live in Ireland on RTE 2 and streamed on the RTE Player. TNT and Premier Sports are also showing the game and it can also be streamed on Now TV. Celtic TV will also show the game for subscribers based outside Ireland and the UK.

The bookies are making Celtic hot favourites to win the game. Home Win 1/8 – Draw 17/2 – Away Win 25/1.

If you’re to the game, watching down the pub or at home enjoy it and lets hope that the bookies have called it right and we secure a comfortable win ahead of the second leg next Tuesday.

Andrew Milne is Editor of More than 90 Minutes & Host of the Celtic Soul Podcast