ANGE POSTECOGLOU fielded a heavily rotated team for Saturday’s match against the Rangers.
It was a poor performance, particularly from those who had been handed a massive change by the manager.
It’ll give the manager some food for thought heading into the summer transfer window, with a couple of players showing they weren’t up to the quality that Celtic needs.
Speaking live on Sky Sports, the Celtic boss said:
“There’s a number of reasons [why Celtic were “off it”].
“Credit to Rangers, you’re facing a difficult opponent at their venue.
“The amount of changes I made didn’t help. Our guys lacked a little bit of sharpness but at the end of the day we just weren’t good enough.”
Ralston, Kobayashi, Bernabei, Abada and Oh all had the chance to impress today, but none of them grabbed it with both hands.
Abada was probably the best of the bunch, looking dangerous in the first half, although he should’ve found himself on the scoresheet. Oh missed a great chance at 1- 0, but he watched as the ball bounced off the outside of the post.
Kobayashi was poor today, with Ralston not helping the backline at all.
A dive into the market in the summer is needed, if keen on having a super squad.
