Celtic’s dominant 4-0 victory over DC United last night was littered with positives.
Despite it only being their third pre-season friendly of 2024/25 so far, the Hoops were on form, playing some effective, eye-pleasing football.
Manager Brendan Rodgers utilised his lengthy squad in the match, giving opportunities to several players. One of those was Bosun Lawal.
The midfielder came on just after the hour-mark but only 23 minutes later, was subbed back off in place of Francis Turley.
Lawal looked a frustrated figure as he came off because there was nothing wrong with his fitness and he didn’t appear to have any injury issues.
Rather, it looked like Rodgers subbed him out because of a poor cameo in which he misplaced a few passes and failed to control some simple balls, but also to give young Turley an opportunity, too.
With vast competition in the Celtic midfield, it will be intriguing to see whether Lawal eventually earns a berth in the first team when competitive action starts back, but he won’t be pleased with how things went against DC.
