Halfway to Paradise

Celtic play they their fourth (of eight – hopefully) Champions League qualifier tonight in Trondheim, facing Rosenborg with a 3-1 advantage from last week.

Everything points to Celtic’s progression, but nobody is taking anything for granted. Management, players and fans all know the job is only half done, and no mistakes can be countenanced.

This is probably the team which will be entrusted with the task:

Gordon;

Tierney, Ajer, Hendry, Gamboa;

Brown, Ntcham;

Forrest, McGregor, Sinclair;

Edouard

Subs: Bain, Lustig, Rogic, Christie, Allan, Kouassi, Johnston

Brendan may be tempted to start Rogic in place of Sinclair for an extra bit of defensive solidity – especially if he is planning to change his away mindset a bit this season – but that would be something of a risk as the Aussie powerhouse is not up to full match fitness yet. Not much in terms of experienced attacking players in reserve, let’s hope they are not needed.

The game kicks 0ff at 19:45 cpt, and is on Premier Sports 2 (although they have a friendly scheduled for 21:05 on the same channel) as well as eir Sport 1 in Ireland and Eurosport in Scandinavia. Strange that it can be shown in all these countries on these channels, but not on Celtic TV. Seems like a raw deal for subscribers.