08 Sep 2017 11:32:05
XI vs Hamilton

Gordon

Lustig
Ajer
Jozo
Tienrey

Brown
Ntcham
Armstrong

Roberts
Edouard
Sinclair.

{Ed007's Note - I can't see Lustig and Simunovic starting tonight on that plastic pitch. I think our line-up will be more like this:

----------------Gordon--------
-Ralston----Ajer----Tierney----Miller---
---------Brown-----Armstrong---
-Roberts------Rogic------------Sinclair--
--------------Eduardo------

1.) 08 Sep 2017
08 Sep 2017 12:05:39
My team would be

De Vries
Ralston Ajer Bitton Miller
Roberts Henderson Armstrong Sinclair
Macgregor
Dembele'

Let me explain do not risk players who looked tired or have have troble on Plastic truf. Let Roberts and Dembele' play as long as possible before being subbed

So Gordon, Lusnig and Simunovic no chance of injury

Tierney Brown, Ntcham and Forrest to get some rest as with Rogic as he travelled half way around the world

Armstrong who is coming into form as Captain and get some game time as with Macgregor. Edouard could come on for Dembele'

2.) 08 Sep 2017
08 Sep 2017 12:16:48
What's the issue with a plastic pitch? Hamilton players play on it every second week and don't have injury concerns. Why is it a concern for our players? Just asking.

{Ed007's Note - It's not just our players, any player playing on it increases their chances of injury especially if they have underlying conditions. Accies have had their fair share of injury problems caused by the pitch. In one match Mikey Devlin done his cruciate ligaments and Thistle midfielder Ryan Stevenson was stretchered off after his boot caught in the surface, then Devlin suffered the same injury again last year.
Simunovic has a long standing knee problem and Lustig has his hip problems, both of which can easily be aggravated by playing on plastic pitches.}

3.) 08 Sep 2017
08 Sep 2017 12:48:04
Gordon Ralston Bitton Jozo Miller Ntcham McGregor Forrest Armstrong Sinclair Edourdo.

4.) 08 Sep 2017
08 Sep 2017 13:17:35
Thing with plastic pitches are this even though they appear soft and grass like. The conditions on the body are similar to running or playing on concrete with exception to the falling side. Causes the same or similar effects on body and will encourage any underlying symptons, just done my left quad on plastic pitch Monday and have given it some rice.

5.) 08 Sep 2017
08 Sep 2017 13:43:50
Ed Rodgers is quoted earlier saying jozo needs games and he'll play tonight.

{Ed007's Note - I'm just hoping it doesn't prove to be a stupid decision we end up regretting. There's absolutely no reason to take such a high risk against Accies and I wouldn't be surprised if he misses the PSG game, playing on plastic really jars your joints when you run on it and players have said they feel 100-years old after playing 90 mins on Accies pitch. Rodgers himself said last season:

"It’s a notorious surface for picking up lots of injuries. The only one I would consider not playing on the pitch is Simunovic. Apart from that, all the others will be fine. We play the game because we have to. We are professional."

Only last month he said this when talking about Simunovic:

"He’s not an injury concern but we have to monitor it especially when you look at playing Kilmarnock and Astana away on artificial pitches."


I don't imagine Simunovic will be too happy with Rodgers decision either.
BTW I'm not doubting you, Steph, or Tim on the other thread, but where did you see or hear Rodgers say he'd be playing?}

6.) 08 Sep 2017
08 Sep 2017 14:34:34
Joe mchugh on video celts. A agree it's daft but he didn't feature much if at all for Croatia n he maybe needs some game time before Tuesday.

{Ed007's Note - The big man's not Croatian anymore, he's switched to play for Bosnia but I know what you mean, he was on their bench and never got on.}

7.) 08 Sep 2017
08 Sep 2017 15:05:53
That'll be why he never played for Croatia over the weekend then😂😂.

{Ed007's Note - It might have something to do with it.}

8.) 08 Sep 2017
08 Sep 2017 16:16:01
Looking forward to seeing the new man up front.