Ibrox Boss Attempts To Play More Pitiful Injury List Mind-Games With Celtic.

The Mooch sat in front of the media today and told them that he would not make a decision on the fitness of Connor Goldson or Ryan Kent until the very last minute, talking about how both of them have trained today and how they still need to be “assessed.”

But it’s a pitiful attempt at keeping us guess, and we don’t need to guess any more than we had to guess about the League Cup Final team where he tried the same trick. We know that The Mooch has no qualms about throwing players into these games whether they are fit or not, and that’s exactly what is going to happen here.

There is no question in my mind, and there will be no question in Ange’s mind, that these guys will play. Both of them. We might even see cameos from their other “returning to fitness” players like Hagi and Scott Wright as well.

Celtic has its own decisions to make, but we’re not kidding anyone on about those and Ange, unlike this guy, doesn’t have to start Abada or Hatate or even Jota. That’s the beauty of the squad being this strong. There are options for him … The Mooch has none which is why this is nothing more than a puny attempt at misdirection.

We all know what a genuine dilemma looks like because we can see it in front of us. There isn’t a single Celtic fan who could say, definitively, what he or she thinks the team will be on Sunday because even if all our players are fit some of them haven’t played in a while and the manager will still have a decision to make.

So in point of fact, we’ll be kept guessing and so will the Ibrox club right up to the team-sheets are read out on the day. But I think we can safely plan for, and count on, Goldson and Kent being in the squad. It’s only a wonder they don’t fling Kemar Roofe out there onto the pitch as well. If was capable of it there is little doubt he’d be playing as well.

Nobody at Celtic will be buying into any of this guff.

We’ve heard it all before from this manager of theirs. We’ll prepare for their strongest team, as we always do. That way there won’t be any surprises except for the ones that make you laugh out loud.