After yesterday’s defensive shambles Auston Trusty must be the the man to partner CCV…
Auston Trusty celebrates after the Premier Sports Cup Final victory over theRangers at Hampden on 15 December 2024. Photo AJ for The Celtic Star
When the team line up was announced yesterday one name that was omitted from the starting XI that took me by surprise. That was Auston Trusty who hasn’t played since being substituted at half-time in the Premier Sports League cup final win nearly three weeks ago.
He wasn’t taken off in that game because of injury as Brendan said at the time that it was tactical change. He did miss the next game due to illness, but he’s been on the bench in our last couple of matches although he’s not had a sniff of first team action.
That comes as a surprise to me as he’s been superb for us since shining in the goalless draw in Bergamo against Atalanta, and for me should have been playing alongside his international team mate Cameron Carter-Vickers in yesterday’s match to Ibrox.
Liam Scales celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic FC and Ross County FC at Celtic Park on November 30, 2024. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
The performance of Liam Scales in our 3-0 defeat to our bitter rivals showed that Trusty is the man who should undoubtedly be the first pick to start alongside CCV and it will be interesting to see what Brendan thinks. We’ll know on Sunday when the team is named to take on St Mirren.
Starting Trusty yesterday may not have made a difference, but we would have defended a whole lot better that’s my opinion anyway. Liam Scales has done us a terrific turn in the last year or so, but Auston Trusty has got to be firmly ahead of him in the pecking order after such a poor performance at Ibrox. If not questions will rightly be asked.
Liam Scales blocks as Vaclav Cerny of Rangers shoots during the Scottish Premiership match at Ibrox, Rangers v Celtic, Scottish Premiership, Photo O Rourke/Shutterstock
Maybe not by the Celtic fan media as Celtic seem to have quietly reduced the access without any explanation. Instead we have Keith Jackson sitting there joking away with his pro-theRangers agenda.
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