The first game of the Japan trip didn’t go to plan as we crashed to a 6-4 defeat at the hands of Yokohama F Marinos.
Daizen Maeda’s first half hat trick and David Turnbull’s long range effort were the only things worth shouting about.
At the end of the day it’s only a practice match nothing more, just a fitness exercise and a chance for Brendan Rodgers to run the rule over the squad. The result is irrelevant no matter how the world of Twitter perceives it.
Brendan will have learned a lot about his new squad and it won’t be good things that’s for sure, defensively speaking. Frankly Celtic were all over the place at the back, even Joe Hart had a moment of madness handing Yokohama the first goal on a plate. It’s clear we need reinforcements at the back. New faces at right back and centre back are critical.
Yes we were missing CCV and Alistair Johnston, both of whom are important players for us, but that’s the whole point. We can’t rely on the same faces for an entire campaign. Injury’s and suspensions will happen and we need capable players to take the place of those absent, and today proved the ones we have currently aren’t up to scratch. It’s something hopefully Brendan will rectify in the coming weeks
And after today’s defensive showing he’s hardly likely to be complacent in his pursuit of new signings.
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