Celtic fans are over the moon after Wilfried Nancy announced his starting XI to face St Mirren in the Premier Sports Cup final.
Nancy has come under pressure after his 3-4-3 system was brutally exposed in Celtic’s defeat to Roma and to Hearts in the Scottish Premiership last Sunday.
The Celtic boss announced his line-up as Nancy goes with the following:
- Celtic starting XI: SCHMEICHEL, RALSTON, TRUSTY, SCALES, TIERNEY, McGREGOR (C), ENGELS, HATATE, TOUNEKTI, MAEDA, IHEANACHO
- Substitutes: SINISALO, NYGREN, BALIKWISHA, YANG, MCCOWAN, KENNY, BERNARDO, FORREST, DONOVAN
Has Wilfried Nancy done the right thing by changing the formation back
And it’s a line-up that has Celtic fans asking one big question.
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Celtic fans are buzzing as formation change looks set for St Mirren cup final
Celtic have had a lot of success using a 4-3-3 formation over the years and it appears that Nancy has gone with this for the big Hampden game.
@AGCeltic__ was delighted and said, “Back 4 and Iheanacho? You know what fair play.”
Another Celtic fans was delighted as @sebleonard93 replied, “Only disappointment is Ralston over Donovan, but fair play to Nancy to changing it back to something familiar for the squad. Just have to turn up today. Please for the love of god do that Celtic.”
@gIaikit simply put, “Just win. I don’t mind if my eyes start to bleed watching it.
Just win.”
With so much on the line, it appears that Nancy is going with a 4 at the back but Celtic fans will be eagerly waiting to see how the teams line up just before the first whistle.
Hopefully the
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