Wilfried Nancy may spring a couple of surprises for the Premier Sports Cup final when it comes to selecting his starting XI.
Nancy has hinted at changes after a dreadful start to life as the new Celtic manager.
Things don’t get any easier as he goes in search of his first win, as well as the chance to pick up his first trophy in the Premier Sports Cup final against St Mirren.
Some people have suggested that they will call for him to be sacked if the Bhoys lose but Chris Sutton has slammed the negativity around the Frenchman.
Given that there have been so many poor performances, it will be interesting to see how the 48-year-old picks his team.
And with that, here is the predicted XI that 67 Hail Hail think will line up at Hampden Park.
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Wilfried Nancy to drop wing backs
It is clear that Nancy wants to play with wing-backs. The only trouble is that there aren’t many natural options for that position.
James McPake singled out Sebastian Tounekti and Hyunjun Yang after neither of them convinced across the two games.
Colby Donovan looked more assured in the position and Kieran Tierney could also feature there, which would mean another would need to fill in his role at left centre-back.
Midfield has also looked leggy with record signing Arne Engels looking lost while Benjamin Nygren endured a horror show against Roma.
Celtic predicted XI vs St Mirren
Kasper Schmeichel will start in goal, followed by a back three of Auston Trusty, Liam Scales and Dane Murray, who replaces Tierney.
Celtic’s boyhood left-back isn’t dropped, though, as he replaces Tounekti in the left wing-back role.
What changes are you making to our predicted XI?
Donovan then starts ahead of Yang before captain Callum McGregor lines up alongside Paulo Bernardo in a huge moment for the Portugal U21 star.
Reo Hatate gets another chance, followed by Daizen Maeda and Kelechi Iheanacho up top after his midweek cameo drew plenty of praise.
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