‘He’s right’ – What 67 Hail Hail told BBC Sportsound about Celtic fans’ transfer frustration

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Celtic fans made their feelings perfectly clear after watching the Champions League draw with Kairat Almaty.

The Celtic Park support booed the Parkhead board after watching Brendan Rodgers’ side fail to break down a stubborn Kairat side.

With £40m at stake, Celtic took a massive gamble by not strengthening the squad before this tie.

And that is something 67 Hail Hail warned the Celtic board about prior to kick-off.

Just before half-time, we contacted the BBC again just after Celtic hero Alistair Johnston was stretchered off injured to talk about fan frustration and the panel agreed with our assertion.

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Now that Johnston is injured, Rodgers needs to look for a replacement for another position in the Celtic first-team.

And that is on top of needing to find a replacement for Nicolas Kuhn and Kyogo and we let the BBC know all about it.

McIntyre said on BBC Radio Scotland, “There’s a message in here Tom, from one of the Celtic fans who was on earlier on joining us just before kick-off, Paddy Sinat.

“He’s got in touch again. He said, ‘This is why Celtic fans are frustrated with a lack of transfer activity. Not replacing Kyogo, letting Kuhn go whilst Jota is injured and not replacing either leaves us with no imagination or penetration up front’.

“He also said, you pointed out right away Tom, ‘And now it looks like Alistair Johnston could be out long term’.

BBC man Tom English agrees with 67 Hail Hail’s verdict on Celtic fan feeling

With just 45 minutes played, it was clear that this game was going to end in a stalemate because the Celtic bench also offered nothing.

And Tom English agreed.

English replied, “Yeah, it looks like a hamstring injury. And he’s right. You know, this game, the Celtic performance is desperately lacking in dynamism, the dynamism that a Jota would and could well provide.

“But obviously he’s injured until next year. Kuhn, at his best, provided it. Kyogo provided it for many years. So all those guys are unavailable now.

“This is a diminished Celtic team compared to Celtic teams of the last couple of seasons. No doubt about it.”

With ten days left of the transfer window, Celtic need to now get the finger out and replace these players because if they don’t, this could be a long season for the fans and for the Parkhead board.