Former Celtic winger Aiden McGeady on BBC Sportsound
Celtic have gotten greater than sufficient high quality to be beating Kairat. The primary leg was very torpid and gradual. There was an actual lack of high quality and depth. It is a Champions League qualifier.
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I keep in mind being on the top of a 5-0 defeat by Artmedia Bratislava, which was unforgivable, however the return leg we gained 4-0.
I assumed we’d see a large distinction between the 2 performances and each had been very related.
Former Celtic midfielder John Collins on BBC Sportsound
The most important disappointment for everybody related to Celtic is that they have been knocked out by a really, very common staff. That is not a Champions League staff.
Within the ultimate third there’s been an absence of creativity, no penetration. The truth is, they’ve misplaced Kyogo, Kuhn’s gone, Jota is injured, you have misplaced tempo, you have misplaced sharpness on the prime finish of the pitch.
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The board are going to take the flak now as a result of they need to have had gamers in earlier than this recreation. They took the gamble that they’d have sufficient to get via this recreation and convey gamers in after. Sadly it has backfired.
Former Celtic supervisor Martin O’Neill on Amazon Prime
It is their very own fault. They’re out of a contest they need to actually be in.
They simply haven’t performed sufficient over the 2 video games. They’ve had little moments. Daizen Maeda had a second and he ought to rating the aim.
However there was by no means a sustained spell of six or seven minutes once they put the opposition below stress once you felt they had been going to capitulate.
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Former Celtic midfielder Stiliyan Petrov on Amazon Prime
I feel they’re brief in all probability 4 or 5 stylish gamers with good high quality.
Celtic has at all times paid consideration to creating gamers, giving them time, however they’ve these gamers. Now they want high quality. They want gamers who could make a distinction.
A membership like Celtic can’t be glad with the Europa League. The supervisor wants backing and wishes gamers. If you wish to achieve success, it’s important to spend.
Soccer author Stephen McGowan on
Within the chilly mild of day, this Celtic staff is a Europa League staff. I do not suppose they’d have performed themselves a substantial amount of justice within the Champions League, so each cloud has a silver lining.
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However I feel there are big questions that should be requested now about Celtic’s soccer operation.
Individuals had been saying extensively earlier than the sport that they hadn’t performed sufficient to herald high quality additions – and that is been backed up by what we noticed final night time when Yang and a 34-year-old James Forrest had been beginning broad males.
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