Unlikely to see Arzani take Forest’s spot in this Celtic team tbh

Arzani's best bet will be on the left. Forrest form the last season and a bit has been of the highest order. It will take something special for Forrest to be dropped.

My nerves have calmed down. Now my liver needs a rest.

God he is one of the most beautiful players to watch. He usually always just goes one touch too long, but it's a pleasure to watch it anyway

Yeboah starting 

22:00FC Luzern - Grasshoppers
00:00Rosenborg - FK Haugesund
00:00FC Schalke 04 - Hertha BSC Berlin
02:00Brondby - FC Midtjylland
02:00Kortrijk - KRC Genk

McGrath on the bench

He needs to sort that out, it happens far too often and it just puts the defenders under pressure.

He won't but he could take up LW or deputise for Forrest 

Still no Leckie :(

It appears Irvine has a niggle. Petratos has been ruled out of the camp.

Opens the door for Ikonomidis.

Holland scored
Amini starting, McGrath got a few minutes against Copenhagen

Nice goal by Hertha. Duda slots it nicely. Jealous of players like Duda, Maxim and Jovic in the bundesliga with all their Rogic similarities. 

Get Golgol in!!!

Duda with a great free kick. 2:0 and done. He's everything I'd imagine Rogic being in the league. 

Switzerland has it.

Jimbo Holland's goal. Cool as a cucumber.   https://twitter.com/SkySportAustria/status/1036293311240265728

That isn't factually correct at all. What you are talking about was National Service, both of my grandfathers and 3 of my great grandfathers completed national service and all of them believed it was really beneficial. I'd love to see it reintroduced for those who aren't as a minimum, working, studying or serving an apprenticeship by the time they are 21. If nothing else it teaches discipline.

The below explains it a bit:

Compulsory military training for the nation's young men was reintroduced in 1951 by the Liberal Government. It was the third such scheme to have existed in Australia since Federation. Eighteen-year-old men were required to partake in the National Service scheme, which meant that they had to undertake 176 days of military training. Those who elected to undertake their training in the army could break up their training requirements into two periods, 98 days in the regular army and 78 days in the Citizen Military Forces (CMF). Those who elected to undertake their training with the RAN or the RAAF had to complete their 176 days in one stretch. The scheme was criticised as being irrelevant to modern defence needs, where skill was becoming more important than numbers, and for being a drain on the regular army's finances and manpower. In 1959 the scheme was abolished.

National service was brought back for a fourth time in 1964, and in May 1965 the Liberal government introduced new powers that enabled it to send national servicemen overseas. At that time Australian soldiers were involved with the war in Vietnam, and the Menzies government wished to raise the army's numbers to 40,000 in order to meet overseas commitments. All 20-year-old males had to register with the Department of Labour and National Service, and their names were selected by the "birthday ballot", in which men were randomly selected for national service by their date of birth. Exemptions were given to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, the medically unfit, and theology students. Young men were granted exemption on the grounds of conscientious objection only if they could prove their objection to war was based on religious beliefs. A temporary deferment of national service was granted to university students, apprentices, married men, and those who could prove that national service would cause them financial hardship. Those who were selected for national service were required to serve for two years full-time in the regular army, and three years part-time in the reserves.

Brad Smith's Seatlle Sounders with 8 consecutive wins, MLS record apparently. 

They'll open the cheque book in January and allow Kewell to strengthen the squad me thinks

anybody else worried about arzani?

I’m not. It’s a 2-year loan and they’ve said they have a tailored program for him. No rush tbh.

Wouldn’t even mind if he didn’t play for Celtic until after the Asian Cup as if he breaks into the team before then he’ll have all his progress undone anyway.

He’s not a starter for the Roos so as long as he’s fit enough for his 20-minute cameos then at this stage of his career, at 19 years old, I’m fine with it.

Without Leckie who's better ? 

Arzani has been at celtic proper only a few weeks. FFS, I wouldn't be surprised if it was months and months before he played - let alone get picked in the squad. People need to relax and realise he's no different than 100s (or 1000s) of young footballers in Europe - he's not some freak or superstar in the making - yet -  like Mbappe - who is also 19 but has played almost 80 games of senior club football and 22 senior internationals. 

I wish him success and hope he breaks through early but I wouldn't start panicking after two weeks. 

should he have stayed at melbourne city for one more season or is he ok on celtic's program? 

This.

We do have one youth with this type of potential - maybe (though it will be a big ask if he reaches Mbappe level), in Karamoko Dembele. He is only 15 at the minute, but made his U20's debut at 13yo a couple of years back. Been heads above other kids his age in the 'Euro youth comps'. Personally I don't see him making is first grade debut until a year or two away - but who knows.


EDIT: Sorry for going off topic.

He is going to get chopped to shit in the spl, leg breaking tackles flying in every game, could be a blessing in disguise.

It doesn't matter where he ranks globally, we're entitled to want the best for him