
LITTLE did anyone associated with Celtic think that the absence of early European qualifiers would provide something of a headache for the squad, but in terms of getting the players up to match speed quickly, replacing them was a conundrum that Ange Postecoglou faced this summer.
Thankfully, it is one that the Celtic manager is satisfied that he solved, with the matches against Rapid Vienna at the weekend and then the win over Banik Ostrava last night on the occasion of their centenary celebration competitive in all but name.