PBP: [Old Firm Derby 3/12] Emerson Hyndman vs. Celtic @ 8AM EST on FS1

Hyndman starts.

Celtic:
------------------Gordon----------------------
Lustig---Sviatchenko--Boyata--Tierney
----------Bitton-------Brown----------------
Forrest--------Armstrong---------Sinclair
---------------Dembele----------------------

Rangers
------------Foderingham-----------------
-------Hodson---Hill-----Wilson------
Tavernier-------------------------Wallace
----------Hyndman---Holt-------------
--------------Mackay--------------------
----------Waghorn---Miller------------

Less clear about Rangers set-up, usually Mackay plays wide against Celtic but they have 5 true defenders. It's possible that they might run a 4-4-2 with Tavernier as a wide midfielder instead of right back/wingback.

 

CAN.....NOT.....WAIT....

 

I know this isn't how statistics work, but I'd almost be happy if Celtic lost. We've won the previous meetings, and I'm not sure that we're going to beat them in every match this year. And I'd much rather win the cup match in a few weeks than this one. As nice as it would be to go undefeated in the league, there's no chance Aberdeen or Rangers will catch up.

 

This subject has been covered endlessly, but I love Scottish accents.

 

"You'll Never Walk Alone" sounds awful when it's sung that fast.

And we're off...

 

Up early and ready

 

4-4-1-1 for Rangers it appears. Hyndman in the middle, McKay on the left, Tavernier on the right I think.

 

Yeah that wasn't a great one actually.

 

His teammates need to realize they aren't Messi and pass the Damm ball

 

Lovely ball control there

 

Kenny Miller is an idiot.

 

Hyndman is so clearly the best player on Rangers. He's a solid two notches better than his rubbish teammates.

 

Does Celtic use only Liverpool songs or ???

 

They were Celtic songs first.

 

Rangers don't look that bad actually.

 

Hyndman makes inch-perfect passes look completely routine.

 

That was rough for Emo. Awful time to lose your footing.

 

Fields of Anfield Road?

 

Celtic way too nervous.

 

It's an Irish folk ballad that Liverpool fans adopted because they liked the tune. The original is "Fields of Athenry", about an Irish guy who is put in prison for stealing grain to feed his starving family.

 

Need some "we are Celtic, tralalalala"

Celtic is fast.

 

If I start drinking now, and go straight through the Liverpool match, I may survive the weather at Yankee Stadium.

 

I believe 'cagey' is the cliché we're looking for right now.

 

Rangers keeper distribution is very Josh Saundersy.