John Kennedy is hopeful that tomorrow’s u-19 clash with Hibs at Lennoxtown will beat the weather, kick-off 12 noon.
All five of the other u-19 fixtures scheduled for the weekend have been postponed with a win tomorrow allowing Celtic to go into second place ahead of the Edinburgh side on goal difference with two games in hand.
“The forecast is hopeful overnight and we want the game will go ahead,” Kennedy explained.
“We had a game against St Mirren ten days ago and we want to get back into the way of playing every weekend and are looking forward to facing Hibs.
“We need to get on a winning run if we are to get among the prizes. Hibs will be tough opponents, it was a really tight game against them earlier in the season when we won 4-3. They caused us a few problems and we’ll have to be on our toes.
“They beat Hearts in the cup and have good footballers that can cause problems, their second in the table and it’s a game that we can look forward to.”
Celtic’s 2-1 win over St Mirren was achieved without Marcus Fraser, Dylan McGeough, Filip Twardzik and Paul George.
All four will be available tomorrow giving Kennedy plenty to choose from when he gets round to selecting his team.
“We’ve got a good squad of players available,” the hoops coach added. “Players know that there are others waiting to get their chance.
“Everyone knows that there are players eager to step in and play, the competition is good for everyone.”
On Tuesday Celtic are at home to Inverness on league duty and face Aberdeen at Pittodrie in the quarter-final of the SFA Youth Cup next Sunday.
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It’s the expected snow up Invershoogle way I’m more concerned about!
Hope the game goes ahead but if not then we have a good enough squad to deal with any fixture backlog.
I see also that Spurs have voluntarily withdrawn from the semi-finals of the Nextgen cup as they found they had broken the rules, probably played an over age player too many. Unfortunate for the club, but surely someone should be checking to ensure the integrity of the tourney is upheld rather than hope the clubs admit to an error.