Neil Lennon expects four of his injured players to be available to face Helsingborgs on Tuesday.
The hoops boss was without 11 players for the 1-1 draw with Ross County today with Thomas Rogne and Lucasz Zaluska the only substitutes that aren’t part of the development squad.
Victor Wanyama will miss the game in Sweden but Lennon expects to have Scott Brown, Paddy McCourt, James Forrest and Gary Hooper available to face the Swedes who lost 2-1 at Elfsborg today.
“We had 11 players missing, four of them front-line strikers, but I am not using that as an excuse,” Lennon said after today’s match.
“We missed good chances, easy chances and realistically we should have won the game.
“We should have Scott (Brown), Paddy (McCourt) Gary (Hooper) and James (Forrest) training tomorrow so they should be okay.
“Gary had a scan on a hamstring yesterday but it wasn’t too severe so hopefully he will be okay for Tuesday.”
Kris Commons scored Celtic’s equaliser in injury time which didn’t please County boss Derek Adams.
He said: “There were three minutes of injury time and I don’t know where that came from. We didn’t make any substitutions and there wasn’t an injury in the second half.
“The assistant referee told me it was because the ball didn’t come back quick enough.
“Well, I’m sorry, that’s just life. We are not allowed ball rotation in the SPL so why would he add a minute-and-a-half for that? I have no idea.”
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Their players were sauntering over for throw in’s at the speed of Thomas Graveson so no wonder there was 3 mins injury time….my watch had it at 5….focus on tuesday now though
Adams was obviously hurting. Having been denied several times in normal time the Champions finally had the ball in the net in injury time. If you waste time as wantonly as his team did under his direction for much of the second half don’t be surprised if it is sometimes noticed. People also need to get used to the fact that Celtic are not beaten easily and there is often a sting in the tail. That’s you biggest day of the season gone for another year Derek, be glad you got a point and give over the moaning minnies!
does these grapes taste sour?!
The game lasts 90 mins…that’s time when the ball is IN PLAY…check the rules. Besides it’s supposed to be about entertainment not spoiling at home.
Unfortunate with chances striking the woodwork, a patchwork side could easily have been 3 points. Hope we can get the injured players back 100% fit soon.