Celtic: Pundit urges Rodgers to replace player who’s “not good enough”

Frank McAvennie, a former player for the Hoops, has advised Brendan Rodgers to replace one player on his roster during the January

transfer window despite Celtic’s four-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership table.

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Last weekend, Celtic were embroiled in a dramatic 2-1 victory over Motherwell at Fir Park in the Scottish Premiership, as Denmark

Under-21 international Matt O’Riley sealed all three points with an impressive finish in the 97th minute, despite the Hoops seemingly

being destined to drop points just moments earlier in the clash as Blair Spittal cancelled out an opener from Luis Palma.

Nevertheless, Celtic emerged victorious to maintain their unbeaten start to life in the Scottish top-flight under Rodgers, who was

delighted with his side’s never-say-die attitude away to a difficult opponent.

He stated via BBC Sport: “A fantastic victory for the players. I said to them after the game that this club’s history is built on going to

the end and scoring late goals. I thought we were the dominant team. Motherwell did well in terms of organisation and we just needed

to show a wee bit more quality around the box. We didn’t panic, we just waited for that moment, and Matt continues doing what he’s

been doing. A really good day for us. It’s fantastic for the supporters – they were patient and kept driving us forward in the second half.”

Next up for Celtic is a powderkeg clash in the Champions League at home to Lazio as they search for their first points in Group E,

and Rodgers has confirmed in his pre-match press conference that United States international Cameron Carter-Vickers could be in

contention for a return from his latest injury lay-off.

Rodgers is under no illusions that the visit of Lazio will be a stiff test for his side, stating via Sky Sports: “We know that at this level we

have to be 100 per cent. At 98 per cent at this level, you’ll come unstuck.”

In conversation with Football Insider, former Celtic player McAvennie has indicated that his old side should look to part ways with

goalkeeper Scott Bain in January, as he believes the Scotland international is “not good enough” to displace Joe Hart at Parkhead.

The commentator responded, “I think he (Rodgers) has got to do something because it is not good enough,” when asked if Celtic

should replace Bain in January. It is not acceptable for us to enter Europe with Bain’s objectives. No offence intended, but the keeper’s

poor decision-making places him outside of Joe Hart’s league when it comes to saving stuff. He is a good keeper, but he isn’t my top

pick. I hope he can disprove my assertions.

Bain has been at Celtic since 2018 and has racked up 77 appearances across all competitions for the Hoops, keeping 39 clean sheets in

the process, as per Transfermarkt.

He fulfils Celtic’s homegrown quota for European competitions and is Scottish, thus it is quite doubtful that he will leave the Glasgow

giants anytime soon.