Celtic player despite horror tackle on French Eddy

now matter what. And there have been many times we have thought that is exactly what Celtic could do with. I still think he’d be a decent addition to that Celtic backline.

To me it is up to the referee to police a game. I thought that Edouard should have had a penalty and McKenna booked.

Neither happened and it you can see why Celtic were aggrieved that it was allowed.

Meanwhile, James Forrest committing himself to the club is fabulous news for Celtic.

I think he is such a different player to the guy who looked as though he was on his way out of the club under Ronny Deila.

Over the course of the past two seasons he has been one of the most consistent performers Celtic have had and he has become of the big-name players at the club.

There are opportunities there.

And, crucially, Celtic will want to bring in players and offer them the chance to play European football this term.

They are off to Austria later this week to take on Salzburg and I think it has the look of a really tough European game.

They are on a run of good results and I do think that you need Celtic to be strong and sensible defensively but also capable of snatching something on the break if and when they get the chance.

The result against Rosenborg gave them an ideal platform to kick off their campaign but they need to build on it. In terms of the bigger picture, they have won their last two games and just building up a bit of momentum now is important.

You want to be able to start getting a bit of fluency and belief back into the team, and that comes with playing well, scoring goals and getting the results that you need.

Taking a point on the road in Europe can prove to be major and if Celtic can do that this week – and I don’t think it is an easy ask – then it would give themselves not just a decent start to their Europa League but would also continue what they have built this week.

This has been the first sticky spell that the club has had since Rodgers arrived. And you learn more about the players round about you when the chips are down that you do at any other time.

There have been indications with the wins over St Johnstone and Aberdeen that this team is ready to kick on again now.

I think both of those wins were massive for the club. They might not have been the best that Celtic have played but, given what had gone before, they were games that would have brought an ill wind had they stumbled again.

There have been some really sobering nights in the Champions League for Celtic but they showed with the performance against Anderlecht last season that they are capable of going and turning it on away from home.

They will need to be tight and be a little streetwise in their play but if they can come away with some to show then it could prove to be a pretty big point.