Sunday Mail (UK)

Gaffer: Wait for it Bhoys

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[Dylan Reid] that’s more for our B team.

“Again, I’d love to be the man for everything, but I have limitation­s in terms of what I’m focused on at the moment.

“Other people are in charge of that area.

“I think between now and when the window closes, it [f irst- team transfers] will always be imminent. But is anything going to happen in the next 24 hours? Unlikely.

“We need to bring in at least a couple of more players and are working on that.

“In terms of exits, there is some stuff going on in the background with some players.

“My focus is more on the guys who are here and the boys we’re trying to bring in.”

Celtic were left disappoint­ed with yesterday’s 3- 3 draw with Rapid Vienna in the Allianz Stadium. The Hoops had been ahead three times and were left gutted by the Austrians’ equaliser with the final touch of the game.

Postecoglo­u was able to give 21 of his first-team players run-outs.

He said: “It was a great game. Sometimes with these friendly games you worry whether the intensity might not be quite there.

“At times, it was like a real contest, which was brilliant.

“Credit to Rapid and our boys, they made it into a real, competitiv­e game with the crowd out there as well. It was a worthwhile exercise.

“It’s a game we can take stuff out of. We can really analyse well, knowing that it was full of intensity and competitio­n. We can give the guys positive feedback on the stuff we did well and the stuff we need to keep improving.

“Sometimes in friendly games things can get disguised but I thought for the whole game it was a good contest.”

Celtic looked good going forward but lost two poor goals, with a number of key defenders missing.

Postecoglo­u, speaking about a blunder between Cameron Carter-Vickers and Joe Hart for the first goal, said: “It’s a mistake, mate. Mistakes happen.

“I don’t focus on those kinds of things. There are other things I thought, especially in the first half.

“The lads were just a little bit careless with the ball at times, particular­ly in transition.

“We had a couple of real ly unbel ievable moments in transition.

“At the goal we scored, we were fantastic.

“At other times, we were taking too many touches or were playing it long and that’s just not our game.

“They’re the kind of things you address.

“We conceded a goal from a mistake but they are human beings. There were other elements in that first half.

“We had some really good stuff and some really poor stuff.”

Right- backs Josip Juranovic and Anthony Ralston both missed the game through injury but Postecoglo­u confirmed that both will be fit for Wednesday’s trip to take on Banik Ostrava.

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DYLAN’S ELECTRIC Reid battles Celts last term

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