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Brendan Rodgers simply must start ‘really good’ 23-year-old Celtic player vs St Mirren today

Celtic continue their defence of the Scottish Cup this afternoon with a tricky away tie in Paisley to face Stephen Robinson’s St Mirren this afternoon.

Brendan Rodgers‘ side faces The Buddies who are high-flying in the Scottish Premiership sit❀ting fifth in the table and the Celtic manager’s side will need to be at their best if they want to progress to the next round.

Celtic’s record against St Mirren has been pretty good over the past two seasons. In the previous ten fixtures against them, Celtic have won seven, drew two and lost one scoring ꧑29 goals and concedin🔴g just seven. []

History tells the Celtic fans that this should be an easy win and, on paper, it should be. But football is not played on paper and the Hoops arꩲe in for a tough game against St Mirren.

So to get himself the best chance of a victory today, TBR Celtic bel꧙ieve that there is one ‘‘ player that Rodgers must simply start against the Paisley sideꦰ.

Alexandro Bernabei must start for Celtic vs St Mirren

The Argentine has certainly divided opinion amongst the fans and pundits over the last few weeks.

The 23-year-old was subbed against Aberdeen but started against Hib🍰s in the 2-1 win on Wednesday night

And, if the Celꦯtic fans are honest with themselves, they will admit he played really well against the capital club at Easter Road.

Rated a 7.9 [], Bernbei showed great energy and commitment against Nick Montgomery’s team. ꧋With 95 touches of the ball,🌺 the Argentinian fullback had a passing accuracy of 79%

Photo by Masashi Hara/Getty Images
Photo by Masashi Hara/Getty Images

Bernabei also h🉐ad three touches in the 💫Hibs penalty box and made nine passes into the final third as Celtic tried to break down a stubborn Hibs defence.

Winning 100% of all his tackles, the 22-year-old also made one clearance, two interceptionꦚs, eight defensive actions, wo🐻n eight duels and made six ball recoveries.

Now I know Bernabei still has a lot of work to do to convince the Celtic fans that there is a player in there but going by his performance against Hibs, and the fact that Greg Taylor i🔥s still out injured, Rodgers has no 🌸choice but to start Bernabei against St Mirren this afternoon.

In other news, Gabby Agbonlahor makes Ange Postecoglou claim after watching Celtic beat 🧜Hibs