{"id":628804,"date":"2025-12-12T19:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/628804\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T19:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:00:22","slug":"wilfried-nancy-makes-celtic-squad-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/628804\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilfried Nancy Makes Celtic Squad Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wilfried Nancy has <a href=\"https:\/\/celtsarehere.com\/wilfried-nancy-celtic-right-track\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> he\u2019s still figuring out his strongest Celtic XI as he prepares for Sunday\u2019s League Cup Final against St Mirren, just a week into the job and off the back of two damaging defeats.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"661\">The new Hoops boss made no changes to the starting line-up that lost to Hearts when selecting his team to face Roma on Thursday, despite warning signs from the previous performance.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"661\">However, a triple substitution at half-time, introducing Kelechi Iheanacho, Paulo Bernardo and Colby Donovan, brought improved energy and structure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"776\">All three made a positive impact, and Nancy now has a major selection call to make ahead of the Hampden showdown.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"844\">\u201cI wanted to do more rotation, to be honest with you,\u201d Nancy said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HKznxjDvTWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celtic TV.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"998\">\u201cBut again, I am in between. You know, regarding that a few players didn\u2019t play a lot also the last six games. So I needed to balance a little bit that.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1200\">\u201cSo first of all is to watch properly the way they play. I know them, but the way they play. And after that, I will put the team that I think is the best to have a good performance against this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1451\">Nancy has been working with the squad for just over a week, and the limitations of time and familiarity have been evident. His system remains in early stages of implementation, and a mix of injuries and recent arrivals has left him juggling options.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1451\">But there have been some promising signs in his football.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1692\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With a trophy on the line and expectations high, Sunday could be the moment Nancy settles on a more defined starting side or continues to experiment as he builds towards a clearer identity. Either way, he needs a winning team at Hampden.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/teesfortims.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DANSDLKHBDS.png\" alt=\"Tees for Tims\" width=\"100%\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wilfried Nancy has admitted he\u2019s still figuring out his strongest Celtic XI as he prepares for Sunday\u2019s League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-628804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115708142750138987","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}