{"id":74729,"date":"2025-08-17T09:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T09:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/74729\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T09:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T09:31:08","slug":"are-you-kidding-me-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/74729\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Are you kidding me on?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celtic face their biggest game of the season in midweek when they face Kairat Almaty.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/champions-league-qualifying\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League play-off<\/a> is the final obstacle stood between getting into the league phase of the competition, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/brendan-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Rodgers\u2019<\/a> side know it will be tough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/strange-celtic-sent-a-warning-after-kairat-beat-slovan-bratislava-in-champions-league-qualifier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kairat beat Slovan Bratislava on penalties<\/a> and, despite being the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, know that teams have to make a gruelling 4,000 mile-plus journey to Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>With the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/glasgow-derby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glasgow derby<\/a> of the season days after the second leg in Almaty, there is hope that they can get it done and dusted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic Park<\/a> on 20 August.<\/p>\n<p>But, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/teetering-on-the-brink-of-eruption-hugh-keevins-delivers-outrageous-claims-about-celtic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hugh Keevins, who thinks Hibernian and Hearts are better than Celtic<\/a>, delivered another wild claim on Clyde 1 Superscoreboard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2198921667-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Brendan Rodgers answers questions during a Champions League press conference\" class=\"wp-image-254053\" \/>Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesHugh Keevins thinks Celtic don\u2019t have the \u2018firepower\u2019 to compete<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Record columnist has been on a strong run of wild claims about Celtic in the past few days but has now gone on to suggest that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> are lacking in the goal-scoring department.<\/p>\n<p>Across their three games in all competitions, the Hoops have scored seven times \u2013 suggesting that they are capable of sticking the ball in the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/hugh-keevins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keevins<\/a> was in total disagreement with one caller on the Superscoreboard when he said that Celtic have enough firepower to get past their opponents in midweek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you kidding me on?\u201d Keevins said. \u201cCeltic have enough firepower?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one area of the side where Celtic are seriously in trouble is up front. They have no firepower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they will need a very good lead from Celtic Park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f &#8220;Celtic are gambling on being the Champions League without adding to a squad that&#8217;s been denied a lot of goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udee3 &#8220;At the moment, Adam Idah is not the answer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 Hugh thought Celtic were missing fire power <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jMIwBAFBzB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/jMIwBAFBzB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clyde 1 Superscoreboard (@ClydeSSB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClydeSSB\/status\/1956467686411833609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 15, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Celtic still have goal scorers throughout the team<\/p>\n<p>There is no denying that when the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/transfers\/nicolas-kuhn-admits-16-5m-celtic-exit-decision-was-easy-as-cesc-fabregas-delivers-signing-verdict\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolas Kuhn depart<\/a>, those goals are hard to replace.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, none of the strikers are yet to get off the mark this season, but are we forgetting how many goals they bagged last season?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/daizen-maeda\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daizen Maeda<\/a> struck 33 times in all competitions while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/adam-idah\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Idah<\/a> also hit 20. Across the rest of the team there are also plenty of goals within the ranks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/callum-mcgregor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Callum McGregor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/reo-hatate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reo Hatate<\/a> have always chipped in, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/benjamin-nygren\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Nygren<\/a> has a proven record abroad and defenders like to get in on the act from set pieces.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still early days and to completely write off the idea of Celtic having no goal scorers seems preposterous.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic face their biggest game of the season in midweek when they face Kairat Almaty. 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