Celtic\u2019s defeat to Kairat Almaty<\/a> in August, and how they \u2018should be in the Champions League.\u2019 <\/p>\nBut Davies questioned if this will now be a \u2018blessing in disguise\u2019 for Brendan Rodgers and his players, because it is a drop down for them and a better chance of making a \u2018deep run.\u2019 <\/p>\n
\u201cYou have got to remember Celtic, the reason they are in this competition, is because they lost on pens to Kairat Almaty,\u201d said Davies. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you think about that club. This is a win Celtic should have had. They should be in the Champions League. They were expected to win. <\/p>\n
\u201cNow they drop down. It might be a blessing in disguise. If they perform well, then this is a competition they should make a deep run in.\u201d<\/p>\n
But fellow CBS pundit Nico Cantor and former Premier League midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker discussed how far Celtic can go in the competition. <\/p>\n
Cantor interestingly brought up Scotland\u2019s coefficient and how it has taken a massive hit in recent years.<\/p>\n
And whilst it might be a very unpopular take, he thinks this is where the Scottish teams competing in Europe need to \u2018unite\u2019 to boost their coefficient once more. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey have to, for the sake of the coefficient,\u201d said Cantor. <\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like, for the first time, the last couple of seasons, actually, I feel Scottish football has to be united in really hoping their clubs progress further. <\/p>\n
\u201cOver the last couple of years, they have had poor performances and poor results. You can\u2019t lose to Kairat Almaty in the Champions League play-off. This team needed to be in the Champions League.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reo-Coker: \u201cThe financial gain of that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cantor: \u201cBoth Celtic and Rangers need to have good Europa Leagues. I am talking about a cheeky quarter-final or a semi-final.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reo-Coker: \u201cA semi-final, at least.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cantor: \u201cThis is a tournament that they can challenge, and they need to do so, in order for their coefficient to be higher.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic\u2019s latest Europa League journey is going to be an interesting one. On the one hand, Celtic fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[107491,2641,107492,107493,403,99],"class_list":["post-181890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-charlie-davies","tag-europa-league","tag-nico-cantor","tag-nigel-reo-coker","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Photo by Francesco Scaccianoce \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesCeltic \u2018should be in the Champions League\u2019<\/p>\n