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title: "Celtic: Fans call for Tom Rogic to start Old Firm derby"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-fans-call-for-tomas-rogic-to-start-old-firm-derby-after-post/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "SPFL News"
published: "2020-03-11T16:55:49Z"
modified: "2020-03-11T16:55:49Z"
---

# Celtic: Fans call for Tom Rogic to start Old Firm derby

**Celtic fans were calling for Tomas Rogic to start the Old Firm derby against Rangers after a post asking fans on whether he or Ryan Christie should feature on Sunday.**

Christie has been in superb form this season having notched up 18 goals and 12 assists in just 2540 minutes across all competitions [(via BBC)](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/celtic/top-scorers). Meanwhile, the Australia international has made just 22 appearances this campaign, having missed part of the early-season fixtures with a knee injury [(via Transfermarkt)](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tom-rogic/leistungsdaten/spieler/213672).

The statistics seem to favour the 27-year-old with Celtic having [won 10 of the 12 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tom-rogic/bilanzdetails/spieler/213672/gegner/124) Rogic has featured in since he moved to Paradise back in [2013](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20959278). Meanwhile, the Scotland international doesn’t have the best of records when playing the Blues with the outfit having [won just four of the 10 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ryan-christie/bilanzdetails/spieler/188077/gegner/124) which Christie has appeared in. Supporters were backing the £2.25m-rated, [as per Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tom-rogic/leistungsdaten/spieler/213672), attacking midfielder to start ahead of his teammate as they took to Twitter to react to the tweets showing off one of his strikes against their fierce rivals [(Celtic TV via Celtic Bible)](https://twitter.com/celticbible/status/1237411365465227264).

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Here are some reactions:

> Has to be Rogic, simply because I reckon he is a better football player.
>
> — C.M Burns (@mrburnsnuclear) [March 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/mrburnsnuclear/status/1237427146705887232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Rogic
>
> — Ben (@Ben39887010) [March 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/Ben39887010/status/1237411407869677568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Rogic. Suits the 2 upfront better and christie hasnt had a good game against that lot
>
> — Dman (@DmanDaymandman) [March 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/DmanDaymandman/status/1237469610808692737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Rogic.\
> Christie offers energy but Rogic adds a finesse and a final ball we lack at times from the middle of the park.
>
> — Gavin JR Kelly (@Gav\_HQ) [March 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/Gav_HQ/status/1237420625553170437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Rogic for me in the big games defo! Christie is ok for certain games but not in the big games he rarely if ever shows up
>
> — marc cairney (@CairneyMarc) [March 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/CairneyMarc/status/1237433604218802178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Celtic fans, who would you start on Sunday afternoon? Join the discussion below!***