The hard work really starts now for Celtic as they prepare for another season in the Champions League.

The Bhoys survived a scare in Kazakstan last month as they lost 4-3 against Astana and followed that up by drawing 1-1 at home to St. Jonstone in the league which has caused questions to be raised about Brendan Rodgers’ side and their complacency.

The Celtic fans in the Tavern have dismissed this and they are instead thrilled to see the impetus put on delivering in European football this season with high hopes placed on the progress of Rodgers’ men. This is because the overall feeling is that the standard of Scottish football will not improve enough to challenge Celtic this season and see how good the Bhoys really are, their squad have to really pull their finger out in the European competition.

In order to do this, our landlord believes that the Hoops still need to make sure that their squad is ready to attack what the season has offer and this may mean giving minutes to players who do not really feature much in the Bhoys first team in order for them to prove themselves to Rodgers.

With that in mind, here are two players Celtic should consider giving an opportunity to shine too.

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Stuart Armstrong

Shunned before he signed a new deal, our landlord believes that Armstrong should now be given a clean slate by Brendan Rodgers and given more game time to reward to Scotsman’s loyalty to Celtic.

Armstrong was an important player for the Bhoys last season and with the amount of fixtures that his side are due to play, it may be worth getting the midfielder up to speed with the squad sooner rather than later.

Jack Aitchison

There will be times this season when Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths need to be rested or just simply find the net and our resident Celtic fans in the Tavern want to know that if this happens, their team is in safe hands.

This is where Jack Aitchison should be given an opportunity to prove himself as the goalscorer that he has proven to be at the youth levels with the Bhoys, our landlord agrees and believes that this season is the time to bring the young star through into the first team.