{"id":372551,"date":"2021-12-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=372551"},"modified":"2021-12-01T19:05:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:05:10","slug":"postecoglou-told-to-start-rogic-v-hearts-after-big-celtic-update-pundit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/postecoglou-told-to-start-rogic-v-hearts-after-big-celtic-update-pundit\/","title":{"rendered":"Postecoglou told to start Rogic v Hearts after &#8216;big&#8217; Celtic update &#8211; pundit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Frank McAvennie is &#8220;delighted&#8221; Tom Rogic could return to the Celtic side for Thursday&#8217;s game against Hearts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Hoops hitman, speaking exclusively to <strong>Football Insider<\/strong>, wants to see the midfielder start the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_jo_hendry\/status\/1466033993678270470\">Go Radio&#8217;s Jo Hendry <\/a>on Wednesday (1 December), Ange Postecoglou confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/tom-rogic\/leistungsdatendetails\/spieler\/213672\/plus\/0?saison=2021&amp;verein=&amp;liga=&amp;wettbewerb=&amp;pos=&amp;trainer_id=\">Rogic<\/a>, 28, is available to face Hearts on Thursday (2 December).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ange Postecoglou confirms Nir Bitton and Tom Rogic available for Hearts tomorrow. No time frame given on Chris Jullien&#39;s return. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YeD07LHBAx\">pic.twitter.com\/YeD07LHBAx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jo Hendry (@_jo_hendry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_jo_hendry\/status\/1466033993678270470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The midfielder has missed the Hoops&#8217; last three league games with a hamstring issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McAvennie is thrilled Rogic is set to return on Thursday night as he &#8220;offers so much&#8221; to the side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m delighted,&#8221;<\/em> McAvennie told <strong>Football Insider <\/strong>correspondent Ben Wild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;A few weeks ago, I was saying how big of a blow it would be to lose him for a long time. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I think we have coped well without him. He just bosses that midfield. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I think he makes players like Turnbull look better and more composed in there. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;He offers so much going forward as well. He has such a good eye for a pass. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;With Kyogo&#8217;s movement, that&#8217;s a deadly combination. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Hearts won&#8217;t be an easy game so to have him back is a big boost for us. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I would have him in from the start.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/10\/rsz_1001541119-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-358171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/10\/rsz_1001541119-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/10\/rsz_1001541119-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/10\/rsz_1001541119-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/10\/rsz_1001541119-1140x783.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/10\/rsz_1001541119-750x515.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/10\/rsz_1001541119.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of Thursday night&#8217;s clash, Celtic sit two points ahead of third-placed Hearts but hold a game in hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hoops are looking to close the four-point gap between themselves and first-placed Rangers by keeping up their impressive recent form. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other Celtic news,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-celtic-coach-strachan-makes-up-mind-on-offer-to-manage-english-club\/\">senior figure has made mind up on quitting Celtic after offer from England<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank McAvennie is &#8220;delighted&#8221; Tom Rogic could return to the Celtic side for Thursday&#8217;s game against Hearts. The former Hoops hitman, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, wants to see the midfielder start the game. As per Go Radio&#8217;s Jo Hendry on Wednesday (1 December), Ange Postecoglou confirmed Rogic, 28, is available to face Hearts on <em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":328173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[956,7,4],"tags":[577],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372606,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372551\/revisions\/372606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}