Brendan Rodgers’ solution for Celtic defensive problem may not be what you’d expect

Brendan Rodgers needs to address Celtic’s obvious defensive problem as soon as Cameron Carter-Vickers is out of the game.

Due to the US defender’s present injury, the Celtic boss has had to rearrange his starting lineup once more.

However, it is evident that the Celtic back four are horribly exposed for pace when Carter-Vickers is sidelined.

Rodgers’ high line simply doesn’t function. The centerback duo of Stephen Welsh and Liam Scales was exposed by the Livingston attackers yesterday as they showed their lack of pace on the counterattack, which led to Livingston’s victory.

The high ball over the top that Daniel McKay scored on caught Welsh and Alistair Johnston off guard, but our downfall came from the center defender’s failure to close down the Livingston striker.

And when Matt O’Riley made a mistake that led to Livingston’s second goal, it took Scales and Welsh a long time to recover and regain position.

The lack of speed was also evident against Motherwell, as Stuart Kettlewell’s team repeatedly caught the Celtic defense off guard with their counterattacking tactics. That was before to the involvement of Cameron Carter-Vickers.

Carter-Vickers put an end to Motherwell’s onslaught against The Steelmen as soon as he entered the game in the second half.

o How can this be resolved? In order to prevent the opponent from attempting to break the offside trap, I believe Rodgers needs to let his backline drop a little bit deeper. However, the Celtic manager does not believe that.

Brendan Rodgers desires a higher line of defense from the Celtics.

It appears that Rodgers is clear about the defensive issues from yesterday. And the manager of Celtic wants his back four to play even higher to support the attack, even though it’s obvious that the high line is giving us problems.

After Livingston’s victory, Rodgers stated of the defense, “I wasn’t comfortable,” in a post-match statement. We overly provided them with options throughout the game. To keep up the attacks, the two center halves needed to be just a little bit more active and higher up the pitch.

“It was too simple. The drawback of the performance was how much room we gave away. To be fair to Livingston, they took advantage of it. Those were occasions when we were not good enough.

If you have the staff to handle that, that is all well and good. If Carter-Vickers is not on the team, we don’t.

It’s possible that Rodgers is trying to outscore the opponent by utilizing his defense to help the attack. Aside from the Dundee game, recent history demonstrates that we have had difficulty doing even that.

I hope the manager of Celtic is right. I’m hoping that by pushing his defenders to advance further, the attack will be successful. Because we might be in problems for the rest of the season’s games if his strategy is unsuccessful.

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