Celtic V Inverness CT - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game live.Deila wants greater depthRonny Deila looks forward to being able to field two different but equally capable Celtic teams.The Hoops boss has found to his cost that his squad is not as strong as he wants it to be, never more so than when he played Saturday's opponents Inverness earlier in the season.Ahead of the second leg of the Champions League qualifying play-off against Maribor at Parkhead in August - which they lost 1-0 following a 1-1 draw in Slovenia the previous week - the Norwegian made 10 changes for the trip to the Highlands in the Premiership and lost 1-0.And following the 2-2 Europa League draw away to Salzburg the following month, Deila made six changes for the visit of Motherwell and dropped another two points in the 1-1 draw, bringing more criticism his way.It appeared that lessons have been learned following the home 2-1 Europa League win over Romanian outfit Astra Giurgiu just over a week ago, with Deila making only three changes for the league encounter against Kilmarnock at Parkhead which they won 2-0.Recalling the first game against Caley, the former Stromsgodset boss said: "There are two things thereHopefully within one year or two years, we can play those kind of teams and win."Two, there were too many changes
We had 10 changes in that game
It was a very important game we had in the Champions League afterwards so that was something we had to do."Against Motherwell we had five or six changes and the last time we had only three and we played better and won."We have to learn from this and try to develop everyone so we can play two different teams sometimes if we need to."Goalkeeper Craig Gordon was on the bench for the defeat against John Hughes' side and is looking to make amends at Celtic Park.The Scotland international said: "They have already beaten us this season
Up there we made a few changes after a European game, this time at home we will be looking to win the game and get our own back for that one."I think they've done very well
Yogi (John Hughes) has changed the way they've been playing in the last few years."They've been passing the ball a lot more and they are quite an attractive team to watch."If they come here and look to do that again then there is a possibility they could cause us problems."Aleksandar Tonev is available for Celtic
The Hoops' winger, on loan from Aston Villa, was this week suspended by the Scottish FA for seven matches for using "offensive, insulting and abusive language of a racist nature" against Aberdeen defender Shay Logan when the two teams met in September, but Celtic have appealed.Kris Commons has been out with a buttock injury and Deila is unsure if he will be fit, while winger James Forrest is still not ready for first-team action following a hamstring injury and winger Derk Boerrigter is out for two months following knee surgery.Inverness defender Graeme Shinnie is aiming for another clean sheet to continue their miserly start to the season.Caley Thistle have kept shut-outs in seven of their 11 Premiership games, including their home victory over the champions in August.Inverness travel to Parkhead on Saturday sitting three points above their hosts in the table and Shinnie will be happy to keep things tight again.The left-back said: "It's always good to get a clean sheet against Celtic with the fire power they have got
We were really on top that day and the focus was really there."The clean sheet that day was vital obviously and it gives us a platform to go on and win games
We won that game 1-0 and we have won the last two games 1-0."As long as we keep clean sheets it gives us a platform to go and grab a goal and if we get that we can defend for the win and try to control the game and pass the ball around, not having to go gung-ho trying to get a goal."Inverness triumphed over Dundee United last week without the suspended Ryan Christie, who returns to the squad for the Glasgow trip.James Vincent slotted in seamlessly and Shinnie feels that shows the strength in depth of John Hughes' squad."I thought James was very good on Saturday," Shinnie said
"He has had to wait patiently to get back in the team
But Marley (Watkins) and a lot of the boys have come in and done well."There are players who have been out of the team who are working hard to get back in
It's all good positive things for the team, competition for places, and it's keeping all the boys on their toes who are playing in the games."
Source : PA
Source: PA