Celtic would havebeen excused forjetting out of Glasgow yesterday morning in asombremood. The green half of theOld Firm have Geno Smith Jersey been forced to contend withleavingseveral of their first team playersat homedue to injury.The absence of Gary Hooper, Georgios Samaras, Kris Commons andcaptain Scott Brown has left Neil Lennons optionsseriouslyhinderedin terms of bothmidfield andattack. Longterm absentees Emilio Izaguirre,Kelvin Wilson andcup tied Badr El Kaddouriadd to thewoes at Parkhead,supplyingLennonwith further cause for concern overhis defence,as theyprepare for Thursdays Europa League showdown with Ligue 1 sideRennes.Asloppystart to the domestic league campaign has leftthe green half of theOld Firm ten points adrift of rivals Rangers. A combination ofpoor defending and an inability to Wisconsin Badgers Jersey Sale performafterlosing the first goalhasresulted ina remarkablethree defeats in Celtics first ten SPL matches. In addition,their form in Europe over recent years, particularly away from Parkhead,provides grim reading for hoops fans. However Lennon remains bullish about his teams chances, suggesting that European competition can provide his beleaguered squad with a well-needed distraction from the SPL,We have exciting players ourselves and we feel we can cause them plenty of problems. The best thing to do about a poor record is break it and we are Coby Fleener Jersey looking for a good performance from the players. This group was always going to be difficult, especially in the away games, but that doesnt perturb us and we will give it everything to break that hoodoo.The up beat and refreshing attitude that the Celtic manager adopted in the pre match pre s conference is sure to be reflected in Lennons team talk and game plan. Despite a poor run of form, the hoops bo s is determined to persevere with the fluid, pa sing football that seen his side take the SPL title race to the wire last season. Rennes bo s Frdric Antonettirecognisesand appreciates his counterparts attempts to Jermaine Samuels Jersey play attractive football in an environment and financial arena that would be easy to do otherwise.They play football, and not just the kick and rush football you expect from British sides. We have watched them on numerous occasions, as we would with any opponent, regardle s of whether it is in the league, the League Cup, or in Europe. I personally have only seen them on videos and there is a great deal of physical effort but no lack of fine se, particularly in middle of the park.Neil Lennon has admitted to thinking vigorously about his central defence and the po sibility of dropping the fragile and inconsistent veteran Daniel Majstorovic in order to tighten up. Celtic have a reprieve from domestic duty but are sure to be in for a tough game, particularly without several first team regulars whose influence will be sorely mi sed. Recently too many of Lennons big players have went mi sing, and failed to live up to their reputations. The Northern Irishman will be hoping that the likes of Beram Kayal can improve Karl Kauffmann Jersey their attitude, and in turn supply the Celtic faithful with performance that their backing deserves.