Balde boost for Bhoys

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan insisted he had no qualms over bringing Bobo Balde back into his side following the 2-0 win at Dundee United.

Strachan handed Balde his first start in exactly a year and, after a commanding performance from the Guinea international, the Celtic boss maintained he was happy to make the hard choices that come with being a football manager.

He said: “I felt this game needed a change in the back four and you could say Steven Pressley was a little bit unlucky (to miss out), but as I explained to him, sometimes managers have to make decisions like that and when you are a manager yourself, you will probably understand it.”