Celtic wingback Jeremie Frimpong came off the bench to provide the assist for Mohamed Elyounoussi’s winning goal against Riga FC in the Europa League last night.
The Dutchman was surprisingly omitted from the starting eleven by manager Neil Lennon but was quickly in on the action after James Forrest came off injured midway through the first half of the 1-0 win.
Supporters could not understand why Frimpong was left out of the team for the match and they are calling on Lennon to keep the 19-year-old as a regular starter in upcoming games:
Best player on the pitch.
— JimmyD (@Jim13221338) September 24, 2020
Frimmy needs to start ahead of wee Jamsey every day of the week.
— David O’Reilly (@DavidOReilly3) September 24, 2020
Best player tonight . More energy than the whole team ???
— Chris1967 (@Chris24242666) September 24, 2020
Dropped for Sunday for certain can’t have managers wee pals out team
— Ian Thomson (@bhoyian) September 25, 2020
Potential to be world class, think he changed the game for us
— Brian Degning (@BDegning) September 24, 2020
We don’t deserve him
— Marco (@LMarcoo0) September 24, 2020
We already said that last week, the week before….hope to see himnstary this weekend. He’s young, dynamic…don’t need to give him rests…..
— joel verbeken (@joelverbeken) September 24, 2020
He is the only one giving defenders a problem,too many of the rest play in front of our opponents.
— jDB (@jDB34772262) September 25, 2020
The 3-5-2 system that Lennon has employed in recent matches hasn’t really worked, with the exception of the 5-0 win against Ross County earlier this month.
Switching back to 4-3-3 would allow Frimpong to play as a fullback and would also enable Elyounoussi to return to the side as a winger. Whether we’ll see a shift in formation when the Hoops face Hibernian on Sunday, we shall have to wait and see.
