McGregor and O’Neill agree Celtic need clearer attacking roles

Celtic captain Callum McGregor says the team needs clearer positional roles and better control after a 2-2 draw with Dundee United, a diagnosis manager Martin O’Neill said he shares as he pledged to address the attacking setup. McGregor said Celtic lacked a settled profile for each position, with players sometimes behaving like wingers or strikers while deployed outside their natural roles. He said that can leave the side exposed to counterattacks and struggling to regain possession. He described the resulting style as “a bit basketball,” with the team losing control and spending time trying to recover the ball. The captain said Celtic have enough quality to score despite those problems, but need to function more cohesively. He pointed to the second half against Dundee United and a recent match against Motherwell as closer to the way the team should play, including keeping possession when an attack is not on and building toward a better opportunity. O’Neill agreed that Callum Osmand and Camilo Durán are centre-forwards. He said the players are still getting to know one another and that Celtic would work to establish the right positions. Against Dundee United, O’Neill began...