Tommy G and the trialist goalkeeper

To call last night's side a Celtic XI interesting is an understatement.

Albion Rovers 1-4 Celtic

Up front we had the dynamic duo of Thomas Gravesen and Derek Riordan while on the bench newly signed Matty Hughes got on to make his debut in front of trialist goalkeeper Daniele Giordano.

How those four players will be remembered in Celtic history is anyone's guess.

There is one consistent aspect about the Celtic reserves and that's that they play good football, it's hard not to when you have Paul Caddis, Mark Millar and Kevin Cawley in your team.

Miller and Caddis have been outstanding for a while now and take every challenge in their stride, getting better week by week.

Caddis is really developing into a great full-back. Sharp in the tackle, pacy and comfortable moving forward he's got everything needed to make a big name for himself with the only variable being how he will develop.

I'd guess that every SPL team would take him on loan in a minute which probably would be best for his development because chances will be limited with Andreas Hinkel and Mark Wilson pushing for the right-back spot.

With Joe Doumbe also around there's plenty of cover and it looks unlikely that Caddis will get much first team football in the first half of the season.

Millar is developing at a great rate, has a good engine, essential for any centre midfielder, and can get himself forward into the box and knows how to find the net.

Two years ago Millar found himself behind Simon Ferry, Charlie Grant, Michael McGlinchey and Teddy Bjarnason in the u-19's midfield but injuries and Teddy's departure has given him a chance that he's taken with comfort.

Predictably both Millar and Caddis were in great form against Albion Rovers as Celtic raced into an early three goal lead with goals from Gravesen, Danny Lafferty and Millar.

Riordan scored early in the second half with Rovers getting a consolation from Pat Walker.

In goals for the night was trialist Daniele Giordano, a 17-year-old who has been on the books of Lecce.

He looked a bit older than 17 and had a fair bit of presence without having much to do although that will probably change in Saturday's game against Livingston.

Finally, Matty Hughes played most of the second half after an injury to Scott Cuthbert after signing on Tuesday from Rochdale who Celtic appear to be setting up some sort of informal exchange system with.

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