Source: Team_Talk
Venus sees fringe benefits for Hoops
Neither side can qualify from Group C and the Hoops plan to rest players ahead of Sunday's SPL trip to Hearts.[LNB]Speaking at Glasgow Airport ahead of the team's flight to Austria, assistant manager Venus said: "It's a game where some of the players who haven't played much European football might get some experience and some more games under their belts.[LNB]"You might see a few changes here, which I think should be beneficial to the younger boys."[LNB]He added: "You can't keep playing the same players all the time, as other clubs have proven.[LNB]"So we've got to use some games to give some boys some experience.[LNB]"If there's nothing on the games then it's obviously more beneficial we play them because there's no pressure on them.[LNB]"We can't take any further part in this tournament so it means the game is effectively dead."[LNB]Victory tomorrow would make a marginal difference to Scottish football's plummeting co-efficient, which determines their degree of involvement in European football.[LNB]But Venus said: "I'm not sure it'll do a lot for the co-efficient to be perfectly honest.[LNB]"But I think we'd like, eventually, for Scottish teams to do better in the co-efficient."[LNB]Celtic are arguably in their best form of the season, having won their last four games in all competitions.[LNB]"We've got a decent balance with the team," said Venus.[LNB]"I think the team are performing really well and I think they got a bit of consistency in their game.[LNB]"The season's settled down a bit now, rather than being up and down as we started."[LNB]A number of Celtic players have been linked with January moves away from Parkhead, a scenario Venus actually welcomes.[LNB]"We've hopefully had some interest in our footballers," he said.[LNB]"If you play for Celtic, you're bound to have interest. I think it's healthy for the club."[LNB][LNB]
