Source: Team_Talk
Celtic v Inverness reaction
Celtic boss Neil Lennon admits the news that Kelvin Wilson will be out for 10 weeks with a torn Achilles has come as "huge blow". The Hoops defender picked up the injury in the Scottish Communities League Cup third-round win over Ross County in midweek and missed Saturday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League visit of Inverness.Wilson was initially expected to be sidelined for six weeks but, following Celtic's 2-0 win this afternoon, Lennon confirmed the prognosis on the former Nottingham Forest player was worse than he first thought.With Emilio Izaguirre and Cha Du-ri out long term and Scott Brown and Gary Hooper also injured - the latter coming off against Caley with a knock - the Northern Irishman has plenty to ponder ahead of Thursday's home Europa League clash with Italian side Udinese, which comes before the SPL trip to Hearts next Sunday."It looks like anything about eight to 10 weeks," said Lennon of Wilson's lay-off."He has a tear in his Achilles tendon."He had the scan yesterday and the specialist said he would have to be out as long as that."It is a huge blow. We already have Emilio Izaguirre and Cha Du-ri out for a few weeks. It just means we have to re-jig things a little bit in defence."On the plus side Charlie Mulgrew has served his suspension and he will be back in contention for both games this week and he makes us better."Badr El-Kaddouri can't play on Thursday so we will have to make a change anyway."Gary Hooper got a leg knock and it seemed to deteriorate so he was taken off to protect him."We will see how he is. I am hoping it is not too serious."Lennon added: "We are looking to bring players to the club in January, regardless of the injuries."Hopefully by that time, Emilio, Cha and Kelvin will be fit but we will have a couple of players maybe coming out of contract near the end of the season and if they are not going to stay then they will have to be replaced."Lennon was pleased with Saturday's result, which kept Celtic four points behind Rangers at the top of the table.However, the former Celtic skipper was not fooled by his side's ropey defensive display and pointed the finger at goalkeeper Fraser Forster and centre-back pairing Daniel Majstorovic and Glenn Loovens - all of whom looked particularly nervy before first-half goals from Joe Ledley and James Forrest eased the tension.Lennon urged all three to buck up their ideas lest they cost the club against better opposition than the Highlanders."They (Loovens and Majstorovic) made a nervy start," said Lennon."They let the balls bounce and they weren't getting to the ball first and it's not like them."I thought they improved as the game went on but against better teams and better opposition we will get punished so we need to brush up on that."[Forster's] decision-making in the first half with the ball at his feet wasn't great but he made a great save second half from [Richie] Foran and that will do him the world of good."And I am sure he is pleased with the clean sheet but we all know, particularly those three that we are talking about, that they can play better."But today was about getting the result and the performance was secondary and without being over-critical, I am very happy with them."It was not by any means a vintage performance from this team but it was solid enough."Caley remained bottom of the table but boss Terry Butcher, who revealed defender David Proctor had five stitches put in a head wound which saw him substituted, praised his players."We had chances," said the former Rangers and England defender."I thought we started the game very well and we put Celtic under pressure and I thought Gregory Tade was excellent throughout the whole game."But Celtic scored their first from our throw-in, against the run of play."Then from our corner on the right we conceded the second so I was disappointed with that."But we kept going and I was really pleased with the way we played."We can take a lot of good things into the game against St Mirren next week."