The Celtic winger position is under scrutiny as a pundit delivers a direct assessment.

Before we travel to Dundee this Sunday, Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers will have to sort out some intriguing selection conundrums.

The Irishman will be aware that his team’s defense needs to tighten up going into the Scottish Premiership final stretch after giving up three goals against Aberdeen the previous weekend.

However, significant recognition must also go to the team, which once again demonstrated their resilience under duress by overcoming the psychological minefield of a penalty shootout to advance to the Scottish Cup final.

James Forrest’s significance as a substitute goal scorer at Hampden Park was acknowledged by Rodgers, who also mentioned the game-changing nature of the player at a critical juncture in the match.

“He’s just a big-game player with big-game experience,” he said. An other significant benefit was that Jamesie provided us with another knowledgeable head when we removed Callum. James had the composure and authority I was looking for in a partner.

Nicolas Kuhn and Hyunjun Yang began on the wings, while Luis Palma came on as a replacement to score from close range.

Peter Grant’s candid assessment of the Celtic winger dilemma
In the wide zones, Rodgers has the aforementioned options at his disposal while Daizen Maeda is out due to injury.

Former Hoops midfielder Peter Grant provided a more comprehensive analysis of the winger issue at Parkhead while speaking on the Go Radio Football Show. He asserted that his team looked their most dangerous against Aberdeen when Forrest was positioned on the left side.

Grant also elaborated on Yang and Palma’s recent form, stating: “Before the suspension at Hearts, I think he (Yang) found his feet and was playing well in the games prior to that. Since he’s come back from that, he’s not got near the levels that he was showing then.

“It’s the same with Palma, and that’s why I thought James Forrest would start. James gets criticism or whatever, but it was ironic. I thought his best period in the game and Celtic’s best period in the game was when James was on the left-hand side.

“When he had to switch to the right-hand side, and Palma had to go out to the left-hand side, I thought we started to lose the flow again. That was the difficulty; we let too many crosses in the box, and I just thought with Aberdeen doing that, that was playing to their strengths.