The boys are back as Jackie McNamara and cult hero Efe Ambrose join Gordon and Steven Naismith to chat about Scottish football. This week the guys talk Celtic v Aston Villa in a battle of Britain, Champions League memories from their careers, Efe Ambrose’s missing Olympic Medal and Jackie settling in at Celtic with his Power Rangers. Jackie reminisces about the journey to Seville, Efe tells us how he almost joined Roberto Mancini’s Manchester City, and how he’s still playing! 00:00 – Intro 00:30 – Welcome and introductions 01:15 – Celtic – Aston Villa 03:30 – A statement for Scotland? 05:05 – Squad development for Rangers and Celtic 06:00 – The new UCL format, a positive? 06:51 – Jackie’s memories v Bayern Munich 07:30 – Favourite Champions League memories? 10:02 – Efe’s memories of defeating Barcelona 12:20 – What is Celtic’s mindset in the next round? 13:13 – Steven Naismith on mentality 14:14 – Efe on Celtic v Juventus 17:25 – Bobo Balde v Thiago Motta 20:13 – Jackie on the journey to Seville 23:26 – Jackie on rooming with John Hartson 24:30 – Jackie on transfers, and his move to Celtic 28:00 – Jackie on his Power Rangers 29:00 – Superstitions and routines 29:40 – Efe on moving from Israel to Scotland, and almost moving to Mancini’s Man City 34:25 – Kyogo OUT, Jota IN 36:14 – Does Idah’s performance show his potential? 38:00 – What about Kieran Tierney? 40:20 – Efe on still playing! 40:48 – The Rondo 47:05 – January’s Goal of the Month 49:28 – Weekend previews 51:40 – Stuart Kettlewell’s departure 54:55 – Naisy to Motherwell? 57:25 – Championship preview 58:17 – League 1 & 2 Preview 59:30 – Thank you and goodbye #football #SPFLHighlights #Celtic #Rangers #Jota #UCLHighlights #Villa #AstonVilla #UELHighlights #scottishfootball #footballtransfers #transferrumours #UEL #UCLDraw #Barcelona #Hearts #Aberdeen #Motherwell Proper Supporter of the SPFL Watch The Warm-Up each week on YouTube Follow us on X and Instagram
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