Most of the Aussie tims going to the match yesterday were hoping to see new striker Marc-Antoine Fortune make an impression but forgotten man Chris Killen scored twice in the closing minutes of the first half of the game and the big New Zealand international did enough in that opening forty-five minutes to ensure that at least he'll be in the manager's thoughts as the new season approaches. 
"I am convinced I can make it at Celtic and I'm never going to give up." said Killen. "Hopefully this is a fresh start for me and I intend working so hard the manager will be given encouragement to play me."
Killen opted to travel to the Olympics as an over-age player with the New Zealand squad last summer and in retrospect he may have regretted not following the example of Scott McDonald who turned down the opportunity to travel to Beijing with the Australian squad in order to concentrate on his primary role at Celtic.
"Last season was very disappointing." he said. "I was at the Olympics at the start of the season and came back for a knee operation which put me out for the first half of the season and then I went to Norwich City. I was only there for two or three weeks but it killed my season. I'd only been back a week or so after the op but I spoke to Bryan Gunn and he said he would play me up front."
"It didn't happen." he added. "And I told him how I felt, that being there and not playing wasn't doing me or my family any good. We had to uproot to be down there. But that's behind me now and it's nice to be back in a Hoops shirt."
Killen's previous experience of working with Tony Mowbray at Hibs was a positive one although the striker bears no ill-will towards previous boss Gordon Strachan. "It helps when you know someone believes in you." he said. "Although I have to do my bit on the field and work hard to give the manager a reason to play me. I don't think what happened to me is any discredit to Gordon Strachan but having worked with Tony Mowbray before he knows what I'm capable of. I've got a year on my contract and I want to stay with Celtic, I'm convinced I can make it here."
"Being at such a big club, there is competition for places all around the field," he added."We have four good attackers at the club and there are plenty more coming through. You've got to keep on your toes, work hard and keep your head down."
"I know Chris can score goals." said boss Mowbray. "I know he works hard and is a good team player. He did well for me at Hibs and if he continues in the same vein, he will have a future here. But everyone in the squad has an opportunity."
Koki Mizuno, with an acrobatic flying header, scored the other goal in the 3-0 victory which saw the Celts awarded the Translink Cup.