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ABOUT: The blizzard of games Celtic were due to encounter in December always had the propensity to leave Brendan Rodgers' side feeling weary and disorientated. When key players start falling like ninepins, the month threatens to become even more of a slog.For those who have remained fit and available for a definitive nine-game blitz in 28 days, the physical and mental burden is hard to understate. And no-one is surely feeling the strain quite like Odsonne Edouard.Left as just one of two out-and-out strikers when his compatriot Moussa Dembele departed for Lyon in August, the Frenchman has been the last man standing since Leigh Griffiths' personal issues ruled him out of the past two meetings with Salzburg and Hibs.If the volume of games played by Rodgers' side this season would test the reserves of even the fittest of his charges, the additional concern for Edouard is that, at this moment in time, he is simply indispensable.Laboured throughout the entire game against the Austrians last Thursday, the 20-year-old ran on empty for 75 minutes at Easter Road before being replaced by Mikey Johnston.The obvious worry, for his manager and team-mates, is that the striker's zest is unlikely to return for the visit of Motherwell on Wednesday night or the quick burst of matches with Dundee, Aberdeen and Rangers that stand between them and the winter break. Much help will be required. 'It's not just about him (Edouard),' insisted James Forrest.'Th
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