Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers will assess the readiness of his international players ahead of Fridays clash with Kilmarnock. The Hoops travel to Rugby Park looking to at least consolidate their 10-point lead of Aberdeen at the top of the Scottish Premiership after the latest round of fixtures.Celtic had 14 players on international duty with Australia midfielder Tom Rogic and Honduras left-back Emilio Izaguirre only returning to Glasgow on Thursday. Kilmarnocks Souleymane Coulibaly (19) celebrates his goal at Celtic Park Costa Rica defender Cristian Gamboa and Israel midfielder Nir Bitton returned early from their lengthy travels and are both in contention to start against Killie.Mikael Lustig pulled out of the Sweden squad because of an ankle injury suffered in Celtics 3-0 victory over Inverness CT, and is doubtful for the match. Celtics Erik Sviatchenko has been speaking at an event promoting a Celtic FC Charity Foundation initiative Kolo Toure (groin) has also been struggling in recent weeks, while fellow central defender Jozo Simunovic has recovered from a knock.Rodgers said: Its something that isnt ideal. We had 14 players away over this break, over 50 per cent of your squad are away. Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers refused to comment on suggestions that Steven Gerrard could join the club I would assume we have the most international players away yet we are the team who are playing on the Friday, which obviously means I will have to have a look at the team in terms of the set-up and the fitness of the players.So its not ideal preparation. They never usually are on the back of an international break, but certainly if we had an extra day, that would have benefited us greatly. Tom Rogic celebrates after scoring for Celtic in the Champions League Kilmarnock striker Souleymane Coulibaly was the last player to score in a domestic match against Celtic on September 24, before the Glasgow side rallied to win 6-1.And Killie could be relying on him again after striker Kris Boyd was ruled out for up to eight weeks with a thigh injury. Celtics Scott Sinclair admits itd be great to see Steven Gerrard at Parkhead Scott Boyd and Steven Smith have both shaken off injuries but Miles Addison (foot) is a major doubt.Charlee Adams and Callum McFadzean are back in training but might not make the squad following injury, while Dean Hawkshaw has stepped up his rehabilitation from a knee injury. Greg Kiltie and Dapo Kayode (both hamstring) remain out.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! Discount Phillies Jerseys .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. 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Of more importance to Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente, he has thrown just one interception.I think hes pretty good, Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said of Evans. Hes been judicious with the ball and hes going to the right place most of the time. Hes been pretty efficient.Following a punt return for a touchdown by Greg Stroman and a touchdown run by Marshawn Williams that gave the Hokies a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, Evans threw touchdown passes of 24 yards to Isaiah Ford, 13 yards to Travon McMillian and 55 yards to Cam Phillips. That final score gave the Hokies a 38-0 halftime lead.ECU quarterback Philip Nelson had 362 yards passing and two touchdown tosses to Jimmy Williams. The Pirates had 443 yards of offense, but committed three special teams mistakes, fumbled once and were sacked six times.We studied the film well and they had a lot of keys when they were sliding the protection, said Ken Ekanem, who had two of the Hokies six sacks.dddddddddddd We had a lot of indicators and we knew when someone was going to be left one-on-one. We look forward to one-on-one matchups and pride ourselves on winning those. We did a good job of that today.THE TAKEAWAYEAST CAROLINA: Coming off a 20-15 loss at South Carolina and playing its third consecutive game against a Power 5 opponent, the Pirates looked a step slow and out of sorts from the opening kick. They went three-and-out on five first-half possessions. The Pirates hope to regroup now that they have finished the non-conference portion of their schedule.That was clearly the best football team that we have played, ECU coach Scottie Montgomery said. The most physical. The biggest. The fastest. The strongest. The smartest. I thought they competed well in their scheme. They played great emotional football. They leaned on their crowd. They played a complete football game -- as complete as it gets.VIRGINIA TECH: The Hokies dominated on special teams, scoring four touchdowns as a result of those units. Greg Stroman scored on an 87-yard punt return, and a blocked field goal attempt led to an Evans touchdown pass to Isaiah Ford. Cam Phillips blocked a punt that led to an Evans touchdown pass to Travon McMillian, and a sack of ECU punter Worth Gregory in the fourth quarter led to a 1-yard touchdown run by backup quarterback Brenden Motley.UP NEXTEAST CAROLINA: The Pirates open AAC play next Saturday with a home game against UCF. ECU blasted the Golden Knights 44-7 last season for their first win in Orlando since 2008.VIRGINIA TECH: The Hokies are off next week before taking on North Carolina on Oct. 8 and will be looking to avenge last years 30-27 overtime loss. The Hokies have won nine of the 12 meetings with the Tar Heels since joining the ACC. ' ' '