Tomorrow Gordon Strachan will name his latest Scotland squad that will face a tough Euro 2016 qualifying double header against Germany and Georgia. Celtic hitman Leigh Griffiths will be a cert to be named in that pool. But for me Strachan has to drop current favoured frontman Steven Fletcher and give in-form Griffiths the strikers […]
Posted on August 23rd, 2015 by scott
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There’s a question I love asking Old Firm supporters… ‘Would you join the other half of Glasgow and play for them if they offered you £10k more than your lot?’ The majority of fans I ask scoff and say not a chance, they could never be seen wearing their rival’s colours. But unfortunately for many […]
Posted on August 14th, 2015 by scott
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Virgil van Dijk has been the latest success from Celtic’s scouting system. The Dutch central defender arrived in Glasgow as a bit of an unknown in the summer of 2013. But with Celtic agreeing a £2.6m fee with Groningen for his services, you had a feeling that he must have something about him. It turns […]
Posted on August 9th, 2015 by scott
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Celtic managed to see off FK Qarabag after a nervy tie that seen the Scottish champions step into the next round of Champions League qualifying after a 1-0 aggregate win. Over the two legs, Celtic struggled to breakdown the Azerbaijani league champions. The Glaswegian side will now have to beat one of Malmo, Skenderbeu Korce, Astana, Partizan […]
Posted on August 6th, 2015 by scott
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Ok so the newly branded Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership kicks-off this weekend. That got me thinking about how I see things ending up. Obviously Celtic are favourites as they have dominated the league recently, winning the title on the last four occasions. But how will the table look next May? Well here is my predictions. Please […]
Posted on August 1st, 2015 by scott
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Plenty of Celtic fans will have woken up this morning with finger nails bitten to the core as their side struggled to overcome Azerbaijan league champions Qarabag. But as the minutes passed by and it looked as if Celtic were going to have to settle for a 0-0 draw, new summer signing Dedryck Boyata headed the ‘Bhoys’ […]
Posted on July 30th, 2015 by scott
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Celtic fans had seen it all before when James Forrest and John Guidetti fought for the right to take a penalty during the Scottish League Cup final in March of this year. They would have hoped not to see it again as it was embarrassing and Forrest ended up missing the chance to extend their […]
Posted on July 21st, 2015 by scott
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It has been happening since time began in Scottish football, the dominant force plucks the best talent from the other sides and they become the greater for it. In the past Rangers purchased players like Jim Baxter from Raith Rovers and Neil McCann from Hearts after they gave the Ibrox club a bloody nose on […]
Posted on July 7th, 2015 by scott
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The managers of Rangers and Celtic might be shopping in two different transfer markets at the moment but both seem to be doing sterling work in bringing in the best possible talent afforded to them this summer. Rangers have hired Mark Warburton as their new boss and the Englishman seems to be using all of […]
Posted on July 3rd, 2015 by scott
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It’s sometimes easy for observers of Scottish football to forget that Celtic’s James Forrest is still only twenty-three. He seems to have been around forever, making his professional debut five years ago and scoring against Motherwell. Neil Lennon was the manager who handed a teenage Forrest his debut back in 2010, Lennon is now manager […]
Posted on June 25th, 2015 by scott
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