From a domestic point of view the forthcoming match against Motherwell is
arguably Celtic’s biggest game of the season following the disappointing midweek
draw against Dundee Utd.
There’s no doubt the failure to put the ball in
the back of the visiting Taysiders net has forced Celtic into a corner and while
anything less than three points at Fir Park would not officially hand the title
to our old foes, there’s no denying it would put our title hopes in the folder
marked ‘Highly Unlikely’ as it would require us in all probability to win the
remaining three Old Firm matches.
While this in itself is not impossible,
it would be improbable as there’s no doubt we’ve handed momentum across the city
and winning three straight victories in such a short space of time against our
oldest rivals would be a major ask, especially if the heads dip should we not
win all three points tomorrow.
There’s been a lot of talk by a number of
people this season about some of Celtic’s ails. There’s an obvious camp of sad
individuals who’ve never liked Gordon Strachan since the moment he was appointed
and like any self-appointed voice of unreason stand there waiting at the
sidelines looking for the first excuse to put the boot in and say ‘told you so –
However, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Thankfully, the
overwhelming majority of Celtic supporters give people an opportunity to prove
themselves and while addressing an individuals record weigh everything up before
coming to a balanced conclusion about their worth to the club. In Gordon
Strachan’s case there’s absolutely no doubt he’s been a tremendous success
following the complete shambles he inherited following the departure of Martin
O’Neill in May 2005.
If anyone had asked the question following Martin’s
departure would you accept at least two out of the next three titles, at least
two out of the next six domestic trophies, two qualifications for the Champions
League, victories over Manchester United, European Champions Milan and
qualification into the holy grail of the last 16 of the Champions League for two
successive seasons just about 100% of Celtic supporters would have snapped the
questioners hand off.
Which is why this continual assessment and at times
characters assassination of Gordon by a small section of the support, and I use
the term ‘support’ loosely, is both baffling and ultimately a rather sad
reflection on those people concerned.
No manager in the history of Celtic
football club has ever won every single match played, has never won every single
match played, playing football the ‘Celtic Way’ and no manager other than the
one season wonder Wim Jansen has a 100% success record when it comes to winning
League championships and yet here we have the current Celtic manager facing the
type of demands by a small but nevertheless gobshite section that are not only
unreasonable but smack of an agenda to remove a manager who has never ticked at
least two out of three required boxes that SOME (note for some of those already
bumping their gums) of that group so desire.
Och, don’t hide away now as
you all know fine well what we are talking about here.
* An ex-Celtic
player.
* A Scottish or Irish Celtic supporter
* Cannot under any
condition be a Scottish Protestant with no previous affiliation to the
club.
Of course toys will be thrown out of the pram at this point,
primarily by those who haven’t read the above properly (wee tip – go back and
read what I’ve written again) as they shout in their rather feminine voices with
handbags raised to chest height, ‘how dare you’ at my above
accusations.
It’s scandalous and rather pathetic the comments aimed his
way and while we as a support have laughed for years at the goings-on and
ironically enough undignified way Rangers fans turn on their team and players
for the slightest thing, here we now sit with a group of alleged Celtic
supporters who are now no more than a Green and White version of the group
across the city, a group we derided for years.
Or to put it another way,
Greenhuns.
Thankfully, the majority of Celtic supporters in my experience
are balanced individuals and appreciate that while it’s easy to support the club
in times of success (sadly some of the Greenhuns struggled to raise a smile the
last two seasons) they know that now is the time Celtic needs all their support
and encouragement if we are to do our part in trying to help the club win
silverware for the fifth consecutive season.
Win, lose or draw tomorrow
Gordon Strachan (should he so wish) has done more than enough to merit another
season in charge of Celtic as he aims for his third successive qualification to
the last 16 of the Champions League.
It’s time for everyone to get behind
the manager and his team and give our full support, especially at Celtic Park
where the likes of Sno and Caldwell are subjected to ridiculous verbal abuse by
a group of so-called Celtic supporters better suited watching their football at
Ibrox.
Let’s start challenging those who at every opportunity have it in
for our players and manager and reclaim our great club back from a small
community so lost up its own backside they’ve probably forgotten that supporting
Celtic is unconditional and not solely based on winning every football match
played.
We all have our roles as supporters to play.
Let’s reclaim
the stands, get behind our Bhoys and excellent manager and offer the type of
support that Celtic has historically been renowned for.
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