James McFadden makes nine-in-a-row Celtic statement

By Hamish Carton

February 26, 2020

James McFadden reckons that Celtic have as good as sealed a ninth successive title – if his recent comments are anything to go by.

Neil Lennon’s men opened up a 12 point lead at the top of the Premiership with victory over Kilmarnock on Sunday.

Rangers may still have a game in hand, but it’s looking increasingly likely that we’ll be toasting another championship success very soon.

And BBC pundit McFadden reckons the game is done for the Ibrox side, as he took fire at Steven Gerrard.

“The huge pressure is to stop Celtic doing nine in a row,” the former Scotland ace said on Tuesday’s BBC Sportsound.

“Now that isn’t going to happen. Is he going to stop ten?”

Gerrard has struggled to live with Celtic (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

“Rangers can’t compete with the quality that Celtic have. The worry is just how many points behind Celtic Rangers are going to finish now?

“The players drop form and they can’t change it. If Celtic’s players drop form Neil Lennon can change it.

“If Christie isn’t doing it, he can bring Ntcham in. If Ntcham isn’t doing it, bring in Rogic.

Christie has been key for us this season (Photo by NIELS CHRISTIAN VILMANN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

“A lot of fans will say they are better anyway.

“You just need to look at the depth of the squad Rangers have to see that it was unrealistic.”

McFadden is right to point out Celtic depth

McFadden is saying what a lot of Celtic fans have been for virtually all of this season.

Despite the talk of title fights going down to the wire, it was always clear to see that we had a much stronger squad that would last the distance of a lengthy season.

McFadden is spot on with Celtic comments (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

We play at a different level to Rangers. That hasn’t always been shown this season, especially in derby matches, but recent weeks have gone to prove it.

The fact a player like Rogic, arguably our star man two years ago, can barely get near the team shows just how strong we are.

This Celtic team are absolutely motoring at present. And you just love to see it.

Hamish Carton
Hamish Carton is a sports media professional with more than eight years of experience in the industry. Previously a football reporter for the Press Association, Hamish joined 67 Hail Hail to cover his beloved Celtic FC, the team he has supported all of his life. He is the face of the website’s YouTube channel and is responsible for planning, presenting and editing videos on the channel. He writes occasionally on the website and, just like Patrick, he is so in love with Ange Postecoglou that he's even written a book about his journey at Celtic.

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