Celtic are spoken about often at the best of times within Scottish football, and nothing has changed in that respect amid their ongoing battle for the title.
The Bhoys host Kilmarnock this weekend, knowing they can claim their ninth victory in ten matches across all competitions at Parkhead.
In addition, Brendan Rodgers’ men can widen the gap at the top of the Scottish Premiership to three points should they do enough to see off their Ayrshire opposition, who make the short journey to Glasgow unbeaten in five games.
Truthfully, 2023/24 has been a season of highs and lows for the Celtic support, though they will be excited to see what the remainder of this term holds, given there is a domestic double up for grabs.
Over the coming weeks, the Hoops’ mettle will be tested in an environment where they will need to keep their cool despite outside noise.
Many of Rodgers’ squad have been over the course before and know the requisite grit and determination needed to bring home silverware, though we will need to wait and see whether they can repeat the trick once again.
Neil McCann drops strange assessment of Celtic support
Neil McCann covered the Scottish Premiership’s midweek events on Wednesday night’s broadcast of Sportscene and opined that the Celtic support hasn’t shown much patience over the last couple of weeks.
He stated on Valentines Day’s edition of the programme: “They want to go top of the league so badly after being so far behind, but there’s an enormous amount of patience being shown by that (Rangers) support right now, and that is helping the team stay relaxed, cool and calm – maybe not the same across the city (Celtic).”
It is true at times this season that Celtic fans have voiced their frustration, which they are well within their right to do so, though there has been a clear togetherness between the core support and Rodgers’ side lately.
Despite enduring intense periods of pressure away to Hibernian last week, the Hoops rallied to record a last-gasp victory, which was met by an encore of jubilation in the away stand, something that manager Rodgers even revelled in.
The Irishman has also dispelled the notion of a crisis at Parkhead put forward by some, explaining last week after seeing off St Mirren: “I don’t think it’s a crisis. It’s obviously a narrative that has been created outside. I don’t expect anything less, to be honest. We just focus on ourselves. We are a winning club.”
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion at the end of the day, and nobody will change their mind, though we will leave it at that.
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