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Where Do Celtic Go From Here?
It’s the 25th of August and Celtic are leading in LASK. A Callum McGregor opener means the Hoops are 4-0 up across the two legs. Champions League football beckons. The positive start in Austria compounds what’s been a really strong beginning to the season. With four wins in the opening four games, and just one goal conceded along the way, a feel-good factor has been restored. The jubilant travelling support even begin to sing in chorus, “This is the day we win away.” Minute 3
Dysfunction and Nepotism: Why the Celtic Board is to Blame for Our European Collapse
I’m sitting in a city centre bar watching my beloved Celtic utterly collapse yet again. This time it’s in Europe that we fold quicker than I do in Dry January. Against any kind of quality opposition, we seem to become an absolute shambles of a team the minute they put any real pressure on us - either physically or with any sort of quality play. We look uncoached, lack a style of play of any real substance, and at times appear tactically naive. I thought the guys at the table
Danny McGrain's Alzheimer's Diagnosis: The Stories the Celtic Support Should Keep Telling
Last Tuesday afternoon. I was sent a link to Celtic's official website. Green banner, crest, sponsor logos along the top, and I clicked it the way I click all of them, expecting a squad number or a ticket ballot or somebody's hamstring. Danny McGrain has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. I read it twice. I think most of us did. Here's my admission before I go any further. I never saw him play. I was born in 1983, and he played his last game for Celtic in May 1987, whic
Celtic Tactical Analysis: Sorting Out The Midfield Crisis
Of all the words you could use to describe Celtic’s capitulation against Rangers in the League Cup, "surprising" isn’t one of them. Sunday lunchtime was always going to be a tough game for Martin O’Neill’s men. This isn’t hindsight; this is just what recent times have warned us. For a considerable period, Ibrox has been a tough place to go for the Hoops. Since four wins across the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons, the Hoops have managed just three wins in their last 16 visits. Thr
The Diary Of An Inept CEO
The following excerpt is from the diary of an imaginary football club with a well meaning but inept chief executive and features his friends and colleagues such as the finance guy Kris the Irish shareholder Daddy Dearest or Double D for short. All of this is entirely made up and couldn't really happen at a football club. Could it? Monday First day of a new week, so I spent 20 minutes wiping down my whiteboard and setting out my objectives for the week. They haven't changed in
Reo Hatate’s Celtic Legacy: Cult Hero or Unfulfilled Potential?
From the moment Reo Hatate stepped onto the pitch for his debut at Celtic Park, there was something about him that captured the attention of fans. Whether it was his trademark curtains or the arrogance he seemed to play with, there was an aura about him that was impossible not to be drawn into. His fine performance that day no doubt contributed to this feeling, earning him the Man of the Match award on his debut in a comfortable 2-0 win over Hibernian. Those opening few weeks
The Paradox of VAR: Why Celtic Fans Must Be Careful What They Wish For
Celtic’s recent run of three straight defeats has temporarily diverted focus from some controversial refereeing decisions during two earlier September fixtures - moments that once again placed the use of VAR in Scottish football under intense scrutiny. Some sections of the support have even claimed we would be better off without it entirely. I disagree. There is no getting away from it: the version of VAR utilised in Scottish football looks like something sourced from the Bar
Celtic v Ferencváros Preview: In Conversation with Hungarian Football Writer, Simon Zoli
Ahead of Thursday’s Europa League opener against Ferencváros, I caught up with Simon Zoli - Editor-in-Chief at NB1.hu and one of the leading voices in Hungarian football - for his insight on the Budapest side and where they might test Celtic. Ferencváros’ start under Balázs Borbély Zoli, thanks for speaking to A Celtic State of Mind. To begin, how do you assess Ferencváros’ start under Balázs Borbély, especially after the early setbacks against Paks and Vasas? "Ferencváros’ s
Celtic and the Miracle of Bern: Hogan, Stein, Puskás & Ange
The 1954 World Cup Final in Bern, Switzerland, was supposed to be the crowning moment of the great Hungarian football team of the era. Instead, defeat to West Germany signalled the beginning of the end of one of football’s greatest teams, lit the flames of revolution in Budapest, and sparked the imagination of a Scottish onlooker in the 62,500-strong crowd. Some dates live long in the memory of football fans around the world. Key moments involving their clubs are etched into
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