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<\/p>\nEstonian Vodka.<\/p>\n
Not the best way to bring in the New Year.<\/p>\n
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So apologies for the tardiness of the greeting.<\/p>\n
Anyway, now that my eyesight has returned, whats been happening ?<\/p>\n
The game against Partick was postponed, which allowed Aberdeen to be the first non Glasgow side to top the league at the turn of the year in 22 years. If I was an Aberdeen supporter, I’d be thinking that the club had hit the front at the right time to make a serious bid for the title.<\/p>\n
But I’m not, so I’ll call it a fluke.<\/p>\n
But Celtic need to wake up. With Mondays game at Kilmarnock now a must win, its starting to look like the trip to the Canaries was a mistake. The team could be more than a couple of points adrift when ot gets back, and considering the first match is away at Hamilton, who destroyed Motherwell on Ne’er Day, then I think we need to start taking it a little more seriously.<\/p>\n
A little more seriously than Ronny Deila appears to be taking it, that is;<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cSo far we have been the best team in this league. We have scored most and conceded fewest.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIf we win our game in hand we will be two points ahead. We know what we have been doing is the best in the league but we have to keep progressing.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt is still in our hands, if we win all our games we\u2019ll be league winners.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt is early though to start talking about it. There are 19 games left, 20 for us, so we\u2019ll see how things are when there\u2019s one month left. Then you can start talking.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOur players are used to fighting for a championship. They\u2019ve been in this situation before. The last two seasons haven\u2019t maybe been so tight but the club and the players are used to fighting for trophies, more than others.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThey can find an extra gear if necessary. The mood is positive and there\u2019s a good atmosphere. We\u2019re training well and just have to get back on track to win games.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t notice an added edge in training now that Aberdeen are top. There are so many games left and we need to keep focus.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAberdeen are not used to being top and it\u2019s better to have the experience. We\u2019ll see when we come to April. Hopefully we\u2019ll be ahead and can even win the league as quick as possible.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n No, Aberdeen are not used to leading the pack. Or winning leagues.<\/p>\n Neither is Ronny Deila, though.<\/p>\n Still, it won’t matter if we don’t win the treble. At least , according to Chris Sutton.<\/p>\n SO Ronny Deila isn\u2019t worried that\u00a0Celtic<\/a>\u00a0aren\u2019t starting the New Year top of the league because he\u2019s confident their superiority will show through when it counts at the end of the season.<\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019m inclined to agree with him on that, in fact he might yet come away with a domestic Treble in his back pocket.<\/em><\/p>\n But if Celtic were to pull off a clean sweep in 2015 it would surely go down as the most unconvincing Treble in the history of Scottish football, such has been the inconsistency of this team and the poor standard of some performances.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Okay, we have been inconsistent, perhaps we should be doing better. But its a bit harsh to say it would be an unconvincing treble. A treble is a treble.<\/p>\n \u00a0Neil Lennon couldn’t do it, Gordon Strachan couldn’t do it.<\/p>\n Deila might well do it, and that would be a hell of an achievement in his first season, especially as the other clubs are suddenly playing with a little more conviction and belief.<\/p>\n Sutton continued…<\/p>\n \u00a0As is stands Jock Stein and\u00a0Martin O\u2019Neill<\/a>\u00a0are the only Celtic managers to have achieved this special feat. But you could hardly compare their teams, who reigned supreme with a strangehold of the domestic game, to Deila\u2019s stuttering side.<\/em><\/p>\n