Why players owe the Celtic support a Beautiful Sunday

The Celtic Star

·13 March 2025

Why players owe the Celtic support a Beautiful Sunday

The league is all but won, but the Celtic team owe the supporters a result and performance after that horror show in January…

Celtic FC players huddle on pitch prior to the SPL Premier League match between theRangers FC and Celtic FC at Ibrox on January 02, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

The race for the league title is all but over. Everyone knows that. Without sounding disrespectful to the rest of the league, it’s highly unlikely we will fail to register the three wins needed in the remaining nine fixtures to make it official. Indeed we might not even need that many, given the inconsistency of theRangers.

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Seemingly we could our titles now

A win over theRangers on Sunday would all but confirm our fourth consecutive title, our 55th overall (we seemingly count our titles in this country now) and we will undoubtedly celebrate that milestone on Sunday if we do indeed win the game.

Cameron Carter-Vickers of Celtic reacts during the SPL Premier League match between theRangers FC and Celtic FC at Ibrox Stadium on January 02, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

It’s not that straightforward however, and theRangers will be well up for the match. Backed by their small travelling band of supporters they will be rejuvenated after their recent European exploits, with nothing to play for but pride, and we all know how well they deal with the threat of no pressure. They will prove to be a very dangerous opponent.

Don’t be too comfortable going into the game

The last derby encounter at the start of the new year is very much a warning to our players. We arrived at Ibrox more than content and comfortable with our 14 points commanding lead, but we were well beaten by a much more aggressive and overall much better theRangers side on the day. It wasn’t a bad day at the office for Celtic, it was a terrible one.

Brendan Rodgers, Manager of Celtic looks on following the SPL Premier League match between theRangers FC and Celtic FC at Ibrox on January 02, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

We couldn’t have any complaints as the best side on the day won, and we got what we fully deserved. That was in a huge part down to our attitude on the day. We thought we just had to turn up against a side low on form and self confidence, but in the end we were made to pay.

That should serve as a warning for the Celtic players

Celtic captain Callum McGregor and Danilo Pereira da Silva of theRangers during the Scottish Premiership match at Ibrox. theRangers v Celtic, photo O’Rourke/Shutterstock

That should serve as a warning for the Celtic players as Sunday approaches. They have to learn from their mistakes and put it right. They owe themselves and more importantly they owe us a result and performance after that horror show in early January. Nothing less will be acceptable. It’s time for the Celtic team to serve up another Beautiful Sunday…

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