A Celtic State of Mind

What is Tomoki Iwata’s role at Celtic following Tynecastle cameo?

Tomoki Iwata has found starting minutes hard to come by since his arrival at Parkhead back in January. Iwata was one of the top players at Yokohama F Marinos, even winning the J-League’s MVP award before eventually moving on to join Celtic, an accolade that none of

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How Brendan Rodgers won over the Celtic support once again

If you told Celtic fans back in February of 2019 that they would be chanting Brendan Rodgers’ name less than five years later after a victory at Tynecastle, they would have called you crazy. That was the scene on Sunday afternoon, though, as Celtic ran out 4-1

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Would it be harsh to take Reo Hatate off Celtic’s spot-kicks?

One thing that Celtic have struggled for in recent years is a good penalty taker. The last great spot-kick executioner I can really recall was Moussa Dembele, who always seemed clinical from 12 yards. Dembele even had the audacity to convert a panenka penalty against Rangers in

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3 takeaways from Celtic’s towering Tynecastle victory

Celtic were 4-1 victors yesterday in a dominant and comprehensive victory over Hearts at Tynecastle, with the Hoops maintaining their 7-point advantage at the top of the table. Brendan Rodgers has successfully traversed through plenty of tricky away days in the early stages of this season, having

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Who was Celtic’s star man against Hearts?

Celtic continued their solid run of form as they came out of another tough away ground unscathed, winning 4-1 in a comprehensive victory against Hearts. For a five-goal game, it was relatively incident-free apart from the goals, but Brendan Rodgers will be delighted to see four of

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3 times Brendan Rodgers put Hearts to the sword

Celtic are getting ready to face off against Hearts at Tynecastle this weekend and Brendan Rodgers doesn’t have the most convincing record at that ground. In the five games he has played at Tynecastle as Celtic manager, he has managed three wins and two defeats. The worst

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The 3 Celtic curveballs Brendan Rodgers could throw at Hearts

Celtic return to domestic action this weekend as they travel to Tynecastle to take on Steven Naismith’s Hearts side in Scottish football’s Sunday afternoon kick-off. The latest international break has finally come and gone and there were plenty of Celts who impressed for their national sides, inclusing

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How will Brendan Rodgers line Celtic up to face Hearts?

Celtic return to domestic action following another international break as they travel to Edinburgh to take on Steven Naismith’s Hearts at Tynecastle. Celtic have been in good form in the league over the last few weeks with the Hoops looking like they are beginning to hit their

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Why Celtic will get back to their pre-break rhythm against Hearts

The international break is finally behind us (for another month at least) as Celtic return to action against Hearts at Tynecastle on Sunday afternoon. Plenty of Celts were at the top of their game for their respective countries, with Kyogo Furuhashi, Paulo Bernardo, Gustaf Lagerbielke and Mikey

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Brendan Rodgers provides injury update on Maeda, Nawrocki, Abada & Welsh

With the returns of Reo Hatate, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Nat Phillips to the fold over the last few weeks, it looks like Celtic are finally over the worst of the injury crisis that plagued the team in the opening stages of this season. Despite options being depleted,

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