The international break is finally over, meaning Celtic will be back in action this weekend as they welcome the visit of Motherwell to Parkhead this afternoon. Both sides are in contrasting form heading into this one, with Celtic building up lots of momentum domestically whilst Stuart Kettlewell’s
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It is safe to say that this season’s career resurgence of Liam Scales has caught the manager, supporters and pundits by surprise. The Irishman was expected to make a return to Aberdeen this summer following a loan spell at Pittodrie last season but a spate of injuries
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The term ‘project player’ is thrown around time and time again by supporters, but the true definition of the term isn’t crystal clear. It is usually used as a negative to throw at club flops such as Vakoun Issouf Bayo and Marian Shved, but project players aren’t
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Prior to the opening of the January transfer window in 2022, Celtic had announced the signings of three new players from Japan’s top flight, the J-League. Following on from the success of Kyogo Furuhashi, signed from J-League club Vissel Kobe, as well as the clear knowledge that
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Jota has experienced an eventful time of it so far in Saudi Arabia to say the least. He left Celtic for a club-record fee back in the summer transfer window, but a multitude of different factors have led to a difficult start to life at Al-Ittihad. The
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One of the major talkings points heading into the January transfer window for Celtic are the rumours surrounding the current striker situation at the club. The need for a third striker has been raised on A Celtic State of Mind’s Bulletin on multiple occasions since the summer,
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One thing that has massively frustrated Celtic supporters with the club’s transfer activity over the last few years has been the sheer amount of duds the club has brought in who fail to make a real impact on the team. There are the high-profile flops such as
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The spotlight is often pointed in the direction of the Celtic board on such matters as European progression (or lack of), recruitment strategy, the failure to produce our own young players, lack of fan engagement, and other matters within Scottish football that are left to fester. The
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Celtic’s Champions League campaign hit a major stumbling block during the club’s trip to the Wanda Metropolitano to face Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid, where Brendan Rodgers’ Scottish champions were steam-rollered in Spain. Ten-men Celtic were on the end of a six-goal annihilation in Madrid, which acted as
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We are now around a third of the way through the 2023/24 season. It has been a campaign with some surprises, as is often the case in this unpredictable world of Scottish football. Did fans expect the departure of Ange Postecoglou to be followed by the shock
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