Match Review

Every Celtic player rated as Brendan Rodgers’ men defeat Rangers

Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic team rose to the occasion at Ibrox this afternoon as the Hoops were calm amongst the chaos. After the match, Brendan Rodgers said: “It’s a massive result, when you consider that virtually half the team weren’t available. I said before the game to them,

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Where did it all go wrong for Celtic at Rugby Park?

Celtic crashed out of the Viaplay Cup at the first time of asking as they lost 1-0 to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. Brendan Rodgers’ side struggled to create chances as Kilmarnock executed their game plan to a tee with the winning goal coming courtesy of Marley Watkins

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Every player rated as Celtic are knocked out of League Cup by Killie

Celtic were knocked out of the Viaplay Cup at Rugby Park by Kilmarnock in what was a tame and toothless display. Celtic struggled to create chances and it would be hard to pick out positive performances from what was a lacklustre performance. With Brendan Rodgers now having

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Every player rated as Celtic overcome Aberdeen 3-1 at Pittodrie

Brendan Rodgers named an unchanged XI for Sunday’s tricky test at Pittodrie in what was a wildly competitive and entertaining encounter. Barry Robson’s Aberdeen were game today and Celtic had to match it as they rode out a second-half flurry from the Dons to secure a 3-1

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McGregor goal saves Celtic as Curtis is the Main man for Saints

A late Callum McGregor goal spared Celtic the ignominy of a second successive league defeat as the Hoops produced another lacklustre post-split performance.  McGregor’s goal ten minutes from time ensured a share of the points at Celtic Park and stretched Celtic’s unbeaten home run in domestic fixtures to

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The big Glasgow Derby refereeing decisions and were they called right?

Once again, we came away from a weekend’s fixture with plenty of talking points around the quality of refereeing in Scottish football. Not for the first time, the decision-making of the men in black has been brought into question. This is Scottish football after all, of course

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What can we take away from Ange’s post-match comments?

Ange Postecoglou was, quite rightly, extremely disappointed in defeat after Saturday’s game. The former Australian international didn’t shy away from the fact that his team were absolutely not at the races against Rangers at the weekend. As we have come to expect from Ange, we got a

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What Yuki Kobayashi must learn from his Glasgow Derby baptism of fire

Ange Postecoglou’s side have only registered two defeats this season in what has been a memorable, potentially historic, campaign for the Australian and his reigning champions. With 95 points out of a possible 105, this league season has been relatively error-free. However, Saturday’s defeat at Ibrox uncharacteristically

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Celtic’s line-up changes that didn’t work in the Glasgow Derby

Saturday’s defeat against Rangers saw Ange Postecoglou make three changes to the winning starting eleven he put out against Hearts. With two forced changes already made recently due to the injuries of both Cameron Carter-Vickers and Alistair Johnson, it begs the question, why make another three unforced

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Celtic fail to show up for final derby, but where did it all go wrong?

A rare off day saw Celtic crash to a humbling 3-0 defeat at Ibrox yesterday, their first loss at the venue since August 2021.  While the result has no impact on the outcome of this season, the manner of the defeat and the lack of fight on

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