Thank the Lord the international break is over. As exciting as the victory over Croatia was and the progress our national team is making under Gordon Strachan, it is ultimately club football that i look forward to the most. Celtic return to action away to Hibs in Edinburgh on Saturday. The Bhoys haven't yet suffered a defeat in the league so far this season and going by Neil Lennon's comments he certainly wants the unbeaten run to continue for as long as possible.

Not only does the international break cause anxiety for fans waiting to get their much needed fix every weekend, it is also an uncertain time for the club managers who wait nervously for news on any injuries their players may have picked up while...

Celtic 2-0 Motherwell
Scottish Premiership
5th October 2013
Celtic Park​

Celtic marked their return to league duty this weekend with a relatively straightforward victory against a toothless Motherwell side in Glasgow, after coming so close to gaining a heroic point against Spanish giants Barcelona earlier in the week in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

The problems posed to them on Saturday afternoon by Stuart McCall's squad were considerably less than the problems that they faced when coming up against some of the best players in world football on Tuesday night, and Celtic subsequently made light work of their Scottish Premiership opponents to win by two goals and move three points above Inverness C.T in the league, with a game in hand over the Highland outfit against St Mirren, still to come.

On the day, it was goals from in-form striker Anthony Stokes and the ever...

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Scottish Premiership
Saturday 5th October
3pm​

Barcelona came to town on Tuesday to avenge last years shock result at Parkhead when the Bhoys ran out 2-1 winners against the Catalan giants. The game plan for the Hoops would have been exactly the same. Defend deep, allow the ball to be played wide to the Barca full backs and force them into deep crosses or shots from distance.

During the duration of the first half this is exactly what happened. The midfield duo of Brown and Mulgrew were able to stifle any kind of creativity through the middle of the pitch. Xavi and Iniesta were forced to play the ball wide to Neymar on Celtic's right side and to Alves on Celtic's left.

Barcelona's biggest weakness...