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A TIME FOR COOL HEADS
6 games to play, 18 points to play for. The race for the SPL title moves up another notch at Celtic Park this weekend as Aberdeen make the journey to Glasgow's east end for what promises to be another tough encounter for the Hoops.
Celtic will hope to continue with their good form on home soil, a mightily impressive 15 goals without reply have been served up by Gordon Strachan's men at Parkhead since the turgid stalemate with Rangers, and with the title race so closely poised, goal difference may well prove to be the deciding factor in a season where both of Scotland's big two have flattered to deceive with increasing regularity.
Cast your mind's back to September and Celtic's late late show at a rain soaked Parkhead, it may have been fortunate, it may have been deserved, but whatever way you look at it, it was undeniably...
Hearts Vs Celtic
Celtic will be hoping to maintain there excellent run of form in a tough fixture against Hearts at Tynecastle. Celtic have been in fine scoring form of late winning the previous two games 4-0 against Hamilton and Falkirk respectively to maintain the three point advantage over Rangers at the top of the SPL.
Georgios Samaras is out for Celtic with a thigh strain picked up against Falkirk at the weekend. Scott Brown, Darren O'Dea and Stephen McManus are all doubtful after also picking up knocks during the 4-0 win over Falkirk on Wednesday.
Paul Hartley is set to return from a hamstring injury but Shaun Maloney and John Kennedy are not ready despite resuming training.
Hartley set to return
Hearts striker Gary Glen is battling to feature after suffering an ankle knock on reserve duty this week, but otherwise...
GORGEOUS GEORGIOS
After the end of the International break, it was a return to domestic affairs for Gordon Strachan’s Celtic outfit, as they looked to stretch their lead at the top of the SPL table.
Playing against Hamilton Accies – with manager Billy Reid at the helm – three points were seen as a must; especially as arch-rivals Rangers were not due to play until the following day.
The match was anticipated as being a case of one-way traffic for the defending champions, and this soon proved to be the case. Striker Georgios Samaras – the victim of much adverse publicity alongside partner Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink following their lack of goals – was the beneficiary of clever play from Andreas Hinkel. Samaras’s composed finish belied...
Celtic Squad Hit For Six
Gordon Strachan today will be counting the cost of the international break as the injuries mount up for the Hoops manager getting his charges ready to face Hamilton at Parkhead on Saturday.
Scott Brown, Paul Hartley and Aiden McGeady come back to the club and join long term crocks Barry Robson and Shaun Maloney, as well as Northern Irishman Paddy McCourt, in the treatment room. The more optimistic news for Strachan however is that Shunsuke Nakamura and Marc Crosas both appear to have returned relatively unscathed and should be fit and ready for selection.
Scott Brown, Paul Hartley and Aiden McGeady come back to the club and join long term crocks Barry Robson and Shaun Maloney, as well as Northern Irishman Paddy McCourt, in the treatment room. The more optimistic news for Strachan however is that Shunsuke Nakamura and Marc Crosas both appear to have returned relatively unscathed and should be fit and ready for selection.
Broony: Sweating over his fitness for the weekend.
A welcome return then to Parkhead for the champions, who have been on the road for over a month now and thankfully face 2 home games in...
HOOPS HEAD TO EUROPE
There is a welcome break from domestic affairs for Celtic’s Internationalists this week, as the next round of qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup take place throughout Europe.
A total of four separate nations have representatives from the Bhoys – Scotland, Republic of Ireland, Germany and Greece.
Holland’s reduction in squad size to 23 players means that the out-of-form Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink will not have the opportunity to make it five, while Northern Ireland’s Pat McCourt – plagued with injury this season – was forced to withdraw from the squad for their qualifiers against Poland and Slovenia because of a hamstring injury and a back problem.
For Scotland,...
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