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TheUlteriorMotive · December 31, 2016, 8:02pm

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The Scottish Cup draw was just made and Celtic will face Dundee at home in the 4th round. Other notable ties are an Edinburgh derby at Easter Road and St Johnstone hosting the Huns. These games will take place in early January.

Celtic fixture list this month:Dec 7, Hibernian away (League)Dec 10, Villarreal home (Friendly)Dec 13, Hearts home (League)Dec 21, Falkirk away (League)Dec 27, Huns away (League)

It’s a tricky enough programme and late December through to the next home derby on February 15 is our toughest run of fixtures given January and early February will also see trips to Aberdeen and Caley Thistle and home games against Dundee Utd and Hibernian. But we’re coping pretty well domestically despite our lengthy injury list and need to keep turning the screw on the Huns.

Aiden McGeady looks like he’ll have to have an operation on his knee as the tendonitis is still causing discomfort even after rest and rehab exercises. There’s no sign of Vennegoor of Hesselink returning any time soon and we’re missing him now the streaky Samaras is taking a while to get his game together after his own injury problems.

This month also leads into the winter transfer window. Please Sir, may we have a left back?

Celtic 2012/2013 season discussion thread

I’ve been looking at Champions League group permutations. The table as things stand is as follows:

Barca 9Celtic 7Benfica 4Spartak 3

Celtic can still finish in any position from 1st to 4th inclusive.

Remaining fixtures are:Match Day 5: Benfica v Celtic & Spartak v BarcaMatch Day 6: Celtic v Spartak & Barca v Benfica

Worst Case Scenario: Celtic lose both games and Spartak defeat Barca - Celtic finish 4th.Best Case Scenario: Celtic get a score draw or better away to Benfica and Spartak fail to beat Barca - Celtic guaranteed 2nd with a game to spare.Other Scenarios: A Celtic loss in Lisbon would see Benfica go ahead of Celtic on head-to-head record. You’d then have a situation in Match Day 6 where Celtic need to better Benfica’s result to go through. Of course, Barca may already be qualified if they have beaten Spartak in Match Day 5 and they may put out a weakened side against Benfica. So Celtic could beat Spartak, end up on 10 points and not go through if Benfica win their last 2 games. On the other hand, they could lose in Portugal and only draw at home to Spartak and end up going through if Barca dispose of Benfica.Conclusion: Just finish it next week please, Celtic.