Celtic can clinch the 2013/14 SPFL title with victory in tonight’s Glasgow derby at Firhill.
James Forrest and Nir Biton (both groin) remain absent as does perennially injured Derk Boerrigter.
I wonder if Neil Lennon will give 17-year old midfielder Liam Henderson his third successive league start or revert to one of the squad players who’s played a bigger role over the course of the season.
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The offices of Ireland will be fairly empty tomorrow morning if our representative club can clinch a title tonight.
I’m too nervous to watch this in the pub so will be viewing from the comfort of home, albeit behind the couch for much of it. It will make it all the sweeter if we win this league by beating the Jags.
We started very brightly. Lovely cross from Izzy after some decent footwork and very straightforward for a guy like Stokes is very competent in the air.
Johansen is a very tidy player. Since Ki left we haven’t really had someone to dictate the game from deep and just keep things moving forward. Before he joined, everything was very lateral and relied a lot on the two centre backs striding forward to inject any sort of dynamism from deep.
This Glasgow derby reminds me of the Manchester equivalent last night. The away side scored early on, were utterly dominant and should have added to their tally. But Celtic got a little bit sloppy and their plucky underdog neighbours came back into it as the half progressed. However, like City last night, I expect Celtic to push on and win at their leisure in the second half.
