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FANS HAVE A PART TO PLAY
February 28th 2009 I said a couple of weeks ago that Celtic will blow the SPL title after having been seven points clear and I've seen nothing since to make me change my mind. I really really really hope I'm wrong about that but Rangers are now the team on the way up and if they can open up a gap I don't think we will catch them. It is vital that Celtic hang on and don't allow that gap to develop and that starts with a win over St Mirren today at home. I wish it could be the case that the whole crowd would urge the team on and give them the backing that would help them gain the victory but I know very well how it works. A 0-0 scoreline or worse at half-time is the signal for a round of boos, if it's still the same score ten minutes into the second half then it's the occasional shout from here and there of Naylor, get tae f***. You know the rest, the longer it stays that way the worse it gets, even a one goal lead and seventy minutes on the clock and panic is setting in, the players are rushing the pass and not playing with confidence, nervousness spreads to the defence and a goal is conceded after eighty five minutes. If the crowd can get going then the whole place gets a lift and the confidence flows throughout the team but it usually takes something from a player like McGeady to make that happen - unless it's an away game of course where the team gets backed from start to finish! McGeady, Maloney and Nakamura are the type of players who can lift the crowd so let's hope that Aiden and Naka get a start today. I feel that Celtic have really missed Maloney and hope he is back for the run-in. I think it will be a dour match with Celtic taking the points in a 1-0 win - I'm going for three in a row as I predicted the 0-0 with the Huns and the 1-1 at Motherwell but I'd settle for a 7-0 trouncing of the Buddies. The Celts are 1/4 to win this match, a best priced 7/1 with Totesport to win 1-0 and Skippy is 7/2 to score that goal. Hamilton Accies have six straight home wins but it wouldn't surprise me to see them hammered four or five nil against Rangers today, Rangers beat them 7-1 at Ibrox in December.
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