Alan Morrison

3 weeks ago | celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison

It was a double trophy-winning season for Celtic, and we can hope that the loss of the Scottish Cup will be an open sore for Brendan Rodgers into next season as he seeks another treble. The league remains the minimum requirement, as this is the gateway to Champions League football, which is the only predictable income stream that can be transformative for the club. Today, I will highlight the main differences between Celtic’s last two title-winning campaigns under Rodgers.

1 month ago | celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers goes up against Aberdeen and Jimmy Thelin this weekend. (Image: PA) Analyst Alan Morrison examines the contest between Celtic and Aberdeen at Hampden this weekend. Two sides could not be entering the Scottish Cup final on Saturday in such disparate conditions. Celtic are champions once again and are focused on yet another domestic treble, reflecting their overwhelming financial advantage over the rest of the league.

1 month ago | open.substack.com | Alan Morrison

Celtic’s sixth five-goal offering in 12 matches. They are now on 111 league goals and 157 for the season. The 2016-17 Invincibles managed 106. Aberdeen looked bereft. Much pressing but not for long and with half-arsed intensity bar quite a few naughty late ones. Celtic revealed nothing of their Cup Final approach but do not be fooled into thinking the Champions will face other than fully committed opposition at Hampden. Sorting this mess of a side out for Jimmy Thelin can wait until after that.

1 month ago | celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison

Kasper Schmeichel is in line to return to Celtic's first team squad for the home match against in-form Hibernian. There is no indication from manager Brendan Rodgers of whether he will return immediately to the front line or whether Viljami Sinisalo will retain the gloves he has held for the last seven matches. You would imagine that whoever is in the manager's mind for the Scottish Cup Final will need to be match-ready.

1 month ago | celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison

This has been another incredibly successful season for Celtic, with the May cup final to hopefully cap progress in Europe, a hard-fought League Cup triumph and a dominant league campaign. No side is perfect, even the Invincibles - who remembers draws against Inverness Caley Thistle, Ross County and at home to Partick Thistle? Celtic undoubtedly went through a post-Champions League exit hangover, with the nadir being a loss to bottom club St Johnstone.