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John Fallon looks forward to Sunday's game at Falkirk.

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With four straight wins, and clean sheets, behind us hopefully the miseries of December are in the past as the title race hots up.

Four consecutive away games in the SPL and Scottish Cup will be a big test for the squad but nothing less than four wins will be good enough if we are to retain the double.

Speculation will be rife ahead of the transfer window closing next Friday, if we're six points and a few players better off on February 1 then we'll be in great shape for the remainder of the season... and the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

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Fixture common sense breaks out!

Fixture common sense breaks out!

Congratulations to the SFA for working to ease the fixture congestion by shifting Gretna's Scottish Cuo commitments to Dumfries.

With Celtic facing Motherwell at Fir Park on Wednesday January 30 the Gretna-Morton Scottish Cup replay, due to be played at Fir Park two days earlier, has been relocated to Palmerston Park, home of Queen of the South.

Fir Park will now have four days of a breather before Celtic travel there, great to see some common sense out there.

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Superbowl? A crock of s*%$.. Bobby Lennox CSC was the highlight.

So a young Scot who obviously couldn't play football is set to make mega-bucks by taking an American 'football' team ( in it loosest sense) to the World (?????) Superbowl final. Well, he's a Tim seemingly so good on him; but the game? What a crock of poo. I was unfortunate enough when visiting my brother and sister - in law and the weans in Houston Texas to endure one such event. The event where daft companies pay over $1M for an advert, the event that is so stop start my Maw would have broken the world record for drinking tea!

I remember the Scottish Claymores in the late 80s when they were no more than a bunch of fat schemies, a mate of mine was in them, he could down at least 3 pints of Guinness in a row in under 3 seconds a piece but couldn't run worth a.......He, and his teammates couldn't play the blessed round ball, where are they now?

It also seems that the NFL are looking to bring another WSB game to the UK with Murryfield being muted as a possibility. Message to you NFL ...DON'T!!! It's bad enough here in Auld Reekie wi the egg chasers we don't need Pansy egg chasers to add to that tarnishing effect.

Anyway, this Superbowl I watched ion TV in Houston Texas lasted EIGHT hours and was the most boring piece of television I'd ever seen; and no the Houston Ale and Samuel Adams did not ease the pain.

The one thing that did re-instate my pleasure was a trip to The Bobby Lennox Houston CSC - a pleasure to watch a game on TV through forced exile and it was that Aberdeen game when Henke chopped his locks off. No Samson and Delilah syndrome there!

Well good luck to the young 'Scot' who exclaimed "I remember being crazy about soccer and going to watch Celtic...."

Being? Hope ye win it but get yer erse back to Paradise and stop playing a girls sport.

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Player reviews - celtic V Kilmarnock

Artur - Well the Bhoy had nothing to do till the dying minutes when the inevitable late slackness allowed him to come out and punch the ball. The rest of the game he took the odd bye kick and free kick then retired to his Chaise Lounge with silk dressing gown, pipe and slippers.

Hnkel - First we while carried on where he left off. Not frightened to take on players, has a turn of speed and not frightened to tackle. Let's hope the right back curse has not returned.

Naylor - Caught behind the game too much in first half came onto game in second and did well both defending and attacking.

Hartley - Though he played well. Reliable and performed as much as he had to in that right back position where he had to move early in the game.

Caldwell - Iceland and Barbados. Some good tackles and runs, headed clearances as well but needs to calm down and just play the game. Slack passes need to stop.

Mick - Led well especially driving them forward in the sedcond half. A stroll in Paradise for the young man.

Naka - Don't baulk but not always my favourite. However, I'm coming round sometimes hides but thought he did very well yesterday against a Killie team who seemed intent on time easting and brawling.

Donati - One of his more consistent performances has the drive when he wakes up and the crowd seemed to do that yesterday after getting pissed off with the refs antics.

Broon - A dip in form, and he knows it showing his frustration at times. Not a worry for me this guy will become the best in Scotland.

Deek - Another frustrating player. Not the saviour the anti-Gordon brigade think but is pure class and deserves to become a Celtic legend - we'll see.

Jan - Well looked better not been my fave player recently as seems cumbersome and lazy. However I thought he was putting in a shift yesterday before Bad Manners' lead singer struck.

Skippy - Tireless and tricky still holds onto the ball a la early Aiden but should have scored a few. Leads the line just as it should be.

Killer - The best sub appearance by him yet, unlucky not to score and played well.

Snaw-Baw - Another frustrating player. We haven't seen a good touch from this guy in years! Until yesterday the last few minutes of the game he didn't put a foot wrong and looked well.....err....quite good - keep it up Snaw-Baw and don't melt again!

McCurry Yer a $%*&£ - Celtic dominate but bore us then thrill us.....

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Maybe I'm just getting older and grumpier but in these long cold winter days and months before the second half of yesterdays game with Killie my adrenalin was rarely pulsed apart from annoyance with simple footballing mistakes.

Let's hope Hun extra light can do us a turn today but I'm not holding my breath. The first half yesterday was eventful only for Big Jan having to leave the match after a Killie defender back headers his left eye socket. 5 stitches I hear but a burst blood vessel necessitated him retiring. Andy Hinkel as well wasn't feeling well before the game and he withdrew at the same time to be replaced by Riordan whilst Jan was replaced by Killer Killen.

The rest of the half I spent berating Jim Jefferies managerial nous. Apart from the Alex Miller teams of the 80s and 90s this guy has an art in making a game of football a worse spectacle than having to endure Big Brother.

The time wasting started 5 minutes into the game, but once their defender has slid into Broon's shot and we went one up they suddenly found some zip at set pieces.

The ref, well don't even get me started, he should have had that wee number 34 erse in the book. Every Celtic set piece he scarpered away with the ball. Someone needed to tell him he was not with his mates stealing golf balls at the 18th hole in Niddrie.

Anyway we are now, for the moment, 1 point being 'Ra peepol' and I was warmed by our second half performance and although we should have really been 3 or 4 up in the first half their keeper played a blinder and kept our strikers out.

Was it a penalty? Well once back in the flat I caught Setanta's paltry SPL roundup where , trying not to wear four leaf clover shaped green tinted specs, I thought McDonald should have had a pen - Wee skippy was duly booked for giving lip. These days however my paranoia is growing in that it seems ok to assault Celtic players to allow the game to flow - the tackle on Broon was shocking.

One particular offside decision still has my heck veins throbbing - calm doon Bhoy.

Paul Hartley came into the team in place of the suspended Aiden and I thought he performed admirably, especially after being pushed to right back..

Naka had one decent chance from a set piece which struck the (first) wall but still nearly squirmed in at the corner. The reason I say fist wall is that after looking at the Killie keepers bemused and weird tactics for battling Naka, our own team joined in the fun creating a Beecher's brook of a double wall. Well it gave me a chuckle anyway

It's plain and simple that we were in total control Killer sent a 20-yard drive just over as we looked to finish the boring sahlos off.

Jefferies for Scotland? Give me a break

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