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Football FanCast columnist Jim McKendry is delighted to see Celtic take an 8pt lead and wonders whether Rangers have the stomach to stop them winning a third successive title.

I don't think there was one Celtic fan who truly believed two months ago that we would still be in the Championship race. Such was the way Gordon Strachan's team was performing with a complete lack of zeal; it looked like we had all but surrendered our SPL title.

An excellent run of form with five consecutive wins and more importantly two victories against Glasgow Rangers has help put us 8pts clear and well and truly put the pressure on them, although they have four games in hand. At this stage of the season its points on the board is all that matters and when you look at our remaining fixtures then they will have to win five out of six to secure the title.

Should we achieve what seemed unlikely and achieve three in a row, for the first time since the days of Jock Stein; then it must go down as one of the finest achievements in our history. Gordon Strachan deserves tremendous credit for the way he has turned it around this season and I'm sure there are many Rangers fans are feeling a little queasy tonight as they look ahead to the job in hand.

So can we achieve three in a row or is it all a little too little too late?



 

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Sedgewick
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They can only dream, they
They can only dream, they havent got it in them to win 3 in a row.

Gregor
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Looks like they are going to
Looks like they are going to have to leave it to Rangers to restore European pride to Scotland.

robert sands
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champions again bhoys and
champions again bhoys and ghirls, what d'ya know, it's three in a row!

Salty
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A few years ago goal
A few years ago goal difference decided the league when Motherwell allowed the gers a goal fest, it just may be that the same will happen and teams will lie down for them for whatever reason and let them go top. The SPL has so many twists and turns...anything could happen. C'mon a Papal conspiracy!

davie weirs grandson
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oh thank you so much rangers
oh thank you so much rangers for restoring 'pride' back into scottish football. they excellent way in which your wonderfull attacking football team got knocked out of the champions league before xmas,got placed in the miserable 'uefa cup' [which aberdeen managed to qualify for the latter stages for gods sake!] and hence travelled all the way to the final without moving your team bus from your own goaline! infact some of the quotes from the german ,greek and now italian press seem a million miles away from restoring pride in scottish football,more like making us look like the biggest 'anti' football nation on earth! yes thanks 'scotlands shame'.. luckily europeans with a pedigree and a bit of culture will remeber jock steins celtic of the 1960s/1970s and the wonderfull football they showed the world!