You and I get to celebrate trophy wins more than any other football fan on the planet. We have lived through a procession of unparalleled success, which started at the turn of the century, and kicked up a gear nine years ago.
This means we can be accused of taking success a little lightly compared to fans of other clubs, who would perhaps cherish a sliver of our silverware. This debate crept into the open this week, after the defeat at St Johnstone. The criticism, that we are indulged and unappreciative is unfair, for some of us, anyway.
This period (generation +) of domination was preceded by the long, dark, 90s, a decade which delivered the same number of trophies we expect to collect this season. Success was rare, those of us who supported Celtic through it, have appetites sharpened in those times.
Let me take you back to the season this Generation of Domination all started; 2000-2001. By April 2001 Celtic had won the League Cup, were on their way to winning the Scottish Cup and were miles ahead in the league. The third treble in our history was within touching distance.
We needed six points to secure the title and our next two games were at home, to Dundee and St Mirren. The Wednesday night game against Dundee was far from straightforward. An early Tommy Johnson goal was cancelled out in the second half as Dundee, with the likes of Caniggia threatened to spoil the party.
Celtic’s winner came with minutes remaining from Johan Mjallby. Post-match, Martin O’Neill was clearly irritated by the audible frustration of the fans when play did not go Celtic’s way. Martin’s point was that the players were achieving hugely, football was not easy, so what was everyone stressing about?
He was completely blind to what 58,000 of us were thinking. We wanted to be there to see Celtic win the league. Watching on television is great, but being there! It is something special, something that no matter how many times I experience it, remains a touchpoint in my life.
Our disappointment last weekend is not about a poor performance, it’s that for most of us, we will be sitting at home when Celtic win the league, instead of being at Celtic Park. No matter how many times we win, these trophies still matter.
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Of course Broonie failed at Fleetwood and Birmingham had the biggest budget in Div 1.
Let’s see how they get on next season.
CELTIC: Sinisalo, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, Hatate, Engels, Forrest, Idah, Maeda.
Subs: Bain, Trusty, Jota, Kuhn, McCowan, Schlupp, Nawrocki, Bernardo, Ralston
Bit of a shake up in the starting line-up
Some changes, I would have made one more but the Manager decides, power and pace from the start get players running and importantly their defence being challenged turning and running back. Take the chances that will be created.
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Ralston for Johnson?
Bernardo for Hatate and get McGregor forward.
Goal for jamsey bhoy please
We need to attack from central positions, as well as the wings, we’re over reliant on the latter and that’s why we’re predictable.
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