Brendan Rodgers has 5 Celtic games to make or break the season and here’s why I think they need to be FLAWLESS – Chris Sutton

Brendan Rodgers has 5 Celtic games to make or break the season and here’s why I think they need to be FLAWLESS – Chris Sutton

For their own standing and confidence in the Champions League, Celtic made a crucial move.

All they need to do now is convert it to domestic format so they can be sure to have a chance to expand on it.

Let’s start by clearing the air about the European aspects.

Overcoming Feyenoord was a major victory.

Results-wise, the campaign hasn’t gone well,

and Celtic has been under fire for having lost all 15 of their games and

not had a home playoff victory in ten years.

It was time to put that to bed.

It was impossible for it to continue to fester,

and you have to give the team credit for how they managed to pull off a victory over the Netherlands.

Don’t get too excited.

In terms of qualifying and ultimate group placement,

it was a pointless match.

However, let’s also remember to give credit where credit is due and avoid being snide.

Throughout the course of the previous five games,

Celtic appeared feeble and occasionally even scared,

failing to capitalise on their chances during favourable stretches.

Even though it was the least successful of their three home games,

I think their self-improvement after losing a late equaliser revealed a lot about their growth.

They were tied at all square in the last moments of their home games against Lazio and Atletico Madrid,

but I didn’t think they were decisive enough. Not this week, though.

After suffering a crushing blow from the deceased Feyenoord leveller,

Celtic rallied and went on to win.

That has to do with mindset, and athletes remember something like that.

You keep that in mind for the next time anything similar comes up.

It all depends on the circumstances;

Celtic finished the group with four points.

Manchester United lost after scoring four points as well.

Newcastle was eliminated despite having a terrible squad,

since they finished last in their division.

Seville and Union Berlin both have less points than Celtic at the bottom of their respective groups.

Even after spending absolute millions,

these clubs—especially the English pair—still don’t have enough money.

It’s not impossible, as FC Copenhagen’s advancement to the next round demonstrated,

but it is extremely difficult.

I’ve said it enough:

Brendan Rodgers has left no one at the club in any doubt about what needs to happen next.

We all know that Celtic weren’t prepared for this campaign.

It is necessary to purchase players. competent and seasoned athletes.

not participants in development.

Those are already at the club.

They require assistance from more experienced individuals.

Celtic will just fall back into the same cycle that they have been in

this season if they are not found and signed in January or at the beginning of the summer,

and I don’t think Rodgers would have agreed to that.

The team must make the appropriate acquisitions.

When he receives them, he must then deliver. Celtic can only advance in Europe in this manner.

Naturally, since the race for the championship is very much on,

there is currently no assurance that the team will be in the group stages the following season.

Celtic’s performance against Feyenoord was greatly required,

given their performance six days prior at Kilmarnock was dismal.

The worst I’ve seen in a long time.

Killie has validated my theory, which I put forth in this column two weeks ago,

that teams are becoming less afraid to play Celtic.

In the second half, Derek McInnes’ team attacked Aaron Rodgers’ squad,

and the plain fact is that my former team was unable to handle it.

They were defeated, outrun, outfought, and ceased using their advantages.

They were rather concerned about that, and it had to be an isolated incident.

Before the midseason break,

Celtic have a critical run of five games left, and they must aim for perfection.

They will have a good chance of making it back to Europe’s top tournament

if they accomplish that and fit a match versus Rangers on their own field into the schedule.

It will be essential to get some of the ken back because the team has been nearly empty in recent weeks.

For today’s match against Hearts,

Cameron Carter-Vickers and Daizen Maeda appear ready,

while players like Liel Abada and Reo Hatate are still out.

Rodgers will require all of them as Celtic must step up their game.

That might happen nevertheless in the second half of the season,

even in the absence of the demands from Europe.

However, nothing is guaranteed, and the winners most

definitely do not want to offer the Rangers any more support.

After defeating Real Betis, Philippe Clement and company will receive a huge lift

if they defeat Aberdeen and win the League Cup tomorrow at Hampden,

as I predict they will. Rangers will greatly benefit from that,

and it will bolster their efforts to defeat their long-standing rivals.

While Celtic has no control over events at the National Stadium,

they do have control over their own company throughout the upcoming critical period.

Their triumph over Feyenoord in Europe demonstrated that they still had it in them to finish the job,

and it also increased their confidence that they could compete at the greatest level.

However, they run a serious risk of losing out on the opportunity

to try again the next season if they don’t perform to the highest level at home.

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