“Everything wasn’t right.” As Celtic begin their last championship defense, McCoist asserts something about the Rangers camp.
There are five remaining Scottish Premiership games. One enormous Scottish Cup Final. The last month of the 2023–2024 season looks to be quite intriguing.
Celtic has successfully positioned themselves going into the latter stretch of games.
Philippe Clement’s team was under pressure after a strong draw away to Rangers at Ibrox, and they eventually buckled against Ross County and Dundee.
The Bhoys of Brendan Rodgers lead the table by three points, but they are aware that they need to continue winning. There’s hardly much space for mistake, particularly with a huge derby at Celtic Park approaching.
Fortunately for Celtic, even the most ardent Rangers supporters and commentators have acknowledged that their downfall is not a passing fad
Final round of the Celtics and Rangers championship race
For example, Ally McCoist believes that their problems have been in the news for some time.
The well-known expert has noted that their current performance is more indicative of a pattern than a hiccup. Ibrox is not in good shape.
“I’ll tell you why the signs were there,” he said to FlashScore. They performed appallingly and lost their home opener against Motherwell in March. However, that was kind of brushed over because Celtic lost against Hearts in the same round, so they got away with it.
Though, to be honest, I didn’t anticipate a collapse of that magnitude, I could sense that things weren’t good in their camp. They have only gained five of a potential fifteen points due to the tie with Celtic.
Celtic cannot afford to relax.
McCoist, like everyone else—including a good number of Bhoys fans—thinks there may yet be an unforeseen turn or twist.
“I really don’t think it’s finished,” he said. I believe that winning at Celtic is the only thing that will need to happen for Rangers. However, observing the other clubs, Rangers and Celtic have already conceded points to Kilmarnock, who are a team playing really well.
Even if the Rangers’ current problems have been humorous, Celtic fans shouldn’t get too comfortable. The semi-final matchup with Aberdeen last weekend served as strong proof of that.
Even though the Bhoys passed that test at Hampden, the defense had a poor and detrimental performance. Regardless of the events that have transpired around the city, Rodgers must keep his squad focused and motivated for this last push.
This Sunday, the narrative moves to Dundee, a location that may be challenging. It requires complete concentration.
