Keevins writes Celtic off – there is hope for us yet

This morning, according to Hugh Keevins in his usual Sunday drivel article, Celtic are done.

Finished, kaput.

Apparently now, the only job we must do is beat the Ibrox side, thus paving the way for Hearts to win the title.

Because that’s the path of least embarrassment.

Then Keevins asserts that we must make sure we don’t lose the Cup semi-final to St. Mirren.

Because that would be an embarrassment of monumental proportions, considering they beat us already in the League Cup Final, and they are a team struggling against relegation.

I won’t argue with Keevins in his assessment that an awful lot of this season has been an embarrassment for Celtic.

That’s just a simple fact.

Its there for everyone to see with their own eyes.

Keevins observations do not make him a journalistic genius, more so, it seems like he’s someone who is just echoing the sentiments of the entire blogosphere.

We write it.

He just copies it.

There is nothing new in his article this morning.

Not one single piece of journalistic originality, just antagonistic waffle, oh, and an admission that he was informed by a Celtic fan on his phone in that he only said things to provoke a reaction.

Whoever that was, they hit the nail on the head with that comment.

Keevins wouldn’t go so far as to admit it, but he knows himself deep down that that is the truth.

His article this morning was an exercise in provocation.

In fact its one of those the Celtic manager should pin on the wall of the dressing for all of the players to see.

One that would provide the motivation Celtic have been sorely lacking up to this point.

I’m pretty sure that Martin O’Neill is not a tired, and spent force, like Keevins says he is, and that the last thing he wants to do is concede the title to Hearts or the Ibrox side.

There is a long way to go in this title race.

An awful lot can happen in 7 games, and Keevins knows that as well as anybody else.

He has a habit when it comes to trying to predict how a season is going to finish in Scotland of getting it completely arseways.

The fact that he has now written Celtic off is a good thing for us.

Its great that everyone has now written us off.

That means that from here on out, nobody expects anything from us.

The pressure is all on Hearts and the Ibrox side.

There is probably more of a chance of the Ibrox side wilting under the pressure of the run in than Hearts, to be fair.

They are the serial bottlers here.

Celtic, despite all of their calamity this season, are the team that seems to come to life in this phase.

As I stated in one of my articles last week, the only way that Celtic can now win this is through a change of tactics.

If Martin O’Neill decides to ditch the 4-3-3 for the remainder of the season, we have a chance.

If not, we will just face more heartache similar to last Sunday’s and this will be over very quickly.

Let’s just hope the combination of Keevins predictions, and a change on the playing field will be just the tonic we need to pull this back in the last 7 fixtures.

We might need a miracle.

But if everything falls right, miracles can happen.

Remember 2008?

Well, I think Martin O’Neill needs to use that as template for how to win this one.

We’re still in this fight, despite what Keevins says.

We need to remind everyone of that next weekend.

Nothing less than a win will suffice.

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