We’ve Halted Sevco’s Momentum And We Clearly Have Our Own.
Momentum is a word often used in football, and in Scottish football its over-used.
In the last few years its tended to be trotted out on behalf of the Ibrox club whenever they’ve won more than one match in a row.
For all the misuse of it, momentum is important in football.
Teams which go on a long run of wins can start to look unstoppable, and that ramps up the pressure on those who are trying to beat them to trophies and titles.
The pressure on them to keep up becomes debilitating, especially teams which aren’t used to having to do that, teams which haven’t been over the course before.
There are no such issues here at Celtic.
All we heard before the Ibrox game was about their team and its momentum.
Celtic’s had taken a major hit with the defeat in the Europa League at the hands of Cluj. I don’t believe the reaction we all had to that was OTT, because it was a massive night and the manager made big, big, mistakes with his tactics and his team selection. I am convinced that’s why we lost.
But consider that for a moment; we didn’t lose that game because we weren’t the better team.
We lost it because we screwed up.
The Dunfermline game – which we were also critical about – was the one we over-reacted to.
Because in hindsight the fact Celtic had to tough that out helped us get over the Cluj result … and we haven’t looked back.
What infuriates all of us, I’m sure, is that the international break got in the way of us capitalising even more on the great result at Ibrox.
I’m sure everyone at Celtic Park would have preferred to get the next game lined up as quick as possible so we could keep the pressure on the other teams, and the one in particular whose own momentum was wrecked last Sunday.