Celtic knows who its possible semi-final opponents are. And there’s one I’d prefer to avoid.

Tonight, the picture is clearer, and we know how the League Cup semifinal is starting to shape up. It’ll be Aberdeen, Motherwell, and the club from Ibrox in the last four. If we get past Falkirk tomorrow – which we certainly should – we’ll face one of these sides in the semis.

Hampden is our home away from home, and under Rodgers, we’ve never lost there. We are, by far, the best team in Scotland at the moment, so we’ve nothing to fear from any potential draw. But for a bit of fun, facing Motherwell or the club from Ibrox would be satisfying.

Aberdeen, however, is the trickiest of the three. They’re unpredictable right now. Save them for cup final day – that’s when we’ll get our chance to put them in their place.

The commentary from today’s game at Ibrox was woeful.

The so-called “healthy crowd” was praised, despite numerous empty seats visible all around. So much for the big homecoming that was meant to be a sell-out. Fans aren’t fooled by a couple of victories, even if some in the media seem to be.

Sometimes a scoreline can exaggerate how a game played out, and for much of today’s match, Dundee actually performed quite well.

Their manager set them up to play on the front foot, to have a go, and they missed a few good chances. He’ll be cursing the player who gave away a needless penalty after getting away with a similar incident in the first half. There’s no excuse for that.

Some people will kid themselves that it was a brilliant performance from the club from Ibrox, but it wasn’t. They were pedestrian, and certain players looked distinctly ordinary – Cerny was absolutely dreadful. This is a guy still cruising on the memory of a long-ago goal against Celtic, and he can’t keep coasting on that forever. He was bullied off the ball so easily by Dundee’s players that it’s a wonder we’ll ever see him again. But with their squad depth, they can hardly afford to drop anyone for any length of time.

The praise for Dessers was particularly amusing.

He’s a penalty box player, and as long as he’s at that club, he’ll get chances and score goals. But it doesn’t take brilliance to score in the SPFL. The media’s contempt for their audience is summed up by the way they’re heaping praise on a player they spent months slagging off. The manager’s little pat on the back when Dessers came off was funny too, as was the commentary team trying to pretend it’s all harmony and happiness over there. We all know they spent the summer trying to get him off the wage bill.

If I had to guess what the manager said to Dessers as he came off, it was probably something like, “Thank God nobody wanted to buy you a few months back.”

The scoreline might have been convincing, but the performance was not.

On another day, had Dundee taken their chances, the result could’ve been very different. The penalty steadied the nerves and gave them a cushion, but there was nothing in that game to give us nightmares. There’s no sign of a renaissance at Ibrox.

Every match they play could be the one that sends them into complete freefall. But with the second-biggest wage bill in the league, more often than not, it won’t be a disaster – at least not yet. The disaster is coming, though, and it won’t necessarily come against us, though we’re definitely the team they want to avoid in the draw.

As the saying goes, you can run, but you can’t hide. Sooner or later, the club from Ibrox will face their Waterloo. As long as we keep winning, no media narrative, no egotistical posturing, and certainly none of Ibrox’s false confidence will make the slightest bit of difference. We’re still the team everyone has to beat if they want silverware.

The picture is fully formed now. We just need to do our job tomorrow and wait to see what the draw brings. I’d happily take on any team left in the competition, but I know who I’d prefer to face. Between Motherwell and the club from Ibrox, it’s hard to say which one I want more, but I’m confident we’ll beat either of them.

The wild card, of course, is Aberdeen.

Watching them against the club from Ibrox will be fascinating. They’ve got a 100% record under their new boss, though that streak will end at some point. Their fans are enjoying the show, and the rest of us should be as well. It’s high time there was a serious challenge from outside Glasgow, and Aberdeen has always seemed like the club to bring it.

Time will tell. For now, I’m just looking forward to tomorrow’s game and booking our place in the final four. The draw and whatever comes next will take care of itself.

Whoever we face, we know what we need to do, and we’ll be doing it at a ground where Rodgers’ record is second to none. Bring it on.