English yahoo sounds like a clown saying Celtic won’t “deserve” to win the title.

I am honestly sick to death of some of the anti-Celtic drivel masquerading as “analysis.” Now, apparently, some man called Kevin Nolan has decided that if Celtic win the league, it will somehow “not be deserved.”

Not deserved? Whit?

That is utter pish. Absolute nonsense dressed up as expert opinion because controversy sells papers, and anti-Celtic noise always seems to get printed faster than the truth. First of all, who exactly is he to decide what is “deserved” in football?

The league table decides that. Points decide that. Winning matches decides that. Consistency decides that. Nerves of steel decide that.

You do not accidentally stumble across an entire league title over thirty-eight games. That isnae how football works. Every single club that wins a title deserves it because they earned more points than everybody else.

Simple as that.

We hear this rubbish every time Celtic are successful. If Celtic dominate, people say the league is weak. If Celtic struggle and still win, suddenly they “didnae deserve it.” So, which one is it?

Celtic cannae win with these people because the agenda is already written before a ball is kicked.

Let us be honest here. This season was not easy.

Anybody saying otherwise either has not watched Celtic, or they are deliberately ignoring reality. This 2025/26 campaign came with pressure, injuries, criticism, transition, noise from every direction, and constant attempts from pundits and tabloids to build every tiny wobble into a full-scale crisis.

Yet Celtic kept going. That is what champions do.

I felt it all season, with my Ginger Witch instincts humming away in the background. There were moments where the energy around Celtic felt heavy, stormy and chaotic.

The media smelled blood at times. Every dropped point became a national emergency, while other clubs were protected and wrapped in comforting excuses. Celtic were analysed under a microscope, while others were handed sympathy and soft words.

But the thing about Celtic is this: when the pressure rises, the club becomes something ancient and dangerous. I always say Celtic are not merely a football club. Celtic are an emotional force. A living thing. A green-and-white heartbeat that refuses to die quietly.

That is why so many people outside the club obsess over us. They cannot comprehend the resilience. They cannot comprehend the size of us. They cannot grasp the nature of the support, the noise, the history, and the pull of Celtic Park beneath the lights when the whole place feels like thunder rolling across Scotland.

Kevin Nolan? Who is this joker?

When Celtic rise again after being doubted, the bitterness starts spilling everywhere. So now we get this “not deserved” garbage. No.

What is undeserved is the constant sneering towards Celtic from sections of the media here in Scotland and south of the border, where so many of the hacks do not have a clue what they are on about when they talk about our club.

What is undeserved is the way anti-Celtic talking points are printed again and again as if they are intelligent observations, instead of emotional bait designed to rile people up.

Why is a Scottish tabloid printing this shite in the first place?

Because anti-Celtic stories generate outrage, clicks, arguments and attention. That is the truth of it. Celtic are the biggest story in Scotland whether people like it or not. They know Celtic fans will react because we care deeply about our club. They know our passion burns hot. So they throw another log onto the fire and wait for the reaction.

But here is the reality they hate hearing: if Celtic lift that title, it is because Celtic earned it. Fully deserved. Especially this season.

This was not one of those calm strolls towards glory where everything clicked perfectly from August onward. Celtic had to fight. They had to respond. They had to carry expectation while every opponent treated facing Celtic like a cup final.

That pressure alone is exhausting. Every stadium turns hostile. Every referee decision becomes magnified. Every injury becomes headline news. Imagine hearing, for months, that one slip and that’s your season over? No other club in this country could have coped with that. Yet still Celtic stand tall. That is the mark of champions.

Here is another thing. Football “experts” spend half their time predicting Celtic failure, only to rewrite history afterwards. We have seen it all season. Celtic written off after a defeat. Celtic supposedly “finished.” Celtic apparently vulnerable. Then the team responds with authority, and suddenly the same pundits move the goalposts again.

Ibrox supporters and anti-Celtic commentators were desperate for a collapse that never truly arrived. Instead, Celtic kept marching. That bothers people more than they will ever admit.

Because Celtic represent permanence. Power. Continuity. A club that keeps rebuilding, keeps evolving, and keeps surviving every storm thrown at it. There is something deeply frustrating about that for people who spend their lives hoping for Celtic downfall.

So no, I will not listen to lectures from somebody claiming Celtic would not deserve a title. That opinion deserves to be laughed out the room instead of printed in our papers.

If Celtic become champions of Scotland again, they will deserve it exactly the same way every champion deserves it: by earning it on the pitch over the course of a brutal season.

That, no matter how much anti-Celtic pish gets printed, is the only thing that truly matters.

Of course we deserve. Only a prick would say otherwise.

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