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Martin’s Back, New Faces at Celtic Park & the Hogh Factor

Glasgow Journalist Michael Pringle joins More than 90 Minutes Editor Andrew Milne for their weekly chat about all things Celtic.

They took last week off so plenty has happened since they last spoke. The Bhoys have joined the Green Brigade in The North Curve, two New Faces have been added to the playing squad, Hogh opened his scoring account for Celtic at Rugby Park with a Hatrick and Martin O’Neill is back in tracksuit.

They look ahead to Dundee United Away in the League Cup and Lask at home in the Champions League.

Memory Lane takes the Bhoys back to Amsterdam 25 years ago where they watched Celtic beat Ajax 3-1 in a Champions League qualifier after a clash with the local fans outside the stadium.

 

 

New Players the Perfect Tonic for Martin

It was great to see Martin O’Neill back in a tracksuit and back talking Celtic and looking forward to getting back into the Dugout at Tannadice on Saturday.

As he recovers from his recent small procedure he was able to visit the Celtic players  at the team hotel and spoke to them ahead of Sunday’s visit to Kilmarnock. He could not be in the dugout so Shaun Maloney took over his role. What a tonic he must have got watching how the Celtic players approached the game from the opening minute till the final whistle. An impressive performance.

He was critical of Celtic’s first half performance when he spoke to the media after the 1-0 home win over Dundee on Flag Night but the players responded in game number two on Rugby Park’s new grass pitch.

There was a lot of words written and spoke about Kasper Hogh after he signed for Celtic, becoming the most expensive player ever brought to the club for an estimated £11 million. He had plenty of chances against Dundee but failed to open his scoring account but we only had to wait less than a week for him to open that account. If he stays fit we should see him bang in the goals of on a regular basis.

It took him only 2 minutes to score his first of the afternoon and on the 35th minute we were all celebrating his Hatrick. Not to be outdone by the new bhoy last season top scorer Nygren added to the tally to make it 4-0 after being gifted the ball by the Killie goalkeeper. Nygren on target again after scoring last weeks winner at Celtic Park.

The home side did pull one goal back but the game finished 5-1 after Luke McCowan came off the bench to score with his first touch of the ball. Not a bad afternoon.

Two new signings arriving will also have given the Celtic manager the perfect tonic ahead of the Tannadice and the big Champions League Night at Celtic Park next week.

Next Up Celtic are back on the road to Tannadice for a League Cup clash with Dundee United on Saturday for a 17:45 kick off. The game is live on Premier Sports 1.

Andrew Milne is Editor of More than 90 Minutes Celtic Fanzine & Host of the Celtic Soul Podcast 

 

What Celtic Fans Can Expect from Kasper Hogh

Barcelona based journalist Vicenç Clos Balcells believes Kasper Hogh is one of the most effective penalty-box strikers to emerge from Scandinavian football in recent years.

While he is not a forward who dominates matches through his involvement in build-up play, he is exceptionally opportunistic in front of goal. His greatest strength is his instinct inside the penalty area, although he also possesses a strong ability to play with his back to goal and bring teammates into the game.

https://youtu.be/hJeueVqyZ_c?si=ylJ3pHfCWr21ZWvG

Martin O’Neill will be Expected to Perform Miracles Once Again

At the end of a week when Celtic Fans Favourite Daizen Maeda signed for Ipswich for an estimated £10 million and Celtic signed Kasper Hogh from Bodo/ Glimt for an estimated £11 million. A very clever piece of business from the Celtic board. One in One out.

With cash banked for Palma (£3.5m /£4m), Nawrocki (£2.5m), Maeda (£10m) and players off the wage bill including Schmeichel, Iheanacho and Saracchi it made the deal easier on the board without withdrawing cash from last season’s War Chest.

Those sales and wage bill reductions would have also paved the way for Duran a few weeks back who has scored 3 out of 3 in pre-season. Who leads the line on Monday Night will it be him or Hogh?

The Celtic board played a blinder. Drip feeding certain members of the media about the signing over the weekend. It got the Celtic fans excited about the signing.

On Friday Martin O’Neill at his press conference was asked about Engels and Johnston heading down to England. His expression said everything. The Celtic board could not cash in on Engels during the last transfer window because they did not have a back up plan. If that sounds familiar it’s because it is.

When both players are sold some of the money will be used to replace them while the rest will be banked in the already bulging War chest and Martin will be expected to perform miracles once again.

Andrew Milne is Editor of More than 90 Minutes Celtic Fanzine & Host of the Celtic Soul Podcast 

 

The Week that was at Celtic

More than 90 Minutes Editor Andrew Milne looks back at the week that was at Celtic from Record Signing Kasper Hogh arrival to the Celtic Connect and the reaction from Celtic Fans ahead of a return to Glasgow for Celtic’s opening game v Dundee.

 

Celtic Fans Collective Respond to Celtic’s Supporters Engagement Proposals

With Celtic fans still on a high from the signing of Kasper Hogh. Celtic released a Celtic Supporters Engagement Update (Celtic Connect) which may tick some boxes in the boardroom but it will be a hard sell to sections of the Celtic Support.

It singles out established fan groups to be included while other fan groups will be excluded including Fan Media. Brian Wilson talks about Fan Forums while refusing to meet with The Celtic Supporters Ltd.

The Celtic Fan Media were never contacted to say why they had been banned and now are once again left out in the cold along with others.

https://www.celticfc.com/news/2026/july/29/celtic-shares-supporter-engagement-update/

The Celtic Fans Collective responded today Friday 31 July by releasing a statement of the proposals.