Adam Idah silences Hearts fans after Ibrox Meltdown. The only disappointment yesterday for Celtic fans was that only 500 Celtic fans were allowed into Tynecastle to witness Celtic beat Hearts 4-1. Results wise it was a good day all around in the SPFL. Aberdeen dropped points away to St. Mirren in Paisley and Dundee United took a point at Ibrox.
More points dropped brought another meltdown by the rangers not so loyal fans before a ball was kicked in Edinburgh. The rangers manager, Philippe Clemont will be once again feeling the heat from the bears who are putting pressure on the board to sack him.
Could Brendan Rodgers be about to see off yet another manager from across the city in Govan. Their upcoming AGM on Dec. 5th should be entertaining as they now sit 11 points behind the Champions, Celtic.
Many of their fans have already conceded the title and it’s not even Christmas! Clemont will try to put a spin on it that the team are now only 8 points behind Aberdeen and were 9 points before kick off but we all know that will not wash and the laptop loyal can’t even spin this one.
In the capital, Celtic were not at their best in the first half. In the post match interview Brendan put it down to some of the players travelling half way around the World on international duty. He put out probably his strongest team and then had the luxury of making impact substitutions to seal the 4-1 win with the strength in dept he now has.
Second half sub Adam Idah silenced the home crowd once and for all. Adam pulled out of the Irish squad and came off the bench to score 2 including one from the penalty spot after James Forest was taken down in the box.
Kyogo opened the scoring and Nicolas Kuhn once again turned on the style to score. His contribution this season to Celtic will not have gone unnoticed at home in Germany. Will he get an international call up?
The only frustration Celtic fans watching on TV will have is the lack of tickets Hearts are willing to give Celtic for the game and the amount of empty seats throughout the stadium at kick off and by the end the home fans had bolted and were most likely half way up the road from their deserted stadium.
Leaving the 500 Celtic fans to celebrate another 3 points with the team and manager. Next up 60,000 at Celtic Park for the visit of Club Brugge on Wednesday. The Belgians won 7-0 at the weekend, Christos Tzolis on target 4 times and they will be confident they can spoil the feel good factor in the East End of Glasgow. Their visit to Glasgow comes on the back of a win over Aston Villa in their last Champions League game and they sit second place in their domestic league 6 points behind Gent.
Andrew Milne is Editor of More than 90 Minutes Celtic Fanzine & Host of the Celtic Soul Podcast
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