Celtic Exchange: Celtic Football Club in Focus

In exactly one week’s time we’ll know just how much ambition the Celtic board have for this season.

We’ll know just how willing they’ve been to back returning hero Martin O’Neill.

And we’ll know just how willing they are to show the fans that they should be taken seriously as a genuinely progressive football club.

Because of recent, evidence of this has been scarce and once again the pressure is on this Celtic board to deliver.

On the park we’ve seen back to back 2-2 draws for O’Neill’s side, but we remain right in the mix – both in Europe and domestically.

Back the man accordingly and let’s see where we land between now and May.

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Celtic head to Italy for Europa League Matchday 7 as Martin O'Neill's side look to stay in the mix for the next stage of this season's competition.

On our last Euro away trip O'Neill steered his side to a memorable win against Feyenoord, but can he do the same this time around?

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Since returning once again as Interim Manager, Martin O’Neill has guided Celtic to three wins from three. However, despite those result, there is absolutely no escaping the fact that reinforcements are needed - and urgently - if success is to follow between now and the end of the season.

A brilliant manager he may be, but a magician he is not.

That reality comes into even sharper focus this week, with two pivotal fixtures of very different kinds on the horizon.

First comes the midweek trip to Italy to face Bologna in Europa League action, followed by Sunday’s visit to Tynecastle - a fixture many will regard as a must-win against the league leaders.

Should O’Neill manage to grind out two big results, it would represent a huge step in the right direction.

Let's just hope the steps he has to take beyond that are with a couple of extra options at his disposal in the first-team squad.

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It took far longer than Martin O'Neill would have hoped, but Celtic eventually saw off the challenge of Auchinleck Talbot thanks to goals from Johnny Kenny and Sebastian Tounekti at Rugby Park.

The Bhoys now take their place in the Fifth Round of this season's Scottish Cup with a home tie against Dundee and that's the most important thing, but there's no doubt O'Neill would have been hoping for far more from the various fringe players who started this one.

However a win's a win and that's bnow three in three since MON returned, and we can now look ahead to two huge challenges in the shape of Bologna and Hearts in the week ahead!

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Celtic's Scottish Cup campaign begins this weekend as they take on Auchinleck Talbot in Fourth Round action.

The game's been switched to Rugby Park and Martin O'Neill will be hoping to make it three wins on the spin against tricky opposition.

With tough away trips to Bologna and to Tynecastle on the horizon we may see some rotation in the starting lineup but either way the Bhoys will need to be on their toes to ensure a straightforward path inti the next round.

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