Much has been made of Celtic's injury list and they now have Robson and Hartley added to it after the midweek internationals, so Celtic will be pleased to have such an easy fixture this weekend. I can't see anything other than an away win in this game, they will still be too strong for St Mirren, and if they need a wee bit of help along the way then they always have their now traditional dodgy decision to fall back on.  

 

Celtic will not be troubled defensively as they will have their strongest defence available and St Mirren will adopt the same tactics as they did when they beat Rangers (i.e. one attempt on goal).

 

The midfield will be interesting though, with Robson, Donati and Hartley out and Nakamura struggling. Still, they've got Brown9.

 

Celtic will unquestionably score at least twice and win this one early in the match.

 

 

 

With Celtic certain to be seven points ahead before kick-off at Ibrox, this has the potential to be another banana skin for Rangers. And with Kenny Miller confirmed as injured for this one, and Madjid Bougherra and Sasa Papac struggling, then it will be a make-shift team again.

 

I shudder to think what might happen if Walter persists with Lee McCulloch ahead of Christian Dailly at centre-half if Bougherra doesn't make it, we looked shaky enough last week against St Mirren, and Aberdeen have better strikers.

 

Three of the four midfield places pick themselves (Davis, Ferguson, Mendes) but the great left-sided conundrum is still to be solved with Charlie Adam the latest player to flop badly in the position last Saturday. Aaron Niguez Escaplez anyone ? Surely he's worth a try, he couldn't be any worse than the others.

 

Up front it has to be Boyd and Novo for me, but no doubt Walter will pick Darcheville, and no doubt he'll be totally hopeless again.

 

Still, we should still have enough in the locker to win this one, the game's at Ibrox after all, and we should be confident against anyone at Ibrox with our record there over the last year and a bit.

 

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