Celtic interim manager Martin O’Neill arrives prior to the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Dundee United at Celtic Park on January 10, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
FATHER MARTIN AND SAMWISE GANGEE – 8/10 – The old Frog crooner’s been punted off the stage. The band’s back together and the surprise reunion tour’s a sell-out. And they’re also getting a tune out of classic instruments we might have considered needed re-strung.
We did try a Frenchman with synth technology but he was less Jean Michel Jarre and more Edith Piaf, and we regret flaming everything…So would MON and SOM (Sean O’Maloney, remember) have any impact or were these players unsalvageable duds? Four going on seven or more was the answer, an emphatic ‘Hell yes, time to hide ya Zombies”. A start – or re-start – they’d have dreamed of. It’s going to be game-by-game, carefully trying to rack up points and maintain confidence until the scent of glory and the glow of title-winning momentum gets a firm grip on the players psyches. But as difficult, rushed second albums go, the opening track here was a banger.
🗣️’I’ve come back in again, I think perhaps to haunt them as much as anything else’
Martin O’Neill praised his side after he made his return to Parkhead today⤵️#BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/FIXk7342uc
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) January 10, 2026
Referee Nick Walsh Celtic v Dundee United, Scottish Premiership, Football, Celtic Park, Glasgow, 10 January 2026. Photo Stuart Wallace IMAGO/Shutterstock
MIBBERY – 3/10 – From little Nick’s 49-second-in delay to a Celtic attack, until Azteco’s wild challenge I reckoned they were poised to try and stick a cocktail stick into the MON bubble. But amazingly, even Damien Dallas on VAR failed to act. I’ll have to see it again on TV replay after the Guinness runs out, but I was already preparing for dining on my nails as the scurrilous villains facilitated a United resurgence against ten mhen. Looks like someone forgot the MIBs New Year resolutions…
Back to the Future.
Hail Hail