HE’S STILL THE MAIN MAN FOR CELTS

SCOTT BROWN is a big, big player for Celtic and, when he gets the ball, he can use it. He maybe doesn’t score goals, but he can’t do everything, can he? If he was out the team, he’d be sorely missed. The whole contribution he makes is through his presence, pushing and pulling people around the place and even when he doesn’t have the ball, he’s still important. I watched the Dundee-Celtic game in midweek and, early on, Dundee tried to lay into them and got a few challenges. But who was the player who got back to put the crucial tackle in on a Dundee player? Scott Brown. No one can say anything other than Brendan Rodgers has done fantastically well — undefeated last year and qualifying for the Champions League two years running. But it’s not just down to one person — Scott Sinclair has come in, Moussa Dembele has come in and set the place alight. Scott Brown is as important as any of them. Rangers are pushing and pushing but whether they are getting closer or not can only be judged on the pitch. They got close a couple of times recently, in the Scottish Cup semi-final and the League Cup semi-final, when they lost late on. They are better than they were when they lost five at Celtic Park 12 months ago, but I don’t think they’re ready yet to take over from Celtic. Rangers look a bit better but not that much better they can match Celtic. Rangers would need to take their chances and Celtic would need to miss a few if they’re to take anything from the game. They’ve done fantastically well and it will take a good side to beat them.