If Celtic go on now and win the title, it'll be the sweetest one of the last eight.

This season was the season that Rangers really thought they had a chance. There was all the fanfare when Stevie Gerrard came in over the summer - and a time when Celtic were beset by a summer of frustration and public disharmony.

Then there was that defeat at Ibrox at the end of December. I don't think I have seen Celtic play so meekly in a long time against Rangers. So that fed fresh hope to the Ibrox support.

And then there was the January transfer window with the arrival of Steven Davis and Jermain Defoe which caused all manner of excitement. And then all of a sudden, you get to February and Celtic are eight points clear at the top. Unlike a lot of people, I don't actually think it is over. There is still too long a road for me to think that it is in the bank but I do think that psychologically Celtic have substantially seized the upper-hand.

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I also don't think that Gerrard, for what he said at the weekend about the title being over, will be saying that in the dressing room to his players. He's trying to take a bit of pressure off of them but he'll not be ready to throw in the towel just yet.

And, again, while there are a whole load of people who always point to the games between Celtic and Rangers as where the title is won or lost, I have never really bought into that either. For me it is the wet, miserable night in Dundee that defines who wins the league. When you are playing against a team who are in your face and fighting for every ball as though it is a Cup Final. When you are struggling at Motherwell on a Sunday afternoon in a live TV game where the boys you are playing against are running 20 times what they have done in their last ten games because they are so desperate to beat you. That is where you need to show that you want it - the scrappy, unglamorous games.

It's where you have to roll up the sleeves and dig it out, no matter what it takes. You have to find a way and that is what Celtic done against Kilmarnock on Sunday. It might not have been pretty but it is a massive three points.

Coming in between the two Europa League games against Valencia, it was always going to be a tough one. But for me, I don't feel at this moment in time that the Celtic support would prioritise the Europa League over a potential treble treble. That is the big one that they want.

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And after that they want the ten. If Brendan Rodgers is the man to deliver the ten then he walks on water for ever more at Celtic. I honestly believe that supporters will never be sick of winning title and Cups. They want the domestic dominance. They love it and why shouldn't they? And getting another Treble this season would be an historic achievement.

Right now they know that Celtic are a million miles away from being able to compete in European football. The club face a massive rebuilding exercise in the summer because the loan players will all go back to their parent clubs. And that is when a decision has to be made.

Do you push the boat out and spend maybe £20m on a couple of quality players that might make a difference at European level? Does £20m or £30m on players get you closer to the European teams? I think if the club are willing to commit to making an investment in the team that you get Brendan there to push for the ten. There is money in the bank at Celtic.

I understand that it is about running costs and wages and there isn't the guarantee of Champions League revenue every year. But at the same time, as the club gets closer to the ten - and that is the prize that the support really want - you want to make sure that you are doing everything possible to deliver it.

Celtic have the bit between their teeth at the minute. Domestically they have been untouchable since they returned from Dubai. They look like Champions. The win and the manner of it at Rugby Park is what all good teams do.

They never give up. Look at how many last minute goals that great Manchester United team used to score - it is the hallmark of a team who never stop looking for it. It might be a different story over in Spain on Thursday night when Celtic play the second league of the Europa League. But at the minute I think it is all about the domestic picture.