The Celtic 'reason' that spooked Rangers into backtracking their St Mirren postponement

What a week it has been for both Celtic and Rangers.

For Brendan Rodgers, he now has a healthy four-point lead at the top of the league after Celtic beat Aberdeen and closest rivals Rangers bottled it against Dundee.

With Scottish Premiership duty on ice until the 23rd of August, League Cup and Champions League duty call for both Celtic and Rangers.

To help the Ibrox club negotiate their tricky play-off fixture, Rangers asked for a postponement of their St Mirren fixture at the start of this month.

They then rescinded that request this week and Rangers have now been told the real reason they have done that is because of Celtic.

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Rangers told the ‘prospect of Celtic coming to Ibrox’ has left them scared

With four points already separating Celtic and Rangers, if the postponement went ahead, Brendan Rodgers would have the chance to go to Ibrox with a healthy seven-point lead if the Hoops beat Livingston on the 23rd.

And former Celtic striker Andy Walker reckons that has spooked Rangers.

Walker told The Go Radio Football Show, “Well, what’s changed is Rangers have drawn their first two league games.

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“They would assume that Celtic will beat Livingston if the game against St. Mirren is postponed. That would take it to seven points.

“And then you’ve got the prospect of Celtic coming to Ibrox at the end of the month with the potential of being ten points in front.

“And that’s the reason they’ve changed it.”

Celtic’s next four games after Rangers Glasgow Derby

If Celtic beat Rangers at Ibrox to go seven points clear, their next four games will be crucial in building momentum to defend the league title.

Celtic’s fixtures are:

A tricky away fixture to Kilmarnock is followed by two home games against Hibs and a Lennon Miller-less Motherwell.

That is then followed up with an away tie at Dundee. If Celtic can take maximum points from those four games, the amount of pressure on Russell Martin and Rangers will be huge.

And it’s not even close to Christmas. What a few weeks the Celtic fans have in store.

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