Makon guda a tsakiyar watan Satumba na iya yanke hukunci ga dukkan kakar Celtic. Bayan wata shan kashi mai zafi 3-0 daga Rangers a wasan kusa da karshe na Premier Sports Cup a Ibrox, ƙungiyar manajan Martin O'Neill na fuskantar gwaje-gwajen biyu masu sauri : wasan farko na UEFA Europa League kan Ferencvaros a ranar Alhamis, sannan a biyo baya da wasan gasar kan Rangers a ranar Lahadi.

Damuwa a cikin masu kallo

Masu goyon bayan Celtic suna shiga gasar Turai da taka-tsantsan, rauni daga faduwar play-off na Champions League a Linz har yanzu yana cikin zuciya. Wannan rushewar, tare da dukan da aka yi musu a derby na Lahadi, ta haifar da tambayoyi na gaskiya game da iyawar wannan ƙungiya a manyan wasannin.

Sai dai O'Neill ya nuna haƙuri kaɗan ga sukar waje kan zaɓin 'yan wasan sa. "Abu ne mai ban mamaki cewa ba a taɓa tambayar ka game da zaɓin ƙungiyar lokacin da kake nasara," in ji shi. "Mun yi nasara sosai a gasar cikin gida tun daɗewa, kuma mun ci dukkan wasannin gasar mu har yanzu. Gwaji ne mai girma kuma na Lahadi a sarari, amma abin mamaki ne adadin lokutan da ba a tambayar ka lokacin da ka ci."

Matsalolin tsari ƙarƙashin fage

Wasan Celtic a Scottish Premiership na kama mai ƙarfi a takarda — nasarori shida a jere, suna tsawaita jerin kammala gasar zuwa wasanni 13. Amma nasarori huɗu daga cikin shida sun zo da bambancin ƙwallan ɗaya kawai, kuma salon wasa ya bar wasu daga cikin masu goyon baya ba su gamsu ba.

Tsohon dan wasan gaba na Celtic, Chris Sutton, ya yi amfani da damarsa a Monday Night Club ta BBC Radio 5 Live don bayyana damuwarsa mai tsanani. Ya kwatanta tsohon ƙungiyarsa da "masu zaluntar marasa ƙarfi" waɗanda ke "doke ƙungiyoyin da ake tsammanin su doke", kuma ya bayyana "babbar damuwa" game da ƙungiyar, yana mai cewa tana da "manyan matsaloli" bayan da tsakiyar filin mai "raunin nauyi" ta "gurɓata" gaba ɗaya a hannun Rangers. Har ma kyaftin Callum McGregor ya amince cewa Celtic ta kasance "ƙungiyar mutane daban-daban" a wannan shan kashin Ibrox.

Bayanan sun ƙarfafa waɗannan damuwar. Celtic sun karɓi harbe-harbe 64 a Premiership kaɗai a cikin wasanni shida kawai — adadin iri ɗaya da Hearts a lokaci ɗaya, shida fiye da Rangers. A kan LASK a play-off na Champions League, sun samu jumlar harbe-harbe 60 masu ban mamaki a duk wasanni biyu, 40 daga cikinsu sun zo a wasan biyu mai rudani a ƙasar Ostiriya.

Hasken haske a harin gaba

Ba duk abin yake mara kyau ba. Ɗan wasan rani Camilo Duran ya tabbatar da cewa abin bincike ne na gaske, yana taka rawa ta hanyar ci 6 da taimake taimake 3 a wasanni 10. Babban kashe kuɗi Kasper Hogh da abokin aikinsa mai tsada Haissem Hassan har yanzu suna daidaitawa, amma kashe kuɗin harin na bayyanar.

Yana da muhimmanci a lura cewa, idan aka kwatanta da kakar da ta wuce mai cike da tashin hankali — wadda Brendan Rodgers, Wilfried Nancy, da O'Neill suka jagoranta — Celtic a yanzu suna karɓar ƙwallan da ƙarancin mafi kyau yayin da suke ci da ƙirƙirar damammaki masu yawa a Premiership.

Kwanaki huɗu don canza yanayin

An kira O'Neill a watan Janairu da ya gabata don daidaita kamfen mai rudani, kuma ya isar da abin da ake bukata ta hanyar lashe gasar Scottish Premiership da kofin Scottish Cup. Masu goyon baya sun rabu tsakanin waɗanda suke so ya tafi da wannan cin nasara ko kuma ya ci gaba — amma sun haɗu kan buƙatar ci gaba a Turai da wasan kwallon ƙafa mai jawo hankali. Bai cika ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan buƙatun ba tukuna.

Sakamakon mai kyau kan Ferencvaros a Alhamis, a biyo baya da nasara ta derby a Lahadi, na iya sa Celtic ta ci gaba da maki takwas fiye da Rangers a gasar kuma ta canza labarin gaba ɗaya. Ko O'Neill zai iya samar da wannan sauyi shine babbar tambayar kakarsa ta biyu a mulki.