There will be a Championship party at Celtic Park on Sunday afternoon and there is every right from the Parkhead side to go out and enjoy it.

They have earned it and I am pretty sure that the ground will be jumping for the celebrations after the Aberdeen game.

There was a bit of chat after Wednesday night’s 0-0 draw that the points tally from this season will be fewer than what it was in Ronny Deila’s last season at Celtic but I am not too sure that you can read much into that.

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For one thing, so long as the football on offer is the type that people want to see and there is silverware in the cabinet then there are unlikely to be too many dissenters.

And what you would say about this current Celtic side under Brendan Rodgers is that you can trust them whenever the walk into a game that they simply have to win. When the pressure is on they are able to respond.

For the past two seasons they have negotiated their way into the group stages of the Champions League and through the precarious qualifiers and while replicating last season’s unbeaten campaign was always going to be a tough ask, I think it would be churlish to quibble with the direction that the club are headed. I think you would be hard pushed to state a compelling case that Celtic are anything other than worthy champions.

They have played more games than any other team in the league and had the demands of competing in the Champions League and Europa league too - not that anyone will complain about that. It exactly the position that they want to be in but at the same time there is ample evidence in the aftermath of every group game in the tournament of teams dropping points in their immediate domestic game afterwards. It is an exceptional tournament but I don’t think you can deny that it also takes a toll. The season kicks off for Celtic ridiculously early as they look th negotiate their way through the pressurised qualifiers, games that set the tone for the campaign from the first ball being kicked in the new season.

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Rodgers’ side stand on the threshold of a back-to-back treble, a feat that has never been accomplished before. They are just one game away from creating another little bit of history and you cannot underestimate the manner in which he has re-energised the club.

It was only a few months ago that Rangers were making a bit of noise about forcing a late run for the title. The reason that all went a bit quiet was because of the results against the Ibrox side – 3-2 at Ibrox and a comprehensive 5-0 win at Celtic Park – showed that for what it was.

And that is my point. This is a Celtic team that when they have to kick through the gears are able to do so.

Sunday’s game is the final league game before the Scottish Cup final against Motherwell and I am sure that they will want to sign off with a bit of style.

With that game just a week away it is about getting the balance right between keeping players ticking over and building the momentum that you want going into the game.

The game against Kilmarnock was forgettable but it will be an entirely different prospect that the players will face on Sunday when Aberdeen come calling.

I am sure that they will want to bring down the curtain on the league season with a strong performance and with a capacity crowd behind them there for a party then I am sure that they will turn it on a bit. Having that energy from the crowd is a spur at the best of times but there will also be one or two out there who might feel as though there is still an outside chance of pushing for a place in the starting line-up for the Cup Final.