One game at a time for Matthews

by Setanta Staff , 21 February 2012 Celtic_SPL

Adam Matthews has played down talk of a Treble for Celtic this season and insisted that the players are taking each game as they come.


There have been suggestions that Neil Lennon's men have no barriers to stop them winning the Scottish Premier League title after Old Firm rivals Rangers were docked 10 points for going into administration last week, while they are on course for Scottish Cup and League Cup glory.

However, despite the Hoops making it 15 league wins on the bounce in style with a 5-0 victory at Hibernian on Sunday and home games to come against Dunfermline on Wednesday and Motherwell at the weekend, Matthews claims the squad are staying grounded.

Celtic have a 17-point lead at the top of the SPL table, but Matthews also claims the squad players trying to force their way into Lennon's plans means nobody can afford to relax.

"When you have competition for every place, it makes every player step up, not just in games but training - if you train badly you won't be in the squad for the weekend," he told the club's website.

"So I think it's good as it keeps everyone on their toes and keeps everyone training well.

"We're just concentrating on our next game. It will be a tough game. We just have to keep playing the way we have been and maintain our run.

"The team as a whole are doing really well. We are still in three competitions but we are not thinking about that."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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