Will derby win clinch league? Aye. Will I say that? Naw

Gordon Strachan MANAGER of the year? Me? Aye, I'll take that. Broonie, player of the year? I couldn't disagree with that. James McCarthy, young player of the year? Definitely.

The PFA know their stuff. Or at least I thought they did until I saw the goal of the season award went to Pedro Mendes' goal against us? Now there's a surprise eh? A goal against us wins the award, I wonder why. I mean, was it THAT good a strike? I thought he sclaffed it myself but there you go.

However, I'm not going to comment on it. I'd prefer instead to talk about football, starting with our last game up at Pittodrie, my 200th in charge of Celtic.

Pleased with the result? Errrr, aye, I'd say so. Disappointed with our defending at set-pieces, errrr, a wee bit but, see, that was part of the overall plan.

Last thing I said to the players just before they ran out the tunnel was, the only time they are dangerous is from free kicks whipped in by Charlie Mulgrew so make sure you give away plenty within his range'. I just felt that the more practice we got the better we'd be at defending against set-pieces and that proved to be the case.

Having said that, I felt we were unlucky to go behind. OK, nobody was marking Maguire, but Stephen McManus did shout watch' when the boy nicked in front of the defence to score. That shows some awareness as to what was happening so I'm pleased wi' that.

Man of the match? I thought Marc Crosas was OUTSTANDING. Is that because most of the media pundits thought he was rotten? Aye.

Given that we didn't have the calming influence of Broonie in the middle I thought Marc did well. And I thought Naka was tidy, the way he cleared the streamers off the pitch before taking a corner, very impressed by his tidiness.

I also thought that for a striker, Scott McDonald gave the best display of striking I've ever seen since our last game two weeks ago.

In fact, the only black mark for Skippy was him picking up a yellow card for persistent screwing up his face, making that whingey coupon of his and doing that sulky walk of his.

To be honest, I've no problem with the referee over that, in fact, I'm so sick of seeing it I sometimes feel like giving Skippy a card myself, one with gonnae stop that' written on it.

I thought Artur was superb. Only two rushes of blood to the head in the entire 90 minutes, that shows you how much he's calmed down since he started snogging in public again.

So, that's one down, four to go with possibly, POSSIBLY the biggest one of all coming this Saturday when most people are having their lunchtime fry-up, the Old Firm match at Ibrox.

Is the winner of that game the winner of the league? Aye. But am I going to say that? Naw. How do I see it going? I don't know. What tactics will we employ? I've no idea. Who'll be fit? Haven't a clue. One thing's for sure though, this isn't a time for indecision.

I watched Rangers against Hearts on Sunday and I have to say, they are looking good right now.

Rangers had a lot of possession, but they won't have Obua giving them the ball this time. The Hearts midfielder's passing was the model of consistency - he managed to find a Rangers player with almost every pass. Amazin'.

Finally, before I go to start making up enigmatic answers for all the interviewers I'll have to meet his week, can I just say congratulations to an old team-mate, my big pal, Alex McLeish, on his Birmingham team's promotion to the Premiership.

As I looked at Eck standing side by side by my other pal, Roy Aitken, I just couldn't help bit think, how come Roy's hair's silver-grey, my hair's greying by the day and yet Eck's hair is as ginger as the day I first met him'? One of football's great mysteries that is. Hem'll dae me if I don't get a grip of dug-out Walter Smith Obviously, particularly, at the present moment, I'm pleased with the result but, to be honest, I'm still upset over an incident that took place before the match had even kicked off. I was called from the stand by security because there was a stranger in the dug-out who was refusing to leave. Anyway, I sorted it out, but I still felt sorry for Brahim Hemdani. Jimmy Calderwood Oh aye, y'know, I could tell on Saturday by the way folk were looking at my tan what they were thinking. But, naw, I wisnae wi' Celtic in Spain. Chick Young Congratulations to Alex McLeish on winning promotion to the Premiership with his true blues, Birmingham City, on the last day of the Championship season. This gives me the chance to remind everyone of Big Eck's incredible record in last day showdowns with two, I repeat TWO last day SPL title-winning displays, made all the sweeter because he stopped THEM from doing it. Might it be the same this season? No. I, Chico, sensationally predict that Rangers will crush the pretenders to the throne on Saturday, Celtic will then collapse and glorious Gers will go on to win the title. Alan McInally Ja, oui, hola, ich bin ein binliner ... can I just say I am utterly shocked that my old mate Jurgen Klinsmann, Jurgo, Klinzy, The Klinster, was given his jotters by Bayern Munchen. Immediately I heard the news, I phoned uber-president, Franz Beckenbauer and left a message saying, Kaiser, Chief, if you need me to take up the reins I'm waiting for the call'. Now obviously Franz is very, very busy because that was last week and he still hasn't phoned me back. Raman Bardwaj Well folks, Portsmouth's Herman Hreidarsson is said he was keen on a move to Rangers in the summer. However, at 35, he might just be a bit too young for the Ibrox club. Pat Nevin Motherwell are the only team in the SPL with nothing to play for and it showed at Falkirk last weekend, didn't it? In the end the difference between the teams was that Falkirk had a Scobbie but Motherwell? They didn't have a Scoobie.