Celtic - You'll Never Walk Alone

I was disappointed to go out the Scottish Cup after 210 minutes plus pens, but our tactic clicked just that bit too late. We've been defensively solid conceding only 12 in the past 36 (excluding the Chelsea match), and now that the teams adjusted were scoring a fare few too. Finally managed that win over Rangers and took the gap at the top to 19 points. We even managed to beat mega money PSG in the first leg of the Champions League last 16.

PSG might have a shit load of money, but the don't have Jordan Rhodes. However the Bernabau looks to be where the trip ends, not a bad result but no way we can turn it around. On a positive note, another league title wrapped up. 5 in a row, 5 to go.

A 2-1 win over Real Madrid was not enough to overturn the first leg but impressive nonetheless. We finished the league campaign strong with 94 points (my target), still just shy of the 100 points but an improvement on last year. We score one goal more than last season and conceded just 0.55 goals/game beating my target.

Goals for 2016/17 Season
1. Reach at least 99 points over the season
2. Score 2.2 goals/game (2.1 scored this season)
3. Concede less than 0.6 goals/game (0.55 conceded this season)

Considering I had over £25 million to spend, not much was done during pre-season brought in two players for the first team and two hot prospects. Out the door was all youngsters who I felt I was holding back their career by keeping them at the club, also a few loans.

Despite the poor start against Hearts we turned it around and went on a winning run. Fraser Forster missed most of these fixtures from injury, but he's back to full fitness now. Just in time for the group stages. We we're the 2nd seed and definitely benefited from it, I have no hesitations about reaching the last 16.

We had a great month up until the final game. Just couldn't seem to get a shot away against Dundee Utd and our defence decided not to show up. Gutted with the draw against Arsenal we dominated the game and led for 75 mins. I went more defensive to hold out and the score minutes later.

So that wraps up 2016. We sit 16 points clear and reach another consecutive Champions League last 16, tough opponents this time round though. Bayern will prove to be a huge test and I don't expect us to progress much further. Rangers are having a terrible season and will need a miraculous 2nd half of the season to even match last season.

A great month in terms of results but injuries to James Forrest (2-3 months) and Remy Cabella (4 months) put a downer on the month overall.

A fairly active January for the club, a fair few youngsters were sent out on loan until the end of the season and Virgil van Dijk requested a transfer after I turned down a £8 million bit for him, Porto and Benfica then battled it out for him and he joined Benfica for just shy of £12 million.

Well Fortress Parkhead prevails again. A 5-0 thrashing over bitter rivals Rangers then a hard fought victory over giants Bayern Munich. This puts us right in the driving seat going into the away leg next month.

We have a league title, League Cup and Champions League Quarter Final berth wrapped up this month. The plan now is to heavily rotate the squad next month and go for a semi final spot.