Ange Postecoglou's Celtic stand on the shoulders of Treble giants and doom merchants can't take shine off - Chris Sutton

The title is not quite yet in the bag for Celtic but now the talk has shifted to see just how many points they can finish up with this term.

Ange Postecoglou could set a record total – but already we’ve got some of the doom and gloom merchants trying to take off some of the shine. There’s been people making noises about the quality of the opposition in the Premiership this season. Don’t pay any attention.

If Postecoglou can surpass the 103 total posted by our Celtic side under Martin O’Neill in 2002 and the mind-blowing 106 of Brendan Rodgers’s sensational Invincible campaign in 2017, it would be an incredible achievement. The first task will be making mathematically sure but it’s well on course to being a fantastic year, regardless of where the team finishes up in terms of points or in the Scottish Cup. The level of consistency they have shown this term and the thrilling brand of football they’ve played deserve to be recognised.

But if they can win their last seven games in the league and lift the Scottish Cup it will be up there with anything we have seen in the club’s history. A lot of people have got a bit blasé about all of this. Perhaps because Rodgers and Neil Lennon collected four Trebles on the bounce, some feel this is just the norm.

Believe me, it’s not. I know just how tough it is to go through a league campaign and get up to near 100 points and beyond.

It takes a monumental amount of hard work, concentration and mental toughness – regardless of who you are playing. It’s easy to focus on the level of the opposition but teams in Scotland have the ability to make it tough for Celtic – and Rangers – on any given day.

There are so many things that can happen in games. You can get a red card, a few injuries, a bit