The 200 mile an hour Celtic attack that leaves your eyes blurry as electric front 3 go from functional to fearsome
It's hard to imagine watching them now, but it was less than a year ago that a sluggish Celtic team toiled to a 0-0 draw at Hibs – and looked a long way off their previous heights under Ange Postecoglou.
The early part of the second Brendan Rodgers era was functional, but at times lethargic. By this point of the season, they'd already dropped points in the league, exited the League Cup, and suffered their first European defeat. Nine games, five wins, 16 goals scored, and just about keeping it together.
Fast forward 12 months? It could hardly be a different story. The Hoops have racked up an astonishing 33 goals, more than double the tally after the same amount of games played last term, and only seem to be accelerating. The closest they've come to a stumble was a rocky first half against Falkirk, swiftly redeemed by the introduction of Nicolas Kuhn who blew the Bairns away.
That's been the story of their season - blowing teams away. St Johnstone learned that the hard way on Saturday, standing and watching as Kyogo continued to rediscover his shooting boots with two clinical finishes and an assist to boot.
After a year or so of chopping and changing, it seems the starting forward line has been found. Kyogo, Kuhn and Daizen Maeda have 14 goals and 12 assists between them, and the secret to that doesn't take a tactical analyst to unearth. Pace.
Celtic simply run teams into the ground. There's only so much you can do against a freight train running at you and the Hoops' fearsome forward line would give any Japanese bullet train a run for its money at which the rate they are going. It's not just domestically either - after matchday one of the Champions League, they each rank in the top 20 for their top speeds, Maeda