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There’s no doubt- Kris Commons in Celtic record breakers claim

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Kris Commons is in no doubt that Celtic will hit the elusive 10 in a match under Ange Postecoglou.

Back in August the hoops fell just short with a 9-0 win away to Dundee United with the final goal coming in the 81st minute. Despite keeping the scoreline in single figures that defeat was the final time that Jack Ross was in charge at Tannadice.

When the fourth goal went in at Kilmarnock yesterday that Tannadice scoreline looked under threat but for a variety of reasons there were no more goals for the away support to celebrate.

Daizen Maeda’s header at Rugby Park was Celtic’s 100th SPFL goal of the season with Commons telling Daily Mail readers that those standards won’t drop while Postecoglou is in the dug out:

Watching Kilmarnock get blown away by Celtic in the first half at Rugby Park on Sunday, I feared it was going to become an absolute train wreck.

Killie have a good, experienced manager in Derek McInnes but, 20 minutes into  the game, it looked like he’d sent out a team that had never been coached in their lives.

That wasn’t McInnes’ fault. Celtic are just so strong under Ange Postecoglou. 

And, to be fair,  from where the home side were after 27 minutes — trailing 4-0 with Celtic also missing a penalty — they did well to keep the final score relatively respectable at 4-1.

Celtic beat Dundee United 9-0 earlier this season and, with Ange in charge, a day will come when we see them hit double figures. There’s no doubt about that, in my eyes.

There are six games left and, if Celtic win them all, they are on course to hit 109 points which would be a new Scottish top-flight record. Would that make them better than Brendan Rodgers’ Invincibles, who reached 106 in 2016-17?

Or Martin O’Neill’s famous team that amassed 103 in 2001-02 and went on to reach the UEFA Cup final in Seville in  2003?

I would have to say the Seville team are better than the current team.

But Postecoglou’s side are blowing teams and records away — and it all makes for a very good debate.

With just one SPFL match before the split scoring 10 looks unlikely this season but if things fall into place on any given day the 9-0 win away to Dundee United in August could well be under threat. Six of the nine goals at Tannadice came between the 40th and 60th minutes.

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