"We are miles away from winning anything. The overall picture is that it should be a wake-up call for the football club. You could say that in recent years the fans have maybe been spoiled with no real challenges in many aspects and been able to coast home in the last six or seven games of the season."
"Here, Hearts have arrived, maybe a few years before they thought they would do. Rangers have come strongly and spent some money in getting good players in. It has been a challenge all season and certainly been a challenge in my couple of spells in here when you're winning some matches and you're still trying to peg teams back."
"We've had three games in six days, which has been a tall order for us, all away from home. We withstood that, which was a great effort. Because of that, we were able to withstand the game at Pittodrie. That was never going to be easy, but it was one we had to win to stay in the competition."
Celtic interim manager Martin O'Neill warns that the possibility of finishing the season without a trophy should be a wake-up call for the club. Currently, Celtic has lost the League Cup final to St Mirren and trails Heart of Midlothian by five points in the Premiership title race alongside Rangers and Motherwell. O'Neill acknowledges Celtic is far from winning anything but notes the team remains in contention. He reflects that recent years have seen fans spoiled by dominance, with little real competition. However, Hearts and Rangers have emerged as genuine challengers this season. Despite playing three away matches in six days, Celtic drew with Rangers and beat Aberdeen, positioning themselves to stay competitive in remaining competitions.
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