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There are two main reasons Celtic fans are struggling to get up for the Europa League. ‌

One goes without saying. ‌

After three years gallivanting among the elite in European football's top tier, the fact they are here is viewed a failure. ‌

And we're not going to run them down for that. For years they've watched clubs in their financial weight class – be it Club Brugge Feyenoord, Atalanta or Benfica – make genuine Champions League progress, and hoped, not unreasonably, for the same

They showed real signs of it last season, qualifying for the knockouts themselves for the first time in 11 years.

Then, rather than build on that, they've regressed and dropped down a level, losing a shocking playoff tie to a side with a worse coefficient than St Johnston

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