Celtic are in a race for the Scottish Premiership crown and will be desperate to clinch a third successive league trophy. Brendan Rodgers’ men will believe they have a fighting chance of tasting victory in the Scottish Cup; however, they will need to bypass a stiff test at St Mirren to enter the quarter-final stage. As we so often realise over the course of the season, it is a marathon not a sprint in the never-ending quest for silverware at the Hoops. Nevertheless, game time will need to be distributed efficiently among the squad to avoid burning out key first-team players. Although the trans…