Celtic have certainly started to stabilise with Martin O'Neill back at the helm. On Wednesday night, the Hoops battled to a 1-0 victory over Falkirk away from home, with Benjamin Nygren heading home the winner from a corner on the cusp of half-time.
That's now two wins out of two for O'Neill, since returning to the dugout following Wilfried Nancy's ill-fated eight -ame tenure. These victories have lifted the Celts back up to second in the Premiership table, above Rangers on goal difference, but still six points adrift of the leaders Hearts.
The Jambos have already beaten the Bhoys twice this season, and the division's top two will go head-to-head in a crucial clash at Tynecastle on the Sunday after next.
Before then, the Scottish Cup takes centre stage this weekend, with Celtic handed a true David vs Goliath tie. The 42-times winners will face Auchinleck Talbot of the West of Scotland Football League, part of the sixth-tier, away from home on Sunday evening. The Bot have already played four ties just to get this far, one of only two non-league clubs, alongside Camelon Juniors, to have survived.
Sadly, due to concerns raised by Police Scotland, the fixture will not take place at Beechwood Park, instead moved 14 miles north across Ayrshire to Rugby Park, the home of Kilmarnock. Nevertheless, should Auchinleck Talbot prevail, it would very much be the biggest shock in the competition's 153 year history.
As O'Neill's team seeks to avoid that unwanted history, here are three occasions when the Celts have very much been on the wrong end of a cup humiliation.
3 biggest shock cup defeats in Celtic history
Airdrieonians 1-0 Celtic
Back in the summer of 1998, everyone at Celtic was on a high. Led by Wim Jansen, the Hoops had won the Premiership title by just two points, thereby shattering Rangers' dreams of claiming that elusive ten-in-a-row. However, after a falling out with the board, Jansen departed and was replaced by Jozef Vengloš.
Well, the Slovakian endured something of a nightmare start. The Celts lost their first Premiership away game of the campaign at Pittodrie, while also missing out on a place in the Champions League group phase, dumped out by Dinamo Zagreb. However, most embarrassingly, they fell at the first hurdle in the League Cup, a feeble attempt to retain the trophy.
In only Vengloš' third domestic match in charge, his team were beaten 1-0 by Airdrieonians at Excelsior Stadium. Airdrie would actually go on to reach the semi-finals, smashed 5-0 by Rangers, finishing fourth in the second-tier, before liquidating three years later. This was the high point of their late history, before reforming as a phoenix club.
Clyde 2-1 Celtic
Fast-forward to January 2006. Celtic are well on their way to wrestling back the SPL title under Gordon Strachan, losing just two of their first 35 matches that season. Also, excitement had reached feverpitch, following the arrival of lifelong supporter Roy Keane.
The midfielder had won 17 major trophies with Manchester United, including seven Premier League titles and the Champions League. He joined after a major falling out with manager Sir Alex Ferguson, but fair to say Keane did not enjoy a dream debut north of the border.
Facing second-tier Clyde at Broadwood, quick-fire goals from Craig Bryson and then Eddie Malone secured a famous victory for the Bully Wee, with Maciej Żurawski's late goal coming too late to spark a comeback. Keane actually made just 13 appearances for Celtic, retiring after only six months at Parkhead, picking up two winners' medals, but denied the potential of a treble by Clyde.
Celtic 1-3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
The most famous cup exit in Celtic's history, possibly in the history of Scottish football, came in February 2000. The Hoops were hosting Inverness Caledonian Thistle in a fourth round tie, Caley Thistle, a second-tier club at the time, enjoying just the sixth campaign of their entire existence.
To this day, it may remains Inverness' most-heralded victory, prevailing 3-1 at Celtic Park, thanks to goals from Barry Wilson and Paul Sheerin, as well as an own goal by Ľubomír Moravčík. This was of course a massive upset, but has been made infamous by events post-match.
Newspaper the Sun ran with the headline "Super Caley go Ballistic, Celtic are Atrocious" which is still remembered and referenced to this day, signalling the end of John Barnes' reign as manager. Thanks to Wilfried Nancy, the Liverpool legend no longer has the shortest managerial tenure in the club's history on his CV, a record the Frenchman shattered.
Looking ahead to the weekend, Celtic have been frankly atrocious on numerous occasions this season, so Auchinleck Talbot couldn't really knock them out, could they?