Martin O'Neill criticises Celtic but makes intriguing Ireland World Cup claimThe ex-Celtic and Ireland supremo has his say on where the two teams are right now - and has another pop at Stephen KennyView 2 Images Martin O'Neill (Image: Michael Steele/Getty Images)Martin O'Neill says it is a huge blow for Celtic to be playing Europa League football this autumn after failing to make the Champions Cup group stages. "They will be massively disappointed not making it into the Champions League and they should have been able to have done so, really," he said. Last season, when I was at the game in Munich, they were so, so close to knocking Bayern Munich out of the competition and going into the final stages of the Champions League. Speaking on Newstalk, O'Neill claimed that Ireland could still qualify for the World Cup despite a disastrous start. It was getting to believe that they could compete, and eventually actually beat teams like the world champions.