PARADISE LOST

Hoops ace McCowan admits things are so bad he can't bear to face his own family!

- BY GRAEME YOUNG

EMOTIONAL Luke McCowan admits the strain of Celtic's rotten form has left him distanced from those closest to him and has no answers for his nearest and dearest.

The 28-year-old cut a dejected figure after the final whistle after the 2-1 defeat to Dundee United at Tannadice. He could barely comprehend after the Premiership champions had collapsed to a fourth consecutive defeat under Wilfried Nancy's watch.

McCowan - starting in the left wing-back berth - admits his Celtic-daft family have been left on read with Scottish football's dominant force being reduced to a pale imitation of their former selves.

Nancy was met with brutal fan chants as fans told the 48-year-old where to go as they pined for former interim Martin O'Neill. But McCowan’s ire comes from within and the dawning that his boyhood club are falling flat on their faces and he's been bereft of explanations to those who matter most to him. McCowan said: “It’s so hard, I'll be honest.

Every single mate I've got and every member of my family, I probably don't even speak to them now.