WHACK-A-MOLE

Rodgers spoke about the morality of former Gers criticising Martin. The same principle must surely apply to the person who planted inaccurate story about the Celtic boss engineering his departure

- >>HUGH KEEVINS

I WOULD give up my state pension in exchange for a seat at Celtic's AGM before the end of the year.

They are masters of profitability, as their latest accounts show, and architects of their Champions League downfall at the same time.

Otherwise, why use the word “apologise” in their fiscal statement to cover the failure to make that tournament proper?

The statement released on Friday evening, like the one sneaked out late on a Saturday night to explain an eccentric transfer window, will exacerbate annoyance among the wealth providers known as fans.

The club that gets poorer on the park the richer they become off the field have succeeded in making a very good team an extremely ordinary one, if last Sunday's 2-1 victory against Kilmarnock was any indication.