RYAN STEVENSON

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CELTIC fans won't want to hear this. And they certainly won't want to hear it coming from someone like me.

But I don't care what anyone says, they've got a major problem on their hands in the shape of Wilfried Nancy.

OK, I'm not a Celtic supporter myself so they might think I'm not even qualified to have an opinion. And that's fair enough too.

But I was at Parkhead for the Frenchman's debut on Sunday and I watched him being absolutely taken to the cleaners tactically by a Hearts manager who represents everything he does not.

I went to the game not quite knowing what to expect and I was very interested to see him in the dugout for the first time.

Like everyone else, I had heard all the noise around Nancy's appointment.

He has been described as a real high-flyer and a student of the game because of his work in the MLS.

Anyone who has read my column in Record Sport will know how I'm very wary about that sort of stuff.

Call me a dinosaur if you want but I prefer my managers to come out of a bootroom rather than a classroom.

All this new-age nonsense does my head in because football is nowhere near as complicated as some people make it out to be.

So on Sunday afternoon we got exactly what I was hoping we'd get. It was new school versus old school on the sidelines. And old school won it out of the park.

Derek McInnes was smart enough to know Nancy spent his first couple of days at Lennoxtown working on a back three.

Even before a ball had been kicked, Del said as much on radio and then talked about watching Nancy's Columbus Crew side to get a feel for what to expect.

He then set up his own team to counter what was coming.