THE Green Brigade made their point.

And it’s just as well Celtic's shadow side won all three against Livingston on Saturday.

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Otherwise there would've been hell to pay before a ball was kicked in Kazakhstan tomorrow.

Michael Nicholson and Peter Lawwell must have thought they were off the hook when a pre-match tifo celebrating the influential ultras groups 20-year anniversary was unfurled before kickoff.

But just 13 minutes later, the under-fire powerbrokers were berated as the North Curve section led chants of “Sack the Board”.

Scathing handwritten banners were held aloft in the safe standing area, reading: “Zero ambition. Neglect team. Rinse fans.”

The words “world class” were also scribbled out and replaced with “Basic board”.