TIC DO THE TALKING

BRENDAN RODGERS admitted he's fed up talking about transfers but against St Mirren he let his squad do the talking for him.

- BY MICHAEL GANNON

And it was screaming loud and clear that there's still plenty of work needing done to get this Celtic group up to speed.

Yesterday's win against Saints went about as well as it could have done for Rodgers.

The Northern Irishman is an expert in 4D chess and it was like his plan came together at Parkhead.

Celtic got the win the wanted and the three points on the board to get off to a flier.

But there was also plenty of evidence that this current side is nowhere near where it should be with a Champions League qualifier coming hurtling over the horizon.

The need to start Yang on the wing, Adam Idah’s continuing struggles in front of goal, finishing the clash with Johnny Kenny up top and Liam Scales as a stand-in left back.

Rodgers didn't need to repeat his explosive pre-match ultimatum/cry for help.

It’s bleedingly obvious Celtic are short. They bossed Saints for 90 minutes but lacked a cutting edge.

Who would have thought losing match winners such as Kyogo, Nicolas Kuhn and Jota and not having suitable replacements would have an impact in the final third?

Rodgers is having to make do for now and having said what needed to be said, there's no need to keep banging the drum.

He said: “We will wait until the end of the month, we concentrated on the players that are here and hope to do some business over the period.

“I am not going to get bogged down on it, we know what we need. We will continue to work to play like we did today.