PERIL'S IN THE DETAILS

Nancy bemoans fine margins as he sticks to his guns

- BY MICHAEL GANNON

WILFRIED NANCY remains convinced he’s close to cracking it at Celtic.

The Frenchman might be closer to something else, mind you. Namely the Parkhead exit.

Fair play to the under-fire Hoops boss. He tried to put on a brave face after yet another shocker yesterday.

He attempted to sift through the charred debris at the bottom of the latest bin fire and find the odd chink of light.

Good luck with that one.

Playing decently for 45 minutes before a collapse isn't going to cut it with the punters, that's for sure.

Yes, Celtic did have Rangers on the ropes. Of course, they should have been further ahead by the break.

The stats suggested this should have been a comfortable victory for Nancy's side.

It’s also stating the bleeding obvious Celtic desperately need a proper striker.

But it all means the square root of heehaw when you've been turned over by your rivals who don't look any great shakes themselves after yet another second-half stinker.

Nancy is sticking to his guns though in all aspects, whether it's his formation, his style or the direction his side are going.

He said: "Yes, I saw enough except the fact that we haven't scored more goals. And again, I know that we lost but I also have to be objective.