Since that December visit Aberdeen are much changed, sending out a team to contain Celtic worked for 87 minutes but was the beginning of the end for Jim Goodwin.
Beale must have thought that he could do nothing wrong but then came Kilmarnock- playing in front of an audience that was banking on a treble at least.
After club media duties and an interview with SkySports at Kilmarnock, Tavernier was put in front of the other media partners yesterday to big up Wednesday’s match against Servette
The circumstances of Starfelt’s exit has been known for some time, it looks like the timing has been delayed to get Maik Nawrocki signed with Lagerbielke giving Brendan Rodgers a third first team central defender to work with.
With Celtic now in a relatively strong position financially the club is less dependent on signing emerging loan players, in 2021 Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota were signed with options to buy from Spurs and Benfica.
When Elfsborg defeated Sirius on Sunday, Starfelt’s agent Blash Hosseini appeared at Borås’ arena. Several sources state that the reason for the visit was to try to stitch together the Lagerbielke deal to Celtic.
With half an hour to impress Cantwell showed the form and attitude that Norwich were delighted to see the back of in January.
I’m sure Michael and the team will be doing everything possible to navigate the Q3 round and, if that goes well, the play-off.
On Radio Clyde last week Miller admitted that Celtic were probably favourites to win the SPFL Premiership but he felt that the trophy would be heading to Ibrox. Clearly he had seen signs in the pre-season friendlies that no-one else was picking up.
There has been absolutely no official comment from Celtic on the matter which came into the spotlight when no away fans were present at the last two SPFL Derby matches of last season.