Two completely different scenarios. Quigley challenged every answer given by Police Scotland. He was the best briefed person in the room. There seemed to be little enthusiasm from anyone else present.
There are strong reasons for concern but no Celtic fan is fooled by the tag team of Ryan Stevenson and Keith Jackson in the Daily Record.
That’s why the collective and the unity of Celtic support is all the more important. Because when the Celtic support is mobilised and united, we’re a formidable force and will eventually win. We think that will be the case here as well.
Instead we have a dirty war with the club turning to their friends at the Daily Record to smear the Celtic support, the Collective in particular.
Once in the door at Celtic last summer as a consultant Tisdale didn’t hesitate to start putting together his empire. Firstly by trashing everything that was in already in place.
The story in the Record is copper bottomed. It isn’t a tabloid flying a kite. The Record put the by-lines of their Editor and News Editor against the story.
Naturally the resignation of Rodgers was one of the subjects brought up. Four days later Cowan decided to discuss the issue on Off The Ball with Stuart Cosgrove, tellingly he revealed that Gordon Strachan expected a December appointment.
The one thing to take from events this season is that the efforts of Nicholson, Lawwell and the Desmond family have created the Celtic Fans Collective. Every move by the club has been an own goal of varying degrees
If he was still at Peterbrough he’d be dropped from the team as a liability. In Scotland Danny Rohl is discovering that he has an extra line of defence. Immune from handball decisions. Much like Goldson.
Rather than hold a media conference today Celtic have concentrated on a favoured deflection exercise. Sharing lots of short video clips of the new manager. By 6pm the day after being appointed there is no scheduled media conference to introduce the new manager.