One match into a Champions League campaign the ambitions of June and July are in tatters, this Celtic squad isn’t about to advance in Europe, matching last season’s tally of two points is far from certain.
Last year’s visit to the Bernabeu completed the list of the major European grounds covered by Celtic this century with multiple trips to the Nou Camp and San Siro ticked off.
By 10pm on Tuesday night Rodgers will discover what lessons were learned with just a two week turnaround till Lazio drop in again on Celtic Park for Matchday 2.
That sounds very much like preparing for failure, something that the club chairman specialised in as CEO when Maribor, Malmo, Cluj, Ferencvaros and AEK Athens all beat Celtic with vastly smaller budgets.
English and German clubs are scouting the best Academy players and signing them at the age of 16, the leftovers go into the Lowland League and soul destroying matches against Cumbernauld Colts, Edinburgh University and Caledonian Braves on plastic pitches.
Under Crawford Allan it seems that having two surnames is a big consideration for reaching the top, the big match fees, very generous expenses and some midweek European jollies with big hitters like Collum, John Beaton, Nick Walsh and Kevin Clancy.
Furthermore, it is even more concerning that the club’s reason for doing so on this occasion is punishment for North Curve Celtic defending its members by exposing the harassment of Police Scotland officers.
After playing a few minutes with 10 men Kyogo returned, headed Celtic’s second goal then set up the third before being substituted in the 69th minute by Oh.
Beale was in his element, he could call out Chris Sutton and earn social media likes on the back of it, his Instagram following went off the radar.
Beale was messing about with his Instagram profile last Saturday but told the Daily Record how he has avoided the online carnage