In the bigger picture he distanced himself from recruitment during the summer, putting his trust in the brilliant judgement of Mark Lawwell to deliver the players required to make progress.
Losing the argument Spiers grabbed at the suggestion that Kenny Macintyre would never suggest a bias in favour of Celtic. Absolutely desperate stuff.
Those years of mismanagement have taken the wage bill above Celtic’s with even some fans starting to question what they are getting back for the blue pound.
With a goal difference of two for and 22 against it was quite a campaign for the club which had tooled for the campaign by signing Rabbi Matondo, Ridvan Yilmaz, Ben Davies plus other stars including John Souttar and Tom Lawrence.
Despite two defeats to Celtic in April winning the Dead Rubber Trophy convinced bears that all was well, having signed Cantwell and Raskin every summer signing was given instant superstar status.
Kyogo is still a brilliant, incisive, instinctive and clinical striker but it seems that the possession based game installed by Brendan Rodgers has left him neutered. His Champions League record this season is outstanding.
Last week Stewart was on the phone to his favourite newspaper, telling the Daily Record about his disgust at the actions of some Celtic fans. Exactly the content that the Glasgow publisher gorges on.
Tavpen and Penalty for Rangers have long been iconic on social media, that may need to be amended with two penalties per game becoming the norm. Or one and a spare with Tavernier not hitting the net as regularly as he once did from his favourite distance.
Kyogo appeared to be knocked out before he fell to the ground, sensing trouble Rubezic also lay down injured to get the sympathy vote from Collum. He had nothing to be concerned about on that count.
On Tuesday night James Bisgrove was charming the bears at a Fan Forum with a promise made over tickets for the final match of 2023.