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.
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
Taking 700 Celtic fans to Ibrox for target practise is an act of madness. Earlier this year Police Scotland uncovered a stash of weapons and drugs being stored inside Ibrox by officially sanctioned Ultras group the Union Bears. Ibrox CEO James Bisgrove refers to them as stakeholders.
On the back of two matches without scoring Celtic headed to Ibrox with a defensive partnership that had a combined tally of three hoops appearances in the previous 18 months. Gustaf Lagerbielke had yet to discover the win bonus.
When the team news was released Dujon Sterling was listed at left-back with the word being that Barisic had failed a fitness test.
Brilliantly he stands by his claim that Barrie McKay is a better player than Kieran Tierney while he has found a website that backs up his claim that James Tavernier has been the greatest player in Scottish football this decade.
Jack Butland raced towards the edge of his penalty box to take a back-pass from Dujon Sterling, passing quickly to Goldson who simply stabbed the ball back into his own net as Butland tried desperately to keep the ball out.
The dressing room that Chris Sutton shared with Henrik Larsson, Bobo Balde, Alan Thompson and Johan Mjallby was brimming with characters, social media outbursts would have been ‘dealt with’ internally but those days are long past.
Trying to dress up a goal-less first half against St Johnstone as a strong display doesn’t wash with Celtic supporters who are watching stale, predictable football.