Beale and the Ibrox PR team are constantly tracking social media with much of the club’s policies formed from the most extreme views on forums and fan sites.
Recruiting players that are superior to the current squad while staying within a realistic salary range is proving to be the difficult part with the SPFL far from the most attractive of leagues for players to move to.
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.
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.
Over recent transfer windows Celtic fans have become used to transfer business being completed early, so early that Alistair Johnston made his debut at Ibrox on January 2 which is traditionally a date when the SFA is closed for business.