Rodgers will be in front of the media before and after the Derby match while Lawwell and his team work away in the background under little scrutiny or pressure.
Rodgers and Mark Lawwell have got seven more days to come up with solutions or else the hoops face four very demanding months in a far weaker position that they finished last season.
With a Glasgow Derby and Champions League campaign starting next month Rodgers will have to rethink his defensive plans ahead of a critical stage of the season.
What it might do though, is give them a kick up the backside to bring in, not just development players, but those who are ready to go into the first team and take Celtic up another level.
The actual figure will be between the manager and the club hierarchy, but a ballpark figure of £30million was mentioned in the summer. Since then, the champions have sold Filipe Jota and Carl Starfelt.
Hopefully. I think you can see we need that quality; we’ve had quality go out of the building so we definitely need that quality in.
Sutton is fairly new to Celtic failing to build from a position of strength, while there is a Lawwell presence anywhere near the club doing the absolute minimum will always be the mantra.
Ange Postecoglou and Rodgers have both been fulsome in their praise of the work done by Lawwell Jr but there was no suggestion that the Australian wanted to take Mark with him to Spurs.
Anyone that watches the Celtic duo knows that they are a cut above players that are routinely traded around the EPL for £20-30m.
The recently returned manager knows as well as anyone what will be required for the Derby match which is followed by a demanding autumn schedule around Champions League midweeks.