Charlie Mulgrew lays down his theory around Paul Tisdale’s actions at Celtic Park against Hearts

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There are a lot of unpopular board members at Celtic.

One of them includes Paul Tisdale, who leaves many scratching their heads as to what role he plays at Celtic and what his day-to-day job entails.

Unfortunately for Tisdale, as Celtic were losing to Hearts over the weekend, in Wilfried Nancy’s first game in charge, he was caught by the Sky Sports cameras ‘falling asleep.’

It was just a case of unfortunate timing for Tisdale, as Charlie Mulgrew discussed the man who is Head of Football Operations at Celtic.

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Charlie Mulgrew on Paul Tisdale ‘falling asleep’ during Celtic v Hearts

Mulgrew noted the bad timing of Tisdale being caught ‘falling asleep’, and then the media circus around Nancy using a tactics board like he’s the first man to ever do such a thing.

The former Celtic centre-back told Go Radio that Tisdale was perhaps ‘meditating’, and how everything would have been viewed differently if Celtic were winning.

“Maybe he was doing a bit of meditation,” said Mulgrew about Tisdale being caught on camera with his eyes closed. “You never know. Don’t know if he is into it.

“What are the chances? You are sitting watching, Paul Tisdale has had a long blink or is meditating. Whatever you want to call it. Falling asleep, I don’t know.

“And then the tactics board comes out (from Nancy). All the memes that start from there. That’s football. That’s what happens.

“If Celtic had been winning, it would have been a great bit of meditating and the tactics board would have been a great bit of masterclass to it for a top coach.”

Wilfried Nancy needs to ‘move on’ from Hearts opener

A lot of rubbish has been said about Nancy, and most of it over the top, as there needs to be some common sense to his first game in charge.

Yes, it’s not ideal that Celtic were beaten by Hearts, but at the end of the day, Nancy will be judged on ‘the results’, not what he wears or whether he uses his tactic board.

“Listen, these wee things are just part and parcel,” added Mulgrew. “He just needs to move on. At the end of the day, he will be judged on the results.

“You think of his formation as well. A lot has been said about the formation. Martin O’Neill spent his whole time at Celtic, the first spell, playing with a back five or back three. Whatever you want to call it. Nobody spoke about formation then.”