Two days after the Glasgow Derby defeat to Rangers, Celtic fans are still feeling the reverberations of what it means.
As the Ibrox club begin to mount a title challenge to Rangers, Celtic’s defence of the title is faltering with each game that Wilfried Nancy is in charge.
The Celtic manager has won just two Scottish Premiership matches since his tenure began as Nancy watched over Bhoys defeats to Hearts, Motherwell, Dundee United and now, Rangers.
Chris Sutton thinks Paul Tisdale should go with Wilfried Nancy… can you see this happening?
And with Celtic fans fuming at the result, Chris Sutton took a cheap dig at Rangers and it is the last thing the Parkhead support want to hear right now.
Chris Sutton tells Rangers ‘Celtic are still ahead of you’ after derby win
Sutton was having a discussion with BBC presenter Aaron Paul about the derby result when he decided to make a wee joke about Celtic still being above Rangers in the league.
Sutton said on BBC 606, “Celtic are still above Rangers.
Paul: “Goals scored.”
Sutton: “Yeah, just still above Rangers, although, you know, they’re getting the bunting out this evening, the Rangers fans, but Celtic are still ahead of you.
“And Celtic have had a disaster.”
You can listen to it below.
Chris Sutton should read the room and stay focused on Celtic
Sutton is a tremendously fierce Celtic fan. No one can deny that over the years, many supporters have enjoyed his digs at Rangers.
But there is a time and a place for that. Celtic’s standards have slipped so much that board have allowed a Rangers side, who were sitting tenth in the league in September, the opportunity to leapfrog them into second place if they beat or draw with Aberdeen on Tuesday night.
That is no laughing matter. Pressure should be placed on the board by the likes of Sutton instead of making these cheap jokes because Celtic fans simply don’t want to hear them right now.
That was a tactic used by the board at AGMs to lord it over Rangers, well, they’ve taken their eye so far off the ball the Ibrox club are preparing to overtake them in the league and possibly win it this season.
It is unacceptable and should be called out. And instead of taking cheap jabs at Rangers right now, Sutton should be using his sway in the media to pile pressure on the Celtic board.
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