One of Frank Sinatra's most famous lyrics tells the tale of soaring high before being brought back to earth. 'Riding high in April, shot down in May', croons the legendary singer on 'That's Life' and if you change the months from October to November then you encapsulates the situation Gustaf Lagerbielke finds himself in at Celtic.
The towering defender scored for Sweden last month against Moldova and found himself on tour with the Celtic reserves in Dundee for Cammy Kerr's testimonial while his national team were suffering humiliation away to Azerbaijan.
The £3million signing from Elfsborg, who this week was named the Swedish league's defender of the season, hasn't played for the Premiership champions since their 2-1 win over Motherwell on Saturday, September 30.
And he found himself heading to the City of Discovery with a host of B Team and fringe first-teamers while his international pals were suffering a disaster in Baku.