Arne Engels finds out how wild these parts as he is target of Celtic nonsense from knee jerkers | Parkhead analysis

Scottish football might get a rough time in Europe but it’s world class when it comes to knee-jerking.

Fans in this country could give the can-can dancers in the Moulin Rouge a run for their money with the flaying of legs in this country. There’s a constant rush to make judgements and players and managers are either immediately hopeless or the best thing since the first baker to take a knife to a loaf, with no in between.

The thing is, the in between should really be the place for those knees to sit – for a good while at least. Every club in the country has their jerkers but some are louder than most. And even though it’s pretty much been a breeze for Celtic this season, they’ve also got a fair few can-canners in the crowd. After a couple of off days, now it’s Arne Engels ’s turn to find out just how wild it can be in this parts.

A fortnight ago the Belgian kid was better than Matt O’Riley and destined to become the most expensive Scottish sale in history by smashing the £40m barrier.Now he’s all hype and should be taking his place in the midfield queue behind Reo Hatate, Paulo Bernardo and Luke McCowan. Hey, is Odin Thiago Holm still around? Is James McCarthy still on the books? It’s quite the swing. It’s also complete nonsense.

There was always going to be a slight dip with Engels once the dust settled on his whirlwind start at Celtic. This is a youngster who made his debut in an Old Firm win, notched a cool penalty on his full debut against Hearts and then scored and soared in the Champions League win against Slovan Bratislava. At St Johnstone last weekend he was literally head and shoulders above everyone on the pitch and looked like someone’s dad had came into the playground for a kickabout with the kids.

Sure, he