Brendan Rodgers’ pop at Celtic punters was unnecessary and the Kieran Tierney chant has been lost in translation

Tensions tend to be high at the end of the festive period. It’s nice to spend time with the family but at the end of a fortnight of being in each other’s pockets, things can get a bit tetchy.

A fair few of us would have been roared at to put down the selection box and pick up the hoover in the last few days before normal service resumed. A few cross words by that stage is understandable – but it was still a strange time for Brendan Rodgers to pick a fight with his nearest and dearest.

There’s no doubt the Celtic manager is in a position of power right now. He’s banished any doubters by delivering a whack of success. Rodgers calls the shots these days and everyone falls in line. But taking a pop at the punters after Sunday’s routine win against St Mirren just seemed unbelievably out of the blue – and a bit unnecessary.

Rodgers was seriously miffed about some groans from the stands when the ball was passed backwards when it was goalless after half an hour. He was also extremely unimpressed by a section of supporters dusting down the old Kieran Tierney song. The Irishman doesn’t pussyfoot around if he’s in a strop either. There was no soft soaping as he let folk know in no uncertain terms he wasn’t having it. Selection boxes were dropped all over the east end and hoovers dragged out of the hall cupboards.

It just all seemed a little, well strange. In terms of the Tierney tune, Rodgers took it as a massive slap on the chops for current left back Greg Taylor. The defender might have felt that way too as he headed straight up the tunnel at the end of the game with the ditty in full force, and that might have explained his manager’s anger.

But it just seems like something has been lost in translation here. Chanting about the