Celtic cynics might not be able to manage their way out of empty rooms – just look at the nonsense about Kyogo

It's probably those same people Brendan Rodgers was on about the other day. The ones who can’t manage their way out of an empty room.

The same folk who pick holes in Celtic’s considerable achievements at times and look for problems when there are very few. In fairness, most of them have Hoops season tickets rather than being mean old media, but that’s not the point. Some of the glass half full brigade have jerky knees and there was some twitching before Christmas when their team was only winning and not smashing opponents out of sight in the process.

Among some of the, erm, concerns, was this cracker. Kyogo has gone off the boil. Or rather, after his two goals against St Johnstone, Kyogo was back in form. As if to say he was off it before. It’s total nonsense of course. Kyogo has had the odd quiet day but has kept ticking over. He scored the December goal of the month with his sublime skip and finish number against Hibs and that Saints double took his tally to 10 for the term.

The Japanese striker is just one off top scorer in the league too. Hardly time for panic. And while the people who can’t find their way out of empty rooms worry, Rodgers knows that Kyogo will be the one banging on the door at Ibrox. There might be some mld debate over some of the midfield roles, perhaps over who starts at left back and in the centre of defence. But there really shouldn’t be any doubt over who gets the nod up front.

Kyogo has been a nightmare for Rangers in his time in Scotland with eight goals in 16 games against the local chums. It might be tempting to chuck Adam Idah on from the start given his physical presence and the fact Robin Propper had admitted himself that he’s a bit of a delicate flower.

But the Irishman’s power will