I'm hearing coded messages and Celtic not winning this thing would be a grotesque example of complacency – Hugh Keevins

Money and success are indivisible within Scottish football.

Celtic have more money than every other club in the SPFL put together. All 41 of them. If they don’t win the Premiership title for the fourth time in a row this season it will be as a result of the most grotesque example of complacency ever seen in the club’s 136-year history.

No argument. Brendan Rodgers has started to speak in a managerial form of coded messages. The latest being his observation that Celtic can’t afford to “snooze” when it comes to the present transfer window. The club have given the impression that they are not so much snoozing as suffering from a type of catatonia, the dictionary definition of which is being in a state of near unconsciousness. Paulo Bernardo eventually got here from Benfica in a time that could only have been lengthened if he’d walked from Lisbon to Glasgow. Adam Idah has had to resort to a case of civil disobedience and miss a plane to Norwich City’s training camp in Austria to underline his wish to sign for the Hoops – as opposed to Celtic actually accelerating their efforts to buy him.

Both players were at Celtic last season in any case and no new outfield players have been brought in since then.The fans have subsequently taken to doing the maths while waiting for something innovative to happen. A caller to the radio on Wednesday calmly itemised the cost of buying two new replica kits launched in the summer, purchasing a season ticket and preparing to meet the cost of a Champions League ticket package increased to take in four, as opposed to three, home games under the tournament’s new format.

Supporters provide the wealth for clubs like Celtic but end up disenfranchised as they have no say in how their money is