It's scandalous these Celtic renegades need help to stop them sticking two fingers up at their saviour - Hugh Keevins

If there’s so much as a cheep out of the Celtic support during the pre-match ceremonials in Paisley today then it’s the equivalent of sticking two fingers up to Ange Postecoglou, the saviour of their team.

If a minute’s applause in memory of the Queen on the eve of her state funeral is disrupted, it will be a group of fans saying they hold the club’s conscience in their hands and that Postecoglou is a puppet of his paymasters for telling them to be more respectful when they don’t welcome rebuke. If banners appear mocking – even celebrating – the death of an old woman then it is absolute proof these renegade fans see themselves as being bigger than the club they support and beyond Celtic’s jurisdiction.

They will use live TV to establish their status as a separate entity and disregard the fact they’re providing a massive distraction for a Celtic team whose focus should be on trying to entertain and satisfy fans with their football. Sky TV operatives are apparently under orders to turn down sound levels and even switch off microphones altogether if there are offensive chants in order to minimise any offence taken by a watching audience.

How utterly pathetic is all of this? Isn’t it ridiculous in the first place that Postecoglou had to use part of his pre-match press conference on Friday to draw a diagram for people to illustrate to them the difference between respectable and reprehensible behaviour?

Isn’t it scandalous there has to be a minute’s applause before Celtic play St Miren this afternoon because it was obviously felt that 60 seconds of silence would have been out of the question? Nobody is being asked to pay homage to anyone. Nobody is being asked to swear allegiance to anything.

All that Postecoglou is