Peter Lawwell took Celtic risk with Ange but fan fury means Brendan Rodgers won't make his next shortlist - Keith Jackson

Let's start by focusing on the scale of Celtic’s latest achievement. That’s the way Ange Postecoglou would prefer it after all and, to be fair, the big Aussie has a point.

Yes, this club may have made a habit of throwing around Trebles like confetti over the past few years but that should not detract from the here and now of another domestic clean sweep.

On the contrary, Postecoglou’s second campaign in charge fully deserves to be viewed in splendid isolation and recognised for the outstanding success that it has been. His Celtic haven’t just swept the rest away, they have relentlessly monstered the opposition from start to finish. And they have done so with a swashbuckling style which has Postecoglou’s signature written all over it.

The side that he has built has proven to be unstoppable. In that respect, he has been as good as his word. “We never stop,’ was how he put it when he first walked in through the door as a relatively unknown quantity. ‘We can’t be stopped,’ is how it has started to feel over the two years since.

Inverness Caley Thistle tried their utmost to disprove that theory at the weekend but although the Highlanders threw the kitchen sink at it at Hampden on Saturday the truth of the matter is Billy Dodds and his players didn’t stand a chance.

They huffed and puffed with all of their might but no amount of perspiration was ever going to get in the way of Postecoglou presenting Celtic’s supporters with the perfect parting gift, if that’s what this latest piece of silverware ultimately proves to be.

At the age of 57, it’s taken him some time to reach this crossroads in his career but all points now lead to the Premier League and Postecoglou’s reluctance to say anything meaningful in the immediate aftermath