The chuckling Celtic curtain twitchers should beware the lessons from Ange before writing off Rangers new boss

Glasgow has always been a city of curtain twitchers and when it comes to the football teams, punters can’t resist taking a peak.

Celtic fans in recent years have given up even trying to hide behind the drapes – they’ve unfolded the deckchairs and plonked themselves down in the front lawn to watch the show over the road.

In fairness, in the past decade or so they’ve been able to spark a carry out and have a chuckle at a lot that’s gone on.

And plenty will be sniggering again right now, mainly given the wild reaction from a sizeable section from their city chums to the appointment of Russell Martin as new head coach.

They way they are going on you'd think Rangers had signed up Steven Martin rather than Russell.

But Hoops punters might be advised to hold fire on the lols and take this seriously.

Some of them might have short memories. It wasn’t so long ago Celtic brought in an unknown manager from the other side of the world, a guy who had a ‘philosophy’ – a word that can sound like nails being dragged down a blackboard to some.

Ange Postecoglou was a figure of fun to Rangers fans when he arrived and a source of anger to a lot of Celtic supporters, who spent months waiting to welcome Premier League gaffer Eddie Howe.

The Aussie spoke of an attacking style and to hell with anyone who questioned it.

Rangers supporters chortled, yet it was big Ange who had the last laugh. That's why Celts should hang fire with penning the latest chapter of the bumper Banter Years book.

Martin will have a tough job repeating that kind of success, but he will use the Postecoglou blueprint.

It’s no secret the new Gers gaffer is an admirer. Martin has based his aggressive possession approach on the likes of Pep, Klopp and the usual high priests