‘This Old Firm carry-on is is still here two weeks after the match. It’s gone too far. The winter shutdown is a nightmare’

because he’s done the Broony in front of Broony. Then he blames a Russia flight for defeat in the first Celtic v Rangers game and bumps his gums about dominating the midfield. Come back when you’ve got the amount of medals Broony and the rest of the Bhoys have.”

Finally Pat Thompson, Glasgow, said: “This Old Firm carry-on is still here two weeks after the match. It’s gone too far. This winter shutdown is a nightmare.”

The transfer window has paved the way for more loan signings and Danny Ayr, Ayr, (no, really) said: “Is the domestic loan system not a form of cheating? I’m a Celtic man so my own club is an example. For the previous two years Aberdeen had Ryan Christie on loan so had to play Celtic without their best player.

“How could that be anything other than an advantage for Celtic? That’s just one example. It’s time the SFA tightened the rules, to make it illegal to ban loanees from playing against their parent clubs.”

John Bruce has a darker theory behind the Hoops’ latest dip into the loan market. He emailed: “Has Celtic’s statement about Beaton and their fans’ frenzy over Morelos been a deflection?

“Brendan Rodgers’s announcement Celtic won’t be spending big in this window will hardly have come as a surprise to anyone who is not a fan.

“Fanfare over the £9m fee for Odsonne Edouard was more of a smokescreen, as Celtic raked in almost £30m for Moussa Dembele and Stuart Armstrong.

“Coupled with the near £100m already amassed from their last three forays in to the Champions League, their summer spending was negligible.

“Now, having just brought in two loan players, an American college player and a signing who cost less than Peter Lawwell’s annual bonus, could it be Celtic’s £59m annual salary bill is proving more crippling to aspirations than their board are prepared to admit?”