There will be ample time to assess adequately whether or not Wilfried Nancy can succeed as the manager of Celtic. In the meantime, it is worth pondering how on earth the club got into this pickle.
By the time Kieran Tierney cracked home a stoppage-time goal against Hearts, ordinarily the trigger for a cavalry charge by those in green and white, the stadium was all but empty. Hope had been abandoned by a supporter base who seem – rightly – to flick between mutiny and bewilderment.