Well, that was not a statement victory, and I thought we needed a statement victory today. Watching that, I’m not seeing a title-winning Celtic team. In addition, I’m not seeing a side that looks as though it has six wins in its last six league games.

I keep telling myself that maybe six wins won’t be what it takes, because Hearts are not a good side. The Ibrox club are not a good side, and perhaps all we need to do over the next six matches is be ten per cent better than those two. Maybe that will be enough. Maybe.

I hated almost every minute of that today. I hated the poverty of our strike force, which looks every bit like a forward line assembled out of spare parts and freebies. If you’re going to win titles, if you’re going to go on a title-winning run and beat the best teams in the league after the split, you are hoping for something far better than this.

I watched the Hearts game before it, and Shankland got one and Braga got one. Everyone knows I don’t think that Hearts team is particularly good. Everyone knows I wouldn’t sign their...