There is a tendency at Celtic, especially in seasons like this one, to sort players very quickly into categories. Good enough. Not good enough. Useful. Dead wood. Stay. Go.

We do it because football is ruthless, because emotion runs high, and because when a team is underperforming the temptation is always to start throwing names overboard and asking questions later. But football is rarely that simple.

A player who does not fit one manager’s system is not automatically a bad player. This is a theme we cover often on this blog. Signings should fit the manager’s style or they are a waste of money.

But by the same token, a player who looks out of place in one setup might look entirely different in another. We’ve seen this often enough over the years, and I think it matters right now as we start looking at the squad the next manager is going to inherit.

That brings me to Luis Palma.

His loan ends at the end of the campaign and he has made it clear that he wants a second chance at Celtic. A lot of supporters will dismiss that idea immediately, because under Brendan Rodgers he never looked...