Over and over again, I have given our board a hard time on this blog because it is not made up of football people. Celtic’s board is made up of accountants and lawyers. That is not a proper board of directors for running a professional football club.

That is a board of directors for running some modestly sized company which only has to worry about profit and loss. However, we all know there is a lot more going on here than that.

There was a time, you know, when people on our board understood simple things. I remember Peter Lawwell making the claim that Celtic would go out and buy one blue-chip player every single year, just to maintain the quality of the squad.

There was a time when he knew how important that was. He understood that it was the only way to properly develop and grow. Then something changed. Who knows what it was? But something did.

They call it making hay while the sun shines. Or fixing the roof while the sun shines, if you fancy something a little more DIY.

You do it as a matter of routine, and you do it because it is...