He is condemned by the Celtic element for having short fuse, yet Hugh Keevins’s The Unforgiven has a bitter irony.

Brendan Rodgers is not deserving of certain Celtic supporters.

And they won’t realize how true it is until he’s gone and they experience a grief that verges on bereavement. Brendan’s critics still condemn him to be The Unforgiven despite all he does, including traveling to Italy on Wednesday night to play in the Champions League and earning a valuable point against Atalanta, the Europa League winners from the previous season.

After Celtic was thrashed by Borussia Dortmund by seven goals, I had a caller on the radio who exemplified the long-memory, short-tempered supporter element. After making the customary remark that the manager had previously left Celtic for Leicester City, he recommended that Celtic “Change him” if Brendan was unable to modify his style to fit various situations.