Birds-eye view for the first instalment of the Glasgow Derby triple bill
Less than 48 hours after the Ibrox fracas that will confine Walter Smith to a birds-eye view for the first instalment of the Old Firm triple bill, Gordon Strachan aired his grievance at the inflexible process of disciplinary action.
As the pressure intensifies towards the season's climactic scenes, the Celtic manager revisited the arbitrary penalties he too has suffered, yet negotiated with a balletic poise. Strachan has long lamented the cumulative-sanction system that, prior to a series of successful appeals on his behalf, would have resulted in the manager serving a total of 10 games in the straitjacket of a directors' box seat.
His argumentative dug- out tendencies have already resulted in touchline banishment from Stuart Dougal and Charlie Richmond, not forgetting an earlier altercation with the former Hearts caretaker manager, John McGlynn, that initiated the Scottish FA's contentious mechanism.