Our man assesses what the rival Old Firm gaffers given the respective expectations with the first derby just a couple of weeks away.
Brendan Rodgers is stuck with the need to preserve managerial infallibility at Celtic Park. Michael Beale is burdened by the need to stop being all talk and no trophies at Ibrox.
A midweek Champions League play-off against PSV Eindhoven at a sold-out and noisily-hyperactive Ibrox will be followed by a trip to Dingwall for a Saturday lunchtime kick-off against Ross County. You could fit all of Dingwall’s population – 5491 people at the last count – into the Sandy Jardine Stand and have plenty of room to spare. What the imports will make of Scottish football’s version of Brigadoon is anybody’s guess.
Robbie Deas, Stuart Findlay and Lewis Mayo have largely seen to it that Killie have lost no goals so far in games against Rangers and Hearts. Celtic have lost three goals to Ross County and Aberdeen. Rodgers has two defenders, Gustaf Lagerbielke and Maik Nawrocki, with names the fans will take a while to pronounce correctly.
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