As he celebrates captaining Celtic to the fourth title running the events in the division below are of little concern to Scott Brown.
While his old club Hibs are in contention for a place in the top flight Brown’s focus is on Celtic’s upcoming Champions League qualifiers.
The midfielder missed the start of the current campaign through injury- an onlooker as Celtic’s missed out on reaching the group stage of the most celebrated competition in the game.
In just over two months time the hoops will be playing in the second qualifying round, hopefully embarking on a six match programme that will shape the entire season.
Across Glasgow another club is dreading a possible six match campaign that is likely to expose many of their weaknesses and the shortcomings of the entire club.
A year ago it was being dubbed the most competitive league in the world but with the title won before Easter fans of the Scottish Championship, used to settling for second best, have had to contend themselves with the play-off’s for excitement.
New boys Sevco are third favourites behind AN Other of the Premiership and Hibs to come up with the lower division of little interest to the Celtic skipper.
Asked yesterday at the launch of Celtic’s £6m-a-year kit deal with New Balance about missing Rangers (IL) the hoops skipper gave a blunt response.
“Not in the slightest,” he answered. “If it comes back it comes back, but it it doesn’t then it doesn’t.
“We will see what happens. It will be hard for whoever comes up. Hibs have got two or three weeks off so they will need to keep training and playing bounce games.”
While the play-off’s for a Premiership place begin Brown will be facing up to Aberdeen, St Johnstone and Inverness before getting his hands on his favourite trophy.
