Chris Sutton at a complete loss over Awards season

Chris Sutton can’t see past Cameron Carter-Vickers as Player of the Season. 

The on loan defender made it onto the nominations for the Scottish Football Writers Award but missed out to Craig Gordon. 

Celtic team-mate Callum McGregor picked up the award from PFA Scotland but the role of Carter-Vickers seems to have been overlooked. 

Last season Celtic leaked goals whatever formation and partnerships they tried in defence and in goals but fairly quickly Ange Postecoglou has put together a brand new look at the back. 

A year ago Tony Ralston and Greg Taylor were watching Jonjoe Kenny and Diego Laxalt playing at full-back but it is in central defence that the crucial partnerships are former. 

Sutton sometimes stood in as a central defender under Martin O’Neill but after acknowledging the awards to McGregor and Gordon, he told Daily Record readers: 

I have not seen anyone around the country who has played a more important role in the fortunes of their team than Carter-Vickers. 

From the moment he arrived at Parkhead just a few minutes before the close of last summer’s transfer window from Spurs, he has been terrific. 

Carter-Vickers has grown into his role week on week to such an extent that, if his name is missing from a team sheet, it would cause the fans as much panic as the removal of anyone else within the entire squad. That’s a sign of his importance. 

Of course, this is a game all about opinions and I wouldn’t quibble too much with the professionals who handed their accolade to McGregor. 

Talks appear to be ongoing to convert Carter-Vickers loan move into a permanent deal from Spurs.