A decent sized banner- Joe Hart on the protests from Celtic fans

On Friday Brendan Rodgers admitted that the Celtic board could have been braver during the January transfer window.

At Pittodrie yesterday the away support unfurled a banner that read ‘CELTIC BOARD- ON YOUR HEAD BE IT’ relating to the lack of transfer activity on the back of dropping six points in December to open up the SPFL title race.

The banner was unfurled out of view of the Sky Sports cameras but as the players emerged from the tunnel before the match it was impossible for the players to miss as they applauded the away support.

During the match chants were heard criticising the Celtic board, two more points were dropped from a hesitant, disjoined display with social media the main outlet for anger and frustrations from fans watching their team regress rapidly from last season’s treble.

Reflecting on the banner and the mood among supporters Joe Hart told the Daily Record:

It’s not a distraction for the players, not at all. We see it, there’s no getting away from it, it was a decent-sized banner.

But that’s for the support and that’s what they need to work out. As players we stay focused and the management team and staff have a job to do. And we’re fully focused on that.

Ideally we win that game 4-0 and everybody’s smiling and everybody’s happy. But it doesn’t work like that.

Aberdeen had a lot to prove today and a lot to work on after losing their manager recently. It was always going to be a tough game. But the support is there for us.

Rodgers is expected to host a media conference on Tuesday to discuss the match away to Hibs the following night, by the time that match kick-off Celtic could be second in the Premiership table.