There are fewer things more beautiful than the ensuing meltdown from the Eastend which accompanies Rangers thumping rivals Celtic.
Celebrating our own victory aside, the bittersweet stench that wafts throughout Scottish football in the aftermath of a Rangers victory has fans eating the proverbial popcorn and vigorously scrolling through Twitter feeds.
But there has been one mind-boggling meltdown which beats them all – Celtic cheerleader Chris Sutton really can’t take it when Rangers win.
Since the Ibrox club dismantled their rivals on their own patch, Sutton has wept, cried and all but donned a virtual black armband as he mourns the death, of well, Celtic’s ego.
The former Chelsea and Norwich striker was slapped down in phenomenal fashion by ex-Ibrox midfielder Alex Rae [Alex Rae] for moaning about Rangers’ celebrations at the end of the 2-1 win.
Sutton would then go on to Tweet about violent gestures and Alfredo Morelos.
Once again Rae was on hand to twist the knife.
It was those gestures that had Sutton penning a column in the immediate aftermath of the result, claiming that Morelos behaviour “could cost Rangers the league”.
He also called for a five-game ban for the player, for, let’s be honest, very little [Daily Record]. Morelos’ “gesture” was a nothingness, move on.
You could sit back and laugh at the pathetic nature of Sutton’s Morelos bashing, but such is his standing amongst some of the Celtic support there’s a dangerous edge to it all.
This bitter deflection has contributed to making Morelos the target of continuing public abuse from Celtic fans, some of it particularly unsavoury and bigoted. It’s disgraceful.
This kind of paranoid mentalness has summed a lot of Sutton’s punditry between the clubs up, ever since he was involved at Celtic.
From claiming Dunfermline lay down to help Rangers win the title back in 2003, to hinting some insidious masonic force was responsible for John Beaton not sending off Alfredo Morelos [Daily Record] in the reverse fixture last season, Sutton’s got plenty of previous.
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To top it all off, Sutton then penned a column about Celtic and Rangers, their players, staff and fans, needing to get a grip of their celebrations and behaviour in the ferocious tie [Daily Record].
That’s all well and good Chris, but where was all this amongst the police hats, snotter wiping and genuine goading of opposition fans from the green side of Glasgow?
You can forgive Rangers and their supporters for questioning the motives of the former striker.
I also understand that, in a way, by writing this story, the pundit is getting what he wants.
Getting a rise out of Rangers fans or demeaning the club, its players and its fans is a way for the man to heal the very open sores of the recent Old Firm defeat.
He could also be in opportunistic shock value pundit mode, mixing the pot because he’s been given a platform to do so.
The astonishing meltdown is probably a little bit of everything; the scorned Celtic fan, bitter against his Rangers rivals, taking advantage of the fall-out to generate controversy and rile people up.
But far from the original shock value his content provided when the striker first burst onto the scene, there’s something very, very sad about all of this.
Give it a rest, move on and ready yourself for the most competitive title race in a generation instead of trying to get players banned or crying conspiracy.
Much like Celtic fans, other ex-Celtic players and most importantly Celtic themselves, would Sutton not be better served by focusing on his own side?
