....or has anybody else watched with interest the parellel between Motherwell's fall to 2nd bottom in the SPL (joint bottom if they lose the Lanarkshire Derby away to Hamilton on Saturday) and Mark McGhee's very public attempts to ingratiate himself with the powers-that-be at Celtic ?

 

Over the past couple of months we've seen McGhee on the telly and on countless radio shows giving his opinion on this, that and the next thing. He has admitted several times live on air during this period that he is a Celtic fan, and while there is no shame in that he appears to be spending more time talking about his favourite club than dealing with the club that pays his wages in the same league.

 

Yesterday morning we had him on RC Radio giving his opinion on the McGeady situation, as if it had something to do with him.

 

McGhee's reaction to losing to Celtic compared to his reaction at losing to Rangers was interesting. After the Celtic defeat he lauded Celtic's performance (a 2-0 win for Celtic, with Motherwell playing for half an hour with 10 men), while after the defeat to Rangers (a 2-1 win for Rangers with Motherwell scoring a late consolation goal) he was scathing of his own team's performance. His disappointment at not being able to do his beloved Celtic a favour was very clear.

 

Towards the end of last season, when Celtic were 7 points behind Rangers with only a few games left and Strachan under huge pressure, McGhee was being talked of as the heir apparent. In fact, some reports had it as a "done deal".

 

But McGhee appears to have been sucked in by the hype himself and taken his eye off the ball. I'm not sure how much Liewell and co will be paying attention to his love-ins on RC Radio if his team are continuing to drop and drop.