“Instead of rolling with the punches he has come out swinging . He’s doubled down and he has gone against his chief executive, so you are thinking to yourself the two of them have a completely different message altogether.

“When he says he is sitting back having a little drink at the pool on the back of an Old Firm defeat; I said a couple of days ago the importance of reading the room. and the fact that they were going there off the back of an Old Firm defeat.

“I think one of the key things is that, I understand why he wanted to got there, but the fact is that they have taken two points from since they came back.

“I don’t even know where he is going with it. I was trying to play devil’s advocate and say is he trying to deflect away from the results? But it looks to me like he has had a bit of a meltdown today.”

Rae certainly has a valid point in his statement when he speaks of Lennon seemingly going against the CEO, but he should choose his analogies a bit more wisely.