Fair enough, it took a while, and there were one or two problems along the way, but a glance at the league table this morning shows that like true champions, the issues have been dealt with, and the world is rotating steadily on its axis again.

Only five points separate the top six, and that fact prompted Hugh Keevins of Radio Clyde to declare that “the title race was back on “.

Someone ought to tell Bet 365. They’re not taking bets on it.

Oddschecker, which compares prices around the market , also suggests that the Radio Clyde pundit may not be worth listening to when it comes to choosing where to invest your money.

Its not clear what Keevins bases his theory on, but it can’t be any more doo lally than this one…

Celtic returned to the summit of the table after a fairly robust encounter with Livingston on a pitch which you would feel would probably be better used for schools football, if you were the sort of schools sports administrator who really didn’t like kids.

Or football.

Livingston kicked , nutted and blocked their way through ninety minutes, whilst Celtic huffed and puffed, but it turned out to be one of those days.

More a point gained than two lost though, and with only Kristoffer Ajer getting hurt, maybe there was a big sigh of relief in the dressing room  after the game.

Media attention was focused on the minutes silence ahead of the match to mark one hundred years since Armistice Day back in 1918.

BBC Scotland and the red tops chipped in to hire specialist listening  equipment for the day..

but the silence was impeccably observed by all. As it should be.

Bill Leckie, who once wrote of synchronised coughing during one period of silence, ignored the scientific capabilites of the US base at Menwith hill, and instead sat quietly on the touchline..

The silence is all that was needed to pay respects.

Over at ibrox, ahead of a 7-1 thrashing of Motherwell, which apprently means that ” the “rangers ” are coming ” again, solemn remembrance was also the order of the day…

The match programme featured this cover…

An image representing a fallen soldier in front of an image representing a fallen club. You have to hand it to the man behind it, capturing the two things that mean the most to the readers in a way that respects the fact that they are no longer with us.

Alright, they could perhaps have used the image of a British soldier…

but you have to appreciate the effort.

Of course, their respect for those injured or killed  only applies to soldiers, it seems…and not to kids who were ran down by one of their own…

Sky sports may well have won the right to exclusively broadcast Scottish football if reports are to be believed. Neil “dopey ” Doncaster is heading the negotiations team for the clubs, and reports indicate he’s set to accept around £33m a year from Sky.

The media somehow see this as an “incredible ” ( Scotsman ) figure, and whilst I find it incredible as well, its not for the same reason, and certainly not with the same enthusiasm.

Sky sports bring us piss poor presentation, piss poor pundits and above all, piss poor promotion. They treat the league as a filler for when they can’t find anything else to show, like the World Toe Nail clipping Championships, or the Round Britain over 75 Backwards Walk.

Andy Walker, on sky yesterday, announced that “every team needs a simulator “, or cheat , whilst Kris boyd refused to comment on the head butt from Dolly Managa on Ryan Christie-a red card in anyones rule book…except, of course, the SFA’s…

Walker, of course, is clueless, but boyd…fancy him avoiding controversy.

The daft sod even pointed to Olivier Ntcham signing a new contract as a sure sign of the unrest at Celtic …claiming that he wouldn’t have needed a new contract if he was happy…

Sky TV ?

Tell them no, thanks.

Thats actually a little more polite than what we should tell them.

And frankly, if BT don’t up their offer, they can go and take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut as well.

The money clubs get from television isn’t worth begging for.

They’d be better off concentrating on getting supporters through the gates.

Or perhaps there is someone else they could turn to for advice…

SPFL should heed former Rangers chief Sir David Murray before agreeing TV deal – Michael Gannon

Yeah…maybe he could come up with some sort of tax saving initiative for the tv companies.

Quite how anyone thinks the man who shafted Scottish football over a number of years should be allowed anywhere near the game now is frankly bizarre, but thats the Lamb Munchers for you…

And a lamb muncher he surely is..

Elsewhere…Patrick Roberts is set to cut short his loan deal with Girona…its not working out for him.

What was that we said about investing in players we know ?

Over on twitter, bobby rogic ginge spotted another lookalike from the current squad…

Any more ?

Yesterday, we had this treat…