You don't know what you've got until it's gone

It is an inevitability. Nothing lasts for ever. It is one of the game's immutable laws.

And when that time comes, there are some Celtic supporters who will learn the true meaning of the expression which states that you don't know what you've got until it's gone.

On Saturday afternoon in Perth, Rodgers added to the quick-fire, iconic status he has acquired at Celtic Park by surpassing Willie Maley's one hundred year old record of going sixty-two successive matches without defeat on a domestic basis.

It is as if fate has decreed that treble-winning invincibility means Rodgers has been placed in his job for the precise purpose of cataloguing distinctions on a domestic basis which add to the legend, and the legacy, he will leave behind one day.

But even that is not enough for some people, especially those who would place the need to pay due tribute to a manager worthy of unconditional praise behind the need to belittle Celtic's greatest rivals.

That part of Superscoreboard which is dedicating to giving fans of all clubs a forum for debate, argument or outright hostility, call it what you will, was visited by them on Saturday evening.

Revelling in Celtic's creation of a new British record for sequential success was less important than dredging up Rangers' business failings.

It is undeniable that the Ibrox club seriously mis-managed its fiscal affairs and paid a heavy, ongoing price for so doing.

It is beyond dispute that hundreds of ordinary creditors who provided their services to Rangers in the innocent belief that they would be paid the going rate for them were left out of pocket.

It could not be argued that the reputational damage sustained by the club has been considerable and a profound source of embarrassment.

But to use the day of Celtic's record-breaking achievement to go on about one club's financial failings, no matter how substantial, before lauding another one's continued success is disrespectful to Rodgers.

Success in football is hard won and there to be celebrated to the full for one simple reason.

With good there will inevitably come bad and nothing lasts for ever.

Rodgers has taken Celtic to new heights of achievement on the field and prompted his team captain, Scott Brown, to say at the weekend that the statistical consequences of the 4 - 0 win over St Johnstone had afforded him the sweetest moment of his lengthy professional career.

Brown made no mention of it being even more important because the record-breaking run had been made even more satisfactory because of fiscal folly at another club.

What Scott did say was that the run was made up, amongst other things, of overcoming adversity on the pitch by professional means.

"It is about determination, top quality management and players willingness to learn," he said.

Rangers' financial difficulties, outlined in the losses reported in their recently published accounts, will undoubtedly impact on the club's ability to close the gap between themselves and Celtic anytime soon.

It will lengthen the time between now and the day when Rangers catch up with Celtic.

And it will mean the day when, or if, Rangers can overtake Celtic becomes even harder to forecast.

This is the main source of aggravation and frustration for the Rangers supporters while they wait to see who will be entrusted with the job of managing their team and succeeding the utterly hapless Pedro Caixinha.

What would they give after six trophy-less years to be in the position of those who support a side going for seven league titles in a row while contemplating the probability of competing in Europe into the new year?

What a remarkable state of affairs it is, then, that an element within the Celtic support still choose to prefer a forensic investigation into their rivals' reasons for discomfort rather than luxuriating in the land of milk and money that the shrewdest of managerial appointments has allowed them to do at some length

• Hugh Keevins