Celtic’s creative juices have not been flowing this season.

Just seven goals in seven SPFL League games tells its own story.

This is due to not replacing players in the transfer window – we all know that.

But do we know just how much it mattered? Brendan Rodgers said he would march on with what he’s got after the board failed to bring in the names he wanted.

With no choice, that’s what the Irishman is doing BUT when you look at the stats below – it becomes very apparent how bad a window the summer was and how much talent we sold without adequately replacing.

Stuart Armstrong, Paddy Roberts and Moussa Dembele.

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Those numbers are absolutely frightening and the become more so when you take those stats away from your side. What are you left with? Precisely what we see now!

I’m not having a pop at anyone for these three moving on, but I am saying there has been a massive injustice perpetrated by the club towards the fans who they take for granted.

All three players wanted to leave Celtic,

Armstrong has recently said he was fed up of Scottish football and wanted out. He stayed an extra season, not for Celtic but to play one more year under Brendan Rodgers.

Paddy was heading back to City on-loan and showed a desire to try and make his mark in England – he now finds himself in Spain, but that’s another story.

Moussa Dembele, well the less said about that one, the better.

I’ll be kind and say Moussa’s petulant behaviour came too late for Celtic to react. That’s me being kind and not holding them accountable for not having any plan b in case their top striker walked away.

For Armstrong and Paddy, it was simple – The two midfielders left early in the window, and there was ample time to replace them. John McGinn was the chosen one, but Peter Lawwell didn’t think so.

There is a massive creative gap in the Celtic squad. Yes, we have Tom Rogic and Callum McGregor. Tom hasn’t got going yet this season, and McGregor has been far from his best.

If Celtic aren’t working overtime to make sure they right the wrongs of the summer window in January then there is going to be a massive backlash.

The club needs to bridge the gap between what we have now and bringing some of that creative flair back which left with the three aforementioned players.