Chris Sutton has questioned why Dermot Desmond didn’t act sooner if the Celtic owner was so unhappy with Brendan Rodgers, calling the Irish billionaire’s public attack on the former manager “astonishing.” Sutton was less surprised by Rodgers’ departure than by the tone and ferocity of Desmond’s statement, which accused the former boss of being “divisive”
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | Celtic | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Rangers | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Falkirk | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 12 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | St Mirren | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 10 |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Dundee | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Livingston | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 6 |
