Rodgers had it right on the Celtic team-sheet leaker. That person isn’t a fan.

The boss didn’t mince words on the issue of team sheet leaks last night, and I, for one, couldn’t be more grateful. I was prepared to go in with a harsh critique, aimed not only at the original leaker but at everyone mindlessly helping to circulate that information online.

This is one of my biggest gripes—one that truly makes my blood boil.

As the boss rightly pointed out, if revealing this stuff gives even a sliver of advantage to the opposition, why on earth would you do it?

To those who, for whatever reason, decided to make that information public on blogs, forums, or social media, I’ve got news for you: you don’t look clever or well-informed. You’re not “in the know” just because you got sent the team sheet—everyone else got it too. So attempting to seem like the smartest person in the room only makes you look foolish.

I firmly believe that you shouldn’t put confidential information into the public domain, even if others are doing it. Why would you? I genuinely cannot fathom what drives the person who started this leak.

As the old Taoist saying goes, “Those who know don’t speak, and those who speak don’t know.”

If you come across private information and then broadcast it for no reason other than to look clever, you’re simply showing off your own lack of understanding.

And to risk your job over it? Well, that’s stupidity at its finest.

A few weeks ago, I read an article about a mother complaining her son had been sacked from Lennoxtown—where they both worked—after he was accused of leaking information online. I am certain the club carried out a thorough investigation before taking such drastic action.

The consequences of leaking are clear, yet for some people, it still doesn’t seem to register.

With Rodgers evidently furious over this, you’d better believe there’ll be zero mercy when they track down whoever’s responsible. The best thing that individual can do now, for their own sake and everyone else’s, is keep their head down and cut this nonsense out.

Because make no mistake, they will be caught, and it won’t even be difficult.

Rodgers summed it up perfectly when he said these people aren’t real Celtic supporters.

They might think they are, and they might self-identify that way, but by jeopardising yesterday’s game, they proved otherwise. Yes, we won the game comfortably, but that’s beside the point. You don’t hand the opposition any advantage, not a single inch.

Only an idiot with more ego than sense fails to grasp that fundamental principle.

Whoever did this had their five minutes of fame, but what a strange sort of fame it is when you can’t openly enjoy it. It’s bizarre to try and impress people with information you’re not even supposed to share. What satisfaction is there in being “in the know” if only a few people around you can be privy to it? Those few mates who thought you were impressive for five minutes can now help you fill out the unemployment forms, because that’s all you’ve achieved.

The final irony here is that once it’s out there, it’s not secret anymore. So whatever thrill you might’ve felt initially is already gone, and what’s left? A ruined reputation and a one-way ticket out of the club if you’re caught.

And you will be if you keep it up, and in that case no-one will have the least sympathy for you at all because this kind of betrayal – and that’s what it is – deserves no leniency and based on how angry Rodgers sounded, there won’t be any.