The power of the powerless. Sit inside a stadium and you can’t kick a ball or influence what’s happening on the park and yet already this season it is impossible not to appreciate the impact a support has on what plays out in front of them.

There will be some players and some teams for whom the lack of support last year may well have worked in their favour given the inhibitive nature that a full and demanding crowd can have on the psyche. The growls of disgruntlement and howls of derision when passes go astray and chances are missed can have the opposite of its intended purpose as certain players go into themselves.

For others the converse is true. Indeed, there will forever be a question mark as to whether Celtic would have unravelled as they did last season had there been a full stadium in to bear witness to the collapse. On the day when Celtic stopped Rangers winning a tenth successive title in May 1998, Five Live were briefly forced off air during their broadcast such was the din inside the stadium. Come this Thursday night the decibel level might come close to that as a full stadium returns for the first time since March 2020.

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The howls of protest that have surrounded the club for the last 9 months are unlikely to have been muted by the events of the last week but if there is a truth universally acknowledged at any football club it is that winning games puts every other complaint in the shade.

Pre-match protests and every other grievance becomes little more than a whisper when there is deliverance on the pitch. A 6-0 swatting away of Dundee in a home game will not cure all ills at Celtic and the chasm between the board and the support is unlikely to be bridged even if all is well with the world from a green perspective come the end of this season.

Certainly, though, Kyogo Furuhashi looks like going someway to act as the conduit between the board and a disgruntled support. The 26-year-old sizzled on his home debut as Celtic swatted away Dundee with his movement and willingness all the more glaring since it has been so conspicuous by its absence in the recent displays of Odsonne Edouard.

A new language, a new culture, new city and new team seems to have been taken to with ease with the player whom Ange Postecoglou put so much faith into. On early evidence, it does not look displaced.

And while there are further new signings expected, it is possibly indicative of the philosophy that the Greek-Australian is looking to implement at Celtic that Ryan Christie looks to have undergone a renaissance. If that rebirth means there is a new desire to stay and play a part in a different chapter at Celtic then he looks certain to have a pivotal role.

Brendan Rodgers energised players he inherited and elevated their game considerably; Callum McGregor, James Forrest and Scott Brown were all improved under his tutelage, perhaps the clearest indication of training ground communication.

The lessons of this week would be that something has been heard; ten goals, two wins, two experienced new arrivals and lost ground to Rangers quickly made up. If a week is a short, sharp shock in politics it is nothing to life on the Scottish football beat. Certainly, the roar on Thursday will provide enough energy to power the East End of the city.