Aidan Fitzmaurice: Old Firm showdown offers Martin O’Neill the chance to show he still has what it takes

Beat Rangers at Hampden Park tomorrow, be the unifying force Dermot Desmond hopes he can be and the short-term arrangement could become something longer for Derry man

Celtic interim manager Martin O’Neill with interim first team coach Gavin Strachan during a training session at the Lennoxtown Training Ground. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Keith Andrews has bigger things to deal with this week as he takes his Brentford side into a London derby and another test of his credentials as a Premier League manager, a weekly forensic examination of his abilities which the man from the North Strand is passing with a regularity that’s now become dull.

But there could be some relief, off the field, for Andrews. The fact that Martin O’Neill is now gainfully employed – albeit in a temporary capacity that could turn into a long-term gig if it keeps working out the way it started – means he will no longer clog up the airwaves with his petulant criticisms of Andrews as a coach, a player and a man.