I WATCHED the Celtic versus Inter match on TV and I thought Chris Sutton and Steve McManaman were so harsh afterwards that it was unbelievable.

It was as if the Parkhead club shouldn't be celebrating their late equaliser because they should be beating teams like Inter. Okay, so Roberto Mancini's side aren't doing that well in Serie A but what a statement that is to make.

Celtic were just unfortunate that Craig Gordon had one of his worst games since his time at Hearts. Or maybe his entire life. I couldn't believe what I was seeing from Craig, I just didn't think he had that in his locker. He is at an age when he shouldn't be affected by a mistake like the one which led to Rodrigo Palacio's second of the night, but he will still need all his experience to get through it.

There were plenty of mistakes on Thursday night, but it made for a great game. Celtic showed some bottle to come back and it proves that the spirit is there. Ronny Deila was ramping up the fans as usual afterwards - he has been doing it against provincial teams like ourselves at Ross County - and he is quite right to get caught up. Having being two down after 13 minutes, Celtic showed great nerve to fight back for a draw.

Inter might not be the team they once were but you can get carried away by thinking they are there for the taking. They scored three at Parkhead and there are not many teams who do that. I agree they didn't conform to the usual Italian stereotype defensively, but I still think it would be in Celtic's best interests to do what most teams to do to them domestically. That is go and sit in against them.

Ronny Deila loves to press the game, and is huge on sports science, but I think Thursday night will be an occasion to alter his plans. Inter have got dangerous players and I wouldn't be playing open football against them, letting guys like [Rodrgio] Palacio and [Xherdan] Shaqiri get the chances that come their way. Celtic need to sit deep, deny their flair players space, and see what stage that takes them to in the game. If Deila does press the game, you can see Inter passing the ball around them. There is not really an onus on them to do that away from home.

Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay Steven have really fitted in and I was surprised and delighted to see them playing on this stage. Not because I felt they weren't ready. Just because I know the club. Ronny Deila threw them in straight away against Partick, but their performance levels really were excellent on Thursday night. We have some talent here in Scotland, of that there is no doubt.

Both have been involved in Scotland squads under Gordon Strachan in the past and it goes without saying they will come into the reckoning for the matches with Northern Ireland and Gibraltar at the end of the month. The fact they haven't really made their mark yet just shows that it is hard to get in the international squad again but as usually happens when you go to a bigger club, there is a realisation you are ready for international level. We can't afford to leave that kind of quality out.

I think Ronny will go with the same team again and while Inter Milan are not quite what they once were, Celtic will need an absolutely enormous performance to go through. I can't help feeling they will be unlucky losers.

KRIS Boyd was back on target on Friday night as Rangers won at Raith Rovers. It was only his third league goal of the season, but you can't just blame the strikers. It is too easy to say that Kris Boyd and Kenny Miller should be scoring loads of goals at this level. I'm not making excuses for him - if Boyd doesn't play regularly he loses his edge. But why should they be scoring goals if the ammunition simply isn't coming in. Everybody has to take their own bit of responsibility.

The old football cliché has rarely been truer than it is at Ranger right now: they have to take it one stage at a time and that means making sure that they finish fourth. That sounds like madness but they have Falkirk and Queen of the South breathing down their neck. I do think they will make the top four, who knows they might even go up. It could even be at our expense. But they are gambling now. It is not as straightforward as everyone thought a few months ago.

Kenny McDowall is like a jockey at the Grand National whose horse has hit a fence and he is hanging on to the reins. That doesn't mean I think they should change the manager. Depending on the outcome of the EGM on March 6, there could be a new impetus, but the club is in such a shambles now that I think any manager coming in would struggle to steer it. At the end of it all, it will come down to this group of players. It remains to be seen whether they have it in them to get the club back to the top flight.