Storm Bram has been causing disruption these last few days, doing its best to frustrate commuters and cause chaos with carefully-constructed Christmas decorations in gardens around the country.

In truth, it’s been a breeze compared to the hurricanes that have continuously blasted through Scottish football these last few months.

If Scotland’s progression to the World Cup finals next summer was the calm - if you could really call it that - then it has been surrounded by some major storms.

Using the modern methodology of giving them rather benign names, we’ve had Russell, Brendan, Dermot and now Wilfried. We exclude Martin, who was a force of nature, for sure, but nothing if not a soothing presence.

Russell Martin’s exit from Rangers had been brewing for a number of months but, even though he’s now gone and replacement Danny Rohl has at least seemed a more palatable presence to fans, there appear to be some parallels being drawn between him and new Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy.

The Frenchman, of course, finds himself at Parkhead courtesy of what we believed would be the most remarkable story in Scottish football this season as Brendan Rodgers and Dermot Desmond’s relationship crumbled spectacularly.

Martin O’Neill stepped in, steadied the ship and then made way last week for Nancy.

It was never going to be the easiest of handovers. O’Neill remains a Celtic legend and, at 73, was a breath of fresh air as he navigated press conferences with poise, wit and no little ease.

He also proved he had not lost any of that old match sharpness as the gap at the top of the Premiership was erased, making up eight points on Hearts, and throwing in an impressive Europa League win over Feyenoord in Rotterdam for good measure.

Yet he left with Celtic on the brink of a tough run of games: a top-of-the-table clash with their Tynecastle rivals, the visit of Italian giants Roma and then the League Cup final with St Mirren.

It would be harsh in the extreme to say that Nancy fell at the first hurdle following the 2-1 defeat to Hearts last Sunday. But football has always been an unforgiving climate.

In fairness, the fallout from that loss was remarkable. Everything from Nancy’s tactics board to his trainers were put under the microscope.

Pundits have since been engaged in a war of words over the level of criticism that has come the way of the former Columbus Crew boss. Scottish football in its entirety has been decried for its ‘embarrassing’ response to his arrival.

Level heads will, of course, eventually prevail. Perhaps there will even come the realisation that Scottish football is far from unique when it comes to snap judgments of managers and players.

Take even the briefest glances around the global game and you wouldn’t have to look too far for similar cases of finger-pointing and fury. Football doesn’t tend to disappoint when it comes to prime-time drama.

In sporting parlance, that side of things is often - rather condescendingly at times - called ‘the noise’. If you’re a manager, you’re not supposed to listen to it. It’s beneath you. You shouldn’t even know it’s there.

In his pre-match press conference ahead of facing Roma, Nancy addressed it. He also mentioned his mother, which brought to mind Storm Russell. For the most part, however, it was all sensible stuff from the Frenchman.

‘People deserve the right to talk,’ said Nancy. ‘I’m going to dress one way, maybe they are going to say that they don’t like the way I dress, so I don’t waste time on that.

‘If I use it (the tactics board), it’s because it’s good for me. Simple as that and I’m not saying that I’m going to use it all the time.’

Of course, rightly or wrongly, both his sartorial and tactical acumen will be under scrutiny again against Roma.

Nothing new in that. Before he became a full-blown storm, Brendan didn’t wear a tie for one match and it caused a stir.

For context, former England manager Steve McClaren once used a brolly on the sidelines and he’s never been allowed to forget it.

Yet, how does one move on from such things? To be blunt, changing the agenda at any football club requires one thing: winning matches.

As Celtic defender Auston Trusty put it at the Roma press conference: ‘I think the fact that we lost our previous game, people can start to say stuff but, again, if you win a game, then people don’t say anything.

‘It’s just the nature of the beast and it’s the nature of how big this club is.

‘And when you get people on your side, they’re really on your side.

‘I’m just asking fans... to understand what he’s coming to do.

‘And it’s a hard job. It’s a tough time he’s had in a sense of coming in during a period where we have really important games.

‘You have a league game against first place, you have your Europa League game, you have a cup final all in the same week as his first three games.

‘So, I think for any individual coming into a new environment, a new job, new role at a club of this stature, it takes time.’

And that’s it in a nutshell. If Nancy wins games, then it will quickly shut up his detractors, although it’s worth remembering that the current climate around Celtic has been largely self-inflicted.

The reason Nancy is there is because of what happened between the previous manager and the board. That calamitous fallout, followed by an embarrassing AGM, was nothing to do with any outside ‘noise’.

That the manager also has to navigate those issues, as well as getting to grips with an ailing squad of players, is the responsibility of his new employers.

That said, victories over Roma and then St Mirren at Hampden would certainly help lift some of the clouds over Parkhead. And, who knows, there may just be brighter skies ahead for Wilfried and Co.