It was always going to be impossible to please everyone.

The moment coronavirus became a real, genuine threat to the Scottish football season, it didn't take The Oracle to foresee trouble brewing for SPFL decision makers.

How Neil Doncaster and his pals have handled the entire debacle has certainly not gone down well. And rightly so. And it's hard to argue against the fact that the situation has made our game in this country look like amateur hour.

The SPFL had opened it up to all 42 clubs in Scotland to submit the simplest of yes or no votes to conclude the season early. What happened was nothing short of embarrassing. Instead of a simple X to mark the spot, we got the equivalent of questionable art being drawn on a spoiled ballot paper.

Eventually, after WhatsApp-gate and Dundee's initial 'no' vote apparently floating into the ether, all votes were officially cast and an agreement struck to shut up shop for this term. Thank the Lord.

As diplomatic as the vote was in principle, a number of clubs have still been shafted. Partick Thistle and Stranraer will go down from the Championship and League One respectively and, with the SPFL now having the power to finish up the Premiership, too, Hearts are in a very precarious position.

Not to mention the fury Rangers and their supporters will be feeling, knowing Celtic will likely be crowned champions and winners of nine in a row within the next few weeks. You know things are really bad when a bloke rings up Clyde superscoreboard and vows to never step foot inside Hampden again even for music gigs. Beyonce will be devastated.

Talk of a tainted title have already begun, naturally. The fact that Celtic hold a massive 13-point lead at the top of the table, with just eight games to go, has been virtually ignored. Not to mention the disastrous form Steven Gerrard's charges were in before the shutdown. Just three victories from their last seven Premiership matches and an out-of-sorts top scorer Alfredo Morelos would suggest Neil Lennon's lads were on course to win at a canter, in the end.

Still, should it all end in tears - of joy or sadness, depending on your loyalties - Celtic's ninth title in a row will forever be known as 'the one they didn't earn'. Whether they go on to win 10, 15, 20 in a row, ninth in the sequence will always be the black sheep to many.

From the SPFL's confirmation statement, one piece of vital information almost flew under the radar, to some extent, amid the news of relegations, title winners and biggest losers. Hearts chief Ann Budge and Hamilton's Les Gray will head up a task force designed to propose league reconstruction plans that would presumably see a 14-team Premiership moving forward and no clubs relegated from the top two tiers.

Hardly agents of S.H.I.E.L.D but it is rather interesting to see Ms Budge opt to head up plans rather than challenge a voting process which was clearly unfit for purpose. Considering the reconstruction option needs 11 votes in favour from 12, change may be more difficult to implement than it looks.

Nobody wants Scottish football involved in another legal wrangle between clubs and the authorities. That would only serve to throw our game further into the public eye in a negative light. But one would imagine Hearts might have had a better chance against the poorly handled voting process as opposed to trying to drum up support for reconstruction plans that have been ditched in the past.

And just how might it work, exactly? Partick Thistle and Stranraer have already been notified, officially, of their relegation. When might they learn of their potential reprieve? What happens with prize money, cash flow for clubs?

Delving slightly deeper, meanwhile, and it mustn't be forgotten that Sky Sports expect four Celtic vs Rangers clashes for their money. The TV deal, worth almost £150million to Scottish football over five seasons needs taken into account by those in charge. The arrangement would be compromised and the contract potentially in jeopardy if the Premiership was switched to a 14-team league.

Glasgow's big two would no doubt meet each other just twice during the season, should the reconstruction plans come together, leaving Sky Sports without Scotland's biggest draw.

So much remains up in the air for the future of our game and, it must be said, it's hard to see how it can be resolved without even more anger and frustration. Strap yourself in for more statements and more uproar - it's on its way.

AND ANOTHER THING

Credit must go to Partick Thistle for their handling of the SPFL outcome. While clearly still reeling about the phantom Dundee vote, the club provided their supporters with a detailed explanation of why they would NOT be going after the SPFL with their legal team.

"To pursue court action costs money and considerable time – so we have had to consider carefully whether both could be better spent on securing the Club’s future and protecting the livelihoods of those we employ. In deciding what our next steps should be, that was our first priority," a section of their statement read. Finally some common sense and levelheadedness.

And from a club who have every right to feel wronged considering they lie just two points behind Queen of the South ahead of them and a mere five points short of being out of the relegation places altogether with nine games still to play. Not that it will mean much in the grand scheme, but respect from this writer to the Jags for their fighting spirit and, albeit reluctant, acceptance of the outcome.