ALAN Stubbs is no stranger to the feeling of regret which tends to follow bad career moves.

The former Celtic and Everton centre-back can look back in anger at his choice to quit as Hibernian manager just 10 days after their thrilling Scottish Cup final victory over Rangers in 2016.

He had been offered the opportunity to reroute to Rotherham and ply his trade in the English Championship but the club was spiralling out of control and so, too, was Stubbs’ career.

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He was gone by October, a reign of almost Wenger-esque proportions when compared to his four league games in charge of St Mirren at the start of this season.

The 48-year-old has frequently cursed his decision to leave Easter Road and he believes that Brendan Rodgers will, sooner or later, come to the realisation that – at the very least – the timing of his departure from Celtic was wrong.

"I think that, over time, Brendan will regret leaving when he did,” he said. "It’s probably the same with my situation at Hibs; as time goes on you do regret making certain decisions.

"Managers sometimes make impulsive decisions. They can make good impulsive decisions and wrong impulsive decisions. Right now Brendan will have his reasons for leaving but, to the people on the outside, the majority will think that he has made the wrong decision.

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"We don't know the main reasons for Brendan leaving - has there been a breakdown in relations with the chief executive, Peter Lawwell? Has it got to the point where Brendan has said 'enough is enough'.

We don't know.

"Brendan's image has been damaged in terms of his rapport with the Celtic supporters. Regarding Brendan as a manager, only time will tell; it may have damaged that as well.”

Stubbs will be in Edinburgh tonight as a pundit for Premier Sports, renewing his acquaintance with former Hoops team-mate Neil Lennon.

Should Celtic complete another treble, he believes that the title would go down as Rodgers’ but the Scottish Cup should belong to Lennon.

“Brendan’s done three-quarters of the league and they have an eight-point lead but I’d say that the hardest part of any title-winning season is the run-in,” he said.

“With the Scottish Cup, though, there are at least three games still to play before it can be won and they’ve only played two ties to get this far so Neil could take more credit for that and nobody could deny him that.”