Did 'biscuit tin mentality' lead to Celtic's exit?

Celtic's Champions League exit in Kazakhstan will have varied and far-reaching consequences - from recruitment budgets to the relative glamour of European fixtures this season and even possibly Brendan Rodgers' future.

The repercussions are for another day though. Before then, it is time to analyse how the Scottish champions got themselves in this mess.

Failing to score a goal against Kairat Almaty in 210 minutes of football sums up the insipid effort in what were arguably Celtic's most important games of the season.

We asked you for your verdict, and we were not short of responses from fans. This is where it all went wrong...

Robert: It has been very clear for a while what was needed but the board has dug in and taken an unnecessary risk - and lost. Brendan Rodgers and the players are not blameless but I felt for a while we were a one trick pony and teams had worked us out. Hopefully some new signings will add the energy required.

Brendan: Absolute disgrace - why has there been no investment in the squad? Good players being allowed to leave and not replacing them... it's the same old Celtic, trying their damnedest not to spend money but hoping for the riches of the Champions League.

Peter: We let quality players like Kyogo Furuhashi, Nicolas Kuhn, Greg Taylor and Matt O'Riley leave and bring in nobody with the same quality. What do you expect? Tierney might play the odd 65 minutes but he is not as valuable to team as Taylor. Adam Idah could not tie Kyogo's laces. The less said about replacements for Kuhn and O'Riley the better. They both had class. With the exception of Reo Hatate there is no real quality in team. A few of our better players are reaching the end of careers and can give no more. Clear out needed, from the board down to the players. No hiding place.

Peter: Wake up. Smell the coffee. The board has no interest in European advancement. We will remain kingpins in Scotland because it is a glorified pub league. We could let half the squad leave and still win the league. So what? No ambition. Huge change needed.

Sean: Squad needs to be strengthened, simple as that. Give Rodgers what he needs and he can produce the goods - just look at last season in the Champions League!

Stewart: The result on Tuesday and the lack of movement in the transfer market confirms we have no ambition beyond domestic titles. The Celtic board should be ashamed of their biscuit tin mentality.

['Biscuit tin' is a term used by some Celtic fans to refer to what they view as a miserly board]

Richard: The manager and players have to take sole responsibility; not the board in this one. Over his two reigns as manager, his signings have been rubbish bar one or two.

F McGuirk: Rodgers is primarily to blame for the shambles in Almaty. He's quick to accept plaudits, but never carries the can. The board played its part, but so did the fans for putting up with the dross football served up for 18 months. The press was wrong to signal the defeat by Bayern last season as a glorious achievement. Celtic were the lowest-placed team in the league stage, and were eliminated at the first knockout round.

Eamonn: Another dismal, grim goalless 210 minutes from Celtic. These negative square-ball tactics are the antithesis of Ange Postecoglou's attacking football. There is nothing 'smart' about Rodgers' turgid tactics and outmoded fixed formation. Time for Brendan to leave the building.

Gordon: This one is all on Rodgers. Unable to improve through coaching the players he has, with many regressing in form and unwilling to change tactics to break down stubborn teams.

Neil: Brendan prides himself on developing talent. Idah, Arne Engels and Auston Trusty have gone backwards. Maybe that's why the board wont spend? The team performance was woeful. No bite in midfield. We can't break down the low block. No natural finisher. Everyone at the club needs to take responsibility for this shambles. Time for change. Top to bottom. The club is stale. Start talking to the fan base.

Alan: How inept was the forward line? Idah comes on and it gets even worse! It looks like Hatate and Maeda want away. Starting to feel a bit like the 10-in-a-row debacle.

Fazal: Stop blaming the pitch. You have players who can't take free-kicks and corners. You have a captain [Callum McGregor] who can only pass a through ball a couple of yards and can't tackle. Has no movement and is not a midfield player. Should have been taken off.

Aldo: To be unable to score a single goal over two legs against a bang ordinary team speaks volumes. To be honest, neither team deserved a place in the league stage.

Brian: This Celtic team is not playing with same fight and technical ability as last season - too many passengers. Daizen Maeda's striking power has completely changed. Bring back Kyogo.

Steven: Shambolic performance. Celtic looked out on their feet. Like punch-drunk boxers, more concerned about their long flight home than the importance of the match. There was no desire, no energy, no pace of passing. Maeda looks as though he is ready to leave. What kind of professional footballer cannot motivate themselves to qualify for Europe's top competition? Embarrassing.

Andy: How do multi-million pound players fail from 12 yards? Pathetic.

R Duff: Two things can be true simultaneously - the Celtic board are culpable here, as is Brendan and the squad. Failure to replace and failure to perform over two legs has cost us. This board cost us 10 in a row and now Champions League football. Time for change…

James: It was like Celtic were playing in waist high, imaginary treacle - second to a lot of loose balls, and playing scared, tentative, unimaginative and predictable football.

Jamie: Failure to reach the Champions League is a symptom of Rodgers' ego in refusing to use his squad and in the board's by refusing to supplement it. Tired, tedious football and three subs used by the 105th minute. We did this to ourselves.

Or maybe this guy sums it up best of all...

Aaron: Garbage.