I suppose the point was to express exasperation with the national predilection to obsess over the minutiae of every action of the old firm, as I suspect we're he at any other club nobody would be thinking twice about anything mentioned in the original post, especially when we are riding so high.
In terms of humour, it was intended to be a somewhat lighthearted and throwaway remark. Perhaps if you didn't recognise this it's because you take yourself far too seriously to be able to consider that possible.
Inform, entertain and apparently abuse. Feel better that you got all that off your chest?