26 Aug 2015 19:43:48
First time to submit to this site, I agree with lot of what's been said but it will continue like this until we as supporters stand together and show Desmond and co we have put up with this second rate care about our club. Back shortly
26 Aug 2015 20:23:39
What do you suggest we do?
What do you want Dermot Desmond to do?
26 Aug 2015 20:36:57
If I'm not mistaken DD would have to issue another shares right to invest further money in the club.
26 Aug 2015 20:37:51
What desmot dermond needs to do old bhoy is tell us fans what his ambitions are for our club if he's want to just win the spl with mediocre players then let us know and drop the prices to go watch the likes of Inverness and Ross county
26 Aug 2015 21:50:03
Don't think its a case of mediocre players,the blame lies fairly and squarely at Ronnies door,there are very good players at Celtic getting slaughtered now by supporters
but how are they supposed to develop any understanding as a team unit when Ronnie is obsessed with squad rotation,he should have played the team he was going to use against Malmo at the weekend and the weekend before that(Ciftci should just sit out his suspension,is crazy bringing him in for Euro games and disrupt the team),Ronnie is treating players like automotons instead of people.every one of us of a certain age can real of the lisbon team,because that team played regularly together and maybe another four who were used regularly as subs,they played regularly and got to know each others way of playing,making nine changes for the Inverness game was ridiculous.
27 Aug 2015 06:47:35
I agree with a lot of what's been said above. Ronny in no way is completely blameless in this, same goes for john Collins. People critise RD and rightly so but what about JC? What does he bring to the table? As for dermot Desmond, I agree with the post above, everyone to a man knows he's the top dog at Celtic park so any major decisions coming out of Celtic park I'd imagine go through him first so is it not time he comes out and let's the fans know on a European level where he sees Celtic? What his aspirations for Celtic at a European level are? Maybe then we could all try understand what's been happening these last few years. I'm sick fed up hearing Lawell etc telling anyone who'll listen we're a champions league club with a champions league stadium with champions league fan base. Defo got the stadium, got the best fan base in the world as far as I'm concerned but as for the team. We'll the European results speak for themselves!
27 Aug 2015 08:45:02
Walker was a good player for us, but there are a few ex-Celts, like him on SLY who seem to get paid to criticise and belittle anything Celtic - and this is a common SLY policy.
What I will say about the opposing managers in the Malmo tie, was the wily old Malmo guy seemed to psych out RD in every department and even intimidated him.
27 Aug 2015 11:20:55
In all honesty I don't even think we are a good Europa league team. Look at the teams already in the draw how many would we actually beat comfortably. (Not many) We and the board need to realise we are no longer a big club and prices should be dropped accordingly. Having a 60k stadium is well and good but y only ever have it half full. Cut prices and get some bums on seats which will boost the club.
As for the board they need to have a hard look at where they want the club to be in 5 yrs time as at this rate we will end up like Motherwell or partick. If they want the club on the global stage they need to invest in the squad as you have to speculate to accumulate. The last 4 yrs we have dropped so far in standards on the pitch when we should have been strengthening knowing we had the chance of CL every year with no real competition!!
28 Aug 2015 00:34:42
I didn't know Celtic fans wanted to go and watch other SPL teams . Am I right in thinking that Dermot Desmond cannot hold a bigger % of Celtic shares without buying the whole club . That may not be a good idea for us in the long run . Fergus McCann tried to set up the ownership so that one man couldn't own the club . If the other shareholders agreed he could loan the club money ,but that could cause problems and disagreements between major shareholders down the line .
I think the best way for him to do is to create a situation where the fans are happy to pay more per season .