15 Jul 2026 11:51:52
Just hear me out.
The history books will show, domestically, complete dominance in the last 15/ 20 years.
You have to include Rangers problems in that because that's apart of the history.
That domestic dominance however came at the cost of no progress in Europe.
We should have been in a position to run the team to do both.
I know we aren't going to win the CL but there should have been progress. when we thought there were signs of progress, the board circled the wages in and periods of down sizes kicked in.
As a fan I could only imagine what it would be like to have a board that would be on the ball with the way a modern football club should be run.
The men's first team should be the number one priority.
As I have said before I would scrap the academy. Its now producing players to leave at 16 and the ones left clearly aren't good enough.
DD has been holding the club back for years.
He had it in a decent state.
All he had to do was modernise the board and the workings off the club but he decided on rolling his sleeves up and wanting to fight with the supporters and his stubbornness and I truly think, hatred of the support leaves us in the place we are today.
The business might look good, the trophy Hall the same, but we should be so much further on than we are.
That's the frustrating part.
For some reason we are being held back.
Through in the stadium being tired now. many areas need modernising.
We now have a manager that's older than the board members.
We have at least 5 maybe up to 10 players who will struggle to complete 90 minutes for a variety of reasons.
Yet I have still brought my 2 season tickets.
I love going to watch celtic. i love our history, love our club.
The question I have to you all.
Why are they doing this.
15 Jul 2026 12:30:15
You cannot scrap the academy or womans team. Both are required for domestic and European licenses.
15 Jul 2026 13:34:42
Fair enough about the academy, but with the laws since brexit it's just a playground for the epl to take any that's half decent.
Its waste of time and money.
15 Jul 2026 13:53:51
My feelings exactly JJ. I don't understand why we are being held back in fulfilling our potential. Our Club should be run like a well oiled machine, players leave with replacements lined up, strive to become better every season. Instead the footballing side of things is run like an old clapped out motor.
15 Jul 2026 15:54:27
It's because Michael Nicholson is actually agent orange.
15 Jul 2026 17:06:35
Celtic who see themselves as a bank and merch brand, rather than a football club. That's the reason we are held back. We aren't a serious football club.