Celtic banter 2

15 Jul 2026 09:26:32
Serious question in light of all that’s going on in and around Celtic fc. Are our board so well insulated from the support unrest, that they are oblivious to the reasoning behind the collective, not another penny, and all the other background complaints like the AGM fiasco.

Have they just looked at season ticket sales and taken that as a pat on the back to carry on with business as usual. Can’t get the image of out of my head of one of Eddie Murphy, s characters walking around with his fingers in his ears chanting NAH NAH NAH I’m not listening.

15 Jul 2026 10:37:37
If Dermot Desmond ran his other businesses the way he runs Celtic he’d be skint, he is not bothered about the club at all, Nicolson and McKay are just corporate monkeys dancing to his tune, the fact that they are happy to let the taxman fill his boots does not show good business strategy, Nicolson gets £17k a week for what exactly 🤔.

15 Jul 2026 11:14:34
I think they know about the unrest but believe it is just a small minority, as was evidenced by Ross desmonds speech at the AGM.

I personally don't think they care what we think as long as we keep giving them our hard earned cash and the stocks price is ok.

With regards to how Desmond runs the club. On the most part he runs the club well financially and has built a strong foundation. The problem some of us have, is that he is ultra conservative and risk averse, which is fine during lean times as fans will accept that but as we are seeing now, many of us are frustrated that he is unwilling to try and gradually take us to the next level.

There is so many things that the club could be doing to improve us but are reluctant to try.

15 Jul 2026 07:09:54
O'Neil-Nicholson is busting a gut in the background 🥵🤮.

15 Jul 2026 08:12:57
Read that! Nicholson working away in the background 🙈🙈🙈 what was more worrying was the indication that players need to leave to bring players in?

The still talking to kels and interest in another arajou loan!

15 Jul 2026 09:56:31
Who is actually working on players who were not here last season.

15 Jul 2026 05:20:32
If we had won 4 1 would we be world beaters? Yes signings required. That game is a zero indication and tells us nothing that wasn't apparent before. On a plus Camilo! I'm still fearful but optimistically so. I know how dare I be!

15 Jul 2026 06:01:16
Last year there was a ridiculous level of hype after we beat Newcastle 4-0 which was then quickly dampened by a average Ajax team
that was at a similar level of fitness.

All I have seen from the 2 friendlies so far is that Celtic have done nothing and still look like a team void of ideas and ability.

15 Jul 2026 08:07:40
Don't worry kwaj, the Celtic board will beat that out of you. 🤣

Believe it or not, last summer I was really optimistic. Our squad had been trimmed, we had a top manager, had just gotten out of group stages on CL and gave Bayern a good game, we were the richest we had ever been, we had good sellable assets and were in a great position to kick on.

Up until we crashed out the CL, which was late in the window, I had been telling people on here, that the time to judge was at the end of the window and that I was confident we would strengthen. Sadly, I had let my optimism over cloud my judgement and the club failed miserably in relation to ruitment and it snowballed from there. It was just one deck up after another.

15 Jul 2026 09:46:06
It's pretty season for god sake it means heehaw, the first half we were decent and popped it about quite nice 2nd half obviously with the raft of changes it happens, complete over reaction.

15 Jul 2026 11:41:04
Easily pleased Mally if your content with what you are seeing.

Whatever happened to Celtic don’t play friendlies or does that only apply when they win.

Pre season in the main is about fitness, Sporting players looked far fitter and sharper than ours? Played far better than us and looked like a team.

4-1 defeat that easily could have been double figures is nothing to ignore.

15 Jul 2026 14:47:04
Did I say I was happy feck it's pre season results are immaterial.

15 Jul 2026 03:20:16
How lazy is our recruitment and how slow is it, we had saratchi iheanacho and ox in the building but let them leave without getting a deal done, now we're being linked with aurejo feck me why have scouts be as well paying them all off if that's all we've got.

15 Jul 2026 06:45:45
It is so true. Since Ang left, our recruitment efforts have been abysmal. Slow, backwards looking and without any planning for the immediate dangers (CL qualifiers, being ready for the new season etc) and giving new players time to get settled in whatever playing style we will be playing.

As things stand, and with the players we have left, or will retain, we are weak everywhere and those potential CL qualifying opponents look daunting as of 15 July.

15 Jul 2026 10:05:26
Looking back the only reason things got done under Ange was that most of the players we signed were very cheap, so the boards heart monitors hardly recorded a bleep.

Now we are being asked to spend serious money just to stand still and the board room sounds like a Teco checkout.

It is embarrassing when teams ask 10m and we start at 3m. I know its a negotiation but we appear to lose so many players by going on very low and leaving it at that offer for far too long.

I may be wrong but my biggest concern is how easy it seems for the clubs in our league to get the players in they need. I appreciate it may be a different pool that they are fishing in but they still get the job done quickly and are still up against clubs with similar budgets, just like us.

14 Jul 2026 22:32:25
Groundhog day with signings
Linked to about 20 players probably get 2 at most then on last day of transfer window sign loan players who no one wants
World class football club in everything but doing what fans want
Optimism at all time low after getting over the line last year we should be in commanding position
Really feel for MON alongside the greats who have managed this wonderful club
Board are a shambles and need to go.

15 Jul 2026 07:16:50
Im with you Agreed, but how?

Our collective moaning affects nothing but our own sunny perspectives.

14 Jul 2026 22:10:07
Sporting just gave us the perfect example of what is possible if you move the ball forward with pace. We still seem to be set in our ‘ how can I find a 50 yard backward pass’ ways. My worry is that, that style is so ingrained that it will need transferred out of the team over time
?

14 Jul 2026 21:30:58
Preseason games are obviously not worth getting too stressed over… however, I do think we are at least 5 players away from being able to feel confident going into the start of this season. and that's now… before the inevitable exodus. I for 1 don’t really care if the skipper goes, long past his best and has more off games than on imo, although he is not alone in that in this squad of misfits. I have no confidence in this board that they will give the manager the players he needs, MoN wouldn’t have been my choice as manager but like we all know.

there’s only one guy calling the shots on this board and it’s fair to say he holds our fanbase in what can only be put as contempt! It’s been a few years since we had a trophy less season… now probably far too early to think about that possibility but would it really be that much of a shock given the continual downgrade of the playing staff over the last few years 🤷‍♂️.

14 Jul 2026 22:27:37
There is no way this board are signing 5 first team ready players this window, we will sell Maeda and Engels definitely and possibly Nygren bringing in approx 40 million, we'll possibly spend 10 on god knows who and get a couple of loans in. This season could well be when it all catches up with our incompetent board.

15 Jul 2026 09:11:18
Think it has already caught up and lapped (several times) our incompetent board.

14 Jul 2026 21:02:30
I know it is only a pre season friendly but in the past that kind of defeat would have us looking to strenghten the team
But these barstewards on our Board do not care.

14 Jul 2026 22:34:37
Martin is “optimistic” in getting players in. Optimistic, is that the best we get. Shocking state of affairs.

15 Jul 2026 10:09:50
Wilson said weeks ago that players would come in quickly over the next week.

He lied then and now our Manager can only say he is optimistic rather than players WILL be coming in soon.

MN needs to leave or be replaced. He is a Solicitor by trade and clearly knows nothing about players and how to identify and negotiate transfers.

14 Jul 2026 19:46:07
I think what we can take from the Sporting friendly, even although we fielded a weakened team, is that we are seriously in need of reinforcements.

With less than 3 weeks to go before the start of the season and with a number of players reported to be leaving the board really need to step up and deliver what the fans expect 🤞🏼.

14 Jul 2026 20:02:17
Gk Lb cb cdm am lw rw st and that's before people move on.

14 Jul 2026 20:48:25
Duran gives me a bit of hope.

14 Jul 2026 21:44:18
I am not 100% sure but that was one hell of a weakened Lisbon team that made Celtic look even more mediocre than I thought they where.

14 Jul 2026 19:45:27
Did anyone have any ideas to what system we were playing.
Obviously the results doesn't matter and we are still waiting on players coming back and we will sign players but the defencive set up was puzzling.

14 Jul 2026 20:18:53
I was with you until the bit "We will sign players"😂.

14 Jul 2026 20:47:28
Blind mans buff.

14 Jul 2026 19:22:41
Let the meltdown begin lol.