Celtic banter 6

24 Nov 2025 19:26:54
It will be 15 years this Wednesday since Hugh Dallas and a few other colleagues were sacked by the SFA for getting caught sending highly offensive Emails about the Pope's visit to Scotland.

He was also criticised for lying to the media about the Dougie McDonald refereeing incident at Tannadice.
Dougie McDonald resigned a couple of days later without any apology.

Several months later a disgraced Hugh Dallas received an out of court settlement by the SFA for unfair dismissal and his other colleagues got their jobs back.

Only In Scotland.

24 Nov 2025 20:23:26
He showed his true colours with those emails.

24 Nov 2025 20:50:00
Hugh made sure he had Andrew and his brother as Motherwell mascots every season as a smokescreen because both boys were running about Dalziel Park with Rangers tops on.
My Brother in law lived directly across the road from them for a few years.

24 Nov 2025 18:59:03
Been going back over the Celtic Fans Collective meeting minutes and Desmond's statement after Rodgers walked, and there's a pretty clear tension between what Nicholson said in the meeting and what Desmond put out publicly.

From the agreed minutes released by the club, Nicholson stated that transfer business is handled through a:

"multi-disciplinary model" where "no part of that model has ultimate authority. "

He also confirmed that there are:

"thresholds where the Board of Directors must authorise increased transfer payments. "

And when asked how this works in practice, the board said:

Emails are sent to board members for authorisation where necessary.

So the board's line is basically: recruitment is shared, no single individual controls it, and bigger deals require board sign-off.

Desmond's public statement after Rodgers resigned painted a very different picture. He said:

"Every player signed and every player sold during his tenure was done so with Brendan's full knowledge, approval and endorsement. Any insinuation otherwise is absolutely false. "

He also claimed Rodgers:

"was given final say over all football matters"
and was
"consistently backed in the recruitment process — including record investment in players he personally identified and approved. "

He even added that when Rodgers raised concerns with him privately, Rodgers:

"was unable to identify a single instance where the club had obstructed or failed to support him. "

So on one hand you've got Nicholson saying recruitment is multi-disciplinary with no single authority, and that the board must sign off on certain transfers.

On the other hand, Desmond is saying Rodgers had "final say over all football matters" and approved every signing and sale.

Individually, both statements can technically coexist, the board might retain financial veto while the manager signs off on football suitability but the tone and implication are very different. Nicholson describes a shared, controlled structure; Desmond describes Rodgers as holding decisive power.

Yes, there's a factual tension between the two. Nicholson emphasises collective decision-making and board oversight. Desmond emphasises Rodgers' authority and final say. They're clearly telling two different stories about who actually held the power.

24 Nov 2025 19:32:46
There's no contradiction whatsoever, all it says is that there are multiple people involved but of course the manager has the final say as it's his head at the end of the day and of course the board has to sanction large funds being released! Both points should be fairly obvious and to be honest should go without saying.

24 Nov 2025 19:46:33
Brendan being very quiet. He's either been bought off or he's biding his time to drop a bomb!

24 Nov 2025 21:20:57
If anything in the DD statement was untrue our former elite manager's ego would not allow him to stay silent. BR worked his ticket by causing a rift at the club. Good riddance to a truly awful manager!

24 Nov 2025 21:54:50
He may have signed a non disclosure rab, which is very common when a someone leaves a club.

24 Nov 2025 22:27:19
Awful manager is the 2nd most successful in the clubs illustrious history, but I'm glad he went to as it had went stale and he definitely wanted out.

25 Nov 2025 14:02:29
NDA works both ways.

If either party says anything defamatory about the other they can end up in breach and therefore court.

The fact DD blasted BR very quickly after his resignation infers that an NDA probably wasn't signed.

I don't think we have heard the last of this one.

25 Nov 2025 17:24:06
Fair point North 18q.

25 Nov 2025 21:46:24
Yeah I'm waiting for BR to reply also, to see what his side is. I mean there are two sides and all that. I kind of agree why he walked, I mean if you were in a job where you constantly had to bang heads and have disagreements all the time, you wouldn't stay. Same goes the board should of sacked him, but they are to tight to pay him off. I walked out of a couple of jobs, good paying ones, but the bosses above were total knobs and I couldn't put up with it.


So basically Rodgers deserves his story, ego or not, yes he's football was getting stale, but I don't blame him for walking if he did. If DD finally grew a pair and sacked him that's also fair enough, but what we need is transparency and honesty, something I don't think any one of our board are capable of.

24 Nov 2025 17:35:44
Can a EAGM be called with motion of no confidence in MN, PL and DD? DD holds 34.7% plus however many his "allies" hold so they may well hold on, but it would at least show the % of shareholders that want change. It simply can't go on as is.

24 Nov 2025 18:45:10
It takes an individual with at least 5% of shares in Celtic to be able to call a EGM.
Apart from DD,
I think there's only 3 other shareholders who would be able to call an emergency general meeting.

24 Nov 2025 17:34:58
Im not convinced in the appointment of Nancy at all. I will back him but he simply has no grace period. He will realise very quickly the pressure here is like nowhere else.


If he flops i'm ok with him, it won't be on him but one thing i really want to see from him and that is he will not be another yes man for DD.

24 Nov 2025 18:06:58
Because of injuries and bad recruitment he's inheriting a rubbishshow, so he'll need patience.

24 Nov 2025 18:21:14
Does any manager we hire get a grace period?

24 Nov 2025 18:58:57
I think of the young managers doing well down south, ie Crystal Palace, Brighton, Bournemouth etc so although it's another cheap choice from the Board (I'm happy to be corrected but other than BR, Celtic have opted for the cheap option over the last decade or so) , I'll try and adopt a glass half full mentality.

It's hard though as as a club, we're rotten to the core.

24 Nov 2025 19:01:24
The board will be getting the blame if he flops as they are the ones that will appoint him and it is a risky strategy as he has never managed at this level.

24 Nov 2025 19:26:52
I wonder who of the back room he is bringing

Head coach Wilfried Nancy
Assistant coach Kwame Ampadu
Assistant coach Yoann Damet
Goalkeeping coach Phil Boerger
Fitness coach Jules Gueguen
Video performance coach Maxime Chalier
Technical director Marc Nicholl

Ampadu looks the best pedigree - former Monaco assistant under Niko Kovac.

I will back this to the hilt as I reckon the French connection will work here.

24 Nov 2025 19:57:12
Like it did with Paul le Guen at Rangers?

24 Nov 2025 21:43:31
Spot on wee Joe….

Nothing against French in the job…. just Not that group of inexperienced non achievers…

If DD wants to ramp up the sh@t show…. Then he we go.

24 Nov 2025 22:02:47
He may be a great appointment celtic65 but it is a big risk as he is untested. There is not many top class french manager who have done well in the UK.

Wenger, houllier and tigana?

25 Nov 2025 02:48:54
To be fair, Paul le Guen was a very good coach when he went to them.
He had a huge reputation of developing young players and had won 3 titles in a row at Lyon.
The problem was the same as Ronnie had here and that he had to deal with certain players who thought that they were more important than the manager.

24 Nov 2025 16:00:06
Reports indicating Nancy plus his team of four will join Celtic. That is a lot of new faces. If accurate, let us hope they all settle into their new environment quickly.
If there are families coming over, new school, new accents, new climate etc etc big changes.

Fans never consider these things. If they don't get off to a flyer and maintain winning ways? Bhoys will be Bhoys.

24 Nov 2025 14:55:07
ED I know you didn't think there was anything in the Nancy appointment, has your position changed on that?

I will back the manager all the way, can only hope he's a coup.

{Ed007's Note - Over the last couple of weeks it's looked more and more likely it'll be Nancy, whether he's a coup or coo remains to be seen.}

24 Nov 2025 17:55:58
I'm undecided if I'd rather have Maloney managing than Nancy 🤔.

24 Nov 2025 19:02:26
I don't think either of them would be good appointments and both would be risky.

24 Nov 2025 19:35:27
Every appointment is a risk as is every player we sign because nobody really knows for sure how things will work out!

24 Nov 2025 19:57:53
How does that sit with you blaming BR for everything?

24 Nov 2025 21:30:48
Well BR clearly didn't work out did he?

24 Nov 2025 15:30:31
For the post of new manager, maybe the answer is right here in Scotland, I suggest John McGlynn.

24 Nov 2025 16:14:30
At least he is experienced ….

As a protest I won't attend the first home game that DD appoints an inexperienced manager.

My choice.

Had enough of DDD…. The first D is for despotic

I haven't spoken to one Celtic fan that thinks appointing an inexperienced manager mid season is a good idea.

This will be our very own Russel Martin moment. There is still a bit of me that thinks this is a wind up.

24 Nov 2025 16:48:17
John McGlynn was a scout for Celtic for a few years under Ronnie and Brendan.

24 Nov 2025 19:04:47
It isn't just the fact he is inexperienced. The question we need to be asking is he capable of dealing with the Scottish media and is he able to handle the high pressure that is intensified due to what is happening off the pitch.

24 Nov 2025 20:00:24
I should have said I am sure he has good coaching credentials, it was the other factors that gave me food for thought about his suitability.

Rest assured a certain element in the SMSM will have their knives well sharpened and will be waiting for an opportunity to get stuck into Celtic.

24 Nov 2025 15:16:59
Fergus tried to save us from the Dictator

A lot of Celtic fans still do not think Fergus was good for Celtic because he made a profit when he left

But before that he SAVED our club and modernised Celtic Park and gave us a financial advantage over Sevco which we still have till this day

When he left he sold his shares to the Celtic fans as he did not any one person or group owning majority of shares and thus dictating direction of our club

But somehow DD managed to persuade most chare holders to sell to him and thus we were back to a dictator

DD HAS NOT been good for Celtic
Fergus McCann WAS.

24 Nov 2025 16:27:54
Desmond and Son have a tyrannical grip of our football club, having maneuvered a posse of puppet 'yes-men' who dare not speak.
The AGM was a stage-managed show of power and control over Celtic shareholders and supporters by patronizing pontification.
The Celtic 'custodians' of yesteryear almost bankrupt the club, whereas this Cartel have financial and business acumen a=plenty, but have no comprehension of our football heritage or importance of a healthy affiliation with supporters to achieve mutual objectives.


The pending appointment of Nancy seems to be an ;inside job' with the Tidsdale connection and possibly not the candidate we wanted? Like fellow supporters, I will give him a chance. although I do not know if he has any idea of what he is getting into never mind zero knowledge of Scottish football etc etc. If he fails - and I definitely hope he doesn't, it will be yet another Board induced shortfall to add to a long list of Desmond dictated decisions.

24 Nov 2025 16:52:01
Fergus could've made more money at Celtic if he wanted.
He gave us a timeline of 5 years and then he was selling up and Fergus stuck to that.

I've always thought that Fergus made about 5x his money but if he sold up one or two years earlier he would've made more of a profit.

24 Nov 2025 09:39:17
Been seeing few accounts about AGM from people who attended. All give the impression the plan was always to shut down the meeting before there was any chance of putting any pressure on this sad sack of individual puppets and the mini me dictator 'in waiting'.
Can a group of small shareholders make a complaint to the stock exchange or whichever body controls/ oversees business practices in this country? If an AGM is a legal requirement, then surely there must be some rules or regulations that must be followed?
The overall impression is that this group of despicable people will happily damage this club out of spite.


They MUST be removed by any means as soon as possible.

24 Nov 2025 13:20:34
Surely if rules and regulations need to be followed then surely everyone with shares needs to behave like adults and not children. The booing and outbursts from so called fans who part own the club was embarrassing. When someone is speaking you listen then when you speak they listen that's how a consrtuctive converstation works.


A lot of people on here want the board removed but when you their ideas on how things should be run you think wow thankfully the board are in charge and not these fans who think they know better!
We had someone on here wanting a full new team with the cheapest being £11m lol, we'd be a new club twice over if some fan experts were running us😂.

24 Nov 2025 13:22:49
Rangers managed to do what we're all hoping for today. Let's hope Celtic follow suit.

24 Nov 2025 13:40:52
We had someone ask a question last year and got ridiculed by the chairman to protect the silent CEO. If the clowns running this circus want some respect then they need to show some. And having some nonentity slag of the fans don't help. Your opinion is irrelevant to most fans, the majority want them gone.

24 Nov 2025 14:24:48
Bhoy88, and it's ok for a proxy to dis the support in his address and for the chair to say "behave"! Jesus's talk about amateur hour and how not to run an AGM.

24 Nov 2025 14:39:42
Is it a constructive conversation telling people they're bullies.

Ross Desmond intentionally put fuel on the fire to get the AGM stopped.
His nod to Peter Lawwell was the signal to end proceedings.

That saved the entire Board the embarrassment and bad publicity of a No vote of confidence in the room plus they didn't need to answer any Questions at the end.
PL hinted there wouldn't be time for Questions anyway.
Talk about defending the indefensible.

24 Nov 2025 15:51:01
To instantly attack the fans at our agm was orchestrated by the board and they couldn't halt it quick enough, it was embarrassing from the boards point of view,

23 Nov 2025 22:06:52
Ladbrokes latest Odds for the Scottish Premiership title -

Celtic 1/ 3
Hearts and Sevco are both 5/ 1
Hearts were a short 6/ 4 after they beat Celtic.

24 Nov 2025 09:31:02
Considering the self inflicted mess we are in it's amazing we are in contention, never mind favourites.
Unfortunately, I think the worst is still to come. I have real concerns about the pending managerial appointment, the current squad and injury list.

Never mind a notoriously limited January transfer window.
The Board are at war with our support, many of which they treat with arrogant contempt and it's very possible their decisions (or lack of them) could see our odds shifting drastically?

24 Nov 2025 09:52:20
For sure Celtic Mad.

A complete mess. Everything is misaligning and that won't be good for the players. I feel sorry for the players. They are human and they are turning up for work which is nothing short of a toxic environment. What employees would want that.

Fair play to them we are still in the hunt…. But like you I feel things are about to get worse. You normally expect a boost with a new manager being appointed, however, if the press are right with Nancy, i can't see things getting better.

24 Nov 2025 10:55:13
I'm sure the Celtic fans will get behind our new Manager because if we don't then we are doomed for this season.

24 Nov 2025 12:15:25
Let's hope our new manager can manage or we're doomed for next few seasons.

24 Nov 2025 13:16:18
Get a fecking grip man. Doomed? Hopefully we get no more injuries. Keep winning on the domestic front till we get a few players in January.

23 Nov 2025 20:21:00
Edd, is there any reason why Nancy hasn't been announced as I have heard his season is over, or are we waiting on sum1 else mate ano bodo only have 1 more game to play and are sitting 2nd🙏.

{Ed007's Note - I can only hope that the reason Nancy hasn't been announced is because he isn't getting the job but I'm fearing the worst.}

23 Nov 2025 20:51:36
I hope he is not getting it as well.

{Ed007's Note - It's just so underwhelming imo and I'm not having any comparison with Ange. DD - and even throw the board in the mix - could at least make the fans take a step back with a top drawer appointment, whether it's Knutsen, McKenna or someone that's not even been mentioned but someone with a reputation to get the fans excited. There's other changes going on behind the scenes with guys like Lefevre etc leaving so it looks like the Tisdale is stepping up, imo he deserves a chance to see what he can actually do in the basic DOF role by the look/sounds of it but if Nancy is HIS choice and he's convinced DD to take that chance then if it does go wrong it's on Tisdale, it's just a weird on altogether for me Joe.
There was better CV's binned without Lawwell looking at them when NL got appointed in the Hampden showers.}

23 Nov 2025 21:25:23
My pal reckoned it's something to do with his back room staff for the hold up bit like the Howe scenario. with him not being in place already am thinking Knutson is waiting on season finishing before moving to us (ano ano am a dreamer) 🥺.

{Ed007's Note - But you're not the only one....😎 If our main rivals Hearts or even Aberdeen or TRIFC were appointing Nancy would we be worried or rolling in the aisles laughing?}

23 Nov 2025 21:28:55
I did notice Nancy was getting linked with tisdale and he was being promoted as being the one who will. be doing the recruitment. The cynic in me thought this was so the board had a fall guy if things go wrong.

{Ed007's Note - Tisdale worked with Nancy's assistant at Exeter a while back, it's a bit of a stretch imo. Nancy worked under Terry Henry 🤢

23 Nov 2025 21:44:28
Just read an article that says if we sign Nancy now there is a larger compensation due but if we wait until 1st December, the compensation reduces significantly. It does sound like something our board would do to save a few bob. 🤣

I have no idea how reliable the story is.

{Ed007's Note - Well if that's out there and he's such hot property I'm sure another club will "swoop in"....

23 Nov 2025 21:47:01
Nancy is the cheap option for me. Knutsen will want his own staff and will likely be too experienced and cunning to take guff from the board.
Ipswich would need paid out for Mckenna and i would doubt Mckenna would be interested in working under that board with them constraints.
Nancy is the cheap option that is inexperienced and will likely not have a clue what he will be getting himself in for.


There are murmurings that its been held up as Nancy wants his own staff.
Ill give the man a chance but i honestly can't see it ending well.
With this appointment it shows me the board are not interested in trying to change for the better. Same old strategy.

23 Nov 2025 21:48:28
Heard its to do with compensation come the 1st of December we pay less.

{Ed007's Note - It's going to be like an Advent calendar, every day something new & mental will come out 😂

23 Nov 2025 22:25:31
Some people are comparing him to Ange. I think a more appropriate comparison would be Pedro caixinha. 🤣

Let's hope we do t see him standing in a bush arguing with fans.

23 Nov 2025 23:24:06
The only comparison he has with Ange is they were both unheard of. Don't get the hype about the Ipswich boss.

24 Nov 2025 09:40:28
It will be Nancy. Its in the stars that the board will take him. With all that is going on, that is the choice that the majority of the fans don't want, so our board will choose him.

If they take him, it confirms we are a club with no real ambition, no real drive to improve in Europe.

There is absolutely no comparison with Ange, as he had proven himself at a good level. This guy hasn't.

If he is one of the future premier level Managers as some are trying to say, we certainly wouldn't be the only club linked with him but we are.

We are not in a position to take a risk, his season is on a knife edge, our team have no confidence, the club is in turmoil, is a total unknown, with no real experience going to manage to come in and turn this all around.

I for one am really worried.

24 Nov 2025 10:22:38
What established, successful manager, would risk what they have achieved, by working under a board devoid of ambition? A recruitment model that has been exposed as not fit for FA. An owner, whose control is total, who slaughtered the last incumbent, showing borderline psychotic traits in his statement. They repeated again at the AGM they set up to fail, that we are keeping the tin mentality. I can't see any of the guys on the Fantasy Island wish list even giving it a second thought.

They succeed because they sork within a supportive and effective structure. We don't have that. So, unless they arrive with a bag of wands, robust team talks won't cut it.
Sort out the board, get more ambitious. Improve our recruitment, all of the better managers quoted would jump at it. Not now. I actually have a bit of confidence Nancy will be what we need. Time will tell.

24 Nov 2025 13:49:26
Why does it show no ambition Meada? Because you haven't heard of him?

24 Nov 2025 15:03:35
It shows no ambition and that is most fans opinions from what I've read firstly because he is lacking experience secondly because he will be a yes man and that has already been proven because he has agreed to work under the clubs transfer policies which are non existent the board want someone who will use the club as a platform and move on in 2 years time which means a whole new back room staff and set of players to fit a new managers formation and set up which shows no forward thinking or ambition at all and 3rd he is a very underwhelming appointment requiring compensation we could pay for a more established manager and one with more experience and proven track record in Europe he would not be one fans first pick because most wouldn't have even considered him for the job before he was mentioned for it.

25 Nov 2025 19:30:29
Bhoy has anyone heard of him.

We are a rubbish show just now, he isn't very experienced, what does he have to fall back on experience wise to sort this out.

His style of play is renound for being hard for players to pick up with suggestion it can take a season for some.

Do you think we have a season to fall behind, do you think we have time to give him a settling in period, let this season pass, especially with the coefficient dragging Scottish teams down to 3 qualifying games for CL and Conference.

We just don't have the time to take risks.

{Ed007's Note -

Our new manager 🗣️ 🍀 pic.twitter.com/Z4ItiLjVtk

— celtic Jaime 🍀 (@celtic_jaime) November 25, 2025

26 Nov 2025 12:16:30
Even more worried now Ed. Winning is not important.