“Just give us a chance to do this and to do it properly…” Brian Wilson
With a few days left of the window, we are 14 players down, have 5 injuries, and only have 20 available first-team players.
A strong message has been sent by the support today, with one of the lowest attendances since Celtic Park reopened.
Supporters have had enough of being treated as cash cows while our ambition for Celtic is not reflected in the boardroom.
The time for change is long overdue.
Whilst we’re on the subject of sabotage…
Before agreeing to return, Rodgers was assured that recruitment had improved since his first tenure.
Remember that first window? £19m spent on 10 players. Nothing had changed. We were still on the hunt for cheap punts.
He wanted centre-backs with pace for the Champions League. Mark Lawwell delivered Maik Nawrocki & Gustaf Lagerbielke - two players who had no pace.
We sold Jota & Abada, but failed to adequately replace them.
Joe Hart announced his retirement in February 2024, yet we had no replacement lined up five months later when Rodgers had to personally contact Kasper Schmeichel and do the recruitment team’s job for them.
On to the second season, where we actually showed some ambitious intent in the summer window. The fact we were without a Head of Football at that time due to the departure of Mark Lawwell may have been coincidental.
We sold Matt O’Riley and then Kyogo in January, but failed to adequately replace them.
Then came the third season, where we were dreadfully ill-prepared for the Champions League, failing to negotiate the qualifiers for the 7th time in 9 attempts.
We sold Kuhn, but failed to adequately replace him (do you see the trend developing here?).
We kept Maeda when his head was already in Wolfsburg.
We sold Idah, messed up the Dolberg deal, then had to go back to the Rodgers Rolodex to bring in Iheanacho.
When Rodgers eventually spoke out about this amateur approach to recruitment, someone at the club briefed against him to the worst tabloid rag imaginable.
You may well have a predetermined view on Brendan Rodgers, but he wasn’t the one sabotaging Celtic. If you believe that, you’ll agree with every word of Desmond’s statement obliterating the man on his departure - a statement that remains a stain on Celtic’s reputation.
The target of our disdain should be fully focused on those in the boardroom who are incapable of progressing our football club, not on managers trying to achieve success to a backdrop of chaos and dysfunction.
Protest against the board. Fans to blame
No atmosphere. Fans to blame
Booing a player. Fans to blame
Unhappy with MON’s comments. Fans to blame
Wow! The fans have really fucked this season up
Thankfully we have the board to keep us right. They’re just awesome ain’t they?
After a chaotic summer window, the way our club conducts business shows no sign of improvement - despite the glaring gaps in the squad and the position we find ourselves in the league.
Not Another Penny until we see mistakes are learned from and real change in how we operate.
Yet again, the Celtic Board gives a principal shareholder free rein, this time using his son as cover, to unleash another disgraceful attack on Celtic fans. If the footage didn’t exist, you’d struggle to believe it happened. His behaviour is spiralling, and it shows.