Celtic fans started Sunday with an attack from the club through their media partners at the Daily Record.
Things didn’t get much better as they watched Paul Tisdale enjoying a sleep during the 2-1 defeat at home to Hearts.
Both incidents sum up the state of play at Celtic as 2025 comes to an end.
During the course of 2024 Celtic lost just two matches. After 15 SPFL matches this season three defeats have been racked up.
Today Wilfried Nancy became the third Celtic manager of the season. The first mid-season change of management since 1993 when Lou Macari replaced Liam Brady after Frank Connor had stepped in as caretaker.
It was far from A Beautiful Sunday as the Paul Tisdale Revolution fully got underway. Or stalled.
CELTIC AND THEIR FRIENDS AT THE DAILY RECORD
The omens for a day of misery were sown late on Saturday night as the Daily Record laid into the disgusting and cowardly acts of some fans.
This comes on the back of constant statements and sanctions against the Green Brigade as outside consultants shape club policy.
The story in the Record is copper bottomed. It isn’t a tabloid flying a kite. The Record put the by-lines of their Editor and News Editor against the story.
It relies on comments from a Celtic spokesman, almost certainly Communications Manager Iain Jamieson.
Over the last three months Celtic have been running to The Sun and the Daily Record to do their bidding. Old habits die hard.
CELTIC LOST IN TIME
In 1995 that tactic might have worked. In 2025 those ailing publishers have been elbowed aside. Fan media revels in setting the record straight.
The shock horror story of posters around Glasgow is nothing more and nothing less than an attempt to smear Celtic fans. A measure of the current leadership inside the club.
Attacking supporters is something that the club has really embraced. If only they had shown the same enthusiasm over the missile attacks on Viljami Sinisalo at Ibrox.
Or about the fans that threw a bottle at Matt O’Riley. Or the mystery over how broken glass found itself in Joe Hart’s goalmouth at Ibrox during the half-time break. And various other incidents that are encouraged by silence.
🗣️ “It wasn’t just a bottle… there were lighters, vapes, coins, mugs, all sorts flying”
🗣️ “What if it hits you in the eye?”Goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo on objects thrown at him during Celtic’s 1-1 draw with Rangers at Ibrox ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/vDUFLUmTyG
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) May 9, 2025
Every action from the club grows the Celtic Fans Collective. Clearly the Green Brigade are being selected for special punishment. As Celtic prepare to welcome 2,400 racist bigots on January 3 to celebrate in song their hatred for Catholics and Irish people. An issue that Nicholson has worked tirelessly to build.
ALL CELTIC FANS AGAINST THE BOARD
At 1.15pm around 5,000 fans gathered then walked from St Mary’s to Celtic Park as the Collective demonstrated their strength and diversity. More than Ultras, more than angry young kids.
Inside Celtic Park fans were given their first look at the Paul Tisdale Show.
The former Exeter City boss has charmed Dermot Desmond. Initially he was given a consultancy role, once in the door he set about empire building. Knowing what was being lined up for January Rodgers resigned.
And now Tisdale has a compliant manager. Nancy’s main qualification is through the Exeter links of Kwame Ampadu.
STORMS BREWING
Celtic fans have long accused the Board of being asleep at the wheel. Sky Sports viewers got their first glimpse today of Tisdale, self styled Doctor of Football. He was genuinely asleep as Celtic trailed 2-0 to Hearts. It almost took attention away from Nancy showing Callum McGregor what to do through his magnetic tactics board. Not a good look.
By the 80th minute Celtic Park was half empty.
The weather was severe, some might say it was the perfect storm.
If the Celtic board don’t quickly realise that it is time to change direction, to take change on board and stop demonising supporters this season could quickly turn into a car crash.
But don’t bet on that happening when doubling down seems to be the new mantra of Nicholson and his masters.
Nancy now has Roma and St Mirren to face in his first week, with only sleepy Tisdale for support and back up.
2 Comments
by Stuart Macmorris
I’m worried Editor and you’re always good at cutting out the fanfare and applying logic particularly with all things Ibrox. You’re not feeling this at all are you? How do you see this playing out? I know you’ll chat about it tomorrow but it is a concern we might have a great guy in the wrong movie. What’s your gut? Tisdale made it 1000 times harder for his man today. What a pillock.
by Terence Nova
Tactic boards…??…WTF are tactic boards…??…I hope and pray that this is NOT what our new Manager is all about…’cos if so…we are fecked…When will we realise that our system is so predictable and so easy to play against ?…Does my head in watching the same stuff every week…Can’t wait for the January window to open…’Cos what we’ve got aint good enough….END OF.