The most ridiculous Celtic website absolutely excelled itself yesterday.
The long running blog was once at the centre of the Celtic online community.
Alongside Kerrydale Street and E-tims and a few others, CQN was a breathe of fresh air. Providing an alternative to the accepted media narrative as they gushed over all issues Rangers related.
Pre Twitter, CQN was a God-send. A genuine outlet for opinion and ideas. Independent thought was encouraged.
Peter Lawwell recognised the platform, the opportunity. The chance to communicate to a larger audience, beyond his favoured newspaper reporters and broadcasters.
BACK IN THE DAY
CQN eagerly accepted a role inside the Celtic Media Circle.
Direct quotes were very rare but the message was always supportive of the club, especially the CEO.
The new media outlet was welcomed but after a while there were signs of dissent.
Not everyone in the comments believed that Celtic were brilliantly run.
There is more to football ambitions than avoiding liquidation.
Playing on the so-called charitable aims of the club is difficult when the CEO salary gets bloated to £3.5m.
As the cult of Lawwell grew so the credibility of CQN declined.
CELTIC- THE MYTH THAT CRASHED
Then it crashed during the Lockdown season. A slavish devotion to everything from the club became ridiculous.
Lawwell landed lucky in February 2019 when he manufactured the exit of Brendan Rodgers.
His luck ran out during the disastrous 20/21 season. As did CQN, Paul67’s credibility sank with his corporate hero.
Lawwell worked his way back into the front line, returning as Chairman in January 2023 but there was no way back for CQN. Deeper and deeper he kept digging. Paul67 never realised that he had become a parody.
Recently one poster compared the Paul67 relationship to Lawwell to that of Nadine Dorres and Boris Johnson.
‘We’ve been rubbish since my hero left in 2021″
— keith (@KeithLarsson72) January 6, 2026
Whatever the circumstances CQN will find a way to blame Brendan Rodgers. Yes the manager that delivered 11 out of 13 trophies to cover up for the complete lack of structure at Celtic.
The manager that took the club to 12 Champions League points last season. Five sold out home matches generating record turnover.
Yesterday CQN came up with this whopper to deflect from the failings of the disastrous Nancy:
Results were not just bad, they were historically so, and not withstanding the mess left behind after Brendan Rodgers, six defeats in eight games was down to Wilfried Nancy’s inept tactical decisions. He admitted players did not have time to learn and that the squad was not a fit for his requirements, but he persisted in some naive hope that things would magically improve.
That is the squad that Martin O’Neill led to six successive domestic victories. The squad that won 3-1 away to Feyenoord on November 29. But the implosion under Nancy is all on Rodgers!
DON’T DOUBLE DOWN…
Not content with that attack Paul67 turned his anger on an unnamed CEO. Clearly the guy that lasted 72 days before being replaced by a lawyer with the warmth and personality of a dead goldfish
Paul67 added:
Paul Tisdale put Nancy’s name on the table but was not responsible for the appointment. By the board’s own words and deeds, they have made two successive bad managerial and one bad chief exec appointments since 2021. After so many decades of managerial excellence, that is a significant slip in standards. To quote Marvin Gaye, What’s going on?
In 72 days as CEO Dom McKay contributed far more than the four wasted years of Nicholson.
During one transfer window Liel Abada, Carl Starfelt, Kyogo Furuhashi, Josip Juranovic, Joe Hart, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Jota were signed.
Instant successes. Serial winners. Generating a massive transfer profit.
Nicholson brought in Mark Lawwell, Paul Tisdale and Nancy.
There is doubling down and there is CQN doubling down.
Time moves on, CQN has had its day, left behind 15 years ago just like their beloved leader.
