The lies of Brian Wilson called out and exposed

Brian Wilson’s latest Celtic TV interview was strong on supporter engagement.

So strong that out of the blue the club is creating a salary for Head of Supporter Engagement.

Tellingly there was no reference to the Fans Advisory Board that Michael Nicholson brought up at a meeting with the Collective in October.

When the Collective met with Wilson on February 18 the interim Chairman was in the dark about the Fan Advisory Board.

Clearly it is not an issue that has been discussed at boardroom level. It seems that Wilson didn’t even bother to read the Minutes of the previous meeting.

During the February 18 meeting it was noted that Wilson spent part of the meeting doodling. He did promised a follow up meeting within a month. On May 1 that meeting hasn’t taken place.

The Collective emailed Wilson at the start of April. The champion of Celtic-unity hasn’t replied to the email.

Wilson never misses a deadline or commitment to The Scotsman. Every Saturday he contrives a fresh angle to attack and blame the SNP Government for the problems of the planet.

Wilson is one of the brains behind the campaign to get Anas Sarwar installed as Scotland’s First Minister. According to the latest opinion polls Labour are on course for 17 of the 129 seats making them the third largest party.

BRIAN WILSON- A COCKTAIL OF DEFLECTION AND CONTEMPT

Wilson’s previous Supporter Update was on March 12, four days after Celtic players, staff and fans were physically attacked at Ibrox.

There was no club statement or demands made to the SFA about the mounting violence club employees are subjected to at Ibrox.

Since that appearance there has been no recorded meeting between Wilson and any Celtic Supporters group. The Collective is backed by more than 400 different groups.

When I came into this we made this commitment that we were going to engage with supporters groups and talk to everybody.

And we have done that. We have listened and taken on board a lot of what was said. Some of that has started to be implemented.

We are about to appoint a new head of supporter engagement which will be a new post and part of a more structured approach to engagement.

We are going to create a link between the club and supporters in a much more structured way. We are still consulting on that and we will put out the way we think we should do that.

The Interim Chairman has ignored the Collective since February 18. He has broken his promise to hold a follow up meeting within a month. Celtic haven’t published their Minutes from the February 18 meeting.

It seems that Wilson has cut himself off from the events of this season. Previous meetings and club statements of fan related issues.

The February 18 meeting with the Collective was put back a week when Wilson was informed of the issues that the Collective wished to raise.

The delay was attributed to the need to have an Executive presence from the club at the meeting. No Executive attended, Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay had more important issues to attend to.

During the meeting Wilson admitted that he had no decision making authority. Effectively he was a messenger, relaying issues back to the real decision maker at Celtic.