The silence continues but the merchandise keeps on coming.
The open letter that led to huge numbers of fans forming the Celtic Fans Collective was first published on 3 September.
Visual and vocal protests followed at Rugby Park and Firhill leading to a silent protest against Hibs at Celtic Park.
But still the silence from Celtic Park continues.
Michael Nicholson could have, and still can, head off these protest with one single solitary email.
He chose to let the silence against Hibs go ahead.
Nicholson can still reach out to the Collective and ensure the Green Brigade and Bhoys Celtic are banging the drums and leading the songs from minute one against Braga tomorrow night.
All that power in the hands of the man charged with leading the club.
It couldn’t be easier for him.
This morning the club chose to ask the fans to buy yet more merchandise, the latest Henrik Larsson range.
Communication channels are wide open when it comes to asking the fans for money but completely closed off when the fans are asking questions of the club.
And while nobody has put out a call for fans to boycott club merchandise, the reaction these launches are receiving online indicates just how angry the fans are with the club.
There comes a point when fans must ask just what is the point in pouring more money into the club coffers.
There is already over £76 million sitting unused.
That’s after the club handed over £12.4 million of the fans money to HMRC after recording profits of £45.7 last season.
That makes Hector the Tax Inspector the biggest signing in the club’s history.
All because the club were unable to come up with ways to spend the huge amounts of money the fans generated over the season.
That HMRC payment equates to roughly £230 from every season ticket sold and yet while sitting on those huge profits, the club chose to raise season ticket prices again in the summer.
Handed over to the taxman never to be seen again, zero benefit to the fans or the team.
If they didn’t know how to spend last years profits you have to wonder if they have walked around the stadium lately.
TV’s on the concourse that don’t work, the now famous hot water free zone that is the South Stand, banners outside the stadium lying discarded, the list goes on.
And in case we needed reminding that the goals and assists that Kyogo, Kuhn and Idah provided last season are long gone, we’ve now had four no score draws already this season.
So what exactly is the incentive for fans to buy the latest merchandise?
It’s not to fund new players, upgrade the stadium, build a new main stand or keep season ticket prices down. If it is Nicholson is keeping the information to himself.
To fund another £12.4 million payment to HMRC?
We have definitely reached breaking point.
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3 Comments
by Steve
The silent protest is playing Into the silent boards hands.
Need to hit them in the spreadsheet.
No merch,no food or drink at the stadium .NO more money until actual change at the top.
Plenty of loud protests are needed.
This board love’s silence.
by Bhoy4life
The most effective way to show the suits the contempt they deserve is empty seats.
I fully understand that does nothing for the team, but as a show of unity, strength and a demand for action, nothing is more effective.
by Stevie Bhoy
Need to make it as uncomfortable as possible for them. Fans in main stand should, on a freezing cold December night, bombard them with water balloons from the freezing cold taps. Seriously though, we need to up the ante on them.