The sinister managed decline crushing Rodgers and McGregor

It’s a proven fact that bad management is a virus that can destroy the best of workplaces. Celtic is no different to any other place of work and just as susceptible to its effects, look at Callum McGregor.

It can poison morale, wreak havoc with productivity and cause all sorts of issues like increased absences and staff disengagement leading to the best walking out and only the stupid left that will put up with it.

I have been critical of players just like most other fans recently, particularly McGregor.

But, after giving more thought to the situation, I’m beginning to think that the drip effect from board level shenanigans absolutely must be having an effect on squad morale. Right into the dressing room.

THE SINKING FEELING

The captain more than any may be feeling this most. McGregor is a Celtic man through and through, he has given his whole career to the club, he wants to win every week as much, if not more than we do. Imagine yourself in his shoes?

Celtic have gone from pushing Bayern Munich all the way, to losing to Dundee for the first time in what? 37yrs or something. In eight months from the Allianz Arena to Dens Park. That’s 10 months!  Unbelievable.

I have already said in other posts that Calmac hasn’t played well for months now, but is that actually true?

Could McGregor still actually be functioning at the level we are all accustomed to, but it is the players he has around him now that don’t think or move on the same level as he does? He no longer has a right winger to feed. No Nicolas Kuhn, no Liel Abada, no prime James Forrest.

Has the squad been so diluted with sub standard players that the truly good ones can’t function normally, their skills are stymied?

THE DECLINE IS NO LONGER MANAGED

I get this kinda thing at my work every week. No matter how well you do your bit, there are others that just dismantle every bit of good you do or just can’t work to the same standard you do. Brendan Rodgers talked about Hondas and Ferraris on Sunday.

He’s absolutely bang on, the board have taken a Ferrari, opened up the bonnet and sold off several cylinders and the starter motor, and replaced them with bits out of a Honda. And he’s left to try and get the same horsepower out of it.

This entire shambles is of the boards making. They oversee the sell off of our best players, and at the same time hamstring the manager with sub par replacements whilst assassinating his character behind his back. Is that the kind of people we want representing our club at the highest levels? Backstabbers?

They have sold off every impact player we had, Maeda no doubt will follow, and replaced them with…….nobody basically.

Michel-Ange Balikwisha has shown very little, Sebastian Tounekti has shown flashes but not consistently, same as Ben Nygren. Kelechi Iheanacho is yet to convince me. Moneyball and last minute dot com might get you the odd diamond but this is where you end up when it goes tits up.

Celtic Football Club need fresh blood at board level, younger men or women, with ideas for the modern game, with drive, ambition, honesty and integrity.

FRESH BLOOD, FACES AND IDEAS

We also need new, motivated, experienced coaches instead of loyalty to those that aren’t up to it.

The attributes above are all missing from the current incumbents, and that’s why they will cling to their positions like limpets unless the fans stick together and hand them their jotters.

We have the man in the dugout to take us to the next level, if he is given the tools and the time to do so. There is no one better out there who would come to Celtic. Rodgers has proven himself and deserves our support.

I’ve suffered the bad times, and believe me, you young supporters brought up on unbridled success don’t wanna see what us oldies have seen, but the one constant through good and bad is blogs like this holding the board accountable, and they do that whether the team is winning or not.

Nothing will ever change until our board does, have we got the minerals to see it through or do we just settle for asset stripping every time something good looks like happening?

NOTE: Written by Bhoy4life, a regular in the comments. Please add your thoughts and comments, if you want the podium to share your thoughts get in touch.