With less than four days to go there are still plenty of tickets available for Celtic's League Cup tie at Ibrox.Of course there will be no Celtic fans in attendance after the latest childish stunt pulled off to keep Ibrox social media sweet.Unfortunately for Andrew Cavenagh the battle cries haven't…
Some pressure from O’Neill today rather than some laid back banter with his admiring media chums would have helped push the spotlight onto Robertson.
For the first goal Robertson has the dodgy VAR inconclusive lines to fall on. Plus his own decision on when the ball left Yang’s foot as he shot for goal. The image isn’t automated, the SFA don’t use technology to decide when the ball is played. They rely on judgement…
I mentioned it to Martin O’Neil on Friday and got a inquisitive message from a few people from the club going what’s going on here?
They basically bake in their own failure as part of their business model to make sure they make a profit to put money aside for a rainy day.
And if Nicholson and Wilson cannot do it — if they cannot find the courage to confront violence, bias, and injustice — then Celtic must find leaders who will.
And with that O’Neill knew that he was in a corner. He didn’t have a gag or a wacky aside to excuse serial failure. He faced a relevant follow up question. A rarity.
And with that failure comes the consolation of playing in the Europa League group stages – an achievement Nicholson will no doubt highlight in the future when accusations of lacking ambition are levelled at him again.
The directors who run Celtic have built a culture where loyalty to each other outweighs loyalty to Celtic. Decisions are made not on merit, not on strategy, not on ambition — but on preserving the hierarchy.
Martin O'Neill had his company hat on as he faced the media following Celtic's Champions League exit.There were no gags or funny quips about his age as the veteran manager took responsibility for another humiliating exit from UEFA's premier competition.And no-one in the Scottish media was going to ask the…
