Police Scotland managed to miss three assaults around the ground while closely monitoring Celtic fans attending an Irish bar in the Merchant City where they were welcomed to enjoy the game.
the club has gradually turned the north curve area of the stadium into a high security detention zone over the course of this season.
Now we are left to cross our fingers and hope that Desmond, a wealthy Irish shareholder who holds no official position at our club, picks the right manager.
Despite Nicholson’s best efforts to demonise the Green Brigade with stadium bans, suspended bans, a complete security lockdown on the north curve area – most of our fans want to support the team just like they do in the North Curve.
Michael Nicholson’s complete absence from the most dramatic night for the club in many a year merely confirms what we all knew. He is no leader. He won’t or can’t make decisions. He does drain a near £1m package in salary and bonus out of Celtic.
Nicholson is paid a pretty penny to be the man at the helm, to do the part that Desmond doesn’t fancy, but he is clearly no leader. And that lack of leadership can be seen all across the club, especially on the pitch.
An opportunity was missed when the actions of the fans attracted global media attention and the club could have stood up proudly and reflected the fans principled stance.
It is worth reminding the CEO that both his salary and those of Police Scotland are paid for by those Celtic fans who were kettled that day. They want answers.
All they did on Monday, faced with representatives of the majority of all Celtic fans, was repeat the same tired old drivel – we’ve done nothing wrong, the club is on the right cour
I would guess the club’s attitude to Mondays meeting will be along the lines of ‘How little do we need to do here to get this mob buying Europa League Tickets and Larsson watches again?’