Celtic have too often appeared to operate according to the preferences of Dermot Desmond rather than the requirements of a major European football club.
Temporary solutions have become permanent strategies. The overwhelming impression is not of a club relentlessly pursuing excellence, but of a club repeatedly choosing the safety of control over the risks required for genuine progress.
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.
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.
One match does not prove that a club’s entire strategy has failed. But two decades of abject failure, losing to teams that we should be playing off the park, exposes the total incompetence of the Celtic Board.
Successful football clubs invest in infrastructure, talent, and long term competitiveness. They build squads capable of thriving in Europe, not merely surviving domestically. They treat profit as a means to an end, not the end itself.
The Herald also reported that Foulkes was fined £1,000 for the assault and £50 for being drunk and disorderly. He was also ordered to pay £250 to the policeman he assaulted as well as £250 towards his costs.
No one in that Hearts squad had come anywhere close to winning the SPFL. What they needed was a calm authoritative manager to guide them and keep them focussed.
Your gallant efforts have taken Celtic from Europe’s top 24 to joint third place in Scotland. And you wrecked the 25/26 season in less time than it took for Jim Farry to register Jorge Cadete.
But if Michael is unable to persuade his fellow board members to follow this path then he should resign, refuse to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement and give the supporters and shareholders the information that they deserve.