A trip to Ibrox is normally one of the diary highlights of the year for the Celtic executives, today they could have met up with Andrew Cavenagh and the new owners of the Tribute Act formed by Charles Green in 2012.
For now, domestic dominance continues to mask these flaws. But as the new Champions League format ratchets up both the financial rewards and the competitive bar, Celtic’s model will face its most severe test. In Kazakhstan it was exposed and failed miserably.
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The Board recognises the inherent inefficiencies of holding excess cash, and, in conjunction with other cash commitments, the importance of investing in strengthening the team to deliver football success.
During Lawwell’s time at Celtic the club has lost Champions League Play Off ties to Maribor, Malmo, AEK Athens, Cluj and Ferencvaros, Don McKay had been in the door a fortnight when Midtjylland visited Celtic Park on their way to a Play Off victory.
Sunday’s incidents were far from isolated, they are par for the course at Ibrox but with a CEO dedicated to promoting the toxic O** F*** brand it seems that anything goes as long as Celtic get four SPFL matches a season with their 13-year-old business partners.
No one can tell me that would have been allowed to happen if the gap was only a couple of points. It’s complacency – and that’s something Celtic cannot afford ahead of next season.
From the moment that the final whistle blew against YB Bern on January 22 the club has been on the beach, season over and congratulating each other and calculating the bonuses for success.