Since the dismissal of Nancy there has been no word from the Celtic Board as to how they plan to identify a permanent successor to the hapless Wilf and his band of assistants.
Jim Orr recently said on the ACSOM podcast that we have a Board which never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Time and again the Board have demonstrated an inability to build from a position of strength.
At any comparable football club, and most much smaller, appointing someone to such a powerful role would involve a rigorous recruitment process to scrutinise and analyse candidates in great detail. Doctor Football strolled into the key off field job at Celtic.
Straight after the League Cup Final defeat to St Mirren this site called for Nancy, Tisdale and Nicholson to be sacked there and then. In the four disasters since they have only added more evidence to the cases for dismissal.
And still, their floor has kept them level with Hearts’ ceiling. I am not being arrogant. It’s history, data, and lived reality. Even when Celtic aren’t right, they’re relentless in a way no one else in this league can sustain.
No-one knows the dynamics of the relationship but the Tisdale and Nicholson dynamic looks like every manager’s nightmare.
Getting the Police media team to issue that farcical statement explains exactly why Celtic recruited Mark Hargreaves and his contact book.
No-one knows who appointed Nancy, what the process was, who interviewed him, what his strengths are. What qualities made Nancy the number one candidate. How he was identified as a candidate in the first place by a CEO with little real football knowledge or experience.
Nicholson provides Celtic with nothing. Celtic provides Nicholson with a salary that he wouldn’t get near elsewhere. He owes his grossly inflated salary to Peter Lawwell. Like most employees at Celtic Park.
Desmond has to act very soon to clear out the current executives and management team. They will never be able to fulfil Celtic’s potential. Supporters have given their verdict, the tills are quiet at the busiest time of the year. A