But there was an announcement that Celtic were ready to make. Sadly a predictable and depressing subject. Further punishment for the Green Brigade, indefinitely.
In the next couple of years, Celtic will come again in European football. They might just have to step back for a while at this minute, but recruitment is really important.
The club has been holding talks in London this week with various targets as they search for a new manager.
With the pressure mounting on Rodgers Lennon seemed to be in great demand from broadcasters. There was one message. Everything at Celtic was tailored to success with just the manager falling to deliver.
Lots of f-words, lots of expletives. Apparently it went mental. So I think your point about Desmond just throwing that (the statement) in so quickly, I rate it. It all adds up as to what happened.
On the back of the creation of the Celtic Fans Collective there has been a strange but notable reaction online.Previously they kept their comments to certain Facebook groups and Celtic Quick News, suddenly the pro-board fans are out about spreading and sharing how much they detest Brendan Rodgers.The manager that…
My view on that is, you think further down the line, there may be high-profile managers who would look at the treatment of Rogers and how vicious that attack was on Brendan Rodgers, and think twice about maybe coming to Celtic and their reputations being damaged if there’s a fallout.
Rodgers is guilty of the occasion tall tale about Danny McGrain or the Clyde Tunnel but this was taking things way too far. The final say over all football matters? Seriously.
Chris Sutton presented the sensible balanced case. In the studio Lennon and Boyd were like a tag team with one idea being shared. Operation demonise Brendan!
Later that season, when Celtic won the league, Santa was wheeled out again on trophy day. The crowd laughed, applauded, played along. Harmless fun? Not quite. The joke’s target wasn’t Santa — it was the fans. The message: You booed when told to clap. Now you’ll clap when we tell…