No Champions League, a depleted squad, an elite manager working his notice and a board and CEO with nothing to say about anything – fans have reached breaking point.
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.
Arrogance and complacency were at the centre of Celtic’s Champions League exit to Kairat Almaty.He takes no pleasure in donning the ‘I told You So’ t-shirt but Chris Suttpn echoed the concerns of supporters all through the summer as he warned of the dangers of Celtic’s so called strategy.While others…
This Celtic squad would have been eaten alive in the Champions League, it would have made for brutal viewing, the Europa League will be slightly more forgiving but all eight opponents will be ambitious and sense demoralised opponents where the manager is working his notice.
After the late, late show of summer 2024 it seems that Nicholson is wanting to repeat that white knuckle ride with the added jeopardy of Celtic being involved in a Champions League Play Off.
I think our patience was important and the crowd were terrific today, because you can come in at halftime and it’d be, you know, a little bit of anxiety. But I think the crowd could see what the players were trying to do and the players that were out there.
Often in situations like that a club would be sparked into some token action, leaking news of transfer activity to a favoured source knowing that it will quickly go viral.
Celtic under the ‘leading sports lawyer’ appear very much like they did under the former Clydeport bean-counter. Dull, tired, preductable and totally devoid of ambition.
All of that from a club that plays in the Jan Breyde Stadium with a capacity of just 29,000 seats. Less than half the capacity of Celtic Park, at every match Celtic are bringing in substantially more income than the Belgian side.
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