And with that O’Neill knew that he was in a corner. He didn’t have a gag or a wacky aside to excuse serial failure. He faced a relevant follow up question. A rarity.
Martin O'Neill had his company hat on as he faced the media following Celtic's Champions League exit.There were no gags or funny quips about his age as the veteran manager took responsibility for another humiliating exit from UEFA's premier competition.And no-one in the Scottish media was going to ask the…
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.
There is no way back for Nicholson and Wilson. They can delay the inevitable. But they can’t even hold an AGM. Their CEO hides from club media, he admits that he can’t deal with football agents!
What goes on in Portugal is best kept out of the public eye. Not shared on You Tube after another week of failure at every level of Celtic.
On the back of a double win the manager was nowhere to be seen. The first home match following the dramatic 3-1 win over Hearts. An iconic figure committed to a season in the dug-out. Zilch. Nada. Zero. Not even on the club website.
If he chooses to crack jokes about his age while praising the brilliance of ‘the owner’ he’ll discover that he isn’t immune from the anger of the Celtic support.
There has been extensive trading of Celtic shares during the month of June.While the lazy outside perception is that Dermot Desmond is the owner more and more fans are gaining an understanding of how the club functions at a corporate level.Desmond is the biggest individual shareholder. He is a Non…
With pre-season starting on Friday there is very little time for Celtic to act. Nicholson has never been known for being decisive.