And if Nicholson and Wilson cannot do it — if they cannot find the courage to confront violence, bias, and injustice — then Celtic must find leaders who will.
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.
And with that failure comes the consolation of playing in the Europa League group stages – an achievement Nicholson will no doubt highlight in the future when accusations of lacking ambition are levelled at him again.
The directors who run Celtic have built a culture where loyalty to each other outweighs loyalty to Celtic. Decisions are made not on merit, not on strategy, not on ambition — but on preserving the hierarchy.
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.
You don’t need to be a cynic to think that Baur and Hassan were only signed with the virtual guarantee of the Engels fee arriving. It’s the Celtic/Nicholson Way.
The Celtic Academy doesn’t produce footballers, the club doesn’t communicate with anti-establishment fans, the facilities at Celtic Park are from a previous century.
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.
Without some very visible actions it is difficult to see how the Alliance grows in strength.