O’Neill has walked into a system shaped by Mark Lawwell and Paul Tisdale. Both recruited by Nicholson.
No one thought through the consequences of undermining Rodgers. Nicholson thought that it would only impact on European performances. It hasn’t. Under pressure Celtic have buckled domestically.
But if Michael is unable to persuade his fellow board members to follow this path then he should resign, refuse to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement and give the supporters and shareholders the information that they deserve.
O’Neill may have provided a much needed win but nothing will take attention away from the failings of Nicholson and Wilson.
We’re doing plenty of work on it, seriously. I know that’s a big generalisation. We are doing that there and hopefully try and get a few players in. There’s a lot of work going on at the moment
At the aborted 2025 Celtic AGM shareholders were ‘treated’ to pre-recorded interviews from Nicholson and Lawwell. In a clearly agreed ploy both admitted that mistakes had been made during the summer transfer window.
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.
All part of the un-managed decline that Nicholson put in place at the turn of the year. The purpose was to expose and undermine Brendan Rodgers. It has been wildly successful with Celtic having lost six out of 20 matches in the SPFL Premiership.