Let’s be absolutely clear: Dermot Desmond is not the owner of Celtic. He’s not the chairman, not the CEO, and not an elected voice of the support. He’s an unelected, unaccountable figure who’s somehow decided that Celtic exists to serve his ego.
Failure born from a decade of short-termism, underinvestment, and a boardroom that treats football as an inconvenience to its balance sheet. This is Celtic.
The temper of the Chairman is bound to be tested. If he can’t be bothered attending matches he isn’t going to enjoy hearing Nicholson grilled about downsizing from fans/shareholders.
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…
Four outfield players signed in the summer were left out of the Europa League squad. Every week they become less useful. Asked about club signings by supporters Nicholson shrugged his shoulders.
Celtic fans took their protests against the club board into the South Stand during the 3-2 victory over Motherwell today.Late in the second half a banner communicating the feelings of most fans suddenly appeared in front of the Directors Box as Michael Nicholson, Peter Lawwell, Chris McKay, Brian Wilson and…
I would guess the club’s attitude to Mondays meeting will be along the lines of ‘How little do we need to do here to get this mob buying Europa League Tickets and Larsson watches again?’
In a strongly worded rebuttal of this barefaced attempt at divide and conquer, the Celtic Fans Collective said “Supporters demand change – until it comes, business as usual is not an option.”
If the CEO and CFO can’t handle what the fans had for them on Sunday, just wait till the Celtic Fans Collective really gets going.
Given his recent run of decision making whenever the current CEO chooses to publish the Annual Report is bound to be swamped by another backlash against the club leaders.