The teams were roared onto the pitch. The Europa League anthem played then it all went quiet. Except for 2,500 Roma fans. They sang throughout the match. They had cause to do so.
Desmond has to act very soon to clear out the current executives and management team. They will never be able to fulfil Celtic’s potential. Supporters have given their verdict, the tills are quiet at the busiest time of the year. A
The multiple problems at Celtic came to the fore tonight as they crashed to a 3-0 Europa League defeat from Roma.It could have been more, from the early stages the team was bereft of any confidence or ability against opponents who have suffered back to back defeats in Serie A.Roma…
There are strong reasons for concern but no Celtic fan is fooled by the tag team of Ryan Stevenson and Keith Jackson in the Daily Record.
No introduction to the fans, no Green Brigade, fan media banned as well, the Sunday Mail attack, the board done everything they could to hinder Nancy for his first game.
Instead we have a dirty war with the club turning to their friends at the Daily Record to smear the Celtic support, the Collective in particular.
Once in the door at Celtic last summer as a consultant Tisdale didn’t hesitate to start putting together his empire. Firstly by trashing everything that was in already in place.
The story in the Record is copper bottomed. It isn’t a tabloid flying a kite. The Record put the by-lines of their Editor and News Editor against the story.
The one thing to take from events this season is that the efforts of Nicholson, Lawwell and the Desmond family have created the Celtic Fans Collective. Every move by the club has been an own goal of varying degrees
Rather than hold a media conference today Celtic have concentrated on a favoured deflection exercise. Sharing lots of short video clips of the new manager. By 6pm the day after being appointed there is no scheduled media conference to introduce the new manager.