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21 Sep 2026 22:35:03
Ed is there any real substance to the story doing the rounds about a potential takeover? I've read a consortium are sniffing around.
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{Ed007's Note - Yes.}
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22 Sep 2026 12:10:23
Is it haughey and Rodgers? 🙈.
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{Ed007's Note - Well it's an open secret that Haughey wants change and that Paul McStay is involved with him and his people.}
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22 Sep 2026 12:45:28
I knew about haughey / mcstay it was more Rodgers name getting added that threw me.
I remember you saying previously Ed that DD got some sort of dispensation from having to complete a take over due to his shareholding.
Im not to clued up on that, but is there any path that could force him to either sell up? Reduce his holding? Or be forced to complete a full takeover?
Obviously fans would like him to sell but he has a majority hold over the club without actually owning it?
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{Ed007's Note - Without DD agreeing to sell up there isn't much can be done to dislodge him as even removing him from the board doesn't remove his shareholding or voting rights.}
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22 Sep 2026 15:04:18
I know there’s a bit of an overwhelming cry for DD to leave the club, but IMO there’s another pathway. DD is a fantastic investor and no one can argue that he’s turned us around financially. However, I think he’s now hit a wall. He just doesn’t have the individual skills or ability to take us to the next level from a football sense and that’s glaringly obvious. Add to that, the fact that we’re public is putting on some major regulatory constraints compared to some other clubs.
I think DD has to hold up his hands and open the door to partners. He needs to protect his investment and understand that he’s out his depth - not financially, but in football terms. IMO let him keep some involvement but perhaps open up shares to bring in partners to take the club forward. I can tell you for a fact that the club has had multiple offers from investors looking to buy into the club, but rightly so, the club has not entertained these - reason being was that they don’t need money. What the club needs is a football partner and IMO it’s time DD brings that in to support him rather than walk away. I personally would be happy to see DD stay if it meant a football brain came in to support and if his ego doesn’t get in the way of his investment (which for a man like that it shouldn’t) then I think he holds his hands up and sees that this is a bigger problem than just replacing a CEO, CFO and COO.
Not sure if folks will agree but my point is that DD out is necessarily the answer IMO. DD to bring in a football/ sport domain expert partner is.
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22 Sep 2026 15:05:02
You could potentially buy out the Bank of New York, Tom Allison, Mark Keane and Chris Trainer and hold a larger percentage than Desmond but that’s never going to happen.
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{Ed007's Note - The Bank of New York don't own shares, they are the Nominees for a group of shareholders and there's no way of knowing who they are or how their 17.67% shareholding is distributed within the group.}
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22 Sep 2026 17:00:23
Ed could someone pick up enough shares to force a hostile takeover? Is there someone with enough shares already that could buy just enough to force it so DD wouldn't get the 200+ he's said it would take and only get exactly what his shares are worth on that given day.
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{Ed007's Note - Anyone breaking the 30% threshold would then be obligated to offer to buy every share under Rule 9 of the UK Takeover Code- and concert parties are bound by the same rule as we saw when Dave King tried to pull a flanker at Ibrox.
If anyone does buy DD's shares then they would automatically have to do the same under Rule 9, the Takeover Panel's dispensation only covered the 2005 share issue that DD underwrote.}
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22 Sep 2026 17:16:14
Nobody is asking shareholders to invest or spend anything, the club via the support are the ones putting up the cash. We just want professional people to oversee that outlay to benefit and progress the football club.
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22 Sep 2026 18:37:53
Hi Ed, any idea roughly how much it would cost to buy DD shares?
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{Ed007's Note - At the current share price it would cost circa £57.4m but that doesn't mean that would be the price if he decided to sell - it's sitting about £1.75 per share but DD could ask for any amount he wants.
When Jim Ratcliffe bought into Man Utd their stock-market price was $19.84 (£15.64) - they trade on the US market - but Ratcliffe paid the Glazers $33 (£26) per share.}
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22 Sep 2026 18:51:47
No one is buying DD out anytime soon. We aren't getting that lucky. We will just be in a cycle of sell anyone we can make money of and not spend. No long-term plan. We aren't a serious football club.
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22 Sep 2026 18:25:10
Basically were screwed.
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22 Sep 2026 20:20:13
I'd found some Czech Korona in a drawer but i'm afraid its not enough.
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{Ed007's Note - Damn, 14/15 years ago you could have bought Rangers for that, made a few quid not paying tax etc and then liquidated them.}
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21 Sep 2026 11:13:51
Rumour going around that MON has offered to resign.
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21 Sep 2026 18:33:58
Offering to resign and walking away is totally different.
He could do offer to resign and the board or DD will say "We aren't accepting it, you are doing a good job and we want you to stay"
Which means he stays on or, he can say "I'm done, Bye bye"
We will see what happens.
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21 Sep 2026 19:35:11
seems he's going away to think about it. rumours have it he wasn't overly happy about the transfer window and not getting the Lithuanian boy was a blow and the team being weaker than last season.
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20 Sep 2026 14:14:36
Rumour on our bus Martin is retiring tomorrow.
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{Ed007's Note - That was going round WhatsApp last night.}
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20 Sep 2026 14:51:13
Probably nonsense.
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20 Sep 2026 14:52:43
If he does retire which a think he should do, as long as he takes the rest of the staff way him. no point him going and passing reigns to those duds. It’s a bad day when non professional people who love football and most the pundits in country can blatantly see the issues but the men who are paid the big buck can’t.
there’s is no fight or grit anywhere on the park. No spine. they should all hang there heads in shame. brass necks the lot of them.
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20 Sep 2026 14:56:30
As much as I think he should, I can't see it happening.
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20 Sep 2026 15:05:16
Heard the same rumour a week or so ago. We can only hope it true. We all love Martin but he should never have got the job. Let's hope maloney moves on as well.
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20 Sep 2026 14:52:16
Do you think Roy Keane at today's game is something the board are considering Edd? I know it's hurting at the moment but this international break is coming at a good time. Edd is there a podcast tonight?
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20 Sep 2026 15:18:19
MON really needs to go, to be asked if we are playing a 5-3-2 or a 3-5-2 and he says "I'm not sure" tells me that either Maloney is picking the team and formation or he honestly hasn't got a clue what he is doing.
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20 Sep 2026 16:16:41
Maloney is not picking the team. 100% he is a fan of Ox.
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20 Sep 2026 17:46:07
everything coming back to bite now. poor recruitment, poorly run recruitment dept if any. everything left too late or if any real effort was made to buy. rogers was correct expecting a Ferrari but ending up with a robin reliant.
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20 Sep 2026 17:58:31
He needs to retire now. It was always a strange and uninspiring appointment. He should be remembered fondly before things get much worse. I'm not sure how I feel about Keane. He doesn't exactly scream 'take us forward' but at least we shouldn't see such bizarre decisions being made and I think there's a few that would get a kick up the arse or dropped.
A more solid team and then unleash pace for the last 25 minutes.
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20 Sep 2026 11:10:36
How bad is that team? Looks like we are deliberately trying to get gubbed.
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20 Sep 2026 11:12:25
Is that a 5-4-1?
Wasn't expecting that at all.
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20 Sep 2026 11:22:09
I think McInnes would have been.
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20 Sep 2026 11:24:27
Luke pissed bed this fixture an let us all down badly, was hooked at halftime last time he started one of these games if my menu is correct, I’m fizzing.
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20 Sep 2026 11:24:28
7 out the 10 outfield players left peggers?
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19 Sep 2026 08:23:28
Celtic plc isn't a serious club with ambition. Its all about money. Podcast finishes 🤣🤣.
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19 Sep 2026 21:34:26
I was told a cuppla things tonight from a mate that Martin will quit on Monday through regardless of the result tomorrow due to health issues and also that Brendan Rodgers and Willie Haughey are trying to put together a consortium to buy out Desmond, have you heard anything about this Ed?
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{Ed007's Note - Haughey and Rodgers 😂😂 There's more chance of Haughey, McStay and their backers joining Baby Desmond to oust his dad.....
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19 Sep 2026 22:23:14
Same br that shat on us for. Leicester then shat the bed last year.
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19 Sep 2026 23:58:52
Think BR was the one that got shat on twice trying to drag this club out of the dark ages.
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20 Sep 2026 21:10:26
Chasabhoy, 100%, Brendan Rodgers is a top manager who has been sold short twice by Desmond and Lawwell.
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20 Sep 2026 20:03:24
We lost a serial winner who called out the boards lack of ambition.
17 Sep 2026 23:10:11
Stiliyan Petrov has said he doesn't think Martin is managing the team these tactics do not seem like him, if this is true then that'll be why it took so long to agree fozzy n Shaun's wages.
Celtic need to win on SUNDAY.
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18 Sep 2026 07:43:27
So its looking like maloney is actually manager? Martin is just a face to appease the fans for a season. If all goes well? At the end of the season maloney gets it full time and we are told it was him all season?
The board knew after the Keane fiasco we would never accept maloney. So put Martin as a face and see if the experiment works?
There is little to no communication between throughout the game.
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18 Sep 2026 08:07:51
The whole club is a mess. Our strategic plan is to be just a little bit better than sevco. Ferencvaros were mince last night and still comfortably beat us.
I'm scunnered with the club. I bought the Europa league package instead of trusting my gut. The club don't take Europe seriously at all.
Our starting XI and subs yesterday were shocking. It's 2026 and James Forrest is starting in a European game for us.
Getting out run in midfield and the management teams answer is to make us even more lightweight by going 442. Absolute shambles.
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18 Sep 2026 08:21:14
I think you’re onto something Del, tactically Celtic are stinking rotten. There’s no team cohesion or a plan or strategy or so it seems x.
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18 Sep 2026 08:28:11
Its hardly a secret that your watching a Maloney team.
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18 Sep 2026 10:19:12
Ed thanks for not removing my x on the end of the message 😂.
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{Ed007's Note - I did think about it.... 🤭
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19 Sep 2026 02:01:36
Neil Lennon said the same thing if this is true it’s unfair that MON is tacking the flack Maloney should be the one facing the media.
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17 Sep 2026 18:52:59
He honestly must be taking the piss here.
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17 Sep 2026 18:55:14
Celtic are allowed to list 12 subs in European games so why only list 10 subs.
How embarrassing is that for the players in the stand who are part of a squad of 25 players but the Manager would rather keep two spaces empty in the dugout for you to sit in the Stand.
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17 Sep 2026 19:15:04
My apologies to Martin because that is all the players we have available from our European squad.
I would like to see Forrest and Hassan swapping wings throughout the first half.
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17 Sep 2026 19:40:21
I see tonight as a 50/ 50 game.
As for our team and bench, no comment.
HH.
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17 Sep 2026 19:52:40
I’ve bet at least 2 Celtic goals and at least 6 Celtic corners and at least 2 away bookings @ 3/ 1.
But I added at least 2 Bournemouth bookings against Real Sociedad for a Boosted 9/ 2.
{Ed007's Note - Yes.}