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13 Jul 2026 20:59:06
Kels got a new offer it'll be less money than he was on previous year. No update on Marcelo.
With two and a bit weeks to go before kick offs we've not got anywhere.
Celtic hierarchy are and absolute mess.
Every other clubs done about five six signings we've only done one legit signing.
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{Ed007's Note - Why will it be on less money than he was on?
In fact I'll say that, Celtic have offered "Kels" the highest wage out of any interested clubs including those from Turkey and Qatar... Celtic's offer blew every other one out the water and he will be the 13th highest paid player in Scottish football if he signs it.}
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13 Jul 2026 22:28:56
If he kept fit he’d be the best striker in Scotland by a mile.
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13 Jul 2026 21:43:20
Quick someone ruffle his feathers again for another information beatdown. He knows stuff.
13 Jul 2026 16:13:19
I don't know who posted it but the phrase 'The only team that will beat Celtic is Celtic' is so true and has been for a number of years.
I'm never concerned with what other teams do or who they buy. I'm only concerned about who pulls on the Celtic jersey. For the last number of years it's been all rather underwhelming, apart from the odd gem, and each season has a feeling of we are just doing enough.
Most fans agree that winning your league is the priority but having an extended European campaign is a necessity for a Club of our potential.
Let's see if the board/ hierarchy share our ambitions. I seriously hope so. 🤞🏼😊.
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13 Jul 2026 16:43:20
Let see if our board share our ambitions 😂😂😂😂
Someone hasn't been paying attention. No club in the world has 10s of millions in the bank. That is our only ambition. MONEY 💰.
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{Ed007's Note - Bayern Munich has cash reserves of €256 million sitting in its primary accounts, alongside an additional €100m - €15om held in reserves by its stadium subsidiary, Allianz Arena Munchen Stadion GmbH.
Real Madrid holds a cash balance of circa €165m in the bank, they also have access to around €425 million in unused credit lines, giving them total available liquidity of nearly €600m,
Manchester City has £174m in the bank according to their last published accounts.}
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13 Jul 2026 17:44:25
I think the last AGM farce proved that our Board are totally detached and in contempt of the support and share-holders, Therefor, their idea of progress and ambition is light years apart in ambition and objectives, Celtic have went from complacently standing still to a precarious period of downsizing, cutting corners and incompetence, that could cause serious decline and damage.
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13 Jul 2026 18:42:01
Looks like we are going to sell before we buy again, which will put us in our usual poor negotiating position where clubs know we are desperate and have money in the bank.
What a s**t show we really are.
The sheep have taken in 10 players, sevco 6, Dundee 5 with another 5 being lined up and us, 1 plus another returning short term deal.
MN needs to leave, he us and incompetent fool way out of his depth.
They are selling new strips, looking to build a multi function pitch outside the stadium but who is actually working on identifying and buying the 6 or 7 new players we need before the league and CL qualification starts.
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13 Jul 2026 19:08:16
Did we sell someone, I seem to have missed it, who’s gone.
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13 Jul 2026 20:18:49
Luis Palma 🤣.
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13 Jul 2026 20:19:12
Ed 😂😂😂😂 apart from those teams. Bayern is a well run club. The other 2 are dodgy.
Jaa11 Palma sold start of window. Money in before we bought Duran. The Celtic way.
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{Ed007's Note - Atletico Madrid have circa €130m in the bank, Tottenham cash reserves exceed £220m+ sitting directly in their bank.....
Will I keep going on....?
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13 Jul 2026 20:50:06
Man City have broke that many rules over the years yet nowt happens.
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{Ed007's Note - How many rules have Rangers & Sevco broke over the years and nowt happens? Man City have £174m in the bank and Sevco have lost £144m since they were founded in 2012.}
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13 Jul 2026 21:57:58
Tottenham are nearly a billion in debt so is Man U and Chelsea and Liverpool and nearly every team in that league just because they have cash reserves means nothing they use that so called cash to leverage high interest loans and it will eventually crumble because it isn’t sustainable.
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{Ed007's Note - They still have cash reserves though, Man Utd have £1.29 billion overall debt (£488m long-term Glazer debt, £295.7m short-term borrowing, and over £500m in transfer debt) yet posted an operating profit of £32.6m for the six months ending December 31, 2025.}
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13 Jul 2026 22:23:36
Lawman I posted that comment the other day.
It was based on Celtic using the financial resources at their disposal then no one should come near us.
13 Jul 2026 12:26:58
Just an observation over the years. Unless we are comparing Mbappe type worldies, decent strikers who play at high speed approaching goal, tend to miss plenty. Going full pelt in on goal reduces accuracy and control. They will score their fair share certainly but also have plenty of fails.
I'm sure you can all think of plenty who fall into this category. Some I remember were Lennox, Chalmers, Brattbakk, Maeda, Tommy Johnson etc etc. Could be Kenny falls into this mould. There is a trade off between creating the chance by dint of your speed and finishing it.
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13 Jul 2026 14:38:02
Brattbak! 🙈 Scored the one that mattered, tho.
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13 Jul 2026 15:37:42
CD as did Stevie in 1967, and Daizen last month.
13 Jul 2026 11:49:07
Quite a bit of negativity on here last few days, and some of our own posters seem to be enjoying it (you know who you are)
We all know what our Board are like, now we have a
"pensioner using us as an ego trip"
The Scottish media is full of feel good Sevvie stories and they are loving it, because our Board are giving them the ammo
But this Tim has confidence in "our Pensioner manager" to get new players, and players to IMPROVE the team.
I am hoping that if, as looks likely, Maeda, Hatate, Engels etc all leave, Martin and our coaching staff will have ready made replacements to bring in. Even our captain Callum is replaceable
Our Board have an MO (a way of operating) they will SELL first, get cash in bank, then buy players, I am just hoping Martin can make them buy players ASAP.
13 Jul 2026 00:15:46
So based on MON comments if decent bids come in, Engles, Maeda, Reo and Nygren could be off. And if money is too good so to could McGregor. Given we already need about 5 players I hope out scouts have been as busy as our bean counters.
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13 Jul 2026 08:36:42
Our scouts could identify a 1000s quality players. Falls to pieces with getting deals done. Must win every deal, every decision has to be approved by DD. By that time deals collapsed and left with the Balikwisha, Mvuka's. Joke of a football club.
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13 Jul 2026 10:08:40
MON knows what DD is like and has worked under present board why did he take snother yr on knowing fine well what an excellent job him and staff done last yr. He seems to just comment on outgoins and Ineacheo as a potential signing, ano there’s obviously work going on in the background but more should b in and it hurts to watch this board run our club.
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13 Jul 2026 10:10:23
Nah
Midfield 3 of
Bernardo, McCowan and Balikwisha
Think of the money we can save.
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13 Jul 2026 11:03:32
The more I hear MON, the more I believe he's a mouthpiece for our incompetent board. Coming out with comments like we can't compete financially while touting Engels and Maeda for 50 million. Another shambolic transfer window is upon us🤬.
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13 Jul 2026 14:54:28
Absolute nonsense he's telling the truth, there will probably be bids for our better players, this sh#te about mouthpiece is gathering pace on here, get a grip.
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{Ed007's Note - Folk moan about the lack of communication then when MON does say anything he gets called a liar (over the Maloney/Fotheringham appointments) and when he discusses players/transfers he's a mouthpiece for the board 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
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13 Jul 2026 16:16:42
It's doing ma head in Ed it's just garbage honestly can't get my head round it.
13 Jul 2026 00:02:48
Unfortunately we have lost out another target we where in for, a gk… and I think another major target has picked elsewhere so things are looking quite bleak atm.
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13 Jul 2026 07:00:19
Cheers Newgen.
The transfer situation is looking bleak, very bleak. No reports of linked players in the press, although they're mostly wrong.
Players more likely to be sold than bought.
All this on top of probably the worst Celtic team to win the league last season.
Just like Rodgers MON didn't sign up to be going into a gun fight with a Swiss army knife.
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13 Jul 2026 07:03:27
That's the trouble when we have people out there depth at negotiating contracts. Then add in a pensioner using us as his wee play thing. We can't get deals done. Absolutely scunnered with the Celtic board. Home and Away for decades and can't be fecked with it all now.
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13 Jul 2026 08:04:06
Is anyone else beginning to feel MON is playing the doddery old grandpa too much when it comes to transfers?
First it was Wilson who mentioned a busy two weeks, then Martin mentioned another two weeks after the Shelbourne game.
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13 Jul 2026 10:19:28
Not really the same thing
Rodgers spent around 30 million on the spine of a team on trusty, Engels and idah and none of them were good enough for him.
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13 Jul 2026 11:29:41
He should have probably left after the cup final with reputaion and credibility higher than ever. Especially after finishing such a stormy season amid obcene phone calls and personal abuse from scumbags. The last thing he needs is this Kamakaze Board hanging him out to dry - yet again - as our figure-head fall guy.
Protests against th Board were suspended during our rampant run-in but the root cause of all our problems and mismanagement are still there, ready to enforce th next phase of our decline. Very worrying times ahead IMO.
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13 Jul 2026 14:01:28
Honestly to add to the people out there depth doing the negotiations, the stuff am hearing is absolutely ridiculous like we are in a bad position with these clowns and seeing our blue neighbours doing so well in this window is really scaring me, even our maroon rivals are doing well and we’re just sat here penny pinching.
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13 Jul 2026 15:48:44
Newgen, come on. The problems we have are well documented and we acknowledge them. But who have Rangers signed that's got you on the backfoot? Shankland, Neil, Devlin? Rangers will be our main challengers. They're going down the staunch route. So what!
It's about what we do, or don't do, that determines how the new season goes.
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13 Jul 2026 19:11:59
I smell a sevvie.
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13 Jul 2026 20:25:34
Can’t be Newgen Celtic Jaa, he’s the sites new transfer prophet 😀.
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{Ed007's Note - Even though he missed Duran being announced because he was in Spain 🤔 although the post came from the Queens Park area of Glasgow.. He must have forgot to switch on the VPN I reckon or he's touring Europe... He's been in Spain according to him but he's posting from Glasgow and a few from Bucharest 😂😂
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13 Jul 2026 21:10:00
I thought Newgen was the old Hoopy or Hoops poster 🤣🤣🤣
Don’t suppose you can confirm that 🤣.
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{Ed007's Note - The records don't go back that far since the sites were updated/upgraded...
12 Jul 2026 17:49:55
Johnny Kenny has speed, height and another season's experience under his belt. Is he a contender for Celtic this season? He knows what is required from him. Can he deliver?
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12 Jul 2026 18:55:59
No.
He’s not good enough.
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12 Jul 2026 19:32:53
Better than cvancara who strangely was getting praise from fans on here despite being far worse than kenny also mvuka and other recent duds. can he get better? Woukd he have contributed more last season than those I've mentioned i definitely think so.
but we need a reboot with someone. proven so if we got a decent offer i'd let the bhoy go and good luck to him.
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12 Jul 2026 20:10:28
Been saying it since last season try the bhoy out on the wing he has pace and can cross.
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12 Jul 2026 20:23:09
I’m not sure his 3 first half sitters at Tannadice are forgivable.
The stakes were high and he failed to deliver big time.
Kenny will be massively remembered for his opening goal at Hampden.
Although I hope I’m wrong because the lad has huge protential.
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12 Jul 2026 21:17:40
I genuinely feel Kenny has real potential, just not our main man. I don't get the hate because the board didn't spend he going himself thrust. imo.
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12 Jul 2026 21:48:49
Buzz. maeda missed terrible easy sitters in the cup final against abdeen when they won and in the cl qualifying games at start of this season. was that forgivable? He's a bit like maeda he'll run his heart out give everything he has good link up movement but not the natural out and out striker.
yet? Not buying a proven striker for him to be an understudy of sorts put undue pressure on the bhoy imo.
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12 Jul 2026 22:05:31
Okay DRB,
Would Kenny be included in a 4 striker selection next season.
Probably under the current circumstances but that doesn’t make him Celtic class.
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12 Jul 2026 22:26:57
Apologies for my mumble, agree DRB shared sentiments.
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12 Jul 2026 23:24:36
Terrible player.
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12 Jul 2026 23:47:52
Kenny helped Bolton win promotion to championship scoring 6 goals and 3 assists in 14 appearances, or 9 goal involvement in 14 games. I think he has potential though maybe not number one striker.
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13 Jul 2026 00:51:05
Who on here praised mvuka must have missed that.
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13 Jul 2026 08:09:10
We are being conditioned to accept sub standard Celtic players.
Scales, Ralston. Kenny, McCowan etc
No wonder fans are fed up with it.
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13 Jul 2026 08:52:33
Absolutely No!
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13 Jul 2026 10:00:53
No one Mally, think he is just highlighting Kenny’s better than the January Turds we brought in.
Kenny will be a good Bolton or Millwall player but never at Celtic.
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13 Jul 2026 10:12:53
Cvancara mally. buzz. he not that bad as not to be included. it's the singling out of players when others are worse or no better i don't like. and if we're going down that route buzz how many in this team or even in the last 10 / 20 / 30 years are / where "celtic class " what exactly is Celtic class.
and could you please send the board and manament a description of said Celtic class player. don't take that as an attack buzz. a genuine reply asked lightheartedly.
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13 Jul 2026 12:47:07
Current Celtic class players for me are CCV, Johnston, Tierney, McGregor and Engels. Below that you have players who have shown they can be but don't show enough of it like Hatate, Osman looks promising and Nygren does not offer enough outside of his goals, the team are not strong enough to afford passengers like Hatate and Nygren sadly.
Most of the rest of them are squad players at best with some of them falling below that standard.
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13 Jul 2026 13:03:31
I would say a competent player who is a consistent 7 out of 10 would be labelled as Celtic Class.
12 Jul 2026 14:24:45
Liverpool allegedly in for Egyptian winger and we've now lost a young boy to Fulham, at the rate we do business the season will have started and we've got one in.
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12 Jul 2026 16:27:04
Mally, we’ve spent our budget on one player 🙈. Unreal. 3 weeks until season starts for real.
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12 Jul 2026 16:54:53
Liverpool should have an Egyptian winger, in fairness.
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12 Jul 2026 16:55:47
Mally we used to think it was just incompetence from our Board, and we lived in hope it would be rectified, but with is going on so long year after year, fans like me now think it is an EGO thing, these character actually believe they are so good at negotiations that they blow smoke each others @rses telling each other what a great job they are doing.
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12 Jul 2026 17:33:56
Doesn't bother me youngsters leaving as we'll never give them a chance.
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12 Jul 2026 19:20:05
The incompetence over the last 2 or 3 windows have left us with too big a task to sort before the season starts. If McGregor goes and I don't blame him if he does then if recruitment is done properly we will start the campaign with a brand new front 6 players which takes into account the new guy. So the board will need to recruit 5 first team quality players at the very minimum and that's not looking at the GK or CD positions.
We have shown nothing in the past to suggest that we are capable of carrying out this quantity and quality of business and even if we do the players will hardly know each other. It's an unbelievable state to be in, the board can not think that this is acceptable surely. That together with the predictable fan fury is going to make this a real tough year.
11 Jul 2026 13:44:48
Imo I don't think hearts, motherwell and Falkirk will have the same impact on the league this season as they did last.
Not only is it a rebuild at Celtic but also Rangers have another rebuild on there hands.
They have signed 6 and talk is of at least another 5 coming in.
As it stands our preseason is under way. MON has said he wants to use the time to give the system a tweak here and there.
But with 1 new face in and the return of the ox, with the world cup players not back yet really what impact can the changes he wants actually be put into practice.
That's why it's imperative that the signings get done ASAP.
Mon rambling on about the delay in the backroom staff is his fault and tbh makes absolutely no sense at all.
Hopefully he isn't going to to a mouth piece for the board when clearly it's the board that is holding the club back.
Not only do we know the players that are leaving, and just to stand still, they need replaced never mind the additions to add to the squad, this board have, as usual, been missing in action.
But should we be surprised.
Once again the supporters have dug deep and bought the season tickets, it's time for action from the club to act as if they care about the team as much as we do or we are in for another disruptive and potentially damaging season.
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{Ed007's Note - With regards to the backroom staff stories, I think I'll take the word of MON over Celtic Twitter & sites that need stories to keep money coming in.}
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11 Jul 2026 15:43:31
The Celtic fans have dug deep but I don’t believe 99.5% of last seasons tickets were renewed because Celtic allow fans to change names of the season tickets to friends and family Etc.
It isn’t fair to the supporters who have been waiting on the list for many years but I can still understand you would rather sit beside someone you know.
It keeps the numbers up on the waiting list plus the 99.5% looks like everyone is behind the Board Etc and everything is rosy in their garden.
I just feel it’s a false narrative to suggest that only about 300 fans gave up their season books last season.
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11 Jul 2026 16:57:41
He is already a mouthpiece for the board JJ.
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11 Jul 2026 18:24:07
MON said one of the reason was him deciding if he was taking the job. Not the only reason. 100% Maloney wasn't happy what was offered. Compared to what he was on last year. All sorted now.
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{Ed007's Note - And while people were writing and believing that Maloney and Fotheringham were both still on holidays with their families. Maloney still had a contract with Celtic as our pathways manager, Fotheringham's deal had expired.
Fotheringham was happy to sign on the same terms and Maloney had to negotiate a brand new contract for a brand new job that might only last a year, there was no falling outs, there was no truth to the "Maloney wasn't happy" stories, it was contract negotiations that were done & dusted in 4/5 days of them returning from holiday.}
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12 Jul 2026 08:04:50
Buzz wether the figure of 99.5% is true or not the season ticket sales were always going to sell. out. this idea of fans voting with there feet and giving up season tickets is fantasy stuff. yes there will be some that took that stand, but the majority would've renewed and what was left would've been taken by folk on the waiting list. why? Because fans buy those tickets to support the club. its by no means whatsoever in full backing of the board. and if things don't drastically improve on the signing front then this board will know all about it when the season officially returns. no one wants the protests of last season continuing into the upcoming season, but if things that the fans aren't happy with don't improve then its inevitable its going to happen. the improvement of the playing squad is no 1 on the list, but when are the fan media going to be given access again to the club? When is communication going to improve tenfold between the club and fans as was promised by Wilson? How long does it take to appoint a permanent Chairman? What is happening with the Director of Football position? Who's taking on Maloneys old job as pathway manager? Assuming that our mute CEO is going to remain given there's been nothing to suggest otherwise, is he going to comtinue in his role remaining silent other than the odd quote every 6 months or so whilst letting the OAPs around him speak on his behalf? Where's Ross Desmond and what role is he playing this year he'd plenty to say for himself and on behalf of his father last november and not a peep since.
What is the long term plan of the club? A club that we were basically told was out its depth in terms of European football with absolutely no ambition to do anything to change that mindset. just my opinion but signing 1 player to date with 30 odd days till the champions league qualifier which for me is thee most important qualifier we've faced in years given after this year we'll face 3 qualifiers likely unseeded, its imperative we do not balls this qualification up. so much work to be done yet seems very little is being done.
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12 Jul 2026 09:12:32
Good posts. A season will come, maybe this season, maybe not. when Rangers will win the league. I believe that will be the tipping point and thousands will stop buying STs in their droves.
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12 Jul 2026 09:25:35
It’s 100% that Maloney and Fozy were both low balled. It was an appalling way to treat to men who played a huge part in getting us over the line. The bad feeling it created is still there….
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12 Jul 2026 10:13:23
How do you know that lambo? I know for a fact that it is a lot of rubbish. Some fans just want to believe everything negative about out club.
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12 Jul 2026 14:38:41
Unless you were present during contract negotiations, any facts are hearsay, opinions, speculation.
Passing hearsay, opinions, speculation off as facts, well for one, it does nothing but spread disconntent. Why would you do that to a club you profess to support?
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12 Jul 2026 15:24:57
DC totally agree. As Ed said SM already had a contract and MON was thinking about coming back, so as they were his guys the club had to wait until he made up his mind as another Manager may have wanted his own staff.
It's irrelevant in any case as they are back.
More importantly we need to get players in quickly as our first game in anger is 3 weeks away.
We were clearly lied to about players coming in quickly so that they could get up to speed with the Managers system and gel, and as per usual we are dragging our a***s, its embarrassing
Luckily for us sevco are getting in runner up freebies and ex player freebies, none of whom are any real concern should we get in the quality we need.
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12 Jul 2026 07:30:37
That simply isn't true ed. I know for a fact Maloney wasn't happy and it definitely took more than 4/ 5 days to be sorted out.
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12 Jul 2026 23:28:55
APcelt it is a fact. Why would you choose to believe every negative story about a club you profess to support?
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13 Jul 2026 06:23:46
Dc, what other way is there to look at the club right now I understand your point, but what positives are coming out of Celtic park The communication from the board to the fans is as bad now as its been for decades with little or no sign of improving, a thing Wilson promised would be sorted. so can you blame fans for believing whater little piece of info they read in the rags or on the socials This is easily sorted. let the fan media back into the club, let them ask the difficult questions the fans want answered and the board don't want asked. then you get closer to the truth. since the Scottish cup final we've done 3 things.
we took nearly a month to appoint a manager who was already in the building, took even longer to appoint maloney and fotheringham, and we look like we've finally sigbed kyogos replacement after whit 18 months of trying? That to date is the limit of our summers work. where's the 6 or 7 players that first 11 are screaming out for? Where's the new chairman? Who's took on maloneys old job as pathway manager? What have the club done to improve communications towards the fans? The lists endless of what's needing done and we've the equivalent of an old folks home running the show, no wonder its taking an eternity to get things moving.
11 Jul 2026 12:00:27
Hey you amazing folks. Really kinda scared with one of the potential champions league play off opponents
Mjjalby is in there!
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11 Jul 2026 14:13:34
With our record ad be scared of them all.
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11 Jul 2026 17:26:50
I wouldn’t mind the Swedish Champions because it looks like a one season wonder from the minnows, with them currently 8th in the table after 12 league games this season.
11 Jul 2026 12:14:02
CCV will be the one I’m sure.
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11 Jul 2026 13:10:36
Tierney will be the captain.
I expect AJ will move on unfortunately and hopefully CCV moves on as we need far better for centre defence.
Our defence especially CB area is severely lacking.
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11 Jul 2026 15:06:13
I also reckon KT is the obvious choice and AJ as vice- captain if he stays.
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11 Jul 2026 15:47:34
I would rather have a Captain that constantly plays 90 minutes like Calmac and also Broony before him.
That takes KT off my list.
CCV will still need to prove himself next season so that would leave AJ if he stays.
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11 Jul 2026 17:19:09
If we are serious about improving as a team we should be trying to keep AJ. Captaincy might give us that, at least he’s got fight in him unlike McGregor.
I really think we should be trying to move CCV on. At this point we can get some decent money for him. Still think he’s declined since his first 2 seasons.
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11 Jul 2026 20:21:26
I'd buy a captain.
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11 Jul 2026 21:02:55
Did Scaldini wear the armband a few times last year?
{Ed007's Note - Why will it be on less money than he was on?