Celtic banter 10

24 Sep 2026 11:42:30
Anyone remember MON saying few weeks back that the team would not look the same after this International break. I'm sure he used the line of very or completely 🤔?

Did sevco win the keague last week? I'm sure they must have. It's nice when wee teams get all excited and start chat about winning the league etc once thèy win a couple if games. Its the hope that kills them. They have won a few games, wait until they lose a few. Only a few weeks back they got pumped out of 2 Euro tournaments. We will improve and I will be interested in our lineup after the break.

24 Sep 2026 19:02:57
No they never. Will they spend in winter window? definitely. will we? and if we do will it be penny pinched players? will it be even more penny pinchier loans who won't play.

24 Sep 2026 10:11:46
If you had enough beds in a room and laid each member of the Board down and had a herd of psychiatrists, psychotherapists and football therapists drumming into them the philosophies and benefits of getting players in at the beginning of the transfer windows would they listen and then think that it's a good idea? Or, would they still wait 'til the end of the windows?

24 Sep 2026 19:26:35
Tried that and it doesn't work either stengo lol even showed them how mental health input from performance to everyday input would be beneficial. The best practice is still Ac Milan psych stuff from the early 90s Bruno demichelis is a really good guy to check out if anyone is interested in that type of thing. It's madness we don't have that in place.

24 Sep 2026 07:56:33
My boy was watching the Celtic B team and was saying there's nothing there no potential first team players, there results against junior teams ain't great, but the boy Kennedy on loan at East Kilbride is supposed to be a cracker 🙏🤞.

24 Sep 2026 16:18:42
Well never know as Celtic are renowned for not giving youngsters a chance.

26 Sep 2026 10:11:29
The main reason they don't get a chance us they are not good enough. Iur academy produces players for the Dundee's of this world. With every 10 or 12 years we get a KT. who was the last player who came through young and made the position his. And apart from Doakes of all the "stars" who never got a chance and left, not one has done anything.

Its a complete waste of time and money. Produces eff all. Donovan is the only player since KT to get regular game time and that is only because AJ is crocked. Its like the whole clib a total underperforming shambles.

24 Sep 2026 04:49:38
Well now that Martin O’Neill has agreed his severance package and Eddie Howe back in talks and close to sorting his backroom, the question is do you think our current players suits Eddie Howe’s team.

Desmond has promised Howe a clause to leave for £3million to an EPL team, is this enough in the modern market.

Also we still need a DOF, think O’Neill will be done with the club, who can take up the role? I reckon I would be going for Lee McCulloch (yes he’s a hun but what a job he is doing as head of talent acquisition and Brighton)

Also I would perhaps give JK a call, the big man is sick of life in the Middle East.

24 Sep 2026 06:29:21
Lots here to discuss,
Agreed severance and back in talks?

I’d think mon severance is pretty straight cut given his contract term, and is anyone not employed classed as in talks if a news outlet
Asks them about the job? I’m not sure Howe will be anywhere near us, let alone even discussing the job.

24 Sep 2026 08:47:10
Hogh9

Where is this story coming from?

24 Sep 2026 09:49:23
Wake up Hogh9… you have slept in for your work. Must have been having a good dream 😴 😂.

24 Sep 2026 10:15:15
Currant bun at the wind up.

24 Sep 2026 14:53:08
If MON was to leave i think the board will go after McKenna again.

23 Sep 2026 18:22:22
If as now it seems MON stays on, imagine the next 3 games.

Motherwell 1 Celtic 1

Benfica 5 Celtic 0

Celtic 1 hearts 1

I know you could play around with those scoreline, however recent from we could loose all 3 games.
Then MON legacy could be called into question.

{Ed007's Note - Without playing around with anything our recent league form is played 7, won 6, drew 0 and lost 1 - we have scored 14 goals and conceded 4.
But I'd bet there's Celtic fans out there that hope you're right....🤔

23 Sep 2026 19:01:08
The point I'm trying to make, just like any manager under scrutiny, they are living game to game.
I'm pretty sure some managers wouldn't have survived the CL qualifier never mind the last 3 games.
We all want a successful celtic, of course we do.
We all want MON to be the manager of a successful celtic.
Hand on heart, do you think that is possible.

{Ed007's Note - What managers wouldn't have survived the CL qualifiers loss, Rodgers, Ange?
Did you think winning the league let alone The Double was possible last year, I did.}

23 Sep 2026 19:31:27
Tbh am you're typical glass half empty guy.
So I would say I didn't think we would have won it after Nancy.
This time it feels different again. For the league not Europe, I think yang plays a massive part in the shape of the current set up.


He's been a miss.
Do I think we can still win it this year. I would say hopefully, but we need to hit the ground running again or the dark clouds will gather over paradise.

{Ed007's Note - I'm more a good 2s on a joint type of guy 😂 We've got Yang, AJ and Jota due back in the next weeks, we've had a bad week or two but let's not start getting the Tena out yet JJ ✊🍀

23 Sep 2026 20:19:41
I said we where winning league day after loss to hearts, day br resigned, day of agm, day Nancy started, day we lost lc final, day Nancy was sacked, day we lost to Dundee Utd,

I’m saying today, we’re winning this league,

With mon or without him, people are acting like this is out of ordinary,
Ange started worse, br started 2 of his season starts worse, br blew a 8 point lead twice before recovering at Easter time, took Ange to last week in Jan and several signings to recover his bad start,

This happens and while I personally think mgt needs changed I think it’s recoverable regardless.

{Ed007's Note - Aye I'll back you on that Jaa - we will win this league comrade 👍🍀

23 Sep 2026 20:32:36
I still think we will win the double this year with or without O'Neill in charge.

{Ed007's Note - 👍🍀

23 Sep 2026 21:10:56
Keep the faith.

{Ed007's Note - The cream always rises to the top...👍🍀

24 Sep 2026 00:29:02
I think we will win the league as we will hit form again and Ibrox will fade over the next 31 games.

24 Sep 2026 06:31:14
Yesssssss bhoys this positive outlook is what we need, keep it up.

23 Sep 2026 23:29:08
Imagine all the Fenians living in haaaaaarmony.

24 Sep 2026 07:50:49
If we sort the midfield I'd go along with that if we don't not so sure, maybe let the young Dutch boy loose after the break and get legs into that midfield.

24 Sep 2026 09:19:39
Im not writing season of to the zombies. MON is fought us out of tougher holes than this.

My longterm concerns with Celtic is our board. No ambition just bare minimum in every department in our great club. I don't understand there philosophy.

24 Sep 2026 09:20:34
Somewhere in this club we need someone to anchor the midfield, from there everything else will settle a bit. We can’t keep relying on other teams being rubbishier than us!

24 Sep 2026 18:18:54
Give young Berg the opportunity to settle into the team. He is a player with a great reputation and has the athleticism we are currently lacking.

I agree that Jota, AJ and Yang will make a huge difference to us.

We have missed Yang directness and defensive work.

I think this break will help us and give the coaches time to get the players confidence built back up.

We have so many players trying to find their feet and get used to the game in Scotland.

24 Sep 2026 21:52:13
We have definitely missed yang, if jota can get back quick league is in bag.

23 Sep 2026 15:56:59
A while ago on this forum, if you questioned the actions of the board by not investing properly at the transfer window, and were concerned that after each window the team were regressing, we were called panty wetters. Lol
Well the worm has turned and we are all panty wetters. Welcome to the club. lol.

{Ed007's Note - Speak for yourself lol it's not even October!}

24 Sep 2026 06:48:55
Certainly no panty wetting here,

Those who questioned mon appointment
Where in hindsight correct, although it wasn’t a demographic of just boards haters it was broader than that, and his apportionment was a hastey move after fans revolt against Keane,

After that the board done a not bad job considered by most,
There was a few consistency out there tho who where vocal throughout and in hindsight where correct, board maybe done a poor job over window

But hindsight doesn’t stop today, hindsight still applies in may,
As a team we are unbalanced with removal of Yang and Hassan still not firing,
No preseason can do that, hogh is proven striker it’s up to us to bring that out and Duran has star quality in there, we didn’t fully replace Engels so wether Berg or Sorensen manage to turn that round is questionable,

We still have Johnstone, jota, Yang to return to first 11, that’s a decent thought, we still have January to resolve midfield issues, and it probably will be that straight forward come Jan, buy contributing b2b midfielder (s) maybe a left back if Chelsea boy doesn’t come good,

So those who as you put it are panty wetters over board antics I woukd suggest are very much still apparent as they have there week of poor results in perfect timing before an agm to blame
It on the board,
Those who in your words are now welcome to the club still have a whole lot of if buts and maybes, which should be the case in football (my opinion) to watch our team win lose draw, regress or progress alongside a whole 7 months of hindsight before we think about joining your club,

No one’s hiding from poor results, some are firmly in camp we are rotten, some blame board some blame players some blame staff? But as for things turning I think your way off the mark it’s simply we got done twice by our rivals and the rhetoric that goes along with those results is all to see,

24 Sep 2026 11:38:12
Jaa, this isn’t just about the last 3 games, they are just the latest catalyst of many. How many times are people going to keep pointing to the next window for the solution to the failed last window. Like tomorrow’s tomorrow it never comes but the same failings are constant. It’s becoming more difficult to see where we are heading.

24 Sep 2026 20:35:41
Chasa we are top of league, every team not top of respective league, and even some top will all be looking at Jan, to turn there season around, support it, drive to next level whatever reason will be, we can want it maybe expect it but we we will never be the ready that some want, I have you firmly in consistent camp regards your opinion has been unbudged before during and after window that you where unhappy still, there others too, there people like me who can see the problems but don’t mind working our way out of them,
My opinion is, Ange, br and a host of other managers and coaches don’t lose the games we’ve lost in last week (I’m excluding cl but I think they wouldn’t have lost that either) with this current team, so where’s the board failure, appointing mon and staff or not getting players in, would all the people I’ve mentioned drop points and lose games that Mon wouldn’t, you bet they would so where’s the board failure,

I firmly believe the board failed on a lb and a cm ( but done great with others, and some jury’s out) , I firmly believe Mon and staff are failing with the tools they have, but can turn it round,

The results and the board performance are two different things, and should be treated as much, when we lose games so many people jump straight on board, they don’t pick team, score own goals, give away pens etc,

23 Sep 2026 11:25:29
Nicholson talking about supporting Martin how's he going to do that, the ship has sailed and you've missed mate.

23 Sep 2026 12:18:52
They are so feckin dense. Why not support him by signing players earlier in the window ready to bed in before our games kick off.

23 Sep 2026 13:03:54
Since January Celtic have brought in 16 players of which 10 have been loan signings plus Oxlade was without a club.
Not exactly helping much Michael and now it’s showing massively.

The Celtic Board like to just do the bare minimum to stay ahead but now they have underestimated Sevco due to their poor form before the transfer window closed.

23 Sep 2026 14:09:06
Buzz they said yesterday in the statement that last January was a deliberate cist cutting by signing loans, same statement bumming about signing hogh Duran and baur but never mentioned all the loans this window thay must think we're all daft.

23 Sep 2026 14:15:11
The bare minimum then try haggle that down.

23 Sep 2026 17:40:01
I can confirm the fact they think we are full on daft.
Thank christ we all know different eh?

23 Sep 2026 10:52:26
Sunderland have been allocated 4,000 tickets for their away match against Torreense so I would expect Celtic to get the same when we visit in November.

Celtic have been allocated 3,250 tickets for our match in Lisbon next month.

23 Sep 2026 12:16:36
Torreense will have an 11 day break before they play Celtic.

Celtic will have played one more league match than Sevco for 23 days before they play their rearranged home match versus Aberdeen, on the same midweek we travel to Portugal to face Torreense.
( due to league cup semi final )

23 Sep 2026 09:40:21
Get I’m entering the realms of conspiracy theories but here goes. Could we even begin to consider our current regression by the politburo is to make us completely forget any European ambitions and get to a point where we see any domestic success as an ambition rather than the dominance we have/ had.
Everyone on this site is going round in circles trying to figure what the end game is for these people, they can’t all be incompetent because most have been successful in various fields.

It can’t all be about money because over the last 20 years the decisions made have compromised a phenomenal potential income. Do the board, the supporters and the wider football world just have wildly differing opinions as to what is deemed successful?
Nothing makes sense and the total lack of communication ( except for bland AI written snippets) doesn’t help.

23 Sep 2026 11:10:07
Do you think anyone on the board or within the club are intelligent enough to come up with any kind of plan like that.

23 Sep 2026 12:01:21
No, it's all about the money. Problem is, they're conservative dinosaurs and rather than speculate by investing properly in the squad, gaining greater income, (CL) and player profits on sales, they'd rather do the minimum they think they can get away with, stockpile cash and hope for the best.

Although we are badly let down by those running Scottish football with their pathetic merchandising of our game, we are also badly let down by the lack of a football centric strategy by our own leadership. As a club we should still be a force in Europe and streets ahead of the domestic opposition but they choose to have us well below that standard as it requires a bit of risk taking.

23 Sep 2026 12:08:25
Like I said, we’re all going round in circles trying to fathom an endgame and nothing makes sense. It would be easier for the board to slip into the background and employ people to make us richer, and we could be, but they’ve just dug in and taken on a siege mentality.

23 Sep 2026 05:49:06
As we sit today 9 months down the line still no permanent chairman and in the past few days we've had at least 3 statements released by Nicholson and Wilson. youd never know there was an AGM lurking around on the horizon. how any ( world class ) organisation can go 9 months plus with no permanent chairman is just ridiculous, and the only constant with these clowns at the helm is they clearly move at a sloths pace in EVERYTHING they do. from player recruitment to finding new board members and a new chairman. I genuinly wonder if these morons understand they're a baw hair away from another complete revolt from the fans and back to the protests etc of last season. Wilson has said numerous times in his 9 month temporary role as chairman to give them time to rectify mistakes of the past.

honest to God you see Riga mortise set it quicker than anything these halfwits try to achieve. and the biggest problem we have is they're all making a fortune out of Celtic and the fans who invest heavily season after season seem to be able to do nothing about it. stock piling all this cash and for what This rainy day crap they talk of. this not wanting to end up like that lot across in govan, its all nonsense. to continually go cap in hand to fans expecting them to throw cash unconditionally into the club and have no say on how its spent or if it'll ever be spent isn't acceptable and wouldn't be allowed to happen in any other business. Desmond is getting away with absolute murder.

23 Sep 2026 11:54:02
Like they say- 'a club like no other'
Should it maybe get a makeover to - 'a club ran like no other'?

Would let our board run a wains party.

23 Sep 2026 12:50:04
I think the opposite is true, we have been trying to hard for euro success by buying in players instead of developing our youth and accepting a few years as also rans or worse untill we have a decent batch of players.

23 Sep 2026 08:10:24
Here is my take on the MN statement, which could be wildly inaccurate! MoN offers his resignation and says he will step aside if they have someone lined up to take over. MN says your grand Martin, stay where you are (code for, course we don't, why would plan ahead) .

23 Sep 2026 09:24:29
And if they don't have a plan just now? Wait till the summer 🤣🤣🤣 final game of the season and maloney in the shower 🚿.

23 Sep 2026 10:18:09
Who knows what DD is thinking just now? We know he loves money more than Celtic and he can probably see his stock value dwindling as the team regresses and income drops.

Maybe a new consortium buy-out would be his way out? He's had many other money making businesses which he sold for a huge profit. He may well do the same here if the offer is tempting enough.

Yes, he has an ego but I'm sure his financial well being and continuing to make prudent decisions will trump his ego. Surely he can see things are only going to get worse with him calling the shots? He might just decide now is the time to go. I'm sure his many lickspittles and sycophants will give him a glowing report card to massage the ego.

23 Sep 2026 11:13:41
Chinks, that's what I was saying yesterday.
Even if MON offers to resign the board could say no. We then have the same situation as the Covid season when Lennon supposedly offered to resign and was told no, we then went a further 2 months before he walked.