Celtic banter 2

13 Jan 2026 15:41:46
Martin O'Neill revealed that he has passed on some of the options presented to him by the Celtic recruitment team." (Shockeroony! ) .

'I'd love to blame other people but it's down to me' the 73-year-old said on the current pace of transfer dealings.

'Unless you've identified a player that you absolutely know is going to improve your team and you're prepared to spend money on him, I think it becomes more difficult.

(Translated the board would have had a dozen players in - and they'd have been cheap - but they'd have been donkeys) .

13 Jan 2026 17:03:32
It certainly looks like the quantity over quality policy is still happening. Are they recruiting via 'You Tube and Internet Sites or are genuine qualified experienced scouts out in winter months actually looking? Some other manager may have gone along with these proposals, so at least MON knows exactly what he wants.

I really hope they don't let him and the supporters down yet again; as too much is at stake.

13 Jan 2026 15:41:11
'Asleep at the wheel' could well take on a new meaning the way this season is panning out.

Media talk is of Roberto Martinez potentially taking over at Celtic after this summers world cup, and suggests that after the boards disastrous appointmemt of Wilifred Nancy, DD 'will play the long game' regards getting Martinez."

Our supporters deserve the best manager in the dugout and the very best team on the park but our board doesn't.

This current board have systematically, season after season, sold our very best players, essentially asset stripping, and replaced them with inferior ones.

This has been referred to as our 'player transfer model'.

The issue now is the current first team squad has been weakened to the point where they lost the SC last May, couldn't score against a team from Khazakstan to qualify for the CL, and most recently were battered by St. Mirren in the LC final.

The current first team squad is a pale imitation of the teams that have gone before them in recent seasons.

The problem now is there is very little, if anything, left to sell, so I'm not sure where that leaves the 'player transfer model'.

Unless this board changes the way in which it operates, dramatically, including overhauling the footballing structure of the club, as well as repairing it's relationship with the very life blood of Celtic F. C. the supporters, then any manager operating at the level of Roberto Martinez should steer well clear of Celtic F. C. and the imposters who run it.

The custodians of our club really need to stop the back slapping, take the blindfolds off and get their house in order."

We have a fantastic football club with a wonderful, unbroken history to be proud of but those in charge are committing self harm for reasons only known to them.

Unfortunately those in charge at the wheel have taken their eye off the road and I fear an almighty crash is about to take place.

I sincerely hope I'm wrong.

13 Jan 2026 16:45:25
Good post Pedro.

A mess of a club.

But that's what you get if you have no football strategy at the club.

We are all waiting in signings but the real issue is we are currently set up to fail as football business.

MN is clearly not up to being a CEO.

So unless Martin uses his contacts or the new guy from Chelsea can magic something up…. We are going nowhere.

We can't let this rudderless ship continue much longer. It's only going to run aground… and cause lasting damage.

I'm very much now thinking the league is slipping away. We need to force change. i'm up for a full boycott of home games now.

Imagine we were a house builder with no land bank or a supermarket without any supply chain.

This board beggars belief.

But until we have a proper football strategy in place, nothing is going to change.

{Ed007's Note - MON & SM have went through the players Tisdale had lined up and turned them down and now our entire scouting/data system is basically starting from scratch under SM and Bell-Walker.}

13 Jan 2026 17:03:24
Ed,

Quite … bad planning ( especially in getting them in the first place ) Chief scout, manager and Tisdale all gone at once. Tells you something about our CEO.

13 Jan 2026 09:07:42
Ed do you know why some of my posts are not appearing? Is there a technical problem?

{Ed007's Note - I can't see anything wrong mate, if it keeps happening give me a shout and I'll get Ed033 to have a proper look at it 👍🏻

13 Jan 2026 13:16:46
Its the unseen Mighty Mike hand Weejoe.

13 Jan 2026 13:59:17
You've maybe ran out of posting tokens Joe, you only get allocated 500 posts a week remember 😂.

{Ed007's Note - 😂😂

13 Jan 2026 14:54:05
Dermot Desmond is an evil billionaire Joe, he's eventually got sick of you blasting the board and has created a giant laser to intercept your posts 🤣.

13 Jan 2026 16:04:36
That gives me another reason to want them gone. 🤣.

13 Jan 2026 16:31:58
Were they positive posts and Ed thought it was spam🤣.

13 Jan 2026 19:00:56
Joe, Eds probably got his computer set to auto delete for any of your posts that contain the word 'board'.

😅😅😅.

{Ed007's Note - 😂

13 Jan 2026 12:28:29
What is this sorcery from the likes of Real Madrid and Chelsea, sacking managers and appointing new ones the next day, surely against the rules, if they are allowed to get away with this it will only escalate and they will probably sign new players next.

13 Jan 2026 13:23:59
The Real manager was the 2nd team manager he was already employed by Madrid.

13 Jan 2026 16:51:01
The point still stands up Rayman, they had a plan.

13 Jan 2026 12:15:08
Apparently Liverpool are preparing a £156m bid for Bellingham. It's getting ridiculous!

13 Jan 2026 15:17:12
I posted a few months ago that Liverpool spent more in the summer transfer window than what Celtic have spent in the last 25 YEARS.
UEFA and SKY have played a huge part in that massive gap.

13 Jan 2026 16:33:14
It's how much these Premier League clubs are in debt Rohl, Scandalous!

13 Jan 2026 19:04:53
It is unbelievable that the FFP rules allow clubs to spend those ridiculous sums while being 750 million to a billion in debt.

I suppose to a lesser degree the Scottish football authorities are the same with the way they allow one club to spend what it wants, no matter the debt.

13 Jan 2026 11:12:33
Not even a good rumour doing the rounds, pathetic.

13 Jan 2026 12:27:36
🤣🤣🤣 That's exactly what i was saying, not even a rumour of good stature to get us at least excited for a couple of hours.

13 Jan 2026 11:37:43
I'll get brickbats but it needs to be said. To all the diehards who, when ST Renewals are due, will continue to plough their money into our rank rotten Boards coffers despite what is, or more to the point, what's not happening, wake up and smell the coffee.

Your love for the club is counterproductive and it's biting us in the a***. So when May comes, show some balls and tell them to stick it. Same goes for WL guys like me if we're offered a ST.

13 Jan 2026 12:32:19
Who do you think is dragging deals? Just now we don't have a head of scouts he was booted out quite rightly so. Who will be finalising any deal now? I can't see it being MoN. Input yes but contract negotiations I can't see it.

13 Jan 2026 12:52:49
100% 9iar.

a concerted effort by all Celtic supporters is what's required to do something to force change at board level.

ST holders are crucial to this, as you point out, and if the Celtic supporters don't change you can be sure the board will never change.

Money is the only thing this board understands and the Celtic supporters have been short changed, disrespected and talked down to, for far too long.

Hit them where it hurts and watch the domino effect.

13 Jan 2026 13:37:28
I would be all for this, but the problem is getting the numbers not to re-new. There's the fear if I don't renew then my ticket gets taken by someone on the WL and we're no further fwd as a club as all ST's sold as normal and previous ST holders locked out.


It would have to be an organised agreement between at least 3/ 4 of ST holders that they will not renew and more importantly stick to their guns and don't renew.

13 Jan 2026 15:08:25
Unfortunately Stevie, it's a gamble I can't see too many of us going for. There are just far too many people on the waiting list to buffer any loss in numbers.
You can reference any Bank transaction nowadays so everyone when paying their ST could reference it with "SACK THE BOARD"
Petty I know but it would tell them just how deep the feeling goes.


If there was a proper co-ordinated boycott then I'd definitely be up for it.

13 Jan 2026 18:00:23
I'm on the WL and I'd never take up the offer of a ST. But that's just me. If anyone on here is on the WL, if STs Holders boycott new STs do the morally correct thing and boycott them too. Everyone needs to be in any boycott including WL guys like me.

13 Jan 2026 10:27:57
So if Martins saying Welsh could be sold this window does that mean we still need a cb 😭.

13 Jan 2026 13:45:47
We'll be wanting the 300k transfer fee to stick in the bank.

13 Jan 2026 08:37:03
Surely a club of our size has a robust recruitment/ scouting network that is not reliant on 1 person (departed PT) . And that being the case is it beyond them to have identified a CH and CF (at least) that improves our starting 11? We have a tough run of fixtures coming up and MON has made it clear he needs reinforcements pronto.

If true we have "noted interest " in Bowie the question is why? We either want him or we dont, waiting around is only going to drive up price (Idah) and invite rival offers. Other clubs all across Europe/ UK are making signings so the "hard window" is only partially true, it's accurate for us as we want bargains/ loans.

13 Jan 2026 09:56:46
It's an absolute shambles as usual, we will be scraping around for loan signings last week of January, guaranteed. If we drop points tomorrow and lose to Hearts we probably won't bother bringing anyone in as title will be gone.
Or knowing the way we operate once everything's lost we'll probably bring in a couple of strikers.

13 Jan 2026 10:46:10
You would think so Chinks; but I tend to agree with Gerry below. During every transfer window since they were introduced, how many times have we felt anticipation, excitement and confidence? Since its conception around 2002/ 03, most of the time we have felt frustrated, angry and bewildered and that is down to both Lawell and Desmond.

13 Jan 2026 11:25:20
I can't believe we still have not signed a striker, I honestly thought with the good feeling that MO and his team brought last week our out of touch board would have supported him and tried to win back the fans.

I honestly thought also that a meeting with the fans collective would have happened and also a lift of the ban for the GB would have also taken place! I also seen a pink unicorn this morning sitting on my back fence!

13 Jan 2026 11:40:28
PT was a disaster and if he was the main source of our players, the best man for the job, we are in serious trouble.

Dr Doolittle didn't exactly upgrade the quality of our team, our manager or our academy. He was invisible and collecting a good wage.

How the natty hat wearer got a job with us, when he was at Exeter, god only knows. What had he done at Exeter to justify his employment with us, who did he discover, how did he make them more successful.

It demonstrates the lack of knowledge and naivety of MN when this guy persuaded him he was the man to identify our next generation of players, to change the way we operate and improve our youth system.

If that wasn't bad enough, MN even listened to the same guy, who by that time had demonstrated absolutely nothing, that he knew of a mad professor from France, who would turn our football upside down and leave the rest of the footballing world behind.

He was right, he brought chaos and his football did separate us from the rest of Scottish football but not in a positive way.

If we are now relying on MN to get players in, we will be waiting a long time and if we get any in, what will the quality be.

He has demonstrated so many times that he has absolutely no understanding of the needs of the team, how the modern football landscape operates and how to identify players and do deals quickly.

Most teams, even in our league, can identify 1 million pound players and hope that they turn them into the next MOR.

That is a very, very difficult thing to do and happens very rarely.

Shopping at that level is a real risk because you can get 10 players and 9 of them will turn out to be just that, million pound players and if your very lucky 1 might be the real deal.

Spending more on proven players doesn't provide a guarantee but at least they are capable of playing at the level you need, they hopefully have demonstrated that before you buy.

You may not get MOR but you will have a player good enough to play in your team.

We have no real transfer strategy. We are a mess and those in charge have no plan to get us out of this.

For years we have been at the top and they have sat with their feet up, enjoying the success, with no longterm plan in place. They didn't need it or so they thought.

The world of football has caught us up and we are floundering, because the dinosaurs who run the club, have no answer, because simply throwing money at it isn't allowed and they would never do that in any case, and they have no plan.

We have lots of money in the bank, and as businessmen they are happy, but we have no one with a real football background, a real understanding of the modern game, to take control and get us out of this mess.

DD has proven he is a dictator and his grip on the club is unbelievable considering he is not the owner, and his son has demonstrated he is only going to be worse.

They will not take in a DOF as that will dilute their control and they cannot have that.

I don't won't massive investment this window because it really isn't needed at this point to win the league.

I am a realist, not a dreamer, but we can spend wisely this window and get what we need to give MON the tools he needs to win the league.

A striker, right winger and defensive midfielder would do it. They can be bought without going overboard.

We have taken a rcb back from loan, so whatever our thoughts longterm on that, he has proven himself at Motherwell and gives us experienced cover.

It also allows us under the new rules to support whoever the new manager is in summer.

13 Jan 2026 11:54:48
Chinks,
I'm not convinced at all that our recruitment is anywhere near fit for purpose, let alone robust.

Last summers window was a new, all time low, for this current board and tgat's saying something.

January, as we know, is not an ideal window but take one example from this week. Whilst we're rummaging in the bargain basement for a winger, we 'identify' one, nobody's heard off and low and behold he fails a medical - deal off. Although apparently he's signing for a club in Engerland?

Across the city, Sevco, according to reports, are close to signing a 6ft 2, Danish international winger with 40 caps, on loan.

13 Jan 2026 12:25:39
You can tell Dr Doolittle had his grubby little paws on Exeter they were scudded 10-1 in the FA Cup.

13 Jan 2026 07:39:38
{Ed's Note - Bolger3 has posted a new article entitled, Manchester United Still In A Cycle Of Poor Decision Making

12 Jan 2026 21:51:03
Jonathan Ikone 27 RW has scored for Paris FC tonight against PSG. Contract expires in June. Valued at £4.8m. I can recommend him personally as he was class for me when I used to play Ultimate Team🤪.

12 Jan 2026 23:32:11
I watched the match and Paris FC caused a 1-0 upset.
I read that both grounds are across the road from each other.
It also mentioned that 193M apart was a World Record for grounds next to each other.
But it's wrong because Tannadice and Dens Park are only 183M apart.

13 Jan 2026 01:31:14
Dundee is the record closely followed by Paris👍.

13 Jan 2026 07:18:15
1. Paris Saint-Germain (Parc des Princes) and Paris FC (Stade Jean-Bouin) : 0.12 miles
2. F. C. København (Parken Stadium) and Boldklubben af 1893 (Østerbro Stadium) : 0.13 miles
3. Dundee United (Tannadice) and Dundee (Dens Park) : 0.17 miles

Going by Google.

13 Jan 2026 10:26:47
According to AI both Dundee grounds are 0.1 miles,200 yards and only 1.83M apart.

13 Jan 2026 10:36:16
I was going on what I read last night but it does look like the Paris grounds are closer.
I just seen a picture of a Birds Eye view and the Paris Grounds are nearly touching and are only separated by a narrow road.

12 Jan 2026 19:04:19
I always assume the board will make a **** of it during every window. That way I'm never disappointed lol. And delighted if we actually make a decent signing.

12 Jan 2026 21:56:16
Gerry ma friend.

I'm the same - they never fail to disappoint to disappoint me - but it's so so sad - the Celtic support is entitled to win nothing - but we're entitled to see the best version of Celtic we could be!

Dermot Desmond (horrible BA$t**d) and his billionaire boy (even mare horrible C**t and the AGM finished me - utter twat of a laddie) can't delver that - thank feck he's no mine - and Michael Nicholson isn't giving up his £800k salary voluntarily no matter how often he fails.

The disconnect between the club and its supporters has never been such. We're watching the battle for the very soul of the Celtic we all love.

13 Jan 2026 09:03:24
They bring a legend in Martin and continue their biscuit tin mentality, Martin already sounding like brendan, he's asking for help and we're half way through the window and stevie wonder can see we need at least 4 players the there's thecwi ger we agreed a deal with while knowing he was Injured, surely a sacking offence.

13 Jan 2026 10:31:09
Dejavu every window
Whilst our rivals strengthen their squads we stockpile cash to give the taxman 12 million!