Celtic banter 6

10 Jan 2026 16:44:16
We need to rip up our signing policy what ever it maybe, poor bench today we struggle every window.

10 Jan 2026 17:10:54
We won 4-0 today with a goal scorer coming off of the bench. We also have a good few out injured. We have signed 2 players already this window. We will get a ST this window.

10 Jan 2026 17:44:39
The board will be back to thinking they are doing a great job and we don't need any signings after today.

10 Jan 2026 22:09:42
I don't think they will Joe and struggle
Why you would say such a negative post after what has been a positive week and positive result.

11 Jan 2026 00:56:53
Whose the two players? I know we got the right back from Bournemouth but whose the other player.

10 Jan 2026 16:23:38
Are you watching Nancy?

10 Jan 2026 16:41:34
It's amazing what a proper set up n shape can do lol shows how much of a fool he was.

11 Jan 2026 01:15:17
Nancy is in line to get a job in the Premier League have they not watched his formations and lack of defenders. What is the matter with people who are looking to give this idiot a job.

10 Jan 2026 15:34:51
Night and day. Exactly what these players needed is some discipline and shape. Back to playing our recognised formation and it shows. That dumpling Nancy just couldn't see that. Looks like we still have the odd mistake at the back but Rome wasn't built in a day.

Looking forward to seeing MON building on this and getting us back up there.
Just need to sort out the GB situation now, CP is like a morgue!

10 Jan 2026 15:56:42
Far more balanced and in control. Tounekti back to his best. Hatate cruising and Engels looking good again.

Like the look of our rb. Looks comfortable on the ball.

10 Jan 2026 19:21:52
Hatate was pish.

10 Jan 2026 14:04:21
Happy with that, more balanced team, looks on paper more of a threat up front. But the bench does show lack of quality and depth.

10 Jan 2026 13:28:01
I always see a lot of posts on here wondering who we will sign etc.

There's three players I would love us to sign with my dodgy stick I watch a lot of different games drive my wife crazy but I think the three of these guys would turn out winners for Celtic

Adam Obert
Silas Anderson
Peter Buch Christiansen.

As for goalkeepers I genuinely haven't seen a decent one.
Seen a few players at afcon as well but never seen them more than one game so can't recommend.

Can you let the board know I'm open to work. 🤣.

10 Jan 2026 13:40:43
We were linked with Obert last summer I think it was?

10 Jan 2026 15:17:38
He's class on the ball and solid every time I've seen him. He would also be sold on for a healthy profit in my opinion.

10 Jan 2026 18:42:54
Rumour sevco are in for Anderson, so to make it look like he is in demand they thought they would suggest we might be in for him as well.

You can imagine if he signs for them, the headline will be Celtic lose out to sevco or player chooses sevco over Celtic, even if we are not in for him.

10 Jan 2026 13:21:50
MON now the fifth manager in a row after Ronnie Brendan Lenny and Ange to have to publicly beg for quality signings.

What a way to treat a club legend.

Might Mike…. world class in everything we do.

🎼the Celtic board have got to go 🎼.

10 Jan 2026 14:40:13
I would be shocked if Oneill agreed to come back without demands in place regarding transfers.

10 Jan 2026 15:18:30
Yesterday he said we can't wait for signings, we need them now and added a caveat that they could wait for a little bit if they were real quality.

10 Jan 2026 11:37:41
We Celtic supporters want new signings in ASAP

But DD, Nicholson etc look at things differently from we fans
They have NO URGENCY, they plod along at their own pace
All they think about is their next big bonus and Feck the fans
These guys are NOT CELTIC supporters despite what they try and tall us, if they thought they could get away with it they would bring NOBODY in.

10 Jan 2026 12:01:50
TIM

The board have joined the 'Not a Penny More' campaign.

10 Jan 2026 12:20:25
Sutton nails them in his last interview.

He blames MN and Tisdale for not having a striker ready to come in on 1st.

Sold Kyogo and didn't replace him in Jan window. Again didn't replace him in summer. It took a call from BR after the window closed to Iheanacho.

What happens when this window opens, nothing, so in desperation we try to get Kyogo on a loan.

It demonstrates that we have absolutely no plan. What have MN and Tisdale been doing over last year, absolutely nothing.

Dr Doolitle is clearly a fraud who speaks a good game but has absolutely no delivery.

MN on the other hand doesn't even speak.

10 Jan 2026 13:15:27
They've had a week to get a striker in for O'Neill, it's a disgrace.

10 Jan 2026 13:27:24
But yet most of the 'sack the board' brigade '"because they don't reinvest all the millions stockpiled" would be pacified with Kyogo and Callum Wilson?

10 Jan 2026 13:34:20
They clearly have no conscience over and above contempt for the support and zero passion for our football club.
Posted earlier that their attitude seemed to be - That's MON back so everything is sorted. However, the real problems at Celtic continue.

Our recruitment and forward planning is shambolic for a club of our size with our resources and potential. No wonder there is so much suspicion and theory regarding the old Five-Way-Agreement .

10 Jan 2026 09:43:09
Three points today and we can put a bit of pressure on the ugly sisters, who are both playing away tomorrow. Nice fixture for MON's first game back, home against a struggling team. Any type of win will do me but would be nice to get a clean sheet! Predictions for this weekend anyone?

10 Jan 2026 10:56:39
4-0 Nygren Maeda and 2 for Kenny.

10 Jan 2026 11:34:55
We would all love to see Kenny banging in goals on a regular basis. Let's see your cool and deadly side young man, we need a hero, will it be you?

10 Jan 2026 11:36:43
BB, I'm going for 2-0.

Today's game, Falkirk and the SC tie should not present too many issues, but for us to get a result, a win, at Tynecastle, we need a proven goalscorer.

10 Jan 2026 11:48:16
I'll go for 2-0 today. I'm also predicting one of the ugly sisters to drop points tomorrow.

10 Jan 2026 11:59:37
Don't think Kenny could score two even if the opposition didn't have a keeper in.

10 Jan 2026 12:21:42
Not getting too carried away, hoping for a win but think it will be close.

10 Jan 2026 13:26:08
Kenny scored his goals under MON i think MON knows how to get Kenny right up for it.

10 Jan 2026 13:37:49
The players have ran out of steam and ideas EVERY in second half of the last eight games and with a lack of confidence and apparent stamina, I would settle for any win to get us back on track.

10 Jan 2026 14:08:32
Had they a manager who knew how to change up the system in the 2nd half we could have won many of our losses but we had a manager who didn't communicate with the players and stuck to a very poor chaotic system, had no plan b.

11 Jan 2026 01:18:52
Wrong on Kenny getting 2 wish I had bet rhe 4-0 but my bottle crashed lol well done MON that's how a real manager plays the game.

10 Jan 2026 07:39:36
{Ed's Note - BRD has posted a new article entitled, Still Reeling From Amorim's Exit at Manchester United

09 Jan 2026 22:35:47
As we head in to day 10 of the transfer window Deja Vu beckons, Mighty Mike has still yet to deliver the striker that should have been here on January 1st…. world class in everything he does ☘️.

09 Jan 2026 23:47:47
Players not entitled to New Years day with their families?

10 Jan 2026 01:04:55
End of Jan 2025 is when Kyogos replacement should have been here. 10 million for Kyogo! A minimum of same amount should have been spent on his replacement .
Jan 26 and we're still scraping around for a striker. Unbelievable.

10 Jan 2026 01:48:15
They did this New Year's Day.
First New Year's Day off for many years.

10 Jan 2026 04:09:07
Bhoy88

It's a year since we sold our first choice striker Kyogo and we sold our second choice stringy Idah against the managers wishes after that - we've had three manager appointments since and £70m in the bank - and you're challenging a poster for questioning why our world class board that you're forever defending doesn't have a striker in place? Contrary as you are - really?

10 Jan 2026 07:05:50
Pretty sure with a derby match on the 3rd the players would be training on the 1st, either way what about the other 9 days.
Mighty Mike…. world class in everything he does.
🎼the Celtic board have got to go🎼.

10 Jan 2026 07:29:47
"Entitled" really does say it all. Must be a generational thing. Not every one is off work on the 1st. Footballers are in a privileged position and that comes a few hours work on some inconvenient days.

As to the rest JFP and Stevie have it covered.

10 Jan 2026 08:57:25
We replaced Kyogo before he left when we paid a fortune for Idah.

10 Jan 2026 09:26:02
Idah wasn't Kyogos replacement, we needed 2 strikers, Idah was GGs replacement.

Defending the board with nonsense like that is embarrassing or is it just to cause an argument.

Did you watch MON yesterday demanding new faces because we need them, quality and quantity he said, so even he can see MN is dragging his heels.

MN needs to go, we deserve nothing less. He is without doubt the worst and weakest CEO we have had.

Without reinforcements we will not win the league.

10 Jan 2026 10:49:11
MN beyond embarrassing now.

09 Jan 2026 16:46:04
Ed mate hoping you can answer a question for me please. Does Celtic have a different method for green lighting transfers? I know the obvious they don't do it well but I am wondering does the board members however many there may be all have to approve signings which is pretty backwards if that is the case? I just can't work out what there method is when it comes to this and how it would compare to a team who's recruitment is good?

Thanks Lee.

{Ed007's Note - I'll be honest with you Lee mate, right now I have no idea but I'm guessing it's a mish mash of the available data on players from Tisdale/Lefevre and if they meet the standards of MON/SM - and probably JBW (the ex-Chelsea guy) - along with players those 3 know or think could do a job before Beaker and McKay get involved with transfer negotiations.
I've said it for 15/16 years on here that we are one of the few - if any - clubs that doesn't have a clear footballing department structure of a DOF/Sporting Director or whatever fancy name they use running everything with managers inputs as they come and go.}

09 Jan 2026 20:04:39
Only I thing I know is it was pish before Tisdale, it was pish with Tisdale and it will likely be pish after Tisdale.

{Ed007's Note - Yeah, because Celtic have never signed any good players and sold them for serious profit.}

09 Jan 2026 20:27:39
17 Kelechi Iheanacho, unattached, Sep 2025 [BBC]
23 Sebastian Tounekti, £5.2m from Hammarby IF, Sep 2025 [BBC]
36 Marcelo Saracchi, (loan) from Boca Juniors, Aug 2025 [BBC]
10 Michel-Ange Balikwisha, £5m from Royal Antwerp, Aug 2025 [BBC]
04 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, (loan) from Manchester City, Aug 2025 [BBC]
18 Shin Yamada, £1.5m from Kawasaki Frontale, Jul 2025 [BBC]
25 Hayato Inamura, £250,000 from Albirex Niigata, Jul 2025 [BBC]
19 Callum Osmand, free from Fulham, Jun 2025 [BBC]
08 Benjamin Nygren, £1.7m from Nordsjaelland, Jun 2025 [BBC]
65 Isaac English, £50,000 from Greenock Morton, Jun 2025 [BBC]
31 Ross Doohan, free from Aberdeen, Jun 2025 [BBC]
63 Kieran Tierney, free from Arsenal, Jun 2025 [BBC]
15 Jeffrey Schlupp, (loan) from Crystal Palace, Feb 2025 [BBC]
07 Jota, £8m from Rennes, Jan 2025 [BBC]
14 Luke McCowan, £1m from Dundee, Aug 2024 [BBC]
27 Arne Engels, £11m from Augsburg, Aug 2024 [BBC]
06 Auston Trusty, £6m from Sheffield United, Aug 2024 [BBC]
11 Alex Valle, (£1.3m loan fee) from Barcelona, Aug 2024 [BBC]
09 Adam Idah, £9.5m from Norwich City, Aug 2024 [BBC]
28 Paulo Bernardo, £3.5m from Benfica, Jul 2024 [BBC]
01 Kasper Schmeichel, free from Anderlecht, Jul 2024 [BBC]
12 Viljami Sinisalo, £1m from Aston Villa, Jul 2024 [BBC]
09 Adam Idah, (loan) from Norwich City, Feb 2024 [BBC]
10 Nicolas Kuhn, £3m from Rapid Vienna, Jan 2024 [BBC]
28 Paulo Bernardo, (loan) from Benfica, Sep 2023 [BBC]
06 Nat Phillips, (loan) from Liverpool, Aug 2023 [BBC]
07 Luis Palma, £3.5m from Aris Thessaloniki, Aug 2023 [BBC]
04 Gustaf Lagerbielke, £3m from Elfsborg, Aug 2023 [BBC]
17 Maik Nawrocki, £4.3m from Legia Warsaw, Jul 2023 [BBC]
22 Kwon Hyeok-kyu, £1m from Busan I-Park, Jul 2023 [BBC]
13 Yang Hyun-jun, £2m from Gangwon FC, Jul 2023 [BBC]
24 Tomoki Iwata, £1m from Yokohama Marinos, Jun 2023 [BBC]
23 Marco Tilio, £2m from Melbourne City, Jun 2023 [BBC]
15 Odin Thiago Holm, £2.5m from Valerenga, Jun 2023 [BBC]

I would say we have wasted a lot of money on most of these players, not just on transfer fees but wages as well.

If you think of our current team only the GK, lb and cm are new recruits we brought in, in since Rodgers came back and only reason they get a game is because we can't play someone who was here before Rodgers in that position or we would probably still be playing hart, Taylor and MOR.

So in my view, which you may or may not agree with, is our recruitment has been woeful in recent years and I think we are about to prove that it was not just Tisdale and Rodgers fault. Which is the narrative our board would have us believe.

{Ed007's Note - What about the "pish" before Tisdale you speak of - the likes of MOR, Edouard, Dembele, Jota, Kyogo etc?

09 Jan 2026 20:32:58
Surely JBW must have a book full of names of players and More so Agents mb that's wots the delay in players coming in as were now going along with him 🤷🏽‍♂️.

09 Jan 2026 21:10:02
Troy just type in top scorers in danish ( any ) league and you'll get loads of sites espn is good with full list of all scorers by season and goes back a few seasons now if I can do that how hard is is for for employees of a supposed professional club to do might not be comprehensive in tbe players other stats but it's a starting point.

09 Jan 2026 21:42:43
Drb a posted other day nearly exact same, a look at leagues and teams with not many goals conceded and many scored and what we could realistically go for yet we went for Trusty who was part of 1 kf the worse defences in prem league history.

09 Jan 2026 20:47:31
Admittedly I should have been more specific in my first reply and stated what period I was referring to, which is since Rodgers came back.

{Ed007's Note - Aye you should have!! 😊😂

09 Jan 2026 22:31:40
I thought it was clear in my second post as it was very specific.

Anyway, I stick by my original reply that recruitment has been pish and I suspect it will continue to be pish until something changes at the top.

09 Jan 2026 22:37:57
Were they not waffling about when they went for a player there had to be a bunch of emails sent to certain directors, every other club seems to manage just fine we're a shambles when it comes to transfers always have been.

09 Jan 2026 22:47:41
Rodgers hasn't half wasted a lot of money of the clubs on utter dross and had the cheek to say we needed quality! No **** sherlock!

10 Jan 2026 06:37:40
I'm not sure our list of recent buys is that bad, there's players in there that we simply
Don't know about, tonetki could be decent (he's no better than the say Yang walked in door for me ) Yang I think is constantly developing, there's players like palma lager nawrocki holm that I think where good signings for wrong manager. We've dabbled in a market where we are buying according to price first then trying to find the player imo, me should be concentrating on a core group of developed and Scottish bought players supplemented with true quality regardless of costs, Joe for someone who says you meant recent recruitment I'm sure you've said in your board hate posts recruitment going back years hasn't been good enough, for me our structure for years has been wrong but apart from odd window we've done what's needed for manager and squad, last summer really was an own goal but we where a striker and maybe a decent rw away from no one caring, last summer when Engels and idah dropped at end window people where over moon, in grand scheme things I think we do ok but it all needs rethought for future as 5m duds seem to me could become norm if we're not careful.

10 Jan 2026 08:08:31
Recruitment is about more than buying good players, which obviously is important as well.

Recruitment is about making sure you have a strong squad to achieve your goals, we don't.

it is about addressing the weaknesses in your team, we didn't.

It is about buying players who are suited to how the managers system, we don't always donthat.

It is about selling players at the right time, we didn't.

It is about forward planning, we didn't.

It is about bringing players in on time, we didn't and crashed out the CL.

it is about squad management, we didn't do that as we now have lots of aging players, some with recurring injuries.

So when you assess the clubs performance in recruitment we must take a holistic approach. I am not saying that every single player we have signed has been poor or that there has not been some success in player trading. Now ask yourself this, how would you rate our recruitment?

P. s. if you look at my second post in this thread it was clear what period I was talking about. That is not to say that there have not been lots of failures in the past as well. It is often cited that leaving our dealings to the last day of the window has cost os plenty in lost revenue as we failed to qualify for CL.