For decades, players and managers have dropped their usual discretion when speaking to media in foreign lands. They seem to forget the impact their words will have back home. For example, there is no chance Daizen Maeda would be drawn on his Celtic contract when speaking to the Scottish media.
Celtic have been trying to get him to sign a new contract for the best part of a year without success. This will continue until the player either agrees or an acceptable offer is received. The experience of Kyogo in France may inhibit Daizen’s wanderlust, but it is unlikely to wholly dampen his appetite for a fresh challenge. Does anyone seriously expect him to sign another contract?
Daizen is a better player now than he was when he arrived for a pittance in January 2022. Retaining a player of his calibre for four years is on the upside of expectations. We should always be ready for the inevitable churn.
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Friday eve.
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Not signing replacements timeously entails that we are not ready and prepared for “the inevitable churn.”
He will be off in Jan
P67
“For decades, players and managers have dropped their usual discretion when speaking to media in foreign lands. They seem to forget the impact their words will have back home. For example, there is no chance Daizen Maeda would be drawn on his Celtic contract when speaking to the Scottish media.”
The cynic in me wondered if someone at our club gave DM the go ahead to share this info – the old “well we didn’t sign as much as you’d like BUT be grateful that we didn’t sell…”. Given the spikey relations between club (suits) and supporters atm getting the player to do this would be best. Such information I imagine would be confidential and subject to disciplinary action for “leaking” otherwise?!
“This will continue until the player either agrees or an acceptable offer is received.”
I hope you have missed a bit here – ” and it suits the club/manager as replacement(s) have been secured.”
We can’t just sell when a magic number is hit if it leaves us short – see Khun and O’Reilly having to wait 6 months.
“Does anyone seriously expect him to sign another contract?”
Sadly no, unless we give him a new bumper deal with an agreed buy out amount (and date from next summer) to keep him and us happy with an option to allow January exit if we can secure x/y/z player (assumes we have a plan!).
I will miss the player when he goes and his song! I hope to hear it another 30 times or so this season.
OhTequilaItMakesMeHappyCSC
The Blogger Formerly Known As GM:
As long as I’m being singled out for personal attacks I know I’m doing something right.
That’s all the credit in the bank I’ll ever need.
Maeda has been very good for us. That said, I’m not sure what level he thinks he can realistically aspire to. His first touch, ball control, passing and shooting are all questionable.
Fantastic pace, effort and pressing. He may have reached his peak levels with Celtic.
That said, we owe him his big move of it comes about. So let’s get his replacement in early in January and say best of luck Daezen in the new year.
who knows how many folk will go to the EL games.
the tickets are reasonably priced which will help.
however in my opinion the big story is how many season ticket holders buy tickets.
if, for example, 40000 attend the first home game, but only 20000 of those are season ticket holders with the rest being general sale, then that is a much bigger story than 35000 season ticket holders attending.
but we know the masonic secrecy that celtic employ when it comes to giving specifics about ticket split numbers so i doubt we will ever get that info.
LETS ALL DO THE HUDDLE
if, for example, 40000 attend the first home game, but only 20000 of those are season ticket holders with the rest being general sale, then that is a much bigger story than 35000 season ticket holders attending.
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In such a scenario the club could actually make more money because they’ll undoubtedly up the prices for general sale.
“We should always be ready for the inevitable churn.”
Good one !
Not to worry – I’m sure we’ll get in a replacement that reflects the ambition of the club…..
James Forrest on 11th September 2025 12:16 pm
“As long as I’m being singled out for personal attacks I know I’m doing something right.”
By that measure our board must be doing a bang up job!?
5.45 on a Thursday evening is not conducive to a high attendance think we have braga at home then.
I assume, then that Celtic fc have a list of 3 or 4 replacements Daizen lined up in case he is off in January. If not why not?
Wonder if we’ll replace Daizen before we replace Kyogo!
Back to front recruitment model continues.
In the meantime, i wonder what the rest of Celtic cyberspace is discussing today?
“We should always be ready for the inevitable churn.”
We deserve butter.
The Buttered Barnet CSC ©Rogue Leader
As far as I know, this happened in the past year:
Arne Engels – FC Augsburg – £11m;
Adam Idah – Norwich City – £8.5m;
Auston Trusty – Sheffield United – £6m.
25.5 million pounds.
But I keep reading on here that we have been dreadful in the transfer market to such an extent that we should sack the Board ,hold protests and boycott games.
I think I must be wrong but would like to be shown where.
Maeda is a right footed player who plays on the left wing.
Jota is a right footed player who plays on the left wing.
Balikwisha is a right footed player who plays on the left wing.
Sebastian Tounekti is a right footed player who plays on the left wing.
Yang is a right footed player who plays erratically.
Forrest is a right footed player who plays when no one else is available on the right wing, currently all the time.
I think we’ve got ample cover for Daizen in the event that he skies the park, but I fear we are a little imbalanced.
The Battered Bunnet on 11th September 2025 1:12 pm
I suspect we’ve kept Maeda to play upfront more than anything else. I’m expecting very little from Kenny or Yamada.
Ihenacho is an unknown at this point. Although it’s difficult to be confident about him given his last few years.
An Dún
Young platers need opportunity and there should be a lot of opportunity at Celtic for strikers this season. I think Shin has something about him and was right narked when he was left out of the EL squad. That’s opportunity denied.
I’m not a fan of Maeda through the middle, the guy’s strengths are in getting up and down the pitch, leading the press and covering his full back. In many respects he’s more effective out of possession than with the ball. Play to strengths.
Young Kenny as one of only two recognised centre forwards at the club in the EL has a big chance to shine. He’s got the chance, does he have the shine? Let’s hope so.
Sionnaigh on 11th September 2025 3:32 am
Some supporters won’t be happy unless we’re in debt ploughing millions into nothingness. I honestly don’t get it. No-one knows what’s going to happen tomorrow never mind round the corner. I feel more certain about Celtic’s future with a healthy bank balance. Rainy days are never far away from realities of life in the SPL. Domestic dominance is key. What’s to say injuries don’t happen to key players at anytime or Champions League qualification? The financial ability to respond at any given transfer window is an insurance policy against the worst thing imaginable: Der Hun, Sevco a la Rangers, in a position to take advantage.
*aye and they are being fueled by the SMSM and HSM who HATE our success both on and off the pitch, wtf the hate us period due to some ancient battle between 2 foreign old monarchs, as the song says, and have constantly attacked us, lets not forget a night out in Newcastle and how it was labelled.
As for a rainy day, I’m part of the executive of a charitable institution over here who work hard to raise money for the less than fortunate of us, as well as cancer societies and food banks, however, we are at times at odds with members who wanted tae empty the bank saying, “lets leave something for the proverbial rainy day”, we were laughed at but that rainy day did come, it was called Covid and there are still areas over here, both north and south of the border, who are suffering.
I am NOT and have never been a fan of any board, living with the mhan who introduced me to the leather belts, as he would call them, I would often hear him say “that’s it, I’m no giving any more of my money tae Bob Kelly”, that’s the same wee mhan who would talk in awe in how Bob took on the establishment including Hibs, when they wanted us tae pull down our Irish Flag threatening to put us out of the game or 16 years later when he took on UEFA when we were drawn against Ferencvaros of Hungary in the Big Cup after the Soviets had invaded Czechoslovakia, again threatening to withdraw from it, they capitulated having the draw remade, he was just urinated off at the performance of a club he had loved from day 1, like some of the support is right now.
I have been a blue and a white collar employee for around equal times, like my fellow union pals I hated management with a passion as I felt that they were holding us back, that is until I sat at the top tables and understood that they were NOT the enemy, but had a job to do to keep the companies solvent, its as simple as that, and having almost tasted liquidation we are NOT going down that road again, thanks to the wee mhan fae Croy, John Keane and a transplanted Cork mhan tae Dublin, who does deal in high finances, and who after reading the prospectus doubled his investment and has underwritten share issues for us.
not a word about the events of last night, dearie me.
100% agree. As I said about all the noise of the transfer window, we are very good at selling players and that’s half the battle. We should defo sell Daizen for the best price.
Replacing him is the worry. We’re abysmal at that.
15 players out and 11 in is an exception churn. We now have 27 in the first squad with a further 5 on loan. We also have Murray and Donovan. If we continue at this rate we will sold all our players in the next 2 windows.
Brendan is not happy and the support are up in arms about the board. I assume they are unhappy with the players signed. Some of the new signings haven’t featured yet. Only Tierney and Nygren have played regularly 5 have not played.
We should wait and see how the players develop and don’t jump to conclusions. Brendan thinks Inamura is not ready while support think he looks good.
Introduction of so many new players takes time and disrupts the team. Patience is in short supply. Support the team.
Shout out to TBB at 1:05pm
“ We deserve butter.”
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Now let me get this straight. An important meeting took place last night in a spartan venue with 300 attendees.
I wasn’t one of them so relying on the likes of Saint Stivs, who may have been there, and James Forrest who certainly was there, and has written about it to some extent on ‘The Celtic Blog’. From what I can gather he discussion was focussed on the future of Celtic FC, the PLC Board etc. And yet none of this merits even a mention from Paul67 today. Not one single word. Mmmm
No, over a week after the transfer window closes he decides to write about Daizen Maeda! You couldn’t make it up. A few weeks back JohnJames published what appeared to be an exclusive (at the time) which informed us that Celtic FC had received an offer for Maeda, (club/transfer fee not mentioned) which both his agent and the player himself hoped Celtic would accept. Now, as we know ourselves, these deals do not always run smoothly on even go through. As such Daezan is still our player. That’s not news, not even quick news, and should not merit a mention, unlike the other topic I have mentioned, today, on Celtic Quick News.
readallaboutitCSC
Celtic Mac on 11th September 2025 2:15 pm
Now let me get this straight. An important meeting took place last night in a spartan venue with 300 attendees.
I wasn’t one of them so relying on the likes of Saint Stivs, who may have been there,
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just to clarify, i was c+p from other platforms that were at the meeting.
not my own work.
Quadbhoy @ 12:29 …
…. touché
TT
It begs the question though – for Celtic plc how big does a “rainy day2″fund have to be ?
I have kind of convinced myself – they now have it in their heads – that a repeat of a global pandemic, or war or pestulance, or somethiing that requires no spectators in attendnace, well they want to retain a full years revenue as cash, just for the worst case scenario.
They told us, no spending on the south stand (except dugouts, loungesd and boxes), no museum, no hotel.
We have spent money on infrastructure, Barrowfield and Lennoxtown, but you will have to wait for the Annual report to see how much, and even then we cannot be bothered telling you the status of the training gorund. That drone guy must be due to make another video.
We are in profit I think now for 4 years in a row.
If we are not spending on players, at the very least spend it on cosmetic image of the stadium, Would hot running water cost so much ? Would a deep clean of all the concourse, concrete, walls and steel be so hard ?
A programme of continous paining and cleaning ? with updates and targets
why not treat improvements as the culture of the entity.
I really do hate to throw mud at them, but they are becoming worse at actually looking after the environment we attend.
I retired at 57, I would do a better job than the incumbents, and I would only charge a 10th of what the bold Nic is costing.
I am fed up with the excuses, that fecking statement gets worse every time i read it now.
we cannot in reality sack the board or change the owner, but we must demand improvements via changes.
Not a word on the biggest gathering of our support in a generation, on an issue against the leadership of our Club……bought and paid for…..
Celtic Mac – I’m genuinely just playing devil’s advocate here.
Who decides if last night’s meeting was “important”?
FWIW, I’ll put most of my cards on the table.
If there is a coherent, agreed plan with the goal of shifting the dial … resulting in greater transparency and more effective, regular communication in line with an engagement strategy which is also transparent?
…It’s an ‘Aye’ from me.
If it’s emotive tub thumping, snarling and score settling?
To quote the (potentially apocryphal) Sam Goldwynism ….
“Gentlemen, kindly include me out”
PS – you want to move the dial?
Suggestion: Less noise, more shares
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i am not so much a fan of PJD at ACSOM, purely the presenting style, but here is something I will give credit for.
Being active EVERY DAY, being aware of what is going on, reporting it, mostly without hyperbole, and getting our news out quicker and more accurately than CQN does, well there are lessons there for our inhouse “media team” on how to communicate.
The appetite for any Celtic content is huge, put live cams at Lennoxtown and Celtic park. Have a hill street blues type bulletin every morning, make the PR guy actually responsible for producing anything EVERY DAY.
Simple things – here are 7 things happening in the Celtic world today –
A simple thing, – publish org charts – if you do not want to name persons, at least provide the job roles.
There are nearly 1000 people employed by Celtic, what do they all do ?
A tour of Barrowfield ?
Live training content ?
Infrastructure programme of works ?
Get Tino or PJD to show you how.
a day in the life of the CEO – maybe i took that too far.
look i have the strategy pinned up on the wall, …………
but i am not telling you what it is.
;ool at this mont blanc pen, world class so it is.
saint stivs
That’s what I wasn’t sure about. Though you did at least provide us with an account of what was discussed at said meeting. For what it’s worth I did take part in the survey and from the results it looks like I am very much in the minority. Hence I’m on the Clapham Omnibus, and not the guy on the Grangemouth CSC supporters bus. (May God bless OldTIm67 for his role in helping found that club). Not because I am pro Board, I have been as critical as any on here over the piece) but because I am not giving Brendan a free pass over the situation we find ourselves in now, anymore than I would give him all the credit for the far better one we were in this time last season. But also, as stated last night, I will not support any action which could potentially put our own supporters at risk home or away. No, moving away from the Greek theme, I think we should look instead to the Romans, and at our next home game turn Celtic Park into the Colosseum for the day, and give the Board not only a metaphorical, but a veritable and actual thumbs down.
back to basics
Okay you play Devil’s Advocate….I’ll play Socrates…
So you don’t think it was important?
I thought there was a gathering of our fans last night?
Musta dreamt it.
From KDS –
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Tonight’s meeting
Meeting chaired by; Paul John dykes – a celtic state of mind Eddie toner – Celtic trust and drumchapel CSC Mac – green brigade
1st part of the meeting – discussing the open letter, the percentages and actions
2nd part – coming together, agreeing on next steps and actions and deciding on a committee to drive it going forward.
Celtic supporters association took the lead with the vote of no confidence – the results from over 40,000 surveys in the past 3 days are that 99.4% of people have agreed that there should be a vote of no confidence.
Mac then discussed the figures from the photos above^
10 busses sampled the polls above (us being 1 of the 10). 1 bus had both polls in favour of a boycott, 2 busses had 1 of the 2 polls in favour of a boycott, 7 busses had a majority vote against both boycotts.
Opened it up to discussion;
Andy McAdam – Paul Abram CSC – thinks there should be more focus towards the 2 non execs Brian wilson and Tom Allison – they should be the reasoning between the board and the fans and seem to escape criticism
Irish association – were at a meeting with the board on Friday, severely challenged the board on lack of activity and false promises. Not just about the result in Kazakhstan or the poor transfer window, but the years of poor transfers windows, the false promises of hotels and museums and no updates on why it didn’t happen, no real response from the board. Then asked Nicholson for a short and long term objective of the club – Nicholson then said good point, I have that pinned on the wall in my office and I have a bit highlighted that I need to communicate better with the fans. On the back of this meeting this meeting a discussion was had and the decision came around to give a vote of no confidence on the board.
Bishopton emerald rep – 56 members on HCTS, now only have 4. Vast majority of them won’t be buying the Europa league package but all worried that they’ll just sell on HCTS.
Yoker John Casey csc – short term we should be trying to force the 3 out that we’ve discussed. But something that doesn’t hit the team on the park so a boycott of merchandise etc more worthwhile.
Kev – saltmarket – board will think they have gotten off with this because we don’t have a home guy for a while, but rugby park on Sunday is the perfect away ground to enter late with the full away support waiting on the concourse
Paul – Celtic trust (fans against criminisation etc previously) – keep the unity, something on Sunday to show the board is important, something large like HCTS splits the unity, so it should be an individual decision, with no one judging that decision (he then said he has chose to come off the HCTS but it’s a personal decision because he isn’t happy, but widespread action like that splits the unity). The minute unity split’s the chances of forcing change becomes harder so short term it should be visual changes like late entries that piles pressure on, gets cameras dialled into the board members, but keeps the unity, keeps driving the high percentages wanting change but . Longer term, if we can force change on the board, whoever comes in will know that they have a passionate fan base who will do anything for the team, but will also demand standards and a clear football objective.
Janette Findlay – Celtic trust – agrees this needs to start Sunday, but we need to build on that, need clear set of actions, also need a back up plan. Encourage people who aren’t happy with the current situation to join in with any planned action. Should be really forcing serious questions at the AGM to completely ruin their fancy PLC event and let them know the majority are not happy. Would strongly want all shareholders to sign up to the Celtic trust. Don’t need to sign your shares over to the Celtic trust but can sign up and they can still contact you when action from shareholders are needed.
Danny Kelly – bhoys – don’t think there is anyone in the room who doesn’t want to support Celtic, however, 10 minutes late into a game forces more pressure onto the board and as much as it might be tough on the players for the first 10 minutes, it’s even tougher on the players and manager all season when the board don’t invest in the team and the squad is so weak, and they 10 minutes is the start of change that long term can only help the players and the manager
Luigi – green brigade – as much as the 10 minutes will be hard on everyone not watching the team, let’s use it as a way really galvanise the away supporters on Sunday and get right behind the team and give it everything for 80 minutes
Kev – saltmarket – going in late has the same impact as an early exit however a game can’t be won in the first 5 minutes but it can be won in last 5 minutes
Done a show of hands in favour of a 10 minute late entry on Sunday. About 95% of the room in agreement.
MAC – green brigade – I know there will be a small element of the away support against a late entry on Sunday, the bhoys and the green brigade can come together with a banner etc in the empty stand to ensure the team know that we’re all in for them but need to take action for change in the boardroom
Overwhelming summary is
This isn’t forced from this summer this has been coming
Unity is so important or it’ll fall apart
Unity coming together from everyone – podcasts talking about it and getting the message out, CSCs keeping members in the loop and encouraging each other to get behind action and respect anyone’s decision who doesn’t agree. Using people involved in these meeting with business/lawyers experience etc to help guide the movement.
Ex players and media talking about how change is needed and this is the perfect time for us to act when everyone is on side
Statement to be released ahead of Sunday and will be going ahead with 10 minute late entry with a focus on getting right behind the team for the remaining 80 minutes of the game
Longer term movement of boycotting merchandise etc to be discussed
Stupid dumb ignorant immature green brigade. Protesting in a manner that hurts the team is just wrong! What has the team, the manager and the staff done to deserve this?? They work hard, train hard and look forward to atmosphere and support during games. This is a disaster protest and does absolutely nothing to impact the board.
Protest outside Celtic park offices. Protest through media channels. Just stop negatively affecting the playing side – do they want us to lose the league??
Silly wee boys!!