“I only have 13 practices with my team, usually we have four weeks of preseason.” That’s what Wilfried Nancy said on Friday, before the weekend’s capitulation at Celtic Park. He added, “It’s totally normal that my players need a bit of time, it’s totally normal that my players could be confused at certain moments.”
The Gods of XG back up Wilfried’s belief that Celtic have been unfortunate in not picking up more points than they did. The defeat to Hearts falls into that category, but the second half turnaround by Dundee United and Newco, and entirely inept performances against St Mirren and Motherwell, deserved nothing better.
“New players, a bit of time” – elements the manager suggests will help. True. Spending many millions on players to beat St Mirren and Motherwell will almost certainly work. This is Scottish football. Read the Uefa league tables, if you want to check the standard. Our player stock is already vastly superior to anything most of our opponents can acquire, adding even more £1m salaried pros will inevitably help.
We can agree that without a preseason to practice, it is normal that players look as confused as they appear to be. The concern many have expressed, is why, when the required practice time was not available, or the squad not suitable, did we cast off in this direction?
My suspicion is, Wilfried looked at our history of winning practically everything, and perhaps the Uefa tables, and thought, “We’ve got this”. He surely did not expect Motherwell’s new manager to win so comfortably at home to Celtic.
Five weeks into the job, it is too late for the manager to revert to the system Martin O’Neill used to get Celtic consistently over the line (and little more). Wilfried’s reputation has been staked on this being the correct path. He will continue until it works or he is relieved of his duties. To be fair to Wilfried, this is probably the only way he knows to win, so he has no choice.
You and I have no experience of defeats arriving at this rate, so the impact is bound to be profound. That we are here due to a tactical change which has not had the required practice, points to poor decision making.
At that presser on Friday, Wilfried said, “Do your job”. The lad is bold, if nothing else. Having the best plan in the world is worth nothing if you allow the foundations to burn around you. It is time to get the job done, Wilfried.
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Wilfried must have known he was in trouble when Rod Stewart started with the videos.
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DESSYBHOY on 6TH JANUARY 2026 11:14 AM
I didint include the G/Ks
Some of the players are development players with the club, therefore can be counted as home based
Some of the players have dual nationality
Its clever smart recruitment
Or 8 of the squad are home grown/academy players born there but choose their parents country ,internationally ?
Kilmarnock appoint Neil McCann and Billy Dodds
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bournesouprecipe on 6th January 2026 11:26 am
Kilmarnock appoint Neil McCann and Billy Dodds
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Typical Killie Board always trying to steal the Celtic Board’s accolade of being inept! Are those the best appointments they could have made, really? Those 2 have achieved nothing in football management, KQN in meltdown?
An Tearmann on 5th January 2026 5:37 pm
Section111 on 5th January 2026 3:27 pm
SAINT STIVS on 5TH JANUARY 2026 3:08 PMSection111 on 5th January 2026 2:01 pm
The accounts overdue as well, just can’t quite figure out why that could be?
World class in everything we do though.
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Section111.3.27
what axxounts are over due ? what has a hedge fund got to do with anything ?
Open your eyes mate!
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Am intrigued S111 :-))
go on spell it out.
What’s your theory? What is Stivs missing,
HH
Help me oot.
Still waiting Section111.
You have not answered.
Will wait til your on.
HH
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DushanbeBB.
Am outwith the blog til bout 2 :-))
Any time after that.
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If FC Midtjlland scouted him
How did we miss this potential ?
Every one on here screaming for a C/F
Now valued at 22 million so that’s us out
Franculino Djú
Personal information
Full name Franculino Gluda Djú
Date of birth 28 June 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team Midtjylland
Number 7
Youth career
2019–2023 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Midtjylland 72 (38)
International career‡
2023– Guinea-Bissau 14 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2025
Franculino Gluda Djú (born 28 June 2004) is a Bissau-Guinean-French[1] professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Club career
After playing youth football for Benfica, he joined Midtjylland in 2023.[2][3] He made his debut for Midtjylland in a 2–1 Danish Superliga win against Vejle on 13 August 2023.[4] On 17 August 2023 he scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying match against Omonia.[5]
International career
Djú was called up to the Guinea-Bissau national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in September 2023.[6] Djú holds French citizenship from his father.[7]
I had the great good fortune to hear Henry Winter speaking about Celtic on Radio Scotland this morning. He spoke more highly of our club than anyone on this side of the border would even contemplate.