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“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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  1. KevJungle on

    From previous article…..

     

    lionroars67 on 5th January 2026 5:43 am

     

    “O’Neil, Strachan, Postecoglou, Rodgers, Celtic have enjoyed domestic GOD through these football managers, there experience, knowledge, intelligence, charisma, brought silverware, the fanbase bought into them, the players and by extension the club, never the “board”.

     

    ………….

     

     

    This makes no sense.

     

    How can you NOT buy into the board AFTER handing the board circa £1,000 per head x60,000 per season since 1994??????

     

    If a Hun said that on a Hun blog you would be one of the first to wear the t-shirt that showed CLEARLY just how stupid the Hun fans are.

     

    Aye you would!

     

    Its like this. In 1994 Celtic FC weren’t saved. They were captured by scheming Capitalists.

     

    What fate do think that the ‘owners’ of the Capitalists have in mind for Celtic FC?

     

    There is no supporter base since the all seating scam was pulled.

     

    When was the last time that the Celtic Supporters Association rep said a word about anything?

     

    Same thing has happened to the CSA as has happened to the fans inside the stadium, all seating = no JUNGLE = fans are all mollycoddled for 30+ years, never having to fight a tooth and nail conflict to actually save the club from dying because it DID NOT EXPOSE AND STAND UP TO, Thatcher’s lies from “THE TAYLOR REPORT” about football terraces being unsafe which was a Government/Media/Fueled/lie, and with no more DESMOND WHITE to stand Celtic FC’s ground, Celtic were/ARE a sitting duck for ANY Establishment scam!

     

    All seating = Fans turned into obedient nodding dogs sucking up all kinds of corruption, UNTIL, their boyfriend Rodgers gets his lying erchied booted oot the door???????

     

    Most fans travelling in Cars to the game = Supporter Clubs dying, and CSA becoming irrelevant = Celtic Fans with no Representation.

     

    BUT.

     

    For Celtic fans to get up off of their lazy spoiled erchies because Rodgers got the sack, but ignore ALL of the PLC corruption ESPECIALLY since 2012 = A fan base full of entitled hypocrites!

     

    So there is no fan base anymore.

     

    AND IN ITS PLACE….

     

    There is a collection of cliques who are far easier to crush, than a JUNGLE REBELLIOUS UPRISING like we saw in the early 1990’s which was far more potent than a cluster of cliques who would normally cross the road to avoid each other.

     

    Example: When DAVID LOW was planted into ‘THE CELTIC TRUST’ to block a vote to propose season ticket boycotts, JUST BEFORE, Celtic FC’s inside job from, LAWWELL, LENNON, BROONY, to throw the 10 in a row season under the bus to prevent any harm coming to Rangers/Sevco and Old Firm games, if this was during the before all seating days ie JUNGLE days, DAVID LOW would have been hunted oot the door of TCT, after he got a deserved scheme kicking.

     

    BUT.

     

    All seating has cut the uppityness away from fans making it like an ENTIRE stadium like the old Main Stand ie: utterly boring and holds ZERO fears for the board.

     

    The board will simply BRASS OUT this season KNOWING THAT they have enough spare cash lying around to cover for 3 SEASONS WORTH OF SEASON TICKET BOYCOTTS, and knowing that fans are too emotionally weak to boycott for 3 seasons.

     

    Then the board will asset strip by selling all of the playing squad, turn the club into a part time playing environment, take Celtic down the divisions, then sell the stadium to the Government to build FREE luxury houses for Refugees!

     

    Much more appealing to just mask up and throw the fkrs out window is it not???????????

     

    The Fans have been dumbed down to a worrying degree were they pick and choose what to be offended by and what to look the other way from.

     

    In other words, a supporter base with ZERO Integrity, ZERO Courage, is a supporter base that is not worth the paper it is written on.

     

    Sad are the homes….

     

    HH

     

    oot.

  2. the long wait is over on

    Boondock.

     

     

    “This is not an easy fix, even if a new guy comes.”

     

     

    I think things have hit such a low (see Bhoys Towns summary above) that if he does go (provided it isn’t left too late) then the lift that the fans and the players will get would be phenomenal.

     

     

    Ship him out, get a half decent striker and a half decent goal keeper in in the window and we can still win the league.

     

     

    I’m certain of that but equally certain that if he stays we are going to be in a tailspin it will take years to recover from.

  4. dessybhoy on

    Nonsensical proposed signing, utter madness will not improve Celtic in any way, better playing 20yr olds from the B team at least they’re our players.

  5. bournesouprecipe on

    DESSYBHOY on 5TH JANUARY 2026 2:54 PM

     

     

    Nonsensical proposed signing, utter madness will not improve Celtic in any way, better playing 20yr olds from the B team at least they’re our players.

     

     

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    I agree, should be banned from spending any money ( just like we already were.)

     

     

    The club is unstable out of control, recall all loan players starting with Sean McArdle from Thistle.

  8. angelgabriel on

    We don’t really have a board as such.

     

    We do have a stubborn billionaire who makes all the important decisions.

     

    He thinks the supporters are ungrateful, anti establishment ( who’d have thunk that ) and entitled.

     

    This is his revenge .

     

    He doesn’t like us very much.

     

    We are rudderless until the man with the handlebar moustache looks in the mirror and admits he’s fecked this up by his own decision making.

     

    Until then , suck it up .HH

  11. Saint Stivs on

    Section111 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.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Hedge Fund CSC

     

     

     

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    what axxounts are over due ? what has a hedge fund got to do with anything ?

  12. Saint Stivs on

    the Bada Bing on 5th January 2026 3:00 pm

     

    https://x.com/leftwingbadges/status/2008173263369736226?s=48&t=pLERKYVBy2vfK2Cym_B3Tw

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Seriously?

     

     

    —————-

     

     

    but what does it actually mean ? or indeed operationally matter ?

     

     

    he is gone from being PLC chair. that is what the collective wanted was it not ?

     

     

    now, wilson as interum, bloody bizarre.

     

     

    who next i wonder ?

     

     

    and I will say it again, who actually bought the shares from Lindsell Train ?

  13. Prestonpans bhoys on

    Paul67 on 5th January 2026 3:06 pm

     

    The recovery starts now…

     

     

    Does that mean he’s been sacked 🙃

  16. spikeysauldman on

    This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as amended by regulation 11 of the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/310. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

     

     

     

     

    5 January 2026

     

     

    CELTIC PLC

     

     

     

     

    (“Celtic” or the “Club”)

     

     

     

     

    Wilfried Nancy leaves Celtic

     

     

     

     

    Celtic PLC confirms that Manager, Wilfried Nancy, will leave the Club with immediate effect. The Club would like to thank Wilfried and wish him well for the future. Our Head of Football Operations, Paul Tisdale, has also left his position.

     

     

     

     

    The process of appointing Celtic’s replacement Manager is already underway, and an update will be communicated by the Club in due course.

     

     

     

     

    Enquiries:

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Celtic PLC

     

     

    Chris McKay, Chief Financial Officer

     

     

     

     

    0141 551 4202

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Canaccord Genuity Limited

     

     

    Simon Bridges, Nominated Adviser

     

     

    Andrew Potts

  22. KINGLUBO on

    Did St Martin have a pre season with the players,ffs, he found a way, keeping it simple.Easy, eh>

     

    Back to the now then. Nothing will change until we get rid of DD, nothing. He owns the most shares but only 30 odd per cent. Others have the rest.

     

    To a very wealthy man as DD is, the money he has in Celtic is, let’s be honest, petty cash.

     

    A way has to be found to buy him and his shit of a son, it can and MUST be done.

     

    Sacking Wilfreid is not the solution by a wide mark. Tisdale ( Dr Football) has to be got rid of immediately, right now, pronto.

     

    I understand Tisdale met DD at a wedding , says it all.

     

    As I say, nothing will improve until DD is gone, it really is that basic and simple

     

    kingLUBO

  23. Prestonpans bhoys on

    Celtic boss Wilfried Nancy has been axed after just eight games after just over a month in charge – the shortest tenure of any permanent boss in the club’s history

     

     

    At last….

  26. Bhoys Town on

    Thank God!

     

    Don’t like to see anyone sacked and humiliated, but he had to go.

     

     

    Game on. League can be won. Lurking huns, be afraid, be very afraid. Our players have a lot of anger and frustration to get out of their systems. We are back….

  30. Paul67 on

    Sorry, didn’t mean to be cryptic, just a bit overcome with the prospect of an uninterrupted sleep tonight.

     

    Nance and Tisdale have left the building. Hopefully more info on the immediate future later today.

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