The bottom half of the league table gives an early feel of who is likely to compete against relegation this season. Newco have moved two points clear of the relegation playoff spot and are surely likely to consolidate their midtable position. Aberdeen are bottom, with five defeats in seven games, but a 4-0 routing of Dundee last time out saw their first win of the league campaign. Expect them to climb up the table.
That leaves Livingston, Falkirk and Dundee all on six points and likely relegation candidates. The latter will do well to take a point against Celtic on Sunday.
Steven Pressley was out of management for six years before getting the Dens Park job in the summer. League Cup defeats to Airdrie and Alloa in his first two games, which saw Dundee eliminated from the competition, put the pressure on, before a draw at Ibrox delivered their first point of the Premiership season.
A 97th minute penalty at home to Livingston produced their only win of the campaign so far. Even then, Livi enjoyed the majority of possession and the home side putting men behind the ball and relying on counter attacks. That’s quite a gameplan at home to a newly promoted minnow.
Brendan Rodgers will know to expect the same defensive approach on Sunday and will hope the 3-2 win over Motherwell last time out has greased the blunt attacking wheels enough to cope against a side short on just about everything.
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lionsroar67@3.06
Whose Board members they are attacking personally and demonising
And whose staff are being targetted by a misplaced bhoycott with an even more ill thought out campaign slogan
King Charles and Pope Leo will pray together in the Sistine Chapel next week
First time a British monarch and pontiff have done so publicly since Reformation
King also to be given own special chair bearing his coat of arms in a papal basilica
http://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
Wonder what that section who sing “No Pope in Rome” will be thinking tonight ?
The Celtic Collective went to war with the board, AFTER, the fans had given the board all of the season ticket money.
TCC have no weapons against PLC sharks who are only interested in your money.
If the TCC had went to war with the board whilst a season ticket was still to be purchased then that might have turned out differently.
BUT.
None of this would have happened if Rodgers hadn’t flopped against Kiarat Almaty, and then blamed it on a poor Transfer Window.
Fans wouldn’t be protesting against the PLC if it was Neil Lennon who flopped vs KA, as they would have demanded the sacking of Neil Lennon.
BUT.
TCC have not asked for the sacking of Rodgers after he flopped vs KA.
WHY?
Because TCC are a representation of the mainstream Celtic supporter base were duplicitous is the main identifier of them.
So the board know that they are dealing with waffle merchants.
TCC make the PLC seem to be the enlightened ones in this stand off.
A smart, astute, integrity based supporter base would LONG AGO have boycotted the PLC out of the door.
But we don’t have a smart, or astute, or itegrity based fan base.
When the GB get banned 50,000+ say NOTHING.
BUT.
Poor wee Rodgers needs a deflection after HIS KA disaster, so he gets his wee chinese whispering violin out, and 53,000 fans are on their knees bawling their eys oot?????
This is similar to the “mass psychosis” mind games tricks played by the government on the citizens during the Covid Plandemic Scam, standing on the street every Thrusday night banging pots and pans for the EMPTY HOSPITALS as Nurses danced up and down the EMPTY HOSPITALS, making tiktok videos!!!
The master[Rodgers] snapped his fingers and 53,000 Tims are on their knees blaming the board as the ENTIRE TW from last season sat on the bench whilst Rodgers cost the club 40 Million CL money.
But when Rodgers moans about a bad TW all hell breaks loose.
When Neil Lennon came back as manager after Rodgers walked out and got Leicester relegated, he told the fans that they were spoiled.
And he was correct.
BUT.
What he should have said was that if he had been in a MON team vs a Rangers team full of 4th division players, like Rodgers-1 was up against, then they would have won EVERY trophy in Scotland and it might have helped with European demands as well.
Now fans are at the stage were they celebrated wildly as Jota scored a worldy freekick away to Real Madrid as we trailed 0-5.
Fans need to be wakened up by straight talking leaders, but MON, and Neil Lennon are the only 2 who will do that.
MON tipped us off about “THE SLOW LANE” and that alone should have led to a season ticket boycott, but didn’t.
The Slow Lane means pishy project players, which means directors engaged in racketeering.
Fergus McCann tried to bully Wim Jansen into buying pishy project players, WHILST WE WERE TRYING TO STOP A HUN 10 IN A ROW!!!!
Wee hero my erchie!!!
How does one explain, Celtic’s financial expertise in the boardroom, which Hugh Adams refered to, continually buying pishy project players if these directors are such, finanacial experts? Why not just buy one good player instead of 5 or 6 pishy players?
Who is on the make from this raketeering?
Did TCC ask the board about it?
The Celtic Collective are wasting your time.
Probably run by planted sleekits like, David Low.
If so, then you are all being had.
Just ask the Celtic Trust about, David Low.
HH
oot.
AN DÚN on 17TH OCTOBER 2025 3:05 PM
There’s a PR offensive but whos? Theres a nice friendly interview with match of the day coming soon, a nice shop window for the Prem?
Theres a more straightforward explanation for the Bobby Clark story – the journo who wrote it does a podcast with Bobby’s Dad.
CELTIC MAC on 17TH OCTOBER 2025 3:22 PM
Yes they are calling out the board as they see it, many thousands are not happy with the board
You on this platform are equally as a board supporter calling out the collective and attacking (your phraseology) them, you are entitled to defend the board as you see fit its your call
The measures they have announced today I support and many others do
We can agree to disagree
those great celtic fans brendan talks about, they can show their support at the next home match by
not turning up at all despite paying for a season book
turn up late
grumble at each and every short pass, side pass, back pass or miscontrol
shout about throw ins
mis-treat anyone who doesnt fly into a tackle
get agitated vocally after no scoring in the first 10 minutes
boo the team off at halftime
complain about no subs till the 60th minute,
howl it is the wrong subs
bereate anyone who misses a chance
start to leave with 15 minutes to go
shout about john kennedy not smiling
get annoyed about gavins laptop
tell mcgregor he is finsihed
tell donovan he wont make it
tell kt he shouldnt have come back
miss celtics 5th and 6th goals
sack the board.
Tim Malone Will Tell @ 3:07 pm,
That’s a legitimate question but it’s not the point, the point is that the football club were striving to be ready for the qualifiers.*
The Board on the other hand were running a player transfer revenue stream in total disregard of the football teams preparations and requirements, that’s where the main issue lay.
*Now to get to the point of whether we should have had enough to beat Almaty anyway – yes, all things being equal, we should have had enough to win.
Losing Kyogo, Jota, Kuhn, Taylor, Johnstone – with Yang’s, Idah’s and Meada’s head turned by transfer speculation meant that the core of the team were decimated and with new signings either not match fit yet or not integrated into the team, we were always taking a risk, an unnecessary and costly risk as it happened.
Hail Hail
i forgot the leave at half-timers because its boring and the pub is waiting
lionroars67 on 17th October 2025 3:24 pm
King Charles and Pope Leo will pray together in the Sistine Chapel next week
First time a British monarch and pontiff have done so publicly since Reformation
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wait till they find out that Charles is becoming Catholic, and that Pope Leo has already turned down the Rangers job as he doesnt do miricles.
UNN
@UnityNewsNet
Every single tweet about Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, who are notorious thugs, being banned from the Villa game. Rupert Lowe, Matt Goodwin, Bernie Spofforth, Hartley Brewer. Even Starmer, Ed Davey and Tim Farron! All absolutely insufferable and all chasing the Shekel.
https://.com/UnityNewsNet/status/1979076364037771700#m
All the politicians simping for the Israeli football team at the moment, seem to forget that Russian football teams – and their fans – are banned from all world competition! Israel should be grateful that their teams are allowed to play in the UK in the first place.
https://x.com/UKaForceForGood/status/1979135821631418727#m
CHAIRBHOY
You told me a while ago that Brendan was responsible for all our signings. You repeated it in the Summer, you even defended thud Summer’s window
What has changed?
this summers window
When did the strategic change happen, it’s certainly the first I’ve seen you talk about it abd we’re halfway through October
Saint Stivs on 17th October 2025 3:35 pm
i forgot the leave at half-timers because its boring and the pub is waiting.
…….
And the Parkhead area only Snp/Greens endless miles of cycle lanes that nobody will ever use.
Shhhhhhhh don’t tell the Tims. lol
HH
oot.
“No excuses”
I am one who thinks that European football should be our benchmark.
Success is optimising our resources and our performance on the park.
Success is demonstrating that we belong.
European football, no matter the competition refreshes the parts that domestic football cannot.reach.
The board need to play their part too. Outrageous pricing is self defeating and detrimental to our aspiration. They have been forced into applying concessions for our next home game. Good but not far enough.
Pensioners have no means to up their income in a cost of living crisis
Kids have no income and are dependent on hard pressed parents.
As for domestic football. We can buy better players than our opposition and we pay top dollar in remuneration for Scottish football.
If we give 100% effort in every game we should win prizes.
However we should have fans desperate to see us. We should play the type of football that has fans drooling.
We want supporters craving to watch Celtic.
Imo, what we don’t want is supporters to not watch our games, see the result after the game and state :- 3 points is the only thing that matters.
It’s not.
HH.
Celtic40me @ 3:40 pm,
Yes, I haven’t talked about the transfer window much however….
Micheal Nicholson has explained what the process is for player transfers – it is the Board who sign off on the players, or not as the case may be.
It’s in the minutes of the meeting between the Executive and Celtic Collective.
Hail Hail
tell you what – if i was celtic media i would tell them do not ask me questions about other teams, their managers or their status.
why ask him about martin and muscat, gtf, gies peace.
And CCV got questioned repeatedly about the US mens team and Pochetino
If press conferences arent about Celtic don’t answer irrelevant questions.
Chairbhoy on 17th October 2025 4:15 pm
Celtic40me @ 3:40 pm,
Yes, I haven’t talked about the transfer window much however….
Micheal Nicholson has explained what the process is for player transfers – it is the Board who sign off on the players, or not as the case may be.
It’s in the minutes of the meeting between the Executive and Celtic Collective.
Hail Hail
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but he didnt did he.
is it one board member ? all the board members ? what is the clip levels ? can anyone regardless of position veto a transfer ?
https://share.google/UCMaiiKK46CGWWdQl
A bit of tit for tat started,a lot of it on eBay already
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 17TH OCTOBER 2025 3:20 PM
Just watched Brendan’s Media Conference.
I counted 13 questions asked.
Questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, … about the Collective.
BR handled them well enough but clearly not particularly comfortable.
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Any shoulder shrugs ?
Is anyone on the board of Celtic plc interested in dealing with this rift between the Club and some of the support that could have a big impact on Income? Where are the problem solvers those with the skills to descalate and find ways forward, are any on the Board willing or capable?
TIM ALONE WILL TELL
A plethora of “ifs” in your post. If big Billy
hadn’t scored against Dunfermline where would we be.
Do yourself a favour and post something that makes sense.
HH
Tim For Life
The point is that last season’s CL campaign was lauded as some great achievement – yet the margin between relative “success” (qualification for play off) and “failure” (bottom 8 in the league table) really is wafer thin and came down to that late OG against Young Boys.
My question was how progress in Europe can be defined rather than just some glib statement.
Greenpinata provided a definitive answer in that he wanted Celtic to be competitive in whatever European competition we find ourselves in.
I suspect that for many others, failure to win the league or get through the CL qualifiers will mean that some heads need to roll.
SAINT STIVS on 17TH OCTOBER 2025 3:34 PM
Where do you sit ? is it beside Peter Lawwell
KING C to pray. Is that an oxymoron.
cathcing up with todays podcasts, I am finding the Lindsell Train in concert or a proxy for Desmond as being a particularly stupid assumption.
LT selss 0.69% for approx £1.3m (i think) , but still retain 15.6%
alongide sire DD who wons 34.7%, so if these two agree, a nod and a wink, they still have 50.3% and a controlling interest,
people saying this while ignoring that every other shareholder with a shareholding 3% to 12% (Trainer, Allison, also vote in favour of every motion on every agm.
The 205 of the small shareholders not acting together is the problem.
btw, proving shareholders are illegaly acting in concert, good luck with that without paper or digital evidence.
lionroars67 on 17th October 2025 5:14 pm
SAINT STIVS on 17TH OCTOBER 2025 3:34 PM
Where do you sit ? is it beside Peter Lawwell
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unless i am mixed up, did i not sit next to you at the greenock celtic event last year ?
Saint Stivs on 17th October 2025 2:39 pm
I made same point direct to John Paul Taylor a few years back. Asked that he and others be seen on matchday interacting with the supporters and also being inside the stadium to ‘sample’ the matchday experience. He said he was out and about……. I’ve yet to see him or anyone in a senior position doing that, so assume that’s another example of the folks running our club sitting in their ivory towers.
one other comment,
the real puzzler still do be found out is who bought the LT shares ?
if it was existing shareholders, on the significant shareholding lsit, then nothing has changed, they just shuffked the deck.
If however somehow David Lows group bought them, that would be favourable, those two guys kep mentioning they would get to 1% quickly.
lets see,
just to piss me off more about actual operations, why no agm date yet ? and why no annual report ?
The 20% of the small shareholders not acting together is the problem.
28,000 shareholders btw.
dessybhoy on 17th October 2025 5:02 pm
Is anyone on the board of Celtic plc interested in dealing with this rift between the Club and some of the support that could have a big impact on Income?
They would rather talk to the Sun,and deflect everything
SAINT STIVS on 17TH OCTOBER 2025 5:20 PM
You did indeed I hope I didn’t leave early lol
“I counted 13 questions asked.
Questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, … about the Collective”.
Indeed, they timed their latest statement to perfection and gave their new found friends in the SMSM some ammo👍
the Bada Bing on 17th October 2025 5:27 pm
Once it has a material effect on income, they’ll sit up and take notice. Until then, they will sit back and hope the whole situation eats itself up