On a blog last week I wrote, “A point for Michael Nicholson and Dermot Desmond. Two years ago you appointed a manager who, every time he has spoken this month, has put you in the dock for this one [Almaty]. Brendan’s is the only voice representing the club right now and it is not flattering.
“The lack of a constructive narrative is self-defeating and leaves fans wondering: What’s going on?”
The information vacuum from Celtic, apart from Brendan Rogers’ internecine comments, is not sustainable. A week later, calls for answers have become deafening. Celtic fans are not always right in their views, but I always find them easy to speak to (don’t be fooled by a few loons online, they’re pussycats face-to-face).
Plans do not always work out, but when that’s the case, stakeholders (which in this case includes Celtic fans) are best kept informed. Isolation is not your friend.
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THE BLOGGER FORMERLY KNOWN AS GM on 5TH SEPTEMBER 2025 8:51 PM
If in doubt, post (the same) list for the tenth time this week👍
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You prone to exaggeration? – I’m sorry if my list upsets you.
Have a nice night 👍
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c20eme1rm73o
Think how much this guy could have saved in fines and lost earnings if he had stuck to having three squares a day … and undergone surgery to have his salivary glands removed.
BSR @ 10:24 pm,
This list?
🪟Summer 2025
Transfers in
🏴 Doohan – Free
🏴 Tierney – Free
🏴 Osmand – Free
🇸🇪 Nygren – £1.5M
🇯🇵 Inamura – £250K
🇯🇵 Yamada – £1.5M
🏴 Simpson – Pusey – Free
🇧🇪 Balikwisha – £4.5M
🇹🇳 Tounekti – £5.2M
🇳🇬 Iheanacho – Free
💷 Total – £ 13M approx
👋🏽 Transfers Out
🇩🇪 Kuhn – £17M
🇸🇪 Lagerbielke – £2.2M
🏴 Taylor – Free
🏴 Bain – Free
🇵🇱 Nawrocki – Loan
🇭🇳 Palma – Loan
🇦🇺 Tilio – £1.3M
🇰🇷 Kwon – 250K
🏴 Welsh – Loan
🇮🇪 Idah – £7M
🇳🇱 Frimpong – £5M (Sell on fee)
🏴 Gannon – Doak £1.2M (Sell on fee)
💷 Total – £34M approx
Kerching CSC 👍
It’s a superb list, please keep posting.
Hail Hail
https://x.com/Celtic67Fins72/status/1963984517468721489?t=dfZUPldVupofw40j5bnbYw&s=19
H,mmm,a drop off in form for Maeda,you say?.
The same Maeda,who ballsed up a one on one at Ibrox,a win there,and 2 points.
Same again at Hampden,costing us another Treble
Same again at Love St,one on one,
Same again against,Almaty,costing us a CL place,one on one
Same again against Almaty,Penalty,one on one
How the Fek will anyone know his form has dropped?.I t could not get any worse. What measurement are we using ?.
Chairbhoy- be facetious all you want, but you were bragging the other week about being out in Mayfair and knowing some guy who made £120m so I presume you the difference between revenue, income: and capital?
“Well, not at all sure, but R2ngers have posted a loss so many times – can the income from the PE off-set that?”
Hint: an injection of capital is not income👍
BSR 9.15.
Classic
https://youtu.be/ZKO7jvNT51o?si=kHDghDH9-5fqdX3c
HH
BSR,Chairbhoy,
They hate lists.Especially the kind that makes them look slightly more than a tad foolish.
CHAIRBHOY on 5TH SEPTEMBER 2025 8:38 PM
EKBhoy @ 7:22 pm,
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I think it’s been covered above but my understanding is say be example we have the last 2 seasons qualified for CL , lots of transfers money in etc our % squad cost to expenses will be Miles above Uefa target (now 70% for this season) , if we bomb out of CL then revenues go down and we pay out our football expenses from what we have in the bank , our ratio will therefore be worse than the last 2 years . I believe UEFA will review the ratios over 3 years ( current plus last 2) to assist clubs through a ‘bad’ year , so we are not forced to sell all your best players if you don’t qualify for the CL .
Hopes this makes this sense
My understanding is that there are a lot of proformas that clubs need to complete along with their submitted accounts to uefa so that they can make sure that your completed documents to uefa actually are reconciled to your accounts.
This replaces the previous self certification from country football authorities that could not be trusted E.g SFA falsely certified original Huns at least once based on The rules at the time around debts.
If you had the proformas and the accounts then you could get to a rough answer pretty quickly but hey now I’ve retired I’ve got a bunch of stuff to do before that !
HH
BSR – your lists are great.
They just become a bit tedious when you see them 11 times in a week.
Hats off to you and the merry band who always seem to appear at the same time, saying the same thing every 5 minutes and then congratulating each other for saying the same thing 👏👏👏
Michael Conlan wins live on ch5
The Celtic Symphony belted out.
He hails the fans.
The commentators big it up too.
I doubt that some c*nt interviewer will ask about it being sectarian like they did with the Ireland woman’s football team.
bournesouprecipe,
Best poster on the blog…bar none.
Clearly loves the Hoops.
Hail Hail.
Chairbhoy
BSR @ 10:24 pm,
This list?
🪟Summer 2025
Transfers in
🏴 Doohan – Free
🏴 Tierney – Free
🏴 Osmand – Free
🇸🇪 Nygren – £1.5M
🇯🇵 Inamura – £250K
🇯🇵 Yamada – £1.5M
🏴 Simpson – Pusey – Free
🇧🇪 Balikwisha – £4.5M
🇹🇳 Tounekti – £5.2M
🇳🇬 Iheanacho – Free
💷 Total – £ 13M approx
👋🏽 Transfers Out
🇩🇪 Kuhn – £17M
🇸🇪 Lagerbielke – £2.2M
🏴 Taylor – Free
🏴 Bain – Free
🇵🇱 Nawrocki – Loan
🇭🇳 Palma – Loan
🇦🇺 Tilio – £1.3M
🇰🇷 Kwon – 250K
🏴 Welsh – Loan
🇮🇪 Idah – £7M
🇳🇱 Frimpong – £5M (Sell on fee)
🏴 Gannon – Doak £1.2M (Sell on fee)
💷 Total – £34M approx
Kerching CSC 👍
It’s a superb list, please keep posting.
Hail Hail
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Yes this one🤣🤣🤣 never fails – they don’t like it up them 🤣🤣🤣
🪟Summer 2025
Transfers in
🏴 Doohan – Free
🏴 Tierney – Free
🏴 Osmand – Free
🇸🇪 Nygren – £1.5M
🇯🇵 Inamura – £250K
🇯🇵 Yamada – £1.5M
🏴 Simpson – Pusey – Free
🇧🇪 Balikwisha – £4.5M
🇹🇳 Tounekti – £5.2M
🇳🇬 Iheanacho – Free
💷 Total – £ 13M approx
👋🏽 Transfers Out
🇩🇪 Kuhn – £17M
🇸🇪 Lagerbielke – £2.2M
🏴 Taylor – Free
🏴 Bain – Free
🇵🇱 Nawrocki – Loan
🇭🇳 Palma – Loan
🇦🇺 Tilio – £1.3M
🇰🇷 Kwon – 250K
🏴 Welsh – Loan
🇮🇪 Idah – £7M
🇳🇱 Frimpong – £5M (Sell on fee)
🏴 Gannon – Doak £1.2M (Sell on fee)
💷 Total – £34M approx
Kerching CSC 👍
Hail Hail
FRED C. DOBBS on 5TH SEPTEMBER 2025 10:57 PM
bournesouprecipe,
Best poster on the blog…bar none.
Clearly loves the Hoops.
Hail Hail.
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You’re not so bad yourself was it CQN 10 we met back in the days when Paul67 actually joined in?
‘‘tis a tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing’
Good night and God bless👍
Wee chant for the Killie supporters to sing.
We’re sitting sixth in the league,
Looking down on the Sevco
The Blogger Formerly Known As GM @ 10:42 pm,
No, I wasn’t boasting about anything, I have made it crystal clear I’m not a businessman, in finance nor accountant.
I was a technology guy – back in the day if you ever had the opportunity to go on to a trading floor or into a “fund” you would have noticed their dependence on technology.
That was my thing…
B78, mentioned how you, him and big Pedro get well deserved bonuses.
I just mentioned that chap as he did not have you guys arrogance or hubris.
He was an incredibly smart and charismatic guy, very impressive.
Though had humility rather than arrogance.
Hail Hail
EKBhoy @ 10:45 pm,
Yes, thanks for the clarification.
It seems to be a bit of a minefield but it seems to be one area we have our act together…
I’ll try to swot up…
Hail Gail
THE BLOGGER FORMERLY KNOWN AS GM on 5TH SEPTEMBER 2025 11:06 PM
‘‘tis a tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing’
Good night and God bless👍
——
Night Voltaire 👍.
It’s actually Shakespeare 👍
THE BLOGGER FORMERLY KNOWN AS GM on 5TH SEPTEMBER 2025 11:16 PM
You were Voltaire the other week when you hadn’t figured out how Calum Osmand got on the bench in a CL game.
Night Shakey 🤣
BSR @ 10:58 pm,
Yes, that’s the exact one – certainly makes my lists look very plain.
Though now the window is over, I’ll get a few updated and post them;)
Hail Hail
I reckon kids in a primary school playground could come up with better:
“You were Voltaire the other week when you hadn’t figured out how Calum Osmand got on the bench in a CL game.
Night Shakey 🤣”
Turkeybhoy @ 10:44 pm,
Exactly, when it comes to details and facts, those guys are lost…
Innuendo, perception, spin… they knock it out the park.
Hail Hail
Chairbhoy
A more genteel CQN’r kindly pointed out I’d missed out big Adam – so I reposted it updated with him then we signed Keletchi, so up it went again.
You’d think they would just be appreciative considering some of the stuff that gets posted
here.
How bizarre CSC
Hail Hail
Turkeybhoy @ 10:44 pm,
David Brent kids on he’s plays hide and seek with Michael Nicholson.
The CEO always wins 🤣
bournesouprecipe,
Never met, know a hoops fan when I read one though. Your humour and love of Celtic shine through 👌
Hail Hail.
BSR @ 11:31 pm,
Exactly, post the details, update/correct the facts and CQN’rs are more than capable of making their own minds up.
Hail Hail
Has Rodgers landed a blow on Martin yit?
Who’s a fast learner, and big enough to change his tactics once they have sussed oot,
Rodgers, or Martin?
Fred C. Dobbs
You’ve always had that great Blog name.
Hail Hail 👍
CHAIRBHOY on 5TH SEPTEMBER 2025 11:38 PM
That’s it , we’re ‘Sweden’ 👍
Hail Hail
O thou art like a jester lost in a minefield, prattling on while the wise take flight; thy act together doth resemble a play, where each line is but a muddled plight!
Hail, hail, good friend, for in thy swotting, I see naught but a tempest in a teapot, spinning round in vain delight!
an apt night to see the poet at the job centre sketch on Chewin The Fat !
Spikey,
What a sketch 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Paul on the Nicholson dodging.
Has avoided more jabs than RFK followers.
Spikeysauldman
Ah go on Kelso :-))
https://youtu.be/3ywM6P9QwBI?si=VCzJqMHza4Tc9qf-
HH
CLUNKS on 5TH SEPTEMBER 2025 11:55 PM
O thou art like a jester lost in a minefield, prattling on while the wise take flight; thy act together doth resemble a play, where each line is but a muddled plight!
Hail, hail, good friend, for in thy swotting, I see naught but a tempest in a teapot, spinning round in vain delight!!
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Brilliant sir, absolutely brilliant, I laughed out loud.
Long live Kojo.
For the record, I can see the shit show that’s transpired and I’m in broad agreement with the general sentiment, but am not being vein by calling out folks who have no idea what they’re talking about 👍
Big Bobo’s not well :(
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/celtic-legend-bobo-balde-in-35853644