Martin O’Neill has endured an exceptional injury burden on his current spell as Celtic manager, one which took a turn south on the news Julian Araujo will miss up to eight weeks due to a thigh strain. Arajuo had been the stand out star from our crop of January recruits.
Colby Donovan picked up an injury at Dundee United, leaving Anthony Ralston as our only choice for right back from a population of four.
Anthony will do fine, but it’s the lack of consistency that’s a worry. Perpetual change along the back line and goalkeeper is never consistent with good outcomes.
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I can’t recall a period of time watching Celtic when we’ve had such an extensive and prolonged period of injuries.
Aye, correct
And Brendan Rodgers didn’t have any injuries to deal with!
Get John Curry back
Notable to see Scott Brown getting punted at Ayr Utd.
In the past 2 months his team managed just 3 draws from 8 league matches, in the process going from play off places to looking over their shoulder in 8th.
Following his earlier stint at Fleetwood, it doesn’t look like it’s going to work out for Broonie in the manager’s seat.
Anytime I saw Ayr play I wasn’t impressed with how they played , more like Livi.
We have a ridiculously high number of lower torso non contact injuries, which suggests a bigger problem
– training surfaces?
– training methods?
– inadequate pre-season?
Whatever it is needs a bit of fresh eyes investigation.
Even if you extend beyond our current squad, we seem to have a disproportionately high number of current / former youngsters who have injuries – Doak, Lawal, Montgomery & Frame are all impacted by injury.
The folly of allowing Ratcliffe to shut Grangemouth refinery is coming home to roost, my local Tesco’s petrol station was closed today, no fuel.
Greenpinata on 29th March 2026 9:13 pm
Tontine Tim,
Glasgow City have long been the standard bearer for Scottish woman’s football.
I know a few die hard female Celtic supporters who have been supporters of GC for a long time, long before Celtic got interested.
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I know them too, I had a long chat with one 2 years ago when GC played in a CL qualifier at Petershill.
She had travelled to Norway to watch Celtic play Bodo Glimt.
She was an ex GC player from their early days who played in same team with my daughter who was with us on a visit home from New York.
My lass won league titles and the Scottish Cup, scored a few goals and played v England at U17 level for Scotland at Wembley.
What I observed about the womens game was how free it was at that time from any bigotry/sectarianism..
I used to pick up a player from Bridgeton with her dad from a Rangers supporting family with a picture of King Billy on the wall and take them to play for Cumbernauld Cosmos. We became good friends.
That would be in 1995 before Celtic or Rangers entered the scene and with it the thinking that makes Scottish Football for men toxic.
Glasgow City are a club to be honoured for raising the standard of womens football in Scotland starting around 95 or 96 when they signed promising players from around the Glasgow area.
My lass signed on for a McDonalds quarter pounder and cheese meal at the Maryhill McDonalds.
My lass and her team mates have gone on to carve out good careers in sport and I think the camararderie of their playing days contributed to their development as human beings.
I would say this as my lass is amazing.
HH.
Flynn
Re the business side of football and the politics involved, you appear unaware of or unwilling to face as it challenges your world view.
You are not alone.
A bit more about Glasgow City.
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Watching the Women of Glasgow City FC – The Fitba NomadThe founders of Glasgow City Football Club are Laura Montgomery and Carol-Anne Stewart. They established the club in 1998
driven by a desire to create better opportunities for women and girls in football, ultimately transforming it into one of Scotland’s most successful, independent women-led teams.
Wikipedia
Laura Montgomery: Served as a player and captain for 12 years before becoming the club’s chief executive.
Carol-Anne Stewart: Acted as a key director and driving force behind the club’s growth.
Establishment: The pair formed the club to address the lack of quality, structure, and equality in Scottish women’s football at the time.
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They were a formidable pair
Congrats to Glasgow City.
Scottish women’s football has a million miles to go,before it gets anywhere near the rest of Europe,including England shire.They take the women’s game seriously.I watch most of the women’s CL,the standard is amazing.Madrid 2,Barca 5,last week,as high quality as you would see anywhere.The weather and venues are poor in Scotland.Hard to watch our Girls play on plastic,hard to watch anyone on that.
Can never see it rising to the standards it needs to attract crowds,better players. A crying shame,but that’s Scotland.
Saint Stivs,
” A wheelbarrow economy”,,,,,,,,,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.
Grow up.You seem to be getting greener every day.Soon be like the Hulk.
Met sooooo many of your kind before.Get back to counting empty seats,take your mind of my lifestyle.
Lions Roar,
Great post last blog.
Auldheid – you knew she was highly regarded when they went ‘meal’ on her 😊
LR67, per your reply to me on the previous page.
I agree with you and the writer on the way ahead. In my circle of friends and family I don’t know anyone of the blind faith in the board crowd. We are mainly late 50s early 60s life long Tim’s and until recently we were all season ticket holders. I’ve limited my time on this site recently due to the constant negativity from the board crowd, the statu
Oops sorry
Status quo isn’t working but the constant battle against change, on here in particular, no longer interests me. There was a post on the last blog suggesting that the spurs situation should discourage change at Celtic, unbelievable.
Turkeybhoy on 30th March 2026 1:38 pm
I agree there is a gap compared to standards elsewhere for the reasons you give.
I might argue that the small size of the population in Scotland plays its part too but the standard from 1998 has improved a lot domestically.
Paul67
Araujo? – think he might be back for the Cup Final should we progress. No option to buy in any case, as he’s well outside what Dermot would pay, especially in his current state of “ that”ll teach youz “ mode.
Besides the spicey Mexican though good in attack mode, wasn’t great in a Juan on Jaun and was noticeably prone to a dodgy taco 🌮 or two.
BigJimmyCSC
Holy mole, BSR, it’s pun central 😂
Earlier today, one of the Celtic channels on YouTube informed us that between Kenny, Ian Nacho, Big Tam, & Adamu we have had a return of 12 goals this season.
4 strikers (sic) & a dozen goals. At Celtic.
If ye didnae laugh ye’d greet.
Maybe Mick Nick has the next Batistuta lined-up for our new gaffer. 😊
So “goodbye and thank you Julian” in all likelihood Paul.
Alastair will be fit before Araujo plus, IMHO, he’s a better player.
Another tough break in a season full of them
Araujo has been our most productive loanee by a distance.
The length of Colby’s absence will be bothered interesting and instructive.
I can now understand (after the fact obviously) why Reo was played at right back for a spell in a recent game.
Is he #5 of 4 in our list of right backs?
Typo: “both” not “bothered”
Ian Nacho needs to go in BSR’s book of spicy puns
I generally don’t like to repeat the “ I heard from a reliable source” type rumours we all hear from time to time but this one is relevant and timeous to the article above – I did hear over the weekend that there are those both currently and formerly at the club who have significant reservations about our physiotherapy team.
That is all I was told and I can’t vouch for its accuracy in any way other than to say that our soft tissue injury record is as bad as I can ever recall, to the point it hardly seems coincidental.
Worm
https://youtu.be/mJpymZpk-t8?si=yDt-J0Q0RYV56Kg2
D.i.s.c.o
Ih-ea-nach-(i)o
CoatsOnCsc>
Like his move itll not take off
TBB
Ian Nacho 🥘 spicey puns 🌮
What a waste of thyme and honey that was, we used to have CQN fish puns everyday barramundi.
Aff oot CSC
Nursery Run
Auldheid on 30th March 2026 12:59 pm
Tontine Tim and TB.
Good discussion about Glasgow City.
Auldheid, you are rightly proud of your daughter and I fully agree that the whole scinerio was/is character building, not just as a sportswoman, but as a human being.
HH.
dessybhoy@12.39
Exactly! Complete and utter failure from both the Westminster and Holyrood governments. The closure of the former BP Refinery at Grangemouth, madness at the time insane now. Thing is in December 2025 the Labour govt. announced £125 million support to Ineous Ethylene Production (500 jobs) at the very same petrochem complex at Grangemouth. We hear talk of ‘fuel security’ or ‘energy security’ from London, (and possibly from KemiKazi in Aberdeen today) terms which in the real world are completely meaningless, as recent events have proven. The refinery should have been nationalised last April and PetroIneous paid the sum total of £1, fifty pence to both PetroChina and Ineous for their respective 50% share.
Turkeybhoy on 30th March 2026 1:45 pm
Saint Stivs,
” A wheelbarrow economy”,,,,,,,,,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.
Grow up.You seem to be getting greener every day.Soon be like the Hulk.
Met sooooo many of your kind before.Get back to counting empty seats,take your mind of my lifestyle.
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what is my kind ?
a retired scotsman lving in his own country while having enough to get buy while having full access to celtic park and enjoying it whether we get beat or not ? that my kind ?
you are the billy boast of the blog, here look at me, retired to the beach, drinking wine, and getting interest of 35% (while inflation is 45%), all the while envious of those who actually can still support their celtic “in the live”.
jealous ? moi ?
TLWIO @ 3:55pm
Interesting. Genuinely.
Who did you hear that from?
Hi all,
A quick reminder that the next meeting of the Celtic Fans Collective is taking place this Thursday.
Date: Thursday 2 April 2026
Location: Grace’s
Time: 7pm
This will be our first meeting where we have invited independent supporters from the mailing list. As a result, we are asking anyone planning to attend in person to complete the short form below so we can manage numbers in advance:
https://forms.gle/4pSciQUkYsJFE8S58
There is no need to complete the form if you are planning to join via Zoom. A Zoom link, along with the full agenda, will be circulated on the day of the meeting.
On arrival, attendees will also be asked to sign in and note who they are representing. This will help us better understand and record the level of representation within the room.
As noted previously, there is plenty to discuss. Supporters’ clubs are encouraged to speak with their members in advance and bring any views, ideas or proposals to the meeting.
Many thanks,
Semi Final tickets out tomorrow 10am.🍀
St Martin is many things, but he’s not daft. I don’t see him extend his stay if he is begged, not with the rectums current in charge.
New manager will be decided by fat boy Desmond, no one else, guaranteed.
My biggest by far problem with the “bored” in no communication ever, disgraceful
kingLUBO
Martin O’Neill has confirmed that both Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota won’t return to play for Celtic until next season
The pair have been sidelined for most of this campaign and the interim manager had hinted previously that he expects their rehab period to take some time.
Now it has been rubber-stamped by the Irishman that his main pair – who have been sorely missed amid a difficult season – will not be back in action this term.
“You mentioned Jota and Carter-Vickers,” O’Neill replied to a question from Celtic TV’s Gerry McCulloch. “They will not be available to us until next season.”
The boss was also grilled on another injured player, Callum Osmand, who picked up a hamstring problem earlier in the season after hitting the goals trail.
The young striker had been given a crack at playing minutes by O’Neill and suffered his season stalling through injury. But now the manager has revealed the former Fulham youngster is close to a comeback after being missing since November.
“Callum is doing really well, he’s anxious to go and I think he’s been working exceptionally well.
“So, hopefully that won’t be too far.”
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 30TH MARCH 2026 6:27 PM
TLWIO @ 3:55pm
Interesting. Genuinely.
Who did you hear that from?
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From a friend who in turn had heard from someone whose opinion he trusts completely.
No names were given to me (although they were to him) and if they had been then, of course, I wouldn’t be repeating them here.
It could all be nonsense, as any of these things one hears from time to time could be , but I genuinely don’t believe this one is.
Kinglubo, this is a long running story. Ever since Desmond got involved any problems at Celtic are met with the same response, denial that manifests in total and utter silence. The only time we hear from them is to criticise the support or to ask for money. The release of some new items of sportswear generates more communication than the sacking of a manager.
Anyone heard anything from anyone on the board lately?
Auldheid on 30th March 2026 1:03 pm
Flynn
Re the business side of football and the politics involved, you appear unaware of or unwilling to face as it challenges your world view.
You are not alone.
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You have had 10 years now and not once have you mentioned that the Celtic PLC agreed to keep 2012 old firm ticket price of 49 quid, onto Sevco tickets in 2016, brazen lazy scam after Sevco [supposedly a different club than dead Rangers????] got promoted in 2016?????????
What was that about?
Business, Corruption, or keeping in with the docile dan clique?
How are 60,000 dullards expected to become brighter if so called good guys keep lying to them, or hiding the FACts from them?
How much are the PLC, heavily censored Celtic blogs, Plodcasts, Collection of Idiots, etc paying you to be as deceptive and un-Celtic so that you look like them, all fuddled and confused?
That is a genuine question that needs an honest answer, not more dancing around the living room with big green and white hooped Elephants that only JUNGLE trained dissidents can see!
Keep well Auldheid.
Sad are the homes….