The point was made to me by one Celtic fan before kick-off, “We are like a group of accused arriving at court with a suitcase packed. Every one of us expecting to go down.” Again, Celtic dominated the opening half against a poor looking Scottish Premiership side, again, the opposition manager spotted the fix at halftime and went home with the points. Individual errors at throw-ins did cost the goals, but there’s a reason we were susceptible when individual errors happened – this is the most fragile Celtic I have seen in a long time watching my team. The system is not sufficiently robust to cope when errors are made. The system is at fault.
Confidence is king. When the equalising goal went in, you could see Celtic shoulders shrink. Inspiring confidence and resilience in your players is part of the job, it cannot be left unattended. We have no confidence or resilience. Evidence of faith in their leader, is not visible from the players.
Changing a game when things are going wrong is also part of the job. We repeatedly meet opposition managers able to do this. We change things, but the last time Celtic made a change which positively impacted the outcome was the League Cup semifinal. Substitutions yesterday and on Tuesday are unfathomable. Did the midfield simply slide one along? Was Ralston playing as a conventional central defender? Who knows, certainly not the players, by the look of it.
As I predicted a week ago, Celtic’s then status as Premiership favourites would quickly vanish. Hearts are now top tip at the bookies. Celtic are second favourites; keep an eye on that lofty position.
We are two points ahead of Motherwell with a game in hand, that’s less of a gap than has opened up between us and Hearts this week. Motherwell have the momentum on Celtic, a top three finish is in no way certain.
Comparisons have been made with Ange Postecoglou, who lost his first three away games before new recruits arrived and changed history. Ange inherited a losing team and was unfortunate to leave Tynecastle and Ibrox empty handed. Eight games ago, Celtic were far from the finished article, but they were a winning side, able to get results over the line.
We will talk about the self-owning pre-match presser tomorrow.
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Very sobering article, agree entirely. One concern of mine is, do the decision makers know how we got here? Not where we are, which is now obvious to all but what preceded this. What lessons have we learned? Who has dropped the ball? Otherwise, it’s entirely possible that the same individuals simply repeat the same mistakes and we continue to circle the drain. Not enough self reflection for me yet.
Not hearing slightest rumour he’s getting sacked. Something would have leaked by now if a meeting had been called.
TT
There is not a hope in hell of Yamada and Kenny scoring goals to keeps us in the top 6
In any sort of business , and yes Celtic is a business to some people…
If the team are not performing the Chairman or CEO would discus the situation with the board , they would then call in the manager i.e Nancy and so called assistants , others ….including CMcG and discuss what they feel may be going wrong.
Okay we all know what WN thinks,……..surely someone should be taking CMcG aside and asking his honest opinion of the manager…. or maybe not !!!
In any sort of business, yes agree,but to do that the execs are on the line for hiring Nancy and blowing up the season, that is too much for them to confront.
dessybhoy on 4th January 2026 3:19 pm
TT There is not a hope in hell of Yamada and Kenny scoring goals to keeps us in the top 6
*there are other players in the squad capable as MON proved
Every indication that we’re continuing with the Tisdale punts this window. Nancy is going nowhere.
Whoever identified Jahmai Simpson-Pusey as being a good fit for Celtic obviously knows his stuff !!
TT-PLB
It’s just my opinion.
D17
Why then when we have had chance after chance to strengthen when we are on top and F scottish football have we NEVER taken it, again IMO it’s why BR left twice, not once but efin twice, he told us, even MoN told us back in the day.
Luke Mcowan should do his talking on the park. I know he’s played out of position but his handling of the ball has been utterly woeful and on a par with Hatate. He let the team down along with Kenny, Ralston , Nygren and schmichael.
If we had a striker or in form striker over the last few weeks – we would not be in this position.
Nancy team has created more chances tha I can remember from any Celtic manager since postecogilu. Looks like we could blow teams away.
Rodgers wit this team included ccv , Ineacho, Johnston. Couldn’t fkn win games , played horrible and couldn’t get shots off against Kairat over 2 legs.
O’Neil team was not stylish but won ugly. That wouldn’t have continued I don’t think.
Give Nancy 2-3 more players then we can judge him he started early to learn about the team and he been unlucky in many regards and a little naive
It’s not his fault Johnny Kenny , Maeda etc have missed so many sitters theee last few weeks.
I know I’m in the minority but I’m not getting dragged into media madness for the sake of one title – the team has been flat for a year – this is entirely on the board.
TalkCeltic have release a staosaying he’s been sacked. Announcement 8 pm
So Luke has basically confirmed that WN has lost the dressing room, the players should do a Charle Mulgrew and do their own thing, it would be hard for the board to sack a whole squad of players.
Remember the Tynecastle 3 Gordon Hartley and 1 other who’s name escapes me, that highlighted a problem at their club with Romanov hasn’t harmed them at all.
bada . that clip.
there was a lot of disorder in 122 yesterday .
pals sit down front text me a woman got hit by a broken seat being thrown and scuffles on the stairs.
police flodded the area.
A repost from the last article shortly before the new one was posted so apologies for this who might re-read —
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If we think things are bad now , wait until the next round of games if he’s still here.
At the minute every team we play is coming up against WN’s immutable system for the first time.
It’s taking most of the opposition managers no more than 45 minutes to tweak their own set up to counter it and , in most cases, blow it apart.
God help us when the next round of games comes around and those managers know how to overcome his system before the game even starts.
My last comment was said tongue in cheek BTW
Motherwell didnt’t need to wait, they knew how he would set the team up, and bossed it from the strat.
Please pay attention, you are all forgetting one simple thing, our board do not make mistakes, geddit
kingLUBO
Young Kenny is a natural striker imo. The lad just need that one goal to get him going, sure of it. He tries like a bear, gets in good positions, just nae luck, and it will come
kingLUBO
McCowan absolutely right. Callum has been very quiet which tell its own story. He has so much credit in the bank he should be able to tell board that this is not working and coach must go.
The argument that WN’s team is creating a lot of chances is a non-starter. Any team with better players than the opposition that plays a front 8 will do that. But the price is that you have no defence and ship goals. In fact we could have conceded far more than we have. Motherwell could easily have scored 5 or 6. It’s a joke and has to be ended. Ange played attacking football but did not totally abandon defence (although arguably got the balance wrong too – ask Spurs and Forest fans).
It’s amazing how it’s taken some coaches a half to work us out.
Do they not watch any games?
I agree Kenny is a good player. All of our players are able. This clown is making them look bad and destroying morale in the process. I have never been so angry with any decision our senior management has made.
BORGO67 on 4TH JANUARY 2026 4:29 PM
It’s amazing how it’s taken some coaches a half to work us out.
Do they not watch any games?
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They have and they wait for the 2nd half when spaces open up with the back 3 formation; it’s really that simple.
Tacticsareeadycfc
Someone on here can’t remember who once said that: “Stephen Pressley looks like a Hobo.”
When I replied that Celtic were founded to feed the Children of Hobo’s no reply was forthcoming.
We have forgotten who we are since 1994.
Stephen Pressley, if he was Celtic Manager would take us back to days when the Manager could make a Velvet Purse out of a Sow’s ear.
Thrifty is the Celtic way.
Thrifty is the way of the underdog or opposites of the Capitalist/Tory/Establishment.
BUT.
When Celtic are run by a Capitalist orientated PLC who are obviously [in on] the slow/lane/project/bus/recruitment/operations since post MON in 2005, then being thrifty [The REAL Celtic Way] is going to be problematic for what are crooks under the table, oot the back door, whatever.
Crooks, Liars, Thieves, and, Lazy, Sleekit, fans went along with the same club lie cover-up and wear that shame well with their brass necks.
London Stock Exchange garb fuels the juices of these Wizards who run the Celtic ship as it where, in a footballing environment where opposition levels are mild at best, so bad in fact, that we have to manufacture our own opposition by being corrupt as fk and getting away with it because our supporter base is fat, lazy, spoiled, and twisted as fk.
The Celtic Way was to call out David Murray in 2012 for cheating Celtic fans out of 20+ trophies, and ensuring that innocent football fans as well as the status of Scottish Football itself wasn’t disastrously, probably permanently damaged.
Celtic’s board walked off of the pitch in 2012.
They need to be sacked and replaced with a new board who’ll be honest enough to admit that Celtic FC’s PLC board in 2012 demonstrated the cowardice which has ruined the game here by compounding the felony of David Murray’s office at Ibrox, Celtic PLC cheated our fans into going along with the cover-up of these crimes!
Unacceptable.
HH
oot.
Association of Registered Supporters Club statement:
“The Affiliation calls for a new manager, a recruitment strategy that reflects the clubs size and expectations, fresh perspectives and strengthened governance on the board, a modern, ambitious footballing structure, a youth system capable of developing players who can contribute at the highest level, a leadership team that communicates openly and respects the voice of the supporters.”
Nails it. I’d settle for point 1 tomorrow and the rest to follow…
in
Ah well we’ve had a good 20 years. if Ross County can bounce back from relegation, so can we.
Im sure Celtic Football Club has to inform the Stock Exchange of any business being done ,before they tell the Media ,is that correct.
AI says
Yes, Celtic PLC has to inform the stock exchange before or at the time of announcing a new manager, as it is a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The appointment of a key executive like a first-team manager is considered price-sensitive information under market rules.
Someone told me long ago
There’s a calm before the storm
I know, it’s been coming for some time
When it’s over, so they say
It’ll rain a sunny day
I know, shining down like water
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
Coming down on a sunny day.
J.C. Fogerty 1970
Evening all.
POR CIETRO
I seen that post yesterday evening, probably pish unfortunately.
An official club statement would suffice at any time – it puts price sensitive information in the public domain to all interested parties at the same time.
He’s like one of the dads , in the kids’ clubs who are now coaching kids and charging them – nothing wrong with that but dads can get carried away and think the kid’s going to make. He’s like one of them talking utter shite.
Por Cierto
I visited the TalkCeltic website and there’s nothing to confirm that he’s been sacked or anything about an announcement at 8pm.
Thanks Tictasric for posting that reminder of P67s dismissal of the prospect of Rodgers return.
This bit of rewriting history caught my eye:
I know that in 2019 we didn’t as much appoint Neil Lennon as end up with him after an unfruitful search.
An unfruitful search? But I thought there was a drawer full of CVs in Peter Lawell’s desk that he didn’t bother to read because Neil was the only candidate considered? That’s what Lawell said.
It’s always BS from these people.
Quite the finish at Craven Cottage – 2 great goals in injury time.
Loving Jeremy Frimpong’s Captain Jack Sparrow look.
Think folk are stupid have no means or interest in checking, it’s Trumpian