The last points Celtic dropped in the season was the 2-0 defeat on 22 March at Tannadice, when the starting line- up included Kelechi Iheanacho and Reo Hatate. Despite being pivotal in the recovery from being two goals down at Ibrox a few weeks earlier, Reo never started another match and played only 51 minutes football across the remainder of the season. Kelechi played in every subsequent game – scoring goals to give Celtic the lead in six of them, but that outing against Dundee United was his last start.
The next two outings (Dundee and St Mirren) saw Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in instead of Reo, with Tomas Cvancara replacing Kelechi. The St Mirren game saw a substitute appearance from Arne Engels after a long-term injury. Arne started every game from that moment, in a midfield with alongside Callum McGregor and Benjamin Nygren.
The mobility in the middle of the park from these three was what was missing in earlier weeks. They each do the hard yards, chase back to ensure breakaways are suffocated before they become dangerous, and make darting runs forward to open up space.
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Looks like the forecast of MON being announced today was wide of the mark
Auldheid and others:
I know that you know this, but making it clear, so that our expectations of the matter are reasonable:
No Manager has full control of the football dept.
First, there is a overall spend that is set by UEFA.
Second: Within that, there is a budget set by the Board.
Third: There could be a ceiling for individual Transfer Fees that would require Board approval if they were to breached (even if the overall budget was not breached).
There would be limits for salary and Transfer fees to be paid for players of a certain age and injury history.
All of the above and many other bumps on the road can prevent a manager from doing what seems sensible and seemingly with budget.
And those of us looking from the outside will not be particularly understanding.
Cheers,
Weeron.
There was a story years ago that tbh I can’t find anywhere now, but apparently, Chris Sutton used to go into the Celtic dressing room and say in his Boycie voice….” Good morning Eyal…has your army killed any children yet today”?
Good luck Welshy….nice move by the club letting him leave on a free.
He’ll probably go to Toulouse.
TBB
That MN is overpaid for the job he has done is not a case that would get support.
His skill set does not align with the requirements of being the kind of CEO Celtic need.
Any idea of what a CEO with relevant skills would cost or where to look for comparison.
On how much do Directors get paid in dividends based on below par performance how much would Directors with relevant skills expect to be paid?
Could relevant remuneration be a reason that there has been no new CEO appointed yet?
Five months since WN and the PT were sacked and we’ve reached the interview stage 👍
McPhailbhoy 6.03
Well done indeed An Tearmann!
Fanad Gaels men won the Junior and Gaoth Dobhair have just won the Senior Men’s, good day for Donegal all round.
Hail Hail
Agree totally McPhailbhoy,:-))
Well done Fanad Gaels and Gweedore.
There will be a bit o craic bout the Lagoon tonight:-)) when they arrive home.
As you say the county has a strong club base noted recently esp after the recent Kerry result.
When over last I talked to my old pal Benny Trearty,a senior at the Burn rd ground he was tellin me 35 teams of both genders from the age 9 up play out of Termon.That is a phenomenal local input by the GAA,when Benny and I were younger 1 team played out.the growth as a local hub.
Ps Termon played St Conals lkenny with 4,000 or so attending that night amazing.
Great to see McP bhoy,hope alls well bout the town :-))
Hail Hail
https://x.com/PeterMsport/status/2061500988758913158?s=20
Peter Martin@PeterMsport
Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s, Kevin Keegan was one of my favourite players in that great Liverpool side. So sad to hear about his illness. 🙏
Toshack and Keegan fantastic duo, always liked Kevin Keegan, very sad news
Welshy has left the club he loves, IMO Unlucky with injuries, underrated and at times not given a fair chance, good luck Welshy will follow with Interest
Celtic pay around £1.5 million pounds for both a CEO who is well qualified as a lawyer and has specialised in sporting legal contracts, and a CFO who qualified as a chartered accountant from Deloitte, both these important depts, Legals and financials are outwith the football dept, I know of no football manager who wants to control the football dept, also taking control of the legals and financials, hope that clears up control of the football operation
aff oot
Finding the next Celtic CEO is not the remit of the season ticket holder.
Ah wee minute to pause and reflect :-)))
https://x.com/i/status/2061209870880190853
HH
BSR
We’re talking about having interviews- not quite reached that stage.
World class at everything
The returnof weeron on 1st June 2026 6:40 pm
Auldheid and others:
I know that you know this, but making it clear, so that our expectations of the matter are reasonable:
No Manager has full control of the football dept.
First, there is a overall spend that is set by UEFA.
Second: Within that, there is a budget set by the Board.
Third: There could be a ceiling for individual Transfer Fees that would require Board approval if they were to breached (even if the overall budget was not breached).
There would be limits for salary and Transfer fees to be paid for players of a certain age and injury history.
All of the above and many other bumps on the road can prevent a manager from doing what seems sensible and seemingly with budget.
And those of us looking from the outside will not be particularly understanding.
Cheers,
Weeron.
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Thank you
You know that and I know that but not knowing it is what fuels false narratives.
A sinister false narrative is that posters who understand it and speak to it are perceived as de facto Board placemen for stating as such.
The possibility that a beneficial reason might apply never gets headroom as the room is already occupied.
Auldheid
Sinister – Causing or intending harm or evil; wicked. ?
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
Gene- the source i got it from yesterday is 1st team level who knows, but after 5 months and we are still interviewing, fills me with the fear,it doesn’t look like we have learned anything, and there will be very little changed ,we will see.
Martin O’Neill or Robbie Keane . 2 candidates , neither ideal and only one acceptable .
No criticism of Martin but the process seems only one step removed from the Psycho shower scene .
Apologies if I’ve missed the longer list of prime candidates befitting of the importance of the position and the stature of the club .
Peter Lawwell’s drawer CSC
Back to Basics – Glass Half Full on 1st June 2026 5:19 pm
TBB – enjoyed your posts today across two threads about Martin being used to deliver stability over the next 12 months.
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Ultimately, the task set to all managers is to win football games. Cumulatively, if the number of points gained exceeds those achieved by competitors, the successful manager guides his team to title and cup wins.
Martin O’Neill has done all that with Celtic. He did it initially a generation ago and he did it twice this season in the most trying and demanding of circumstances. More than anyone else, Martin won that title. In fact, is highly unlikely that anyone other than him could have hunted down our competitors so successfully. And that’s despite his age.
I can’t think of any other candidate with better equipped for the post of Celtic manager.
Bada
The old saying
If you always do what you’ve always done you’ll always get what you always got.
Might there be a situation where MO’N works in a set up with Keane ?
Gene
It must tough for you to have supported a team which has won 20 leagues out of the past 25 whilst remaining financially solvent this past 1/4 of a century. A club which has not had to sell out to PE and one which no VC has had a sniff at.
20 leagues is 37% of what we have ever one. Achieved in 18% of the time we have played. Feels good to me.
Same as ever suits just fine.
Burnley78
I’m 76 and supported Celtic since 1961 – so I’ve seen some great times and some challenging times. You’re quite happy to give Brendan pelters even though he’s been a very successful manager for us. So forgive me if you think my disappointment in our current board annoys you.
It’s a blog and all about opinions.
Log in
On this day in 1982 Pope John Paul celebrated Mass at Bellahouston with an estimated quarter of a million in attensance
In doing so confirming the start the erosion of the bigot class according to the same theorists of 1 klub:-)))
https://x.com/i/status/2061105176258162870
HH
Boooooooooooooooooo!!!!
“Oh what will Dermot decide for us?……”
“Oh what will Peter decide for us?….”
“Oh what will Michael ever say to us?…..”
The top and bottom of it is:
In 2004 one year before MON-1 walked, he went out of his way as an executive employee, to warn Timdom that in terms of European aspirations go, you’ll need to get used to recruiting from the pathetic Tory pissfest better known as, “THE SLOW LANE”…22 Years ago.
And in that 22 years, it is only KEVJUNGLE who threw his season ticket at the directors box, and marched out the front door with the blessed Martin O’Neill.
22 years of sitting on 53,000 pairs of hands, “wondering what Dermot will do” for 53,000 sickofantic suckups, is deserving of seeing the end of Celtic PLC’s anti red head policy, with the return of WGS as manager.
Why?
Well he is the only Desmond luvvie not to see a 2nd term in the dugout.
Why?
Who cares.
For me:
Darren O’Dea with his long trench coat, standing on the touchline like a ‘real’ tough ticket, playing the Arsenal way, park the bus – mug on the break, would and rattle utter fk out of 53,000 idealist Timmy tippy tappy dreamers cages, would be well worth the 22 years wait, up the Galtee Mountains with Parkheid Jungle Revolutionaries, ah…the memories.
Who cares how the cards fall….. I’m off to see my adorable Auntie May O’Kay.
She is utterly adorable.
What a time to be alive.
Anyone with any idea as to why Dermot Desmond is meeting (and deciding upon) managerial candidates??
Why does the board allow one individual- who is not the Chief Exc or even majority shareholder- to take such decisions?
Leaving aside the legal limitations of his position- what footballing knowledge does he have, including in relation to changing managerial tactics, systems etc.??
Burnley78 8.47.
A club which has not had to sell out to PE and one which no VC has had a sniff at.
A true but vacuous point if I may say.It does not augment what your posting in any way.If anything it focuses how fragile our share base is.
One man DD could sell to Private equity,I dont think he will but PE are always hovering.
‘Venture Capital has not had a sniff’ you better tell that to Lindsell Train.The same chap DD could nod to LT at any time to increase their stake,we already have VC on board invited on by 1 guy DD
All guided as Celtic sold but you B78 and I would know it is 1 individuals decision.
Shed a wee light on how a club founded for penny dinners has £millions in Bank B78,you know well we are not using our money efficiently.
Your trophy mantra rings hollow as you are in denial as to BR1&2 contribution,cease with the mantra when a considerable % was won under it was BR,leagues,Sc cups and league cup.
Last season more than anything proved we work for our success,we go again now towards our next title and cup.We start afresh,mantras like yours I take in some ways as hubris.anyways give MoN the ball!:-))
Hail Hail
Birmingham,corruption and changes in British Justice.
Interesting listen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0023pc7?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
HH
Dexter P. Bampot on 1st June 2026 9:36 pm
Anyone with any idea as to why Dermot Desmond is meeting (and deciding upon) managerial candidates??
Why does the board allow one individual- who is not the Chief Exc or even majority shareholder- to take such decisions?
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because he is the owner.
the person with the most active shareholding, therefor allowing him the most influence.
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So after a 5 month global search, it’s MoN or Robbie Keane.
And Brown is being touted with a return. That’ll come as a shock to absolutely no one after his Desmond brown nosing some weeks back.
I’m a bit disappointed to hear the news of Stephen Welsh’s release.
Good guy. Decent performer.
Thought he might have a berth in our squad, particularly as a Scottish player.
Not to be.
Hey ho.
I assume his injury record is a factor.
BTW – it does show someone is making decisions about the squad.
Who i don’t know
If I may stick my oar into the Gene-B78 exchange …
“If you always do what you’ve always done you’ll always get what you always got”
Two or more trophies a year, five years running ain’t bad going, Gene?
That’s a positive.
As is our financial performance (yes, fuelled by the support)
Champions League qualification going back 15 years or more is a big negative.
Off the top of my head, I can easily recall four close but no cigars against teams we should have navigated.
Communication and Engagement are a big negative for me too.
Never mind complex, multi-threaded comms strategies.
Start by keeping the fans updated with the simple, safe stuff. Not difficult.
Overall, I do not subscribe to the view that Celtic are “dysfunctional”.
It’s a lazy label, IMHO and doesn’t align to the positive facts above.
Sub-optimal?
Notably so in key areas of the business?
Undoubtedly.
Gene on 1st June 2026 7:24 pm
Auldheid
Sinister – Causing or intending harm or evil; wicked. ?
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I’m afraid that is for those on the other side of the curtain to know.
Does the cherished Irish connection in our clubs DNA need to be a key consideration when selecting a new manager? O is it critical the mgr gets our origins or does it hold us crack as we look to become an international fitba force wanst agin ?
Back not crack – oo er missus.
HairRemoval CSC
It is comforting to know that some have openly and without a shred of self-awareness admitted that there is a curtain. That there are two sides. And that most of us know exactly which side of the curtain some are standing on.
Never mistake exposure for initiation.
anybody doing chair tai chi ?
It’s curtains for everyone.
We’re doomed I tell ya.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78qpe866pxo
Six people were stabbed and 24 arrests were made at Arsenal’s victory celebrations in north London, the Metropolitan Police has said.
Most of those injured in the stabbings were not seriously hurt, but a man in his 20s was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition after being attacked in Hornsey Road shortly before 20:30 BST on Sunday. Police said he is now in a stable condition.
More than 500 officers were deployed for the event, which attracted hundreds of thousands of supporters celebrating Arsenal’s Premier League title success.
Police said one officer suffered a slash wound to the hand and another was struck on the head by objects thrown during the celebrations.
The 24 arrests included 10 people suspected of assaulting police officers, three on suspicion of sexual assault and one on suspicion of grievous bodily harm over an attack that caused a head injury.
A large group of Arsenal football fans celebrate whilst gathered on the roof and structure of Highbury Station. Several supporters wear the club’s red and white shirts, one fan waves a large Arsenal flag, and another holds a flare that releases thick plumes of pinkish-red smoke into the air.
The LFB said 75 people had to be rescued from a height at the parade
Four police vans in Theberton Street, Islington were left with dents and broken lights.
On Sunday, London Fire Brigade warned fans not to climb on rooftops after crews had to rescue 75 stranded fans.
In the evening, once most of the crowds had gone home, there were six stabbings, the Met said.
Officers were granted extra stop and search powers overnight.