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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“VAXXED EMIT MAC ADDRESS !!”
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What a disaster…..
Good Lord, I cannae wait for the “closed season cup” to start so that we can get on with the annual Sevco baiting ritual and stop discussing the most straightforward of closed seasons in our recent history.
Saint Stivs – AI does you no favors with this shite that you copy and paste. A minority shareholder, is, a “minority owner”, and only under a circumstance where the balance of other shareholdings are inactive, or just function in deference, does this minority shareholding become anything other than a voting percentage that is not in a majority position! It’s just math.
BSR – the interview process could not start until the preferred candidate was free to talk. DD told MN and CM that he would let them know when that would be.
B2BG1/2 – Bang on! Berkovic can get tae f#*k and suck on a bag of d!@#s.
RETURNOF – Agree on MON, but for different reasons. There is no independence or balance in our non-exec directors, but that is because they have all fallen in behind DD. We need someone on the board who actually cares about the fans, and that would be MON.
GENE-B78-B2B1/2 – “If you always do what you’ve always done you’ll always get what you always got” is only true if all of the external constituents remain unchanged. Hearts and Sevco are very different animals, so there is no room for “more” complacency.
AN TEARMAN in response to B78 – yes, the VC/PE peeps already have a finger in our pie, and the only thing that might keep us from being totally violated is the stubborn DD. Truth is, having worked under all sorts of cap structures, there is sometimes little difference in their behavior, but Celtic are presently a barely functioning entity. The board is empty of ideas, absent any spine, has lost its moral compass, and acts disingenuously towards its customer base. They don’t even appear to know what their own objective is, while every major decision they have been behind in the last several years appears to bear testimony to their incompetence. Rinse them all!
Lastly, and directly concerning the managerial appointment, MON would be a step backwards. It probably doesn’t need to be said, but I don’t know a single Celtic fan that doesn’t love him, though if he is to be our manager, then that just confirms we have a club/board that is incapable of looking forward. Our closest rivals are focused, investing and will have hope if we simply “consolidate” while they make progressive moves. We don’t need a “year of stability” or some such other bullshit, we need to capitalize on the opportunity and beat whichever European lightweight we get to play for entry into the CL. We cannot waste the incredibly good fortune MON delivered when dragging our collective asses over the line to the 2025/26 league and cup double. Appointing Keane would represent a poor but understandable choice, when your interview panel is the “owner”. I’d take any of the non-favorites; Martinez, Glasner, Frank, or Knutsen. For the avoidance of doubt, I would also have taken Jens Berthel Askou, and wonder what Celtic’s actual position was vis-a-vis interest in him.
Good morning all.
Evening BRRB. No green and white smoke today.
Keane managed by far the biggest club in Hungary
He lost the league to a club with average attendance of 5,000 who’s budget was somewhere between Livingston and Dundee
If he wasn’t Irish , his agent wouldn’t even get a return phone call . He’s not remotely qualified to manage Celtic
Being Irish is not a qualification
Having elite management ability as Martin O’Neill has , is THE qualification
Barcabhoy- correct
Who do you think would interview better between MON and Robbie Keane?
Wilfried Nancy CSC
As others have said, MON is a living legend.
However if he continues to manage us then there is only one way his status can go.
I think he would be the oldest top flight manager currently in British top class football.
Retire at the very top please Martin.
Are we a progressive, aspirational and forward thinking club ?
If so, the principle criteria for a new manager meeting those attributes should not be nationality.
HH.
I see the DR are describing Shankland as ‘the r*ngers missing link’. That made me laugh. He’s clearly the one to lead them towards the Neanderthal stage of development.
Is DD interviewing Keane so that when in fact we get a 74 year old as manager we’ll all feel relieved and grateful?
Good Morning Fholks – Grand Day To Be A Tim
So many placemen arounnd the joint…
With no decent human beings to slander and eviserate it’s kinda concerning what’s going down!!??
Anyways…
Apologies for the delay getting back, thsnkx for tge replys…
Bournesouprecipe @ 29th May 2026 10:11 am,
Chairbhoy
Hope you ‘doubled up’ on the celebrations and well done for being one of the very few who predicted the miracle double ( I think you even got the score right for one game )
Ol’ Martin was still up at the Celtic end posing for selfies a good 20 minutes after the celebrations ended, in the Hearts game. He was mobbed by supporters young and old in the “ most magical place on Earth “
As Wilfried Nancy the French sage opined ‘What a guy – What a guy’
Hail Hail
P.s. sack the board
Yes, a brilliant double – though never, ever in doubt, KTF….
Great to see so many converts to the MO’N legacy on CQN – it’s as if nuthin’ happened to the Seville money;)
It must be like the Arsenal supporters who have come out of the woodwork down here…
To the indefatigable Celtic supporters
Keep~on~keeping~on…
Was thinking, it’s getting on for 45 years since I was last in Belamedena…
My understanding is the scousers are pushing some seriously good s#¡t out there… maybe time for another visit;)
Aff oot oot
Hail Hail
If DD gives Robbie Keane the job , I wonder if he’ll keep Martin’s phone number handy. Just in case he has to do a mid-season ‘Nancy’ .
And if DD does a ‘Tisdale’ , I wonder if he’ll sack himself ?
Has DD ever employed a dud as Manager/Head Coach? por cierto
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𝗜𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟱, 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱. 𝟱𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻, 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆?
𝗔 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺. 𝗕𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘀.
A fascinating insight looking forward to seeing the film
aff oot
Amazing that a player from a Scotch Championship team is set to feature at the World Cup; no Googling; which club will get a 200k quid windfall as a result ?
Livingstone
We’re going from signing players at £3 million to wanting to hire a manager who lost a league title to a football club with an annual revenue of £3 million.
The sooner Desmond is chased the better Celtic will be. His ambitions for the club are on the floor.
Karrect PCS
Loaned out to J League, 6’6 Tête Yengi has rediscovered some form that caught the eye of Tony Popovic !
A timely return to the blog, Barcabhoy.
Auldheid; you asked about CEO remuneration. A quick Google of “AIM CEO salaries” will give you a pretty detailed picture for Celtic’s peer group in terms of scale and regulatory environment. Both BDO and KPMG have fairly recent reports.
After that, there really isn’t a market comparator. Celtic is a multi-faceted business and the role of CEO is amongst the most challenging, assuming that the position comes with the full suite of CEO responsibilities. There is of course a doubt as to how much responsibility the CEO actually has, given the pervasive influence of the singularly unaccountable DD.
The sense is that the job has become more of a General Manager position, with the strategy and decision making coming down from on high. That being the case, the going rate for remuneration just halved.
At over £800,000 total remuneration last year (£518k basic +bonus, car and pension), Michael Nicholson is very much in the upper quartile of AIM CEOs. Upper decile actually. My guess is at that kind of package, there would be a queue at the door of credible individuals from within and beyond the football world.
Good morning CQN
Another fine day to be a Celt
Celtic are champions.
Magic feeling just typing the words.
Particularly given what we witnessed / experienced / suffered through winter and spring.
Scottish Cup Winners too.
Hot Smoked @ 5:55pm last night – cheers.
Can I claim a senior moment?
I’ve actually been to a Celtic match at Station Park, Forfar.
What was I thinking?
Probably something along the lines of
“SMSM, Enjoy your pain & slow death. I am”
GEDINTE @ 5.00 am
Robbie Tuesday follows MON Monday
Probably an interview arranged with Robbie Keane as he resigned at Ferencvaros. No rush let’s hope they do better than their last ‘due diligence’ which all but cost us the league.
MON and a united support gave us an unlikely double, if it’s Keane it won’t be like the last time in the Car Park at 11.00pm on deadline day.
Still hopeful DD makes more sweeping changes.
Who could hang a name on you?
I knew i could rely on you to get it
new article posted.