After Sunday’s win over Motherwell, that’s six points Celtic have added in three league games this season with winners coming from the 87th minute or later. Luke McCowan’s deflected shot against St Mirren was early, compared to the added time penalty by Kelechi Iheanacho at Kilmarnock or Daizen Maeda’s stoppage time header against Motherwell.
Celtic are not the only team to strike late this season, Hearts also won with a late goal at the weekend, against Hibs, while Motherwell left it just as late to score twice and win their first game of the League Campaign against Aberdeen the previous week.
Again, summer signings made an impact. Benjamin Nygren scored the equaliser, but even before that, he was knocking on the door. Michel-Ange Balikwisha has endured a baptism of fire since joining from Royal Antwerp late in the window. He was thrown in at the deep end with a debut at Ibrox, then played in an unaccustomed position at Kilmarnock, before two brief sub appearances.
Michel-Ange’s assist for Daizen’s winner showed the edge Celtic needed and have lacked for much of this season. He turned 24 in May and will be a litmus test of our potential to develop a talent. There were fighters on the field at fulltime on Sunday, including Michel-Ange.
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Burnley78…
Well, when I read it, sounded more like a negotiating tactic than an overspend.
The selling club ask for an extra 350K so the CEO goes out comes back and says our max is 200K.
It sounds like our spend is over constrained which ever way it works.
Also no spend until we need to on the last day, it all sounds very financial controller rather than effective business management.
Still nails the lie that Brendan Rodgers approved the spend on Adam, Auston and Arne.
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
If we’re negotiating to sign a player, we should have some idea of the likely gross spend.
Is it a tier 1, 2 or 3 player?
I’d hope that we ensure those involved in said negotiations are able to conclude the deal.
Delegated authority would be one of those considerations. It really is basic stuff.
So many aspects of our player trading appears relatively amateur. The notes to the accounts make sense.
Improve the timing, strategy and execution.
serious deludamol on super scoreboard….Gerard???????😂😂😂😂😂
Don’t they say that if you believe shit, you will eat it !!!!!
Glenowen @ 6:40 pm,
Yes, in one way it’s a relief, if we are so kack handed in our management of the financials during a transfer window, there is a huge issue there that’s easy to resolve.
Any football executive worth their salt should be able to put in a much smoother process in place – keep the financial controllers at arms length.
Hail Hail
Surely one of our loads of NEDs would know about tax…….don’t bother the Chairman though….he takes nothing to do with anything except getting his UEFA pensions increased and talking to old friends in the media possibly….
When pressed on accountability for failings, the Club rejected the premise of the question but referred to internal reviews and the experience of long-serving Non-Executive Directors.
I really sm watching on with sll this without trying to comment but a couple of things….
Anyone who thinks that Michael Nicholson shouldn’t have to pause and get other peoples OK (regardless of who the other people are) are crazy and dangerously crazy if this is the argument.
Negotiations are dangerous and ripe for costly mistakes ESPECIALLY when it’s not your money you’re playing with…..a 10 minute conference call is 100pc the right way to go.
Also, earlier on someone said that CFC leaked a hatchet job to Allison McConnell of the Celtic View the last time BR bolted…tell me, WTF is wrong with that?
Lastly, what is the end game here?
Is it
1. Make the Celtic board better at their job?
OR
2. Get DD to sell his de facto controlling share to Cavanagh, the Glazers or a hedge fund?
Remembering the 10 who died in the explosion in
Creeslough…
May they rest in peace
HH
meanwhile, this makes me sad.
made my communion here. my twin brothers also, several pals and family got married there, Mike Conroy was buired from there living just along the street.
councillor mccabes big brother Terry, Port Legend, was buried there and a tricolour for him is at every celtic match.
it is getting to the near stage none of my port glasgow will be left soon,
saint stephens is long gone, the avenues and clune park, kelburn. the holy family school.
bloody sore so it is.
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the Bada Bing on 7th October 2025 6:51 pm
Surely one of our loads of NEDs would know about tax…
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I complted many hundreds of capitial real estate projects over 20 years.
With every project the tax liabilities either we as the client or the agent , THE BROKERS AND THE pm, ALL KNEW IN ADVANCE what we are het for.
Sure it is different in different countires BUT all known upfront, why they even mention it baffles me.
I start from the position that I doubt any board member would brief a sun “journalist”. If, however, it is the case, I imagine our major shareholder must have given it his tacit approval or he would be wanting rid of the informer.
Did Dominic Mckay have independent control of finance and contracts ?
If so and the rumours are correct, how did that pan out.
Contracts and fiscal management can never be an individual action.
HH.
HH.
Burnley 78,
I agree with much 9f what you are saying. It is common sense.
However when you say no-one is ripping off the fans, I have to disagree.
Parents of Celtic mad youngsters are being ripped off. Imo, that is indisputable and just wrong.
HH.
SAINT STIVS on 7TH OCTOBER 2025 7:11 PM
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Does this not get back to the “old Netto” when negotiating take home pay and some tight deals may get won or lost due to differential tax rates if a player has multiple offers. Only reason I can think it was worth mentioning.
HH
Greenpinata @ 7:27 pm,
How did it pan out…
Liel Abada
Juranovic
Giakoumakis
Joe Hart
Kyogo
Carl Starfelt
CCV
Jota
Pretty darn good – made us a heck of a lot of money and hugely improved a failing squad.
Few development guys as well, notably
Liam Scales
Hail Hail
I just had the daftest thought.
Outwith actual football games, my highlight of the season is the wonderful Celtic christmas advert.
This years is going to have to be world class and up for an oscar to take any heat of this borad.
A parady of the Muppets Christmas carol perhaps/
https://news.stv.tv/politics/tory-msp-murdo-fraser-faces-police-complaint-over-rangers-social-media-post?utm_source=app
EKBhoy on 7th October 2025 8:02 pm
SAINT STIVS on 7TH OCTOBER 2025 7:11 PM
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Does this not get back to the “old Netto” when negotiating take home pay and some tight deals may get won or lost due to differential tax rates if a player has multiple offers. Only reason I can think it was worth mentioning.
HH
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the seller pays the tax on their income in their own tax regime, it is their earnings, Only thing I can think of is Celtic plc say “we will pay x millions for this player”
and the seller says, ok but you need to up the offer to cover the tax payment.
could this be the source of what is commonly called “low balling”.
maybees.
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as to a player and the old little problem of netto (cc di canio) I would right tell a player and agent, sorry that is not happening, you as an employee must pay all income tax due.
end off.
£45 for a europa ticket.
no concessions, no (inflated) kids prices.
that is a pair of shoes and some shirts for school.
4 days of the co-op freezer members offer. feed a family,
they are so far removed from the ethos of the founding father that it is actually breath-takingly ugly.
Good evening B78 , I saw your reply to my earlier post , the point I was making was that Ian Bankier was suggesting that we could not compete against better resourced teams whilst our results against lesser resourced teams proved that often that is not the case.In several of those ties the signing of one or two players would probably have seen us win those ties and progress to the champions league proper and access to the prize money available. Celtic are very rarely prepared for these qualifiers and indeed often bought players after being eliminated in those games which I find somewhat bizarre, it’s not as if they didn’t know these games were on the horizon so get your business done before they come around.With the surplus of money in our coffers it seems a sensible idea to buy players before rather than after these games , don’t you ?
Huddle @ 3.19,
The difference being,that our PLC have a vested interest. They are all avid Celtic fans.If you think,as you say,” They don’t give a fek as long as the cash rolls in”is that not what this whole matter is about?.Am I missing something?.Not a pop at you.
Celtic40 Me,
Stupid comments such as” Why should Nicholson say anything about the Sun story”,just make you look obtuse.
If you think we should treat the Sun as a better organisation than fan media….that’s up ti you.
Why should we deny a story in a rag and not deny stories on Celtic sites.
Same reach…same impact etc.
Again….what is the end goal of the collective?
Their is not a Celtic supporter on the planet that could afford to buy out DD.
What’s the plan here?..
Make him sell to a hedge fund?
Saudi billionaires,?
Hedge fund l?
Get z grip and THINK
Soz para grammar ètc
With the ground possibly half full for the Sturm Graz game,and knowing the simmering resentment among the majority of the fans,you would have thought a gesture,like £45 for parent and child,would have been the least offered.Improve the crowd.Then again,this Board,we are told,are not aloof.Not detached from the fans.Want to cooperate and meet the fans,appreciate the fans.When has anyone noticed this any time lately.Nicholson even has a reminder stuck on his things to do board.Think it says,” Just ignore the rabble”.
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More Adidas stuff,exactly what we need
Laxalt,
Saying nothing was not an option.It proves,it did originate from the Board,or it did not,but,the Board were happy to let it” Get out there”.Anything else makes the believer a gullible fool.
Bada,
Don’t be a Grinch.Not long till Xmas.
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Pal was over from Malta a few weeks ago went to Argyle St shop,staff told him been empty for weeks
Will be plenty more stuff out for Christmas
It’s become a predictable pattern on this board. Any substantive criticism of the current leadership is met not with a defense of their record, but with a demand: “Name the replacements!”
Let’s be clear about what this is. It is not a good-faith argument; it is a classic rhetorical diversion known as shifting the burden of proof. The responsibility to demonstrate competence, vision, and results lies with those currently in power. The moment they demand their critics produce a full roster of alternative CEOs is the moment they tacitly admit they cannot defend their own performance. It is the political equivalent of a child caught in a misdeed shouting, “I know you are, but what am I?”
The analogy is simple: I do not need to be a master mechanic to know my car has a flat tire. I do not need to be a surgeon to identify a festering wound. And shareholders do not need to be seasoned Fortune 500 executives to recognize sustained underperformance and a failed strategy. The identification of a problem is a separate skill from the implementation of its solution.
To those who repeatedly employ this bad-faith tactic, often while cloaking themselves in the mantle of “Business Acumen”: understand that this maneuver grows more transparent and weaker with each use. It does not project the strength of a seasoned “businessman”; it projects the insecurity of someone who has no ground to stand on. True business leaders defend their record with data and strategy, not with logical fallacies and ad hominem implications that critics are “pig ignorant.”
Let’s refocus chaps. The burden of proof is not on those who see the broken machine. The burden of proof is on those who insist the machine isn’t broken ,and then, astoundingly, ask us to fix it for them while they remain at the controls.
The uniformity of this response is so striking, one must ask: were you all handed this script, or are you simply regurgitating the same debunked point from weeks ago, now using longer words in a desperate attempt to disguise its fundamental fallacy?
We see the tactic. We recognize the bad faith. And with every repetition, you only validate the concerns you’re trying to dismiss.
Clowns to the left of me , jokers to the right – but none of them are the board ? whenever spending money is concerned, it’s “we dont want to end up like the Huns”. Parroted out like every poxy zionist who opens any conversation about the middle east with “Oct 7th…Hamas, Hamas, Hamas”. You might not hear it often on here. This is not yer average Celtic Fan’s goto website but many Celtic fans believe that the board and many in the comfy seats despise the average fan never mind look down on them. Easy to see why.
Find it soo amusing that B78 only highlights the 2 failures of BR teams in qualifying for the CL and not the other FIVE times by teams who we also had much more resources than …..wonder if wee Shaun will get much help next year. 🙈
Saint Stivs @ 5:01pm – cheers.
We’ll have perhaps 10 days or so to chew over the real (agreed) minutes when they finally appear.
(I’m smiling as I type as I recall, first hand, the minutes of one monthly board not being issued before the next monthly board meeting … due to countless email back and forth about who said what in the room)
A few initial observations?
CEO and CFO turned up with a crew.
IMHO, real leaders should be able to handle 19 blokes off the street without breaking sweat but hey ho.
No chances taken, Legal and Safety guys in attendance.
As for the meeting?
Predictable stances and outcome.
“The Collective acknowledged that while the positions of Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay are in our view untenable, there was no expectation of agreement or progress on that during the meeting”
Way to go lads.
‘We want you out but don’t expect progress on that one today so let’s move on’
I bet you had Nicholson and McKay eating out of your hand after that preamble !
“When pressed on accountability for failings, the Club rejected the premise of the question but referred to …. the experience of long-serving Non-Executive Directors”
Jesus wept.
(sources far more credible than Hannah’s)
When long-serving NEDs pressed for advice? … I can almost hear Uncle Albert saying ‘during the war …’
Change needed.
This vehicle won’t get it done.
Board doubling down.
Collective given their 15 minutes.
Zzzz.
Buy new shares with ST money
Scoop up voting rights for existing shares
Go after the NEDs
Support the team
I think the board put up a great show…but I think privately they’re shitting themselves….
It was all bravado…
If the majority of fans go down the route of not purchasing Celtic related merchandise it will put a severe dent in revenue…
Adidas don’t just fill our coffers with big money just for having the rights to be sole providers…the contract will still be based on a minimum amount of sales…
I can’t remember the contract numbers..but if sales targets aren’t hit the payments due from adidas will reduce like pro rats at least….and that will go for any other sponsor/partnership as well I’d imagine…
The very last thing the board will want to hear is a boycott of all Celtic related merchandise….they are shitting themselves no doubt….
Pro rata not rats..
The Board has a right to defend their financial track record. As a financial entity, their figures do stand up to some scrutiny.
However, fans want us to perform better as a football entity and, weirdly, the suits think that just getting to/showing up in Europe is enuff.
Their mindset seems both conservative and unambitious.
I mentioned months/years ago that Japan has a 100-year plan to win the World Cup – I’ll bet they get there!
What if Celtic suits’ statement simply said, we have a 20, 50 or 100 year goal to win a Europa/Champs League cup again – rather than defensively insist everything in their garden is rosy and gaslighting the supporters clearly elucidated and documented concerns ?
Why would anyone want to see us spend all the money? To create a level playing field with our SPL competitors? Naw thanks.
We deal with the reality of life in the SPL, continue with value for money transfers, make improvements were we can and have money for a rainy day.
The noise mongerers in our “support”, doing der huns bidding for them, won’t be content until our season is completely derailed. Self implosion? Turncoats: assimilated tims trying to turn Celtic into a Co-Op. Get real ffs, Coca-Cola won the war donkeys ago.
Celtic ain’t just for Christmas. Domestic dominance, ad infinitum. Ave Ave
get a grip of yersel sionnaigh – are you even a human or a bot – has anyone ever said spend all the money ? your trump-like, zionist-like parroting of the same old shyte is tiresome.