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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Last month it was FSR, now it’s international tax laws…
They’re flailing and failing.
Brendan Rodgers and while players are contracted to Celtic Football Club,shouldn’t take press conferences, if Celtic have Media employees then its them who should be facing the press,personally this statement that Rodger Hannah spoke about ,is fake news,the media tell that many lies for the sole purpose of selling papers, because frankly they are down on huge papers being sold,so as I was told many years ago ,don’t believe all you read in the papers.
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 8TH OCTOBER 2025 8:53 AM
From Saint Stiv’s 5:01pm post yesterday.
“The Club said that transfer business involves a multi-disciplinary model and no part of that model has ultimate authority”
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Problem summed up in the last 8 words.
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The club statement has backed up the comments of the collective. If there’s no ultimate authority then there’s no ultimate accountability.
new article up ,it mentions slip
Celtic currently has a ‘golden ticket’ for entry into lucrative European competition. It was ill-prepared for this season’s qualifying round and not for the first time. This damages the club and it frustrates supporters’ ambitions. The identification of this or that individual on the Board as incompetent, underhand or satanic is pointless. My guess is that Celtic’s overall strategy is not determined in Glasgow. That responsibility is ultimately the major shareholder’s.
Meanwhile there was an interesting development at Falkirk several days ago. A ‘fan group’ – in other words, a gang – threatened their unsuccessful manager with violence. The threat was deemed so real that the manager was forced to exit the stadium under police escort. His contract was terminated hours later. The neds won and they are empowered. They are now in a position to determine an important aspect of club policy. The 49-ers have made a rod for their own back and this will be no end of a lesson for them.