DUNDEE, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 17: (L-R) Celtic chief executive Michael Nicholson, chief financial officer Chris McKay and board member Brian Wilson during a William Hill Premiership match between Dundee United and Celtic at the CalForth Construction Arena at Tannadice Park, on December 17, 2025, in Dundee, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images)
After less than four days back at Celtic Martin O’Neill has discovered the cold, hard reality of how the club is run.
All of the discussions held and promises made by Dermot Desmond count for nothing when Michael Nicholson and Brian Wilson are in charge.
O’Neill saw the limitations of the squad during his spell as caretaker. Celtic are winning nothing this season without signing two strikers.
Surely he was given assurances by Desmond that his CEO would actually do his job.
O’NEILL LEFT WITHOUT A STRIKER
It is just short of 12 months since Nicholson was celebrating the sale of Kyogo Furuhashi as he started to undermine Brendan Rodgers.
Over that period clubs across Europe have signed strikers better than Shin Yamada without the fear of going into liquidation.
On Thursday Celtic released the Furuhashi transfer story.
Early this afternoon O’Neill killed it stone dead at his media conference.
Nicholson had struck again. He couldn’t nail down a deal for a striker that started 2025 a Celtic player.
Nine days into the January transfer window Celtic have still to sign a striker. So far Nicholson has signed a loan deal for a full-back with 90 minutes on his clock for the 25/26 season. Bournemouth were touting every club to see if anyone would help pay Julian Araujo’s wages for the next five months.
Our executive team and absentee landlord seem determined to drag the clubs name through the mud. An embarrassment even chasing Kyogo for a week but doing it without a cast iron agreement just begs belief.
Amateurs running the show— Dances (@WithTaxis) January 9, 2026
WILSON WANTS UNITY
That media conference came soon after the North Curve confirmed that the Green Brigade were still banner from Celtic Park.
Brian Wilson’s plea for unity had been followed up by absolutely nothing. Exactly what you would expect from a Red Tory. All about presentation, substance is for others.
Wilson had a small window to impress in. He isn’t Peter Lawwell. He is associated with getting rid of Wilfried Nancy and Paul Tisdale.
Since his Monday night comment there has been no contact with the Green Brigade or the Celtic Fans Collective.
Wilson has probably been concentrating on his hobby of attacking the Scottish Government. His beloved Labour Party are neck and neck with their Unionist partners, the real Tories for fourth place at the Holyrood elections in May.
Despite comments on “unity within the stadium” from Celtic Chairman Brian Wilson, and an open letter from the @CFC_Collective to Wilson seeking dialogue, the Green Brigade remains banned for tomorrow’s match and no dialogue has been forthcoming.
— North Curve Celtic (@NCCeltic) January 9, 2026
Of course it is not all bad news. Today Celtic announced an official water partner. The club is delighted by this exciting breakthrough and looking forward to a long beneficial partnership. As usual.
Need a striker but sign a bottle of water instead…..board are absolute charlatans and totally unfit for purpose …Nicholson has to follow Tisdale out the door, he is totally out of his depth
— Ronan Sheehan (@newryhurler1) January 9, 2026
They are world class incompetents.
I genuinely believe the Board (or DD?) is blatantly taking the p!ss now.
When we’re STILL desperate to see a striker, etc. signed,
the club’s official “X” account has the traditional newly signed player pose,
for signing up to a water contract !
There is absolutely nothing accidental about that post or the motivation behind it,
in my opinion.
…and yet they do manage to sign a player from an israeli club…? 🙁
No one should be signing anyone from any Israeli club. The law is very clear, as was set down at Nuremburg, anyone taking anything to do with an entity committing genocide, crimes against humanity is complicit in the genocide. The trials made clear, no excuses, no orders, no profit, no agreement, nothing makes it acceptable.
As for them just being a football team, guff, they are up to their necks in it with the owners making and supplying arms, used in genocide.
Again politics should be irrelevant, anyone watching the horror show(not on msm ofc),with a shred of humanity should be against this,
Celtic – disappearing into oblivion.
And we are chasing some guy who can’t get a game with his own club in bloody Israel! Not good enough for some keek israeli club but good enough for us. F off Celtic plc
And we are chasing some guy who can’t get a game with his own club in bloody Israel! Not good enough for some keek israeli club but good enough for us. F off Celtic plc
This board are all in sync with each other, all totally useless and not fit for purpose.Not another penny till they’re all gone.
Don’t give these rats another bean
Julian Araujo is a short stocky fellow who was young player of the year for LA Galaxy in 2020 and for 2021 and
2022, Defender of the year. He was good then. For me the loan is OK. Hayato Inamura is On Loan to FC Tokyo.
The transfer window closes Monday February 2, 7 pm. Looking forward to a champion striker. Do you want Johnny Kenny to
go ?
Give them plenty poison though !!!
I was was fine with this until all the SNP garbage came up. I wanted to shout Ferries, dualling the A9, destroying Scotland education system, NHS waiting lists. The party of Mackay, MacDonald, Salmond, Ferrier, strewth.
So you believe all the made up Unionist shite in the SMSM..
The rats that is Rlp Sevco !
Heading into the 2nd week of January and still no sign of any striker,the shape of things to come ir continue.
I do hope the fans are going to stay away from these games coming up,it’s the only way hit these dirty thieving C***S,in the POCKET.
I have seen more life in a tramps jacket than that James Hunt,Nicholson.
Boycott games ,don’t buy merchandise,don’t rush in to buy STs,this board are still taking the absolute piss , because they know the gullibles will keep dipping into their pockets to finance DD and the board of charlatans.
It’s bad lads ! even on celtic quack news they are slagging the frauds ( well most are ! wish the Kev Jungle guy would post here , good read, he absolutely owns, my alter ego Fanny tearmon , the big lump a wid jumps in every time, with his own brand o Gealic
BJF @ 10.20pm…
There is one thing – The Butchers Apron GOES FOREVER in Scotland if The SNP gets their way…
And who wouldn’t want that…
Well every Celtic supporter surely wants that flag of evil gone forever !
MON is back. Let’s play them like the gullible, unworthy, anti-establishent supporters that we all know and love my fellow board members. They will flock to the gates and follow their leader MON and we can deflect as we want to because MON himself puts DD on a pedestal. You they have got away with it again. It’s really time to stop idolising ex 70+ managers and get the rot out of paradise.
I wouldn’t care if it was the second coming of Jesus of Nazareth tomorrow atc3pm at Paradise.
I WON’T BE THERE !!!!!
It’s now time to take the kid gloves off and bury this shower of parasitic tories under a mountain of unsold mouldy mutton pies and ersatz bovril !
If you are a season ticket holders you MUST stay away from the games as this is the only language these bastards understand and anyone who isn’t must make sure they do not visit any Celtic PLC related outlets/shops or websites.
GIVE THEM NOTHING BUT ABUSE !!!
Be careful mate what you post,there are SIMPLETONS on this site who will accuse you of being a sevco fan,all for putting out the TRUTH and a bit of CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM of the club and board.
Those are the people our board just lo e.
To paraphrase Fergus McCann
” They’re not getting one thin dime from me “.
I’m now a Brentford supporter.
C’mon The Bees!
The Celtic Managements incompetence over the last two decades knows no bounds…..