After 12 days of failure in the transfer market Celtic put Martin O’Neill up for interview on Monday.
For paid subscribers to Celtic TV only, the half-hearted club outlet led by Gerry McCulloch.
O’NEILL’S TRANSFER LETDOWN
Clearly O’Neill wasn’t going to hit out at the failures of Michael Nicholson to boost the squad and more importantly the Starting XI.
He was fairly blunt and outspoken about recalling Stephen Welsh.
After four season on the fringes of the Celtic side the defender is getting his first ever regular run of football.
Motherwell are playing well and riding high in the SPFL Premiership, Welsh has been a vital part of that success.
Joining the dots the absolute failure of whatever Celtic have for a recruitment department is the reason for the return of Welsh.
O’Neill even suggested that the back-up defender could be returning to Fir Park before the January transfer window closes.
A Celtic TV Exclusive interview with Martin O’Neill is now available to ALL subscribers.
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— Celtic TV (@CelticTV) January 12, 2026
Content on Celtic TV is sort of thin on the ground.
Domestic subscribers can watch reruns of matches from midnight with the only real benefit being pre-season friendlies shown live.
THE NICHOLSON REVOLUTION
Two Michael Nicholson interviews were available to all through You Tube but only paying fans could access yesterday’s O’Neill interview.
There are more than a few families with three Season Tickets or more that pay in over £2,000 a year. If they wanted to hear the thoughts of O’Neill they’d need to pay out again.
Communications at Celtic is grim. Extracting more money from supporters is the aim of every venture.
Buried at the aborted AGM in November was some exciting news from Michael Nicholson.
During a pre-recorded interview the Celtic CEO revealed that the club was working on an app and a new look for Celtic TV.
Like everything else this is another promise from Nicholson that he has failed to keep.
Failing O’Neill could be a step too far for the man that hung his hat on the brilliance of Wilfried Nancy.
You have hung this man out to the wolves. He’s repeating what Rodgers, Ange, and Lennon have all said before him about signings. Why is this? I thought this was all Rodgers’ fault, according to Mr Desmond. The club has no recruitment structure. We just go to the same agents
— Totò (@rinna_salv79514) January 12, 2026
Here’s an idea – see us season ticket holders that spend fortunes travelling to games – could we not get access to this ? Fairly simple concept I would think
— David Doyle (@davydoyle67) January 12, 2026
2024, 2025, and soon to be 2026. Rinse and repeat from the board. the board have no competence to back MON. We must work harder is from 2024, so clearly not been able to as recruitment has failed spectacularly in that time until now. Accountability non existent. STB pic.twitter.com/Dr7SWt8EZc
— Kevin Hampsay (@HampsayKevin) January 12, 2026
Stop using MON as a shield. Aye we understand he’s class.
The club is making a mockery of the man. Fucking bring in players and the head of Nicholson on a plate.
— PyongyangRovers (@Sacktheboard967) January 12, 2026
Put the interview behind a pay wall, when you can’t even spent any money on a team that badly needs it @CelticFC is nothing but a joke of a club #SackTheBoard #BackTheTeam
— James (@jay1888kay) January 12, 2026
Said all along, there won’t be any signing unless it’s a couple of desperate ones on deadline day. Nicholson has to go. T even with Martin O Neil the title is in the balance.I ll take a couple more loans. This season is now about winning the league nothing else.
Brian Wilson want to show unity let fan media back in and the GREEN brigade back to games.
Winning the league this season Simon is in severe jeopardy,I noticed sevco have been strengthening as hearts have as well,while our lot twiddle their thumbs,I hope they’ve not got MON in to be a patsy,but regards despairing about this boards lack of vision, Celtic park is still full for home games,how is that showing this board we mean business,a half empty stadium on televised games would make a statement but as the faithful/ gullible, through and through keep the ground full,the board are sitting all smug and self satisfied at the plebs who hand over their money.
Like Germany did not belong to the Nazis in the thirties, Celtic FC does not belong to the plc. They know this as well as anybody else!
You can learn from history if you are willing to examine it and draw conclusions.
For them, the manager really IS the football side of the club. They are grinding the club down, by running it in their own peculiar and unique way!
We all know how reprehensible this board is , they are taking us for mugs stop giving them your money
I have no doubt that the board are determined to recoup Nancy’s pay-off from this window’s transfer pot.
The support want a strong team on the park playing exciting attacking football, winning titles and trophies. We want to see progress in Europe year on year.
All the board care about is balancing the books and racking up profits. The profits should be strengthening the team. It’s beyond silly when the club is spending more of our money on corporation tax than on transfers. This cheapskate, cynical board has completely lost the plot. Sack the lot of the them.
Agreed.
Wouldn’t be surprised – at all – if the Board’s priority this window is to try and offset the
not insignificant recruitment and termination costs for Nancy and his backroom team.
Additionally, they could be looking to offset the drop in merch and match day revenues?
Maybe that is why the Board is STILL dragging its feet with a striker, etc…. ?
Maybe it’s DD’s way of ‘punishing’ us ungrateful customers?
What Celtic have just done to Motherwell and to Stephen Welsh is utterly disgusting.
Welsh is at a fine club and playing regularly. Neither Welsh nor Motherwell are responsible for the effin state Celtic are in. Only the selfish and utterly incompetent board are responsible. Celtic fans need to wise up. Action, NOT threats are in order. Tough love is needed now. We are letting this board treat us like dirt. Stop the income!
It is if they are looking down on Working Class Celtic Fans??
You think? Of course they are.
MON chose to come back – again – as interim manager, and he knows exactly
how things work [or not] at the club.
Yes, he is a useful buffer for the Board to buy them some time: there is huge goodwill
for MON, which the Board is brazenly exploiting.
But, at his age and level of experience, MON is in a unique position to potentially help
force change – and quicker?
He could choose to be very vocal, criticising the Board, the failing recruitment, etc. –
and he could loudly demand change and improvements right across the club?
MON is bullet proof, and can say what he wants: he’s there until season end.
It seems [?] that he is pals with DD, but he must be aware of his legacy at the club,
and the opportunity he has to ruffle some feathers – ultimately for the good of the club?
This has to be MON’s last manager role anyway: what has he got to lose…?
Who knows what goes on behind closed doors , but I would have thought that when Mr Desmond asked Martin O’Neil back to repair the Nancy damage for a third time, Mr O’Neill would have ‘ demanded ‘ a few guarantees from the big boss especially in the recruitment department ..as in we desperately need 4 players minimum with a striker as of paramount importance ? Serious guarantees! The man is a super intelligent guy with the respect of all his peers . I don’t think he would put his reputation on the line without insisting on fresh faces and players as a pre condition on taking the head coach job until the end of the season just to stay pals with the champion amateur golfer of the Southern Hemisphere circuits ….not for a nanosecond !
I was delighted that Martin told the dottery old Fu**ers to GTF today on their imbicillic ‘projects’ that they tried to fling on him !