GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 05: Wilfried Nancy during a Celtic press conference at the Lennoxtown Training Centre, on December 05, 2025, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images)
Martin O’Neill was presented to two media conferences yesterday.
Both arranged by Iain Jamieson, by invite only to compliant media messengers.
Most of those in attendance are revelling in the state that Celtic are in but for professionalism they know the drill.
First up O’Neill spoke to broadcast media, for a full seven minutes and 13 seconds. Gordon Duncan, wearing his Sky Sports hat got the ball rolling by asking for a Kyogo Furuhashi update.
O’Neill could have dismissed it as media speculation. He didn’t, that deal was another Michael Nicholson failure.
Apparently Kyogo wants to prove himself at Birmingham. Surely an issue that could have been easily identified before Celtic pursued a deal.
That was the big question of the day.
To stay in the media loop other key questions went unasked.
O’NEILL AND THE TRUCE?
On Tuesday at his conference with newspapers O’Neill expressed a wish for the Celtic Park atmosphere to return to normality. The Green Brigade are suspended, 300 Season Tickets suspended while four fans face minor charges.
Racist hate anthems were welcomed into Celtic Park last Saturday. Songs banned by UEFA but welcomed by their O** F*** business partners.
He even offered to mediate. In-between training and assessing the squad, preparing for a match on Saturday and trying to force transfer issues through.
Shortly before the media conference the North Curve confirmed that the collective ban on the Green Brigade was still in place.
Clearly talking to fans, trying to improve the atmosphere, trying to unite the club is below Michael Nicholson and Brian Wilson.
No one thought to follow up on O’Neill’s offer to be the peacemaker. How had Nicholson reacted to that offer. Maybe the £17,000 a week CEO just shrugged his shoulders?
JOCELIN TA BI?
The Ivorian winger is apparently well on his way to signing for Celtic. On every level the transfer is wrong, pointless and for many utterly immoral.
Celtic have absolutely no need for a 21-year-old project winger with less than 50 career appearances in Israeli football.
Ta Bi will make absolutely no positive impact on Celtic this season.
On Tuesday O’Neill said that he would have the final say on transfer deals. His task is to deliver success, to retain the SPFL Premiership title.
Ta Bi has spoken of his joy and excitement of joining Celtic. Not one question was put to O’Neill at either conference about this exciting signing.
Of course most members of the Celtic board will be thrilled to send money off to Israel. Fans haven’t had to dig too deeply to see that Ta Bi’s club Maccabi Netanya are owned by Aliya Capital Partners whose main business is supporting the genocide of Palestine. At times like this Celtic loves to play the ‘a club open to all’ card’.
All of those invited to yesterday’s media conference will attend today’s match with Dundee United. Wifi, food and drink will be on the menu alongside Car Park passes for Celtic’s compliant media partners.
Shameful! No better than their friends at IPox.
Pan ,I think their friends at ipox are a much better board than our shower of shysters,how many times did sevco board members dip into their own pockets to buy players for the managers,all our scummy board do is sell off our best and pocket any profits,none of them including DD have never once dipped into their own money,and sevcos CEO speaks up if he thinks his team has been shafted by the ref,our gormless twats just sit and say nothing,hence Celtic still get shafted by the masonic MIB.I wish we had sevcos board in charge of us , imagine what players they would get for the manager if they had 80 million in the bank.
Aye, good stuff Jim.
I’ve lost sleep, spent hours, days trying to think of a solution and all I see is the call for desperate measures.
On that vein, I reckon the names, addresses, postcodes, emails and phone numbers need to be published simultaneously of ALL those behind recent events, but some ongoing for decades. So, Demond senior first, junior second, Lawwell 3rd, Nicholson 4th, Wilson 5th, and all the rest of them, aye to a man/woman.
We have supporters everywhere so this ‘initiative’ would give supporters local to the addresses, and anyone else who wished to help out, a direct channel in which to demonstrate our ‘collective’ ill feelings.
Of course, peaceful demonstrations in person at these addresses would be absolutely encouraged to enlighten those who ‘desperately’ need enlightenment about the causes and results of their collective failures. I would certainly join such a peaceful protest and be happy to drive to addresses I could reasonably reach but also phone, write email etc.
Furthermore, I’m absolutely positive this would achieve the desired outcomes and allow us to ‘blow off some steam’ gathered due to the utter frustration of seeing the results of the hapless, supporter-harming board and knowing it’s all extravagantly paid for by our faithful supporters. Enough is enough.
And remember, Lawwell and co were happy to give out names and addresses of some of our supporters who later had their doors kicked in by Police Scotland for, often, minor ‘offences’. Well there’s nothing more offensive to me than Desmond, Lawwell and co. Lawwell’s gone but his stench and appointees remain all over the place. Tiochfaidh Ar La.
Very obvious.
Whilst the SMSM has always looked to write negative stories about Celtic,
e.g. from “Thugs & Thieves” to the more recent, fictional ‘phantom blade’
there hasn’t been a peep about doing business with an israeli club.
An open goal – yet simply ignored by the SMSM…?
Very obvious.
Maybe Faddy will be guest of honour in one of the hospitality boxes today..giving out invaluable tax tips to the privileged patrons ? Tha would make it 6 jobs ..not 5 !
What about the genocide in Israel. Stick to the football .
Please – Not another winger – And a F***in project one at that as well !