With just over 48 hours to go till the start of pre-season training Celtic appear to be down three key members of their coaching staff.
On Tuesday West Brom announced the arrival of Gavin Strachan as their first team coach. Following six years at Celtic.
Last season Strachan was joined on the training field at Lennoxtown by Shaun Maloney and Mark Fotheringham.
The signed off last season by raising the Scottish Cup at Hampden alongside Martin O’Neill.
As it stands pre-season training looks like being a very lonely experience for O’Neill. Perhaps with just Stephen McManus for company.
It is well known throughout football that O’Neill isn’t a tracksuit manager. He leaves the training ground to others.
Previously John Robertson and Steve Walford. More recently Strachan, Maloney and Fotheringham.
Last season Brian Wilson and Michael Nicholson acknowledged that Celtic need to improve on communications and supporter engagement.
They have done nothing of the sort.
CELTIC A CLUB THAT IS COMPLETELY LEADERLESS
The club CEO has been hiding behind his £17,000 a week salary since he appointed Wilfried Nancy.
Wilson gaslights fans one a month with a Supporters Update. It is about as genuine as the promises of a Labour politician.
O’Neill’s return appointment was announced 13 days ago by Celtic. Not a single word has been heard since then by the manager.
His comments are as rare as the arrival of new players.
What sort of player wants to join Celtic? A club leaderless in every area.
This is the outcome of Nicholson and Wilson. Doing as little as possible on the instructions of Celtic’s biggest shareholder.
Thank goodness it only took them a few months to agree a deal with two Celtic fans who would give anything to be at the club. Bodes well.
— Donald (@answer_me_this8) June 19, 2026
O’Neill is unlikely to go in front of Gerry McCulloch to tell him how wonderful things are, how happy he is.
Callum McGregor will be keeping a low profile.
Putting any player up to speak to the media will be an act of cruelty. Putting them in front of Gerry McCulloch or any of the in-house media team to discuss their summer holiday and favourite colour would be taking things way too far.
O’Neill is being led to the cliff edge by Celtic.
Forcing through changes or calling things out are the only realistic options he has.
Such is the club’s reputation that it may be too late to force through changes.
No competent CEO, Director of Football or Recruitment specialist is going to work in an environment where an elderly golfer has the final say on every meaningful decision.
Trying to throw the league again
Spot on John. Desmond came close last season, he won’t make the same mistake next season. What’s left of the summer will be more of the same, utter turmoil.
Anybody that renewed their season ticket will be taught a harsh lesson by the chancers “running” the club.
Leopards and ego inflated moustacheod tyrants don’t change their spots.
The business model that Desmond and his cabal of corporate greed and austerity fc is utterly ruthless, the Burke and Hare of scottish football ,their only priority is to fleece the supporters as much as possible and do and say nothing, remember it is only with our support for this junta that they exist, so if your happy with crap on offer then keep giving them your money but if you are a true supporter of this famous club then stop giving them your money or you are complicit
Articles like this are so important. We need people to shine the light on the the crooks destroying our club. Thanks, Joe!
Desmond is on the first tees of major golf courses throughout the world ! Wilson will be spending or giving rather most of his time to ‘advising ‘incoming Labour PM Burnham ! And Nicholson will be catching up on reading the comic book annuals he received for Christmas ! That’s the limit of the guy’s boardroom credentials ! The old ‘Roger Melly ..the man on the telly ‘ from the VIZ number !
Ah – St.Martin will be fu**in Smartin…
DUPED ! – ye fool, ye fool, ye fool…
Tell them to f*ck their job Martin – We’ll still love you as much as we hate them !
Thing is no one is surprised. My only surprise is the fact that the happy clappers and supporters of this board still insist theyre doing a good job with statements like but we’ve won this and that under their stewardship. Its rinsed and repeated every duckin season. We must be the only support in world football that absolutely hate the transfer window. Fuckin parasites and moustache wearing wankstains
@season ticket holders. Don’t dare complain – you are the enablers…
After selling, Engels, Maeda, Hatate & Nygren, it’ll be last day of the transfer window projects (=punts), Bosmans and loans, same as it always is….
They HAVE TO GO
This is like watching the zio-nist-as ruin another government in US/UK etc etc
That board HAS TO GO ASAP
Anyone looking for information on the world stage could start @…
The Khazarian Mafia, part 1, The God Eaters on YOUTUBE @ Chuck Swindoll / Nature Creatures
Open mind required
The manner in which the club is being run is getting ever more frustrating / incomprehensible ?
But, the share price is at an all time high – up almost 50% in the last year.
Something must be going on, but don’t have a scooby what that is ?! 🙁
HUNT THE BOARD!