Michael Nicholson and Brian Wilson were posted missing from Celtic’s friendly against Middlesbrough.
The Directors Box looked spartan with plenty of others following the executive duo in giving the match a miss.
Last month Brian Wilson spoke of his delight that 99.5% of fans renewed their Season Ticket. On Saturday it looked like 90% of those fans opted to stay away.
No official attendance has been given for the match.
It appeared as if there were between 3-4,000 Celtic fans in the North Stand front with a similar amount in the South Stand.
Chris McKay and Sharon Brown were in the Directors Box as they looked out at the consequences of the shambles started by Nicholson in January 2025.
Selling Kyogo Furuhashi with no intention of bringing in a replacement striker was the start of managed decline. Eighteen months later it is no longer managed.
Instantly Celtic gave up any chance of winning their Round of 16 Champions Play Off.
NICHOLSON- THE MANAGED DECLINE THAT GOT OUT OF CONTROL
Brendan Rodgers’ side pushed Bayern Munich till the 178th minute before being knocked out.
Some fans saw that as the launch pad for future success.
Nicholson viewed it differently. As a dangerous high water mark capable of setting expectations that would require hard work and professionalism throughout the club to attain.
Last summer Nicholson stepped up his actions by selling Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah.
When Shin Yamada was forced on Brendan Rodgers it was the final straw.
Last season Celtic went through three changes of management, lost eight SPFL matches and watched the formation of the Celtic Fans Collective and Celtic Supporters Limited.
Nicholson and Wilson have sat back congratulating themselves on their brilliance.
There are signs that Martin O’Neill’s rescue act might not be so effective over a full season. Recruitment has been as underwhelming as pre-season results.
Four transfer windows spent weakening the squad eventually catches up.
Nicholson and Wilson got a taste of the anger directed their way last season. This time the O’Neill shield may not be enough to protect them.
Dirty cowards the two of them…
Lucan was probably in his shitehouse all day emptying all the watery diarrhoea that every sinew of his fibre being is made up of…
Brian ‘Butchers Apron’ Wilson would probably be thinking of his beloved Labour Party’s Butchers Apron strategies at an Orange Parade somewhere in not so Bonnie Scotland !
Maybe they were boycotting the game too….
Nicholson is around the rugged rock somewhere and Wilson was last seen going down easily in the box.