Celtic fan Martin joined myself and James Forrest on the Trinity Tims podcast with Eric Knott turning in a fantastic performance in the presenter chair.
Eric has been involved in some heated X/Twitter exchanges in recent times over Celtic’s failing performances.
Eric has invited the main Happy Clappers to share their opinions on a live podcast.
Unsurprising almost to a man they declined or blocked Eric from their Twitter feed.
Martin, a Paisley born fan that has been living in the USA for over 20 years decided to step up and take the challenge.
In Martin’s world domestic domination is footballing bliss, the ultimate footballing achievement.
Myself and James disagreed.
Being on top in one of the worst leagues in European football is no big deal.
CELTIC- WHERE SOMEÂ FANS SET AMBITION AT BEING THE BEST OF THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL DROSS
It is enjoyable to be winning domestically but in Europe Celtic are utterly irrelevant.
A club with a glorious distant past from the Jock Stein days, an abysmal present and zero future under the current leadership and set up.
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Domestic domination and avoiding liquidation seems to be the extent of Martin’s ambitions.
Which ties in neatly with the ‘one point above R***ers’ aims of the Celtic board.
That benchmark ties the hoops into failure.
Alongside being 35th out of 36th in the Europa League Celtic are down to 58th in the UEFA co-efficient table.
Behind Copenhagen and Midtjylland.
Next week Viking and Bodo Glimt will be in Champions League action. On Thursday Celtic face Besiktas looking to avoid a fifth successive European defeat.
On every metric Scotland’s most successful club are small time and parochial.
The stadium is in a state of disrepair. The interim manager won’t get another job in football management. The board lacks leadership and refuses to communicate with supporters/customers.
Under a competent CEO like Dom McKay Celtic could do far better in every area of the club.
It’s not a secret, there are multiple examples across the continent of clubs growing and developing.
Club Brugge out perform Celtic every season in Europe backed by a stadium that holds 29,500 fans.
Benfica is a very decent comparison. Every aspect of the Portuguese side is streets ahead of Celtic. Earlier this month Celtic fans visited a modern stadium tailored towards the fans/customers.
Last night at leaky Celtic Park fans in the three ‘new stands’ watched in the most basic conditions with catering and toilet facilities that were outdated back in the nineties.
But some Celtic fans are comfortable with all of that as they bask in domestic trophies and avoiding liquidation.
