Are the seeds of rebellion being sown at Celtic? We’ll find out in the next weeks…
Eric Knott 
Since this season has started, on the surface of it, things appear to be tickedy boo at Celtic.
Appear, most definitely, is the operative word here.
We have started the season reasonably well.
6 points from 6, and already 4 points clear of our city rivals.
Falkirk easily dispatched last night in the League Cup with a much changed side.
Without setting the world alight, the team has gone about it’s business quietly and efficiently.
If you were a neutral on the outside, looking in, you’d think we’re in pretty decent shape.
Its kind of similar to looking at a second hand car which on the surface of it looks fantastic.
Body work is great, wheels are great, tyres are good, and then you take a look under the bonnet.
Still, the engine looks good, and everything seems to look fine.
You’re sold on the idea of this car because it LOOKS good.
You drive it out the dealership gates, and then slowly but surely, you discover it isn’t quite what it appeared to be.
Small things start to go wrong.
Nothing major, but things that effect the performance of the vehicle.
After a good while of owning the vehicle, it starts to give a lot of problems, problems you didn’t anticipate.
But problems, according to your mechanic when he looks at it, that could have been entirely avoided if they’d been dealt with when they initially arose.
Right now, that’s what Celtic reminds me of, vehicle that looks good on the surface, but has a lot of problems underneath the bonnet.
Problems that could have been dealt with a long time ago, but were ignored and now vehicular performance levels are not where they should be.
If the problems aren’t dealt with correctly, then it could lead to much bigger problems.
And that’s the reality at Celtic, if the current problems, when it comes to the lightness of our squad, are not dealt with, this will snowball into much bigger problems down the line.
But the big difference this time around, because it isn’t the first time this has happened, is that the fans are sitting up and taking notice.
Celtic fans are fully aware that the manager has been handicapped by the sale of Kyogo Furuhashi and Nicolas Kühn.
Add into that the loss of Filipe Jota until early next you and you get the picture.
They know that any well run club would have replacements for those players in the door by now.
The deadline has passed for registration of our 25 man squad for the Champions League.
We are now in a position where we have to play our upcoming CL qualifier against Kairat Almaty with no new additions to our already unnecessarily light squad.
Which is especially featherlight up front at this moment in time.
This was once again proven last night as we still await a goal from one of our strikers.
That is not on the manager.
That is entirely on the Celtic board, who’s responsibility it is to supply the manager with the players he requires to be able to be competitive on all fronts.
There is no doubt that he has been vocal enough about this.
But it appears that this is falling on deaf ears, either by design or through utter incompetence.
Take your pick, neither is a good look.
We, as Celtic supporters, do not deserve this.
This is what we get in return for our unwavering loyalty.
Would you say this is value for money?
When you pay extortionate prices for a product, you expect to get quality in return.
That’s not what we’re getting at Celtic.
And make no mistake, we ARE paying extortionate prices.
These prices rise year on year, yet the product on the park deteriorates year on year.
Is that a fair and decent way to treat your customer base?
The answer to that is pretty obvious.
The Celtic board just keeps on pushing the boundaries.
Its almost as if their mindset is, how much can they take before they snap?
Or more to the point, how much can we push this and get away with it, before they snap?
But make no mistake, if they keep on the trajectory they are on, the fanbase will eventually rebel.
It is human nature.
You can’t keep taking the piss out of your customer base and expect no reaction.
Ever.
People will eventually grow tired of this.
Now, a fair few of my commenters who believe the board are doing a good job, believe I should ease off on my criticism of them.
So today, I’m going to make a very fair deal with my readership.
My criteria in this deal are nothing more than the basics we should expect from our club as a fanbase.
If these criteria are met, I will not utter a single word about our board again between the end of this current transfer window, and the commencement of the next.
So here are my criteria:
We qualify for the Champions League.
The board supplies the manager with the players he needs to fill the gaps in his squad.
And by that, I mean a striker, two wingers, and a tough midfielder, at a minimum.
We defeat the Ibrox side on the 31st of August.
And finally, we do not sell Daizen Maeda.
That’s it, that’s all I am asking as a Celtic fan and a blogger.
If all of the above happens, I will not utter a word about our board until January.
What I have set out there is not unreasonable, it is normal, and the least we should be doing as a football club considering our strength and financial position.
If anybody disagrees with that, then they’re only fooling themselves.
I believe that if any of these criteria, especially failing to qualify for the Champions League, are not met, then the fanbase, which is like a tinderbox at the moment, will explode.
Failures like these, which will replicate failures of the past, are not acceptable.
They will sow the seeds of rebellion amongst the fanbase.
And when it happens, the board will surely know that is was inevitable.
So let’s just hope it doesn’t.
Let’s hope our board has the good sense to rescue a transfer window which has been one of the most underwhelming in Celtic’s 21st century history.
They have two weeks left.
I’d suggest they make the most of them.
maeda scored last night .
he is a forward
Left winger first and foremost. Striker secondary, by decree of the Celtic board.
Eric,
As I said the other day. We can sign two players before the game and I’d registered will be available.
Let’s wait and see.
If
Sorry Eric. We won,t. Thats pretty much a gaurantee. And if by some massive turnaround by the board, there is no way you sign 2 players on a monday and give them their debut 24 hrs later. Absolute negligence by the board and in my opinion this is deliberate
Sorry. Steve
If they sign two players before the game, they can’t play surely as they will not have trained enough with the squad and their pre season fitness would have to be questioned
There are too many lemmings who just pay up and think the board do a great job.
No one wants a boycott, but if that’s what it takes we have to bite the bullet.
This excuse for a board take in all the ST monies while promising to back the manager, they then “plant” all sorts of names via their friends in the media to keep the fans’ hopes up and then pull up the drawbridge and leave their proverbial phones off the hook.
Happens too often for it not to be a concerted plan!
Sorry Eric, the fans will do nothing, they never do. Gave up my season book in protest a number of years ago now, still waiting on the wider fan base doing anything at all, and It’ll be a long wait. This is nothing new, if you look back even just 10 years, this is very much the norm. The fans have done nothing in all these years and will do nothing now. Good at slagging the hun fans for their inaction, pot, kettle and black come to mind.
it was a very content and supportive fanbase in attendance llast night,
very obvious to me, that season card holders usually in place around me where replaced by general sales families, who is seems are very happy (and clappy) to actually get to see the Celts.
The Kairet game is amost sold out as well, only general sales ticket left.
Tinderbox it was not.
I’ll comment on the board!
W.T.F. is going on?
This is the big problem.
Lack of communication from these shysters is abhorrent.
Ok, I get it. No need to say who they’re “allegedly” going for until the deal is done. Fair enough. But these c…ts history in the transfer market is shocking, as we know.
It’s just not good enough or acceptable to say we tried, “world class/1st class in every department @ this club “, I think that was the quote from : no sure actually :- let’s call him the invisible man.
World class My arse!
That sevco mob are just in the door and done the required work!
Now if they somehow deliver @ least 4 players for the manager, great.
But that’s what’s definitely Required from them right @ this moment.
Now don’t give me all you delusional board apologists pish, ” I wouldn’t give that guy all that money to spend, he wasted £20m last year “no
Bollox!
That was they’re fekn fault!
It’s not their money!
Football’s changed, in every way. And these characters think they’ve got a winning formula ‘cos it’s worked before.
Allegedly.
Not worked for this manager previously, and deffo not @ the minute.
I get the business model is healthy, but for what?
Grow the business, invest, make it better. Is that not a healthy business acumen. I don’t know, but little I do know these cunts are in the dark ages as regards the team/manager of which they’re supposed to be in the position of serving.
I hear also some noise about look @ the trophies and titles we’ve won under our leadership, more bollox!
They won feck all, the managers/players won them on the park, albeit with a hindrance created by these cunts on numerous occasions. Why?
Totally dumbfounded with these “businessmen” and their outdated operational policies.
Time for change methinks?
Somehow?
Somebody please tell me what happened with Dominic Mackay? I thought wow, we’re really on the up now … ?
Please, I urge each and every 1 of you to get involved and have a voice by joining in and letting these c….s know how You feel. Please get involved?
If you want to back the team but send a message to the board, you can do it by following a few simple steps.
Send your message today.
JPtaylor@celticfc.co.uk
Board/InvestorRelarions@celticfc.co.uk
PR:relarions@celticfc.co.uk
Commercial: commercial @celtic.ck
What to do :
Email 1 or all of the above.
Unsubscribe from club marketing emails
Unfollow official club social media channels.
Sample message :
” We back our manager and want ambition matched @ board level.
Please commit to a clear transfer strategy, align publicly with the manager, & communicate openly.
Our loyalty is not in doubt – but it must be returned in kind.”
You/We have a voice, this is a chance to use it …
Hail Hail.
So that is the deal then if you get “all that you want right now you will not be critical of the board until the next transfer window” Are you for real. Says a lot about you.
Also know this Eric Celtic can still sign a couple of players and have them in the squad for the qualifier.
Dear Heads of Celtic departments.
I want you to buy players immediately for the benefit of the managers and the fans.
Spend the money, after all it is our money.
As a form of protest, I dont attend games, dont spend on merchandise, I boycott your commercial partners, dont watch Celtic tv, and will never buy a windfall ticket.
I know that sounds like it is not my money you have, but that is not the point.
Your loyaly , a guy living abroad.
A guy who travels to Celtic games from abroad and when he does, he spends more than the cost of a season ticket to do so. But you didn’t think of tbat, did you?
saint stivs
says:
16th August 2025 at 10:40 am
maeda scored last night .
he is a forward
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Eric Knott
says:
16th August 2025 at 1:11 pm
Left winger first and foremost. Striker secondary, by decree of the Celtic board.
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Daizen was bought to play as a wide left forward player. He played the majority of games in Japan as wide left, sometimes wide right, very seldom through the middle. There is a myth that he is Japan main striker through the middle, he has offcoure played there a few times in high profile games, Germany and Croatia spring to mind. But the reality of his international career 24 appearances, 4 goals. several unused sub.
As ,uch as I love his all in action man approach, for two seasons I found his lack of composure and decision making very very frustrating. The move to centre I\ could suggest was because big Adam wasnt cutting the mustard, and well the introduction of Jota. Either way, I dont know what position he plays has to do with the board. That is surely Brendans decision.
Well said to Paul above about using your voice . I’ve made a start and unsubscribed to the social media channels . I heard phone in last night and first 3 Celtic supporters backing the board . It’s all right being loyal but the board if left to them wouldn’t be spending at all . They’d have a team full of under 18s playing every week . They need pressurised into spending . That’s not good enough
Eric Knott
says:
16th August 2025 at 6:56 pm
A guy who travels to Celtic games from abroad and when he does, he spends more than the cost of a season ticket to do so. But you didn’t think of tbat, did you?
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who is that then ?
Gee, I don’t know. A guy living abroad?
Stivs
Last nights performance and scoreline took the heat off of the board.
If the players required aren’t bought by the end of the window and results suffer then rest assured that the board will get dogs abuse.
Above emails incorrect!
Should read :
relations@celticfc.co.uk
commercial@celtic.ck
Ahem, typing is not my forte!