I fear the Bhoys Celtic banner displayed outside Celtic Park will only serve to drive Desmond on in his bid to hire Robbie Keane

Yesterday, the ultras group Bhoys Celtic left a banner outside Celtic Park which bluntly told Dermot Desmond and Robbie Keane what they thought of them.

If Robbie Keane does get the job, this banner is an early indicator of how the appointment will be met.

I wrote a fairly substantial article on the subject yesterday, which in turn, generated a lot of debate.

There are quite a lot of fans out there who would actually welcome the appointment.

But equally, there are plenty who cannot stand the idea of it.

Which proves that the appointment – if it happens – would be what we’ve predicted it would be, totally divisive.

Personally, I don’t want Keane next or near our club.

But that’s just me.

I laid out the reasons for that pretty clearly yesterday.

The majority of them are footballing.

In my view, he’s just not good enough to be the manager of a club of Celtic’s size.

Couple that with his past managerial connections – and as I said – this appointment is doomed to failure.

I would also be concerned about Keane’s ability to handle the media in Scotland.

I’m not sure he has the charisma of previous Celtic managers, but that’s a story for another day.

If he gets the job, we’ll soon find out how he handles the media.

Needless to say, the doors to fan media certainly won’t be re-opened if he’s appointed.

Yesterday, I know the Bhoys Celtic were trying to express their feelings in the plainest, simplest, even crudest language they could.

It read as follows:

“Desmond’s and Keane fuck off”

Do I agree with it?

Well, I want the Desmond’s gone, and I certainly don’t want Robbie Keane at Celtic, so yes, I suppose I do.

I made plain my reasons for wanting the Desmond’s gone in yesterday’s article.

Note that the banner says Desmond’s, rather than Desmond.

Which means it is specifically aimed at Dermot Desmond’s son, Ross, as well.

After his performance at last years AGM, it is clear to see why nobody would want him near the club.

If he were to step into his father’s shoes at Celtic, then God help us all.

While the banner is crudely effective in its wording, I fear it will have the total opposite effect to what it says.

As I stated yesterday, the only way the reign of Dermot Desmond ends is when he’s six feet under, or ash in the wind.

Desmond will look at that banner, and his attitude will be, “f*** them, I’ll hire Robbie Keane to spite them now”.

If you don’t believe that, then look at his past behaviours when he’s been met with adversity from the fans.

Rather than save our 10 in a row season, and give us the chance to create history, he stuck with Neil Lennon out of spite.

We all know how that particular debacle ended.

Desmond preferred to prove his point than make the ultimate history for Celtic.

That shows how spiteful an individual he can be.

Does anybody think he won’t look at that banner, and react spitefully to it either?

I fear that all that banner will do is galvanise Desmond when it comes to hiring Robbie Keane.

We are now at the mercy of Martin O’Neill, who we’re told Desmond is meeting today in London for talks.

We have to pray he says he’s taking the job for another year.

Otherwise, we will be getting Robbie Keane.

Especially if the below X post from Anthony Joseph is anything to go by:

UPDATE: Celtic have held constructive talks with Robbie Keane over their managerial vacancy.

Further discussions are scheduled.

Principal shareholder Dermot Desmond is also due to gauge Martin O’Neill’s appetite for remaining at the club in some capacity.

(w/@markmcadamtv) https://t.co/1CwmXKNbty

— Anthony Joseph (@AnthonyRJoseph) June 3, 2026

I think we can accept that despite what the banner requests, Dermot Desmond will be going nowhere.

And he will hire Robbie Keane if wants to hire Robbie Keane.

Despite the sentiments of a large chunk of the fanbase.

This is the way things work in a despot dictatorship.

Voices of dissent are crushed.

And you can be sure they will continue to be crushed.

“We learned lessons from last year”, they said.

You cannot learn when you have an individual at the top of the club who is unwilling to learn from any past f*** ups.

He will do it his way.

And f*** the begrudgers, as the Irish would say.

Desmond lives and breathes that mantra.

Much to our very detriment.

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