World-class to Basic Board in Celtic’s summer of discontent

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·25 August 2025

World-class to Basic Board in Celtic’s summer of discontent

It’s not self entitlement, we care for our club and want the very best for Celtic on and off the park…

Celtic Park. Celtic v Livingston, 23 August 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou

This past week has seen fan fury against the Celtic hierarchy intensify with chants of ‘sack the board’ being rung throughout Celtic Park as the support vent their displeasure at the clear incompetence of our custodians.

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Admittedly from the outside looking in it can look very much like self entitlement (as supporters of rival clubs have been quick to accuse us of) but nothing could be further from the truth.

Yes we have won numerous honours throughout the years, and we currently sit top of the table after a one hundred percent start to the campaign, without even conceding a goal, a position that we are privileged to be in, but as paying customers as well as supporters we feel we are being treated like mugs.

The Celtic players aren’t the problem here

The Celtic players aren’t the problem here, they are well backed by the supporters and we appreciate their efforts, it’s the folk who currently occupy power within the corridors of Celtic Park that many supporters now has a problem with.

The Celtic Board is quick to boast record revenue on a regular basis, figures that are only possible due to the supporters who pay through the nose for season tickets and merchandise etc, and such is life, the fat cats get rich through our generosity, and we get took for a ride in return.

The money we’ve made in transfer fees the past decade or so have been mind blowing, and yes we’ve spent a chunk of that on recruitment, but that doesn’t tell the entire story.

Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates scoring the third goal during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic C and St. Johnstone at Celtic Park on December 29, 2024. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Our failure to replace Kyogo who left in January, and bring in more additions before the Champions League playoff isn’t the main reason for our displeasure, it’s been brewing for much longer than that.

Celtic tend to shop at the bargain end of the market

Celtic tend to shop at the bargain end of the market when we could push the boat out for a more experienced and high calibre of player. Gustaf Lagerbielke, and Maik Nawrocki are recent examples. Both players who were clearly not rated by the manager, both who cost a combined £7 million.

That £7 million could have been used to buy a player who was proven and better still rated by the manager. Kwon, Yang, Odin Thiago Holm, are other examples of our hierarchy’s interference and incompetence when it comes to recruitment, thinking buy cheap sell big, which continues to be their overriding philosophy. For the record the club signed these players, not Brendan Rodgers who arrived as many of these deals were getting finalised.

Yang Hyun-Jun of Celtic battles for possession with John McGinn of Aston Villa during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD8 match between Aston Villa FC and Celtic FC at Villa Park on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

You can even hark back to Brendan’s first spell when he wanted the likes of John McGinn, and Timothy Castagne and ended up with Youssouf Mulumbu and Jeremy Toljan. Think of the difference McGinn and Castagne could have made, creating more endless fun, interesting games and interesting rewards like you get on a Diuwin Game, and perhaps helping Celtic become a decent competitor at Champions League level.

You could be there all day rhyming off the examples of their failings, but Celtic supporters know the problem, and it’s the self-serving and entitled suits that sit in the boardroom that’s the reason for our club failing to realise it’s true potential and could possibly miss out on the Champions League and the £40million revenue that comes with it.

Peter Lawwell, Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay applaud during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Livingston at Celtic Park on August 23, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Celtic supporters want what’s best for our club

Celtic supporters are simply exercising our right to show our displeasure at the way our club is now being run. We want what’s best for our club, and those who are currently running the show are guilty of sheer neglect over self interest. It’s not self entitled to highlight that fact, as is our right, and we will continue to do air those frustrations while backing Brendan Rodgers and his Celtic team.

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