It’s clearer than ever that a change of direction is needed at the club…

‘Sack the Board ‘rang out at Celtic Park yesterday, it was a flashback moment to the dark days of the early 1990s. Although the two situations are totally different, the message is the same. We need a change of direction in the boardroom.

Back in the ’90s the old board of the Kelly family were running the club into the ground, they quite literally almost killed us. This time around it’s the Lawwell family that appears to be the root of our current problems, according to thousands of supporters at the game yesterday who also chanted about Lawwell(s).

These days, thankfully aren’t in the same predicament, this board have us ticking over in a healthy financial position and we needn’t worry about the club’s future, but many supporters believe that they only care about the bank balance and not that of the club on the playing front.

Nothing more. Profit is all that they are interested in. They care not a jot about the ordinary every day supporter who plough their hard earned cash into the club. They are money orientated in their approach, and that goes against the ideology of our club’s beliefs. The way they have treated the Green Brigade is testament to just that.

Peter Lawwell of course is back as chairman and his son Mark is also head of recruitment so I don’t think it’s coincidental that we are seeing a return to the lack of quality investment in the squad. But it’s not just those two, far from it. The other board members are to blame also. Dermot Desmond, Brian Wilson, Sharon Brown, Thomas Allison, Michael Nicholson, and Christopher McKay also need to take the burden.

We need a major shake up at boardroom level, we’ve been static in that department for far too long.

Yes we have enjoyed domestic dominance, but we can do so much more. We want to be untouchable domestically while also improving on the European front. We had several chances to push on, but the lack of interest from the top has made us static. There is no ambition, apart from being slightly better than theRangers. The Celtic Board don’t want to implement a ticket exchange scheme at Celtic Park but this afternoon there will be a trophy exchange taking place as the first of our treble of trophies heads to a new resting place at Pittodrie or worse still Ibrox.

Celtic needs new faces with new ideas, a fresh approach and most importantly we need a connection between the boardroom and the supporters. If they think this is going to go away, they are sadly mistaken. The Celtic support have woken up to their meddling ways and many believe that Saturday’s chanting was just the start.

Just an Ordinary Bhoy

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