I don’t know about you but I felt a great sense of relief after reading Dermot Desmond’s grilling at the hands of the Celtic support today. A great sense of relief that I’m not Brian Dempsey that is.
Now I’m not saying you should employ a food tester Brian but it may be worth considering – and even if it isn’t time for your motor’s annual service it might we worth popping it into Kwik-Fit for a wee health check on the brakes if nothing else.
And I’m also feeling like a weight came off the shoulders when Dermot categorically stated that Roy Keane, Mick McCarthy, Sean Dyche and Davie Moyes would not be the next Celtic manager, as he confirmed when asked by one Jeremy Paxman inspired supporter the question: What are your hopes for next season? and was advised, “That we recruit a manager that plays football the way that all Celtic supporters want” A blessed relief that was.
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You simply cannot appreciate how reassuring those words from Celtic’s principal shareholder were to me and thousands of others. To hear from the horse’s mouth that at last we are all on the same page and we can narrow down the runners and riders to candidates with a vision from this Century at least, was as fine tasting as that first pint of Guinness after Dry January – and well done to all the season ticket holders who submitted questions like that. Fan engagement is certainly the way forward.
It was also nice of Mr Desmond to inject a touch of humour into proceedings too. Proper winding us up that Peter Lawwell is involved in the recruitment process Dermot, what are you like? Like you’d involve a guy who’s jacked in the job and overseen the collapse of the Ten to choose the next manager- that was just to give us the shakes wasn’t it? You crazy japester you!
And then game the giggles to accompany it, “We are very fortunate to have Ian Bankier as our Chairman and he leads a diverse and extremely talented Board”. I think a little bit of wee actually came out at that point. Talented? My sides were pure splitting – and Diverse? – one for all you crazy politically correct nerds out there calling the Board pale, male and stale. Bet you didn’t know Bankier was really of African American descent and Peter Lawwell was actually called Patricia.
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Still, despite all the reassurance and the satirical content within today’s fan-led Q&A, the overriding feeling has to be one of trust and happiness that the lines of communication are well and truly open. It sounds like all is in hand and that is certainly most comforting, because it had crossed my mind that it might not be and we’d been hitting more roadblocks than the local constabulary in Armadale.
OK so things may be a little sketchy when it comes to any detail, but to know that Dermot and the Diversity crew have got a handle on this is heartening and encouraging. In fact, I’m starting to feel with Dermot and the band in charge that theRangers might have started their celebratory rioting a bit too early. I think Dessie may have something up his sleeve – he certainly gives the impression he knows something we don’t, indeed a lot more that we don’t.
🍀⚪️ #CelticFC’s principal shareholder, Dermot Desmond, today responded to a number of questions and issues raised by supporters in an exclusive interview with the official Celtic website ⬇️
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) March 23, 2021
And thankfully he didn’t try too hard to explain it all to us, the minimalist approach made good sense, what with our limited understanding of biznes and ecunumics and all that. At least now I can focus on my Celtic store online shop and leave the worrying to those learned chaps. And that is just as well because all this changing in structure is complicated and mind sapping.
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So, thank you Celtic fans for submitting the questions, and a cap is doffed to our principal shareholder for answering them with such transparency and detail. It can’t be easy being Nixon to Gerry McCulloch’s Frost.
Now I think I’ll have a sandwich as my nerves have subsided for the first time in weeks and I feel I can eat. I’ll split it with you if you like Brian. Probably safer.
Niall J
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Can i just say that you need to go to specsavers! It wasnt the board or the manager that let us down, it was a small group of players who wanted a move and downed their footballs because we forced them to stay for a crack at the ten, in hindsight, we shouldv sold them and bought 5 or 6 players, but then we’d have you saying the board sold the jerseys before a ball was kicked, fickle doesnt even come close!
Likewise, what do you want him to say, dya want him to list who hes talking to, how much wages they want, use a bit of grey matter for goodness sake.
If your a real fan, get behind the team, stop riding the should have, could have, would have pony.
Do you honestly think they didnt desperately want the 10, like all of us.
If they got rid of lenny before Christmas, do you honestly think we would have got a new manager and he would have completely turned the team around to win almost every game from when he started…… really!
THE LEAGUE WAS LOST BY A SMALL MINORITY OF MONEY GRABBING PLAYERS, TOGETHER WITH SOME SIGNINGS THAT TURNED OUT TO BE SCHIDT.
Turn your misplaced anger into passion and back the team, otherwise you are creating just as much negativity as that small band of players.
Here’s hoping this seasons wrongs will be righted next season, and a good start would be 60,000 of us ‘backing’ the team
The art of a great politician is the ability to speak for an hour, say absolutely nothing and answer only questions you want to answer!!