Hallelujah! Nancy has gone, so too has Tisdale. Next up should be Nicholson and co. Now let’s go and save our season...
Wilfried Nancy. Premier Sports Cup Final. 14 December 2025. St Mirren v Celtic. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
Hallelujah the Celtic hierarchy have actually seen sense and fired the hopeless pairing of Wilfried Nancy with Paul Tisdale also leaving much to the delight of Celtic supporters everywhere.
Nancy will go down as the worst ever manager in the history of the football club after just weeks in charge, and to be honest he can count himself lucky he lasted as long as he did. He ripped up the spine of our side, and demoralised the players and supporters with his insane philosophy and approach to the game.
Wilfried Nancy, Dundee Utd v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. Tannadice, 17 December 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
Although we can celebrate the revitalisation of our season, the clouds have not totally disappeared over Celtic park, far from it, as Michael Nicholson and his cronies should be next in following the Frenchman, Tisdale and their old chum Lawwell out the door.
First things first though, and the appointment of a new boss should be done asap, either interim or permanent, but it must be the right man, that goes without saying.
The rumour mill will undoubtedly cry for Martin O’Neill, but it’s unclear if he will want a second shot so soon after coming to our rescue after the departure of Brendan Rodgers.
Shaun Maloney and Martin O’Neill at Celtic Park on October 28, 2025 (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
One man who could be interested is Shaun Maloney who is of course still employed by the club, and for me I’d take him all day long as he would undoubtedly kickstart our title as was shown during his short cameo with Martin O’Neill when he more than played his part. Although to be fair i’d take Sean Bean if it meant binning Wilfried Nancy!!
Maloney incidentally has been working alongside Paul Tisdale in the transfer market preparations so will already be up to speed on the targets that have been identified. Where he agrees with all the calls Tisdale was making remains to be seen but there is time to change course if need be and still bring in the signings we need.
I noted earlier that the title was still ours to lose if we got rid of Nancy, and you’d better believe I still feel the same way.
Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney celebrate Celtic’s opening goal during the Premier League match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on October 29, 2025 (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Let’s get the right man in and kickstart our season. The league is there to be won, and we can now feel all that more confident going forward and the decision will undoubtedly be a major boost to the Celtic players who clearly were lost playing Nancy’s peculiar brand of football that gifted so many points to teams we should have beaten.
Only Motherwell were worthy of the three points against us but in the rest of the game Nancy kept shooting himself in the foot with his kamikaze approach to defending.
Supporters will be happy at the news and will now be looking forward to the game against Dundee United this weekend, after many had earlier in the day begun to contemplate a boycott. This is not the end though, more changes are needed and there also needs to be a complete re-set in the attitude in the Boardroom towards the support.
Green Brigade gesture prior to the UEFA Champions League match between Aston Villa and Celtic at Villa Park on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
The next announcement should be lifting the ban on the Green Brigade and refunding them for the ticket money for the money games that they have missed.
An apology should also be given to the Celtic fan media and a meeting set up to discuss clear rules for both sides – Celtic unilaterally and without cause broke the current arrangement and there is no going back to that.
03.01.2026 Celtic v theRangers, Scottish Premiership. Brian Wilson, Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay. Photo Kenny Ramsay IMAGO / News Licensing
And then there’s the Celtic Fans Collective which is NOT going to go away. It’s a new reality on the Celtic landscape and it’s going to play an important role going forward representing the Celtic support.
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According to some sites, we are in negotiations to sign a winger.
If that is the case it shows the people in charge have learned nothing.
The manager, whoever that is, should have the final say on any player coming or going.
It is people who know absolutely nothing about football that have brought us to this state.
Nicholson wouldn’t allow a football coach into discuss a sponsorship contact so what gives him the right to foust any player on a manager.
Firstly, it turns out Lawell is still very much involved with Celtics football.
Secondly, Shaun Maloney is where our ambition should lie?.
The 2 people sacked had no influence on the GB ban, the slander of our fans, collusion with the police, the overall direction of our club, the decisions that have torpedoed our season, rather they like these points are symptoms of actions taken by the people who run our club. These people, including Lawell it seems are still there, so there’s a long road ahead.
As for anyone coming in, they better bring some of the luck Martin had, cause our squad is badly lacking, and the players themselves mostly not Celtic standard. Nancy committed suicide with his bizarre defensive experiment, but Rogers failed to get a tune out of these players even though he tried different things, they still failed to deliver. As for Martin, he came in and done what he’s great at, motivating the players, this does not hide the fact that the team were often as woeful as they were under Rogers, but Martin was a little more fortunate. Plenty proof of this, but one should be enough to illustrate it, the last game against Dundee, a game we were lucky to win, Rogers would have lost it, and Nancy would have committed football suicide in it, as usual.
Over the 3 managers though, we seen the same failings when it came to the actual players, many not fit to wear the jersey, many positions unfilled adequately, and the rest, bottle merchants who crumbled at any setback, real or imagined.
MON is a world class manager. He wasn’t ‘fortunate’ he just knows how to lead a dressing room. Not every win is going to be pretty, especially when the team he fixed was aware there was going to be a new manager by the next game. The single issue with him is his age, there’s no point in bringing him in to do a rebuild as he won’t be there to see it through. If Celtic want to get through to next season, probably winning the league, without bringing in players then MON is the only guy that would be on that list. I think he should tell them to get lost, he’d offered to see it through so a proper recruitment could happen in Summer before they recruited Nancy. If the desire is to start the rebuild now then Kieran McKenna is the one to go in hard for….but he seems quite loyal and Ipswich are doing well.
In terms of the league, that squad should be fine….they just need someone they trust to lead them
no, No, NO!
Next up should and MUST BE the mindless IDIOTS WHO THINK THEY ARE HELPING THE CLUB BUT ARE ACTUALLY DESTROYING IT!
Those are the MORONIC GROUPS who MASQUERADE AS CELTIC SUPPORTERS!
You are NOT SUPPORTERS! You are a DISGRACE AND A HINDRANCE TO PROGRESS!
Do the right thing for the first time!
GO AWAY!
Fuck off green hun
More of a relief than a celebration at the news today.
After a full year of many dreadful footballing decisions taken place within in our club, the first sign of a bit of common sense has taken place eventually imo?
That doesn’t mean all is OK within the club either.
Still many of huge decisions have to be taken still, and without to much room available to continue in getting them badly wrong?
Appointment of the next manager, is only a start, within the decision making process required.
Trying to sort out the playing squad is potentially a far more complex situation involved?
Personally don’t believe that Nicholson is making footballing decisions, for a manager imo?
Possibly listening to the views of Tisdale to much, when never been involved within the workings of a big club, with huge demands. So delighted he has been removed, as showed nothing to suggest he was capable of the position given to him imo?
Would welcome back both Maloney and fozzy, as don’t believe that they should have had to make way, for the Nancy circus?
Still a season can be salvaged, but any more dreadful footballing decisions can’t and won’t be tolerated?
Not an easy situation for any manager to walk into, and doubtful we will be spoilt for choice either imo?
Somehow think a return of Ange could well be in the making?