Q: You mentioned progress. Were there signs of progress tonight?
Wilfried Nancy: “No, we had progress at a certain moment, yes. But again, this is not enough regarding what we wanted to do. So again, for this game, it’s not a good game. This is the first time that, since I’m here, that we struggled a lot. And this is the reality for this game. Now, previously, we had good moments, good opportunities. We had also good games at certain moments. We are working to be more consistent and we’re going to do certain things in the future to be also more consistent. But for the moment, yes, I can understand the concern, but this is the reality.
‘I saw good stuff’
Wilfried Nancy says his Celtic side are ‘going to be better’ against Rangers after their defeat to Motherwell. #BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/GOXobs5THl
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) December 30, 2025
Q: Do you understand the enormity of Saturday against (the)Rangers as well? How massive it is and the enormity of the game in the context that you talk about?
Wilfried Nancy: “It’s a rivalry. I know Celtic against Rangers. I know that this is a rivalry game. I know what it means And we play this game. I do this job also for that, to play this kind of game. And we play, we want to play with passion. We know that, what does it mean to play a rivalry game? So again, tonight is tonight. We’re going to have more days to prepare the game and to rest also and to face this team.”
Despondent Celts. Motherwell v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. 30 December 2025 Photo by Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
Q: On the evidence of tonight, Wilfried, do you feel this is a team that’s fighting for their manager?
Wilfried Nancy: “Yes. Tonight, it was difficult at certain moments, yes, but I have no concern with that.”
Q: Is Saturday a must-win game?
Wilfried Nancy: “Yes, like every game.”
🗣️ “I knew this game could be difficult, knowing where we are and where we want to go…”
Celtic boss Wilfried Nancy on their 2-0 defeat at Motherwell, as he looks ahead to their clash with Rangers & potential January arrivals ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/4ldGw8hMrH
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) December 31, 2025
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Excellent, if depressing synopsis David. Invest some time in mentoring your colleagues in the art of fine writing in 2026….
Difficult to disagree with any of that and it’s about time you got brutal with certain players.
This is the poorest Celtic team I’ve watched, since the eighties, just dire. Far too many just not good enough, or just stale. Absolutely awful at the back, a goalie who gives me palpitations with every attempted piece of ‘distribution’, a midfield with zero creativity, including the captain, a succession of wingers who, simply, just can’t cross a ball and a raft of strikers who couldn’t score in the old ‘Palais de Dance!’
If we don’t have better than that, in the academy…..then what’s the point of an academy.
Nancy , Tisdale and most of the Board who formed a concensus to bring these two Saboteur (Duds) to Celtic Park should be instantly dismissed . Add to that , get rid of the over-rated players commanding good salaries with Celtic , starting with :- Engels , Hetate , Tierney , McCowan , Yang , Ralston , McGregor ( who , like Brendan before him ) is off to SAUDI to continue their jersey kissing in warmer climes .
It could take years to sort-out this mess —-Time for an instant S.O.S. to ANGE and Martin O’ Neil —-Who would hopefully come to oversee a REBUILD and put our Great Club back to where it should be in both Scotland and Europe . In the past we have had some crap players who lacked ability but made-up for this with effort and pride in the jersey they wore sadly those days are gone with crowd of impostors who now wear the Celtic shirt .
Jock Stein said that , ” The Celtic jersey did not shrink to fit inferior players ” , unfortunately , it has shrunk for many over the last few seasons .